New Format for Reader/WordPress Website
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As I already know the blog site titles the blogger’s username of the blogs I subscribe to, I consider all that info coming back to me on every post in the Reader to be space wasting redundancy.
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Agreed. It should be an index, with enough of a teaser to let us know whether we might be interested in reading further. Though I’d have a slightly longer intro; about the length of a tweet, maybe. For the photobloggers: it shouldn’t be too hard to include a 140 character description of the theme of your post to go with the thumbnail.
For ease of use, links should open the post in a new tab, too.
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Some of us believe our photos should speak for themselves. Its bad enough coming up with a titles sometimes. “Bird Mix 3” comes to mind as an example :)
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@@rakmilphotography
One medium sized shot and a line to indicate, links, number of images and likes as in the old days. Title at the top, menu bar on the left and human sized fonts.
I respectfully disagree. I don’t need to know how many likes, comments, of images there are on any post. those are all deterrents to me clicking in. I like the adventure of not knowing exactly what I will find when I do click in.
I don’t need or want to be influenced by the fact that there are MANY likes and comments on any post. I’m very busy so if a post has lots of support, then hmmmm … I maybe inclined to move right along to locate an undiscovered gem … next!
Wisdom is doing everything the crowd does not do. … Wherever the crowd goes, run the other direction. They’re always wrong.” — Charles Bukowski ;)
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I was suggesting going back. Prepared to compromise but I do not want people thinking that the photo in reader is all there is. You can tell that happens by comparing views to visitors. So i need a way for them to know something about my post, drop the link, likes etc. but number of images is key if you want a visit!
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but number of images is key if you want a visit!
There we go! We’ve begun the description. “A series of 14 photos of birds in my local park. Taken as the sun was just rising, the dawn chorus was in full sound …”
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Have a look at my blog, the title says everything it needs to.
Your example is worse than a subscript that notes there are 14 images. I not a biologist describing time and place. I don’t want to remove the mystery just entice a reader to see it all. Painted Ladies, Real Monsters, Minotaurs of the Garden. See what I mean those titles from site.I also note this thread, that I began in support, is now in ideas – who chose to make my request for change to an idea.
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I was just asked to rate the help I go in support from “Elizabeth” in response this thread when it was in the Support forum. I said it was great. Its a corporate issue and she answered as she could. I do not want someone reading talking points to be impugned.
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@thedixieflatline666 @rakmilphotography
I couldn’t resist posting this:“On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.” — David Ogilvy
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My father worked with David and I have read his books. In fact my titles and my photos probably make his point. But the tile is not the issue, even all of the tiles on reader are in the wrong place. Do books have their titles on the back, newspapers on the bottom of the column?
The problem is that a title is a teaser, what is to stop people, given that majority of photos published are single shots, from just liking the slug in the reader, as opposed to visiting my site? Who needs to know when I posted the photos. Lets remove that for space.
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In today’s ADD world, most people are drawn to the colors , the pictures first–not the words.
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Has Support responded to anyone in regards to these issues yet??
I feel like my views and visitors per day has been also been greatly effected by this new layout. It’s horrible and I am seriously thinking about just changing my platform.
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Staff have replied once to this thread and I’m confident that they are reading the submissions we make in it.
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@synapticcohesion
I couldn’t agree more.
I notice that the reader now has smaller images for some posts. -
I hate the new format – the “too big and not enough visible of the actual post ” new reader is bad enough, but the worst for me is that the old black bar at the top of the page has disappeared and to find a way in to actually write a post is now hidden from view and is simply nonsensical.
It is awful.
No, WordPress, I don’t want to do a “quick post” that gives no options for type setting, adding a mixture of media, no space to add tags etc.
The only way to add a quality post with all the options you used to get is to find your way via another post or another blogger’s site into the all-singing all-dancing “new post” screen that is perfect for posting from.
Please change it back again!!!!!!!!!!
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@sterlingsop
This is the direct link to create a post ion your won blog’s dashboard >
http://sterlingsop.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php I suggest that you could bookmark it. -
Please Change it Back!! I dont mind changes generally, but everything has become cumbersome. The old format worked much better.
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