JakeL Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hey All, Was trying to access the forums this morning from the woodwhisperer website. I noticed a new layout, but no link to these forums? I could be blind and missed it, but I always liked going through his website to get here so I could see any new content on his site. Thanks, Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 14 minutes ago, JakeL said: Hey All, Was trying to access the forums this morning from the woodwhisperer website. I noticed a new layout, but no link to these forums? I could be blind and missed it, but I always liked going through his website to get here so I could see any new content on his site. Thanks, Jake Top left corner, "Our Sites." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjeff70 Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I get a page that says it's down and it's dated yesterday. I've yet to see the new site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 45 minutes ago, sjeff70 said: I get a page that says it's down and it's dated yesterday. I've yet to see the new site. Dump your cache, cookies, bookmark, etc one at a time until you find the culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Thanks for the tech service assist @C Shaffer! Check's in the mail! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 19 minutes ago, thewoodwhisperer said: Thanks for the tech service assist @C Shaffer! Check's in the mail! Double the usual amount I assume. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjeff70 Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 4 hours ago, C Shaffer said: Dump your cache, cookies, bookmark, etc one at a time until you find the culprit. Thanks, C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenaqua Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 It took me quite a while to find the link on the woodwhisperer website and I actually thought the forum was just gone. I recommend making it easier to find unless you want this to be a super secret club. If that is the case we should get a secret password, door knock and handshake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Well here's why we set it up this way. <inside baseball> Our goal with the new design was to simplify. In order to do that, some things need to be classified as 2nd and 3rd tier importance. Links to our other properties just can't be top-tier alongside important TWW-specific navigation items. So my logic was, give the frequent users an easy (but not necessarily immediately obvious) link. While it doesn't hit you over the head, you won't forget it once you know where it is. I'm not too worried about new user acquisition because the numbers just aren't there to support it. Here's how the forum's traffic breaks down: 77% - Organic search 18% - Direct 4% - Referral Now TWW does make up the lion share of traffic in the Referral category, but in the big picture that's a very small number. And consider that most of that referral traffic is probably folks like you guys using the link as quick access to the forum. Hence the final decision to at least provide the link for easy interplay between the two sites for folks in the know. But not necessarily feeling the need to advertise the forum overtly. We might decide to add a forum widget or even some kind of ad in the future if we feel the need to. But right now, the shear volume of quality information in the forum is our best asset. We're on the first page of Google when you search for "woodworking forum" and there have been numerous occasions where I'll search for something woodworking related only finding myself reading a post from our forum. </inside baseball> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 6 hours ago, thewoodwhisperer said: Well here's why we set it up this way. <inside baseball> Our goal with the new design was to simplify. In order to do that, some things need to be classified as 2nd and 3rd tier importance. Links to our other properties just can't be top-tier alongside important TWW-specific navigation items. So my logic was, give the frequent users an easy (but not necessarily immediately obvious) link. While it doesn't hit you over the head, you won't forget it once you know where it is. I'm not too worried about new user acquisition because the numbers just aren't there to support it. Here's how the forum's traffic breaks down: 77% - Organic search 18% - Direct 4% - Referral Now TWW does make up the lion share of traffic in the Referral category, but in the big picture that's a very small number. And consider that most of that referral traffic is probably folks like you guys using the link as quick access to the forum. Hence the final decision to at least provide the link for easy interplay between the two sites for folks in the know. But not necessarily feeling the need to advertise the forum overtly. We might decide to add a forum widget or even some kind of ad in the future if we feel the need to. But right now, the shear volume of quality information in the forum is our best asset. We're on the first page of Google when you search for "woodworking forum" and there have been numerous occasions where I'll search for something woodworking related only finding myself reading a post from our forum. </inside baseball> + What he just said ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cliff Posted April 13, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 16 hours ago, thewoodwhisperer said: We're on the first page of Google when you search for "woodworking forum" and there have been numerous occasions where I'll search for something woodworking related only finding myself reading a post from our forum. </inside baseball> My favorite is when I google something and the only thing that comes back that has to do with what I actually wanted to know is my very own post on this forum where I asked that same question. It's like going to see another doctor for a second opinion and he just copies the notes of your original doctor and calls it a day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 OK so we launched an update on the TWW site that makes the Our Sites navigation much more obvious, and it's set to be "open" and only collapses on the smallest screen sizes. Hopefully this helps address the issues folks were having. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Much Better!! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenaqua Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Looks good Marc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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