January 16, 2008
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Subs Page going live!
Hola! After two waves of testing over the last month, we’re finally releasing the new Subs page – with images!
A few of you expressed concerns that you might get fewer pageviews, or people might jack your personal photos. So we created the ability for you to hide your images from other peoples’ subs pages (click here!).
If you still want to access the old subs page, you can still find that link here for a while.
Let us know what you think! – Chris, Adam, and John
ps Thanks for the feedback on hiding images! We hear you
. Adam and I will start work tomorrow morning on hiding images while you’re surfing your subs!
Comments (78)
Thanks for the new subs page! :]
but I was wondering.. why did the blogrings page get changed around so that you can’t search directly for the blogring you’re looking for by typing it into the searchbar normally at the top of the page?
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I like it!
Is there a chance that we’ll be able to adjust how many entries per page there are when reading subscriptions?
woohoo!
NEEDS MORE COWBELL!
XANGA, WHY ARE YOU GETTING SHITTIER AND SHITTIER???????? quit trying to copy myspace.
lol Xanga is most definately not getting shittier. That being said, I hope you leave up the old page for a while since I personally prefer it. Maybe give people the option between the two but default to the new one. Some dial-up users would have trouble looking at their subscriptions page if they were subscribed to a Xanga dedicated to icons/pictures, since from what I’ve seen those kinds of Xangas can have up to hundreds of pictures per page. All a matter of personal preference really, aint nothing wrong with the new one =)
I really like the new subs page a lot.
I expressed this concern on (I think?) John’s site, but I hope the old subs page will be able to be used for more than just “a while”. A lot of people who access their subs from their cells or PDAs, or who don’t want images popping up at work that may not be appropriate, will want to be able to use the old page when needed.
Check_it_out123 – nice catch! It’s been fixed thanks to your feedback
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Videojames – Hmm, that’s the first time I’ve seen that request. Both the last and the current versions of the page have five posts per page… would you like more? less?
Cakalusa – we’ve added more cowbell. Before we’re done here, we’ll all be wearing gold-plated diapers.
never_waking_up – sorry to disappoint. Let me know what you’d like changed, and I’ll talk to our team.
cApNhOwDy123 and Snoochface – I will look into an option to hide images on the new subs page.
Thanks guys – keep the feedback coming!
Great job you guys! ^_^ Mad kudos, for sure.
the simpler you keep it, the better it is (e.g. apple, google, facebook). enhancements are nice, but if it interferes with usability (e.g. is difficult to navigate) or it becomes a pain to read, you’ll lose readers and people will eventually stop posting. it is starting to get too busy right now.
Yeah, udonoogen said what I wanted to. There’s a subtle difference between “new features” and “new gadgets and doodads”.
streamlined interface is great!
*i recently tried out tumblr.com, and the simplicity really was refreshing.i was tempted to migrate, but, no need now. is nice.
udonoogen and Drakonskyr – are you guys talking about the subs page?
http://www.xanga.com/private/subsmain.aspx
Or the beta private home page:
http://www.xanga.com/private/homemain.aspx
This post is about the new subs page.. so just checking that I’m grokking the feedback right!
I like the new subs page a lot, however, I was wondering if there was anyway we can customize to our own needs? (Since we’re changing I figure….) Allow us to customize the color (It’s so white) for the modules and background, allow us to resize the windows where the entries are, move modules around like how we can do so on our own blogs.
Nevertheless, keep up the good work!
hi john. both actually. the home page is more over the top than the subs page, but both give me a sense of “website claustrophobia.” lots of useful information, but it’s too cluttered to be useful. i think xanga can serve its primary purpose of being a blogging site and still retain its popularity without all the distracting graphics and colors. it’s like being exposed to advertisements except they’re not advertisements, they’re part of the site.
i love the new subs page (have been using it since the beta was made public), but echo others concerns about being able to switch to the old (non image) format, when necessary. I am on a high speed connection most of the time, but there are other times (away from home) when I’m forced to use dial up. Loading image heavy pages takes too long, so I usually read from the subs page and wait to click through for the images until i’m back on a high speed connection. If you don’t leave an “image free” option, you are sure to drive dial up users away.
This is GREAT!!! Thanks!
you know, if you get rid of that third column, topped at with the box entitled, “You’re checking out the new beta Subscriptions page…”, it would not make the subs feed so narrow and difficult to read. theres a lot of empty white space in the third column which isn’t being utilized. or at least make the center column larger.
the new one looks fine.. but i like the old one way better!!!
because it’s more user friendly and simple, and the homepage is like your page, everyone has a different one due to their background and skins. I really wish I could switch back to the old one.. since I clicked on try our new xanga homepage button.. and I am regreted…..
samething to the subscription page too.. now it’s more difficult to read other’s blogs, the simplest is better, the old one really rocks!
Clean and simple is better. Seems like too much with the profile pics.
And of course I hid my images.
Wouldn’t people be less likely to actually visit your site if they can see everything without going there?
I like a little mystique.
The new subs page saves so much time,no more scrolling down the page.I like the layout of it and the easy access to editing the subs .
I’m disappointed…I want to option to still have the old subs page…please?
the new beta Subscriptions page isn’t formatted correctly…the body frame gets cut off. Can I have the old subs page back?
If you are really hearing us, we’re screaming “bring back the good ol’ Featured Content”
Well, I’m screaming it anyways.
I like the subs page. Thanks.
the subs page and private page are cool!
love it
I think the new sub page is too clear. It makes me confused…
I think the new pages are great – nice work!
I prefer the old one – it has a clarity the new one doesn’t, and the posts are given a wider column for easier reading and less scrolling.
I know subsmain.aspx is the one on all the links, but at least keep subs.aspx for those of us who prefer the old style.
love it love it love it!
RAWK!
You provide great customer service. I’m liking this new subs page very much . . . Wow, and going that extra step to provide the option to hide the pictures . . . very considerate. I see you’ve put some redundancy along the left/subscriptions column, nice’n fool proof, huh?
The layout is appealing . . . and my fave, of course, is having the pictures displayed right in the post. Thank you.
omg can you please do something about the ads that are in the middle of the weblog?
I said it twice at least
It is very clean and neat, keep up the great work
After I have changed to the new theme layout, I couldnt read comments
in the past.(originally in Big 5). How can I solve the problem?
I’m an oldie, right, so at first I was all, “why they messing with my shit?” but then I scrolled down and I could see the images w/out having to click and this made me happy. really.
thanks. you guys do great work for us.
Nice upgrade to the subs page. Looking forward to having the option to choose on the viewing of pics/vids etc…
Keep up the good work…nice improvements.
my favorite part is hiding the images…appreciate the ability.
The new subs page is coool with user profile pics & better visual support as well as frames separating each entry from other. It’s clear and neat at a glance. However, I think the overall layout of the page is getting too crowd, I guess it somewhat resulted from the board spacing this new subs page, it’s too close to the boarder of browser, it’s seems to me that there’s no space to even breathe an air, packed too densely.
The spacing between each subcription id is kind of nice, while the old one being rather crowded compared to this new setting. However, the font size is a bit too large for me, I found it takes longer time to read in this new mode, as I need to scroll a lot more than b4. I hope there’s adjustment in the fonts. Thanks very much for your effort! Keep on going!
i kind of agree with udonoogen or whatever that person’s username was. there’s so much going on that it’s hard to tell what’s going on.
what i really want to request that you return email notification format to what it used to be: have the post in the subject rather than who gave the comment. It makes it a lot easier to see which posts to check without necessitating that I open the emails.
I HATE it, but atleast there is the ability to hide images. Please don’t ever take this away!
And I am screaming right along with Keniiiiiiiiiiii …. I really miss the old front page and way of doing featured. A lot. Now I NEVER click on a front page post; they are more often than not boring. And I miss seeing the same people (including MYSELF
) there every day.
i like the new subs page. thanks!
You solved my complaints by letting me lock pictures to subs pages and the ability to keep the old style should make everyone else happy
“bring back the good ol’ Featured Content”
He is right, “most discussed” should have been the old “Featured Content” the older timers liked it, they were used to it, you should have kept it in the mix. But i still like your hand selected front page.Sometimes your taste sucks, but the system can not be gamed the quality is generaly high
Speaking of gaming there is a real mess on the star page. The best stuff tends to be in the back pages. Not enough people use the feature, making it easy to game and nearly worthless. Maybe make the star rating bar bigger, and put it right next to “submit” so it feels like you need to use it.
And here because you guys are cool and need to use up some credits
You really need to let xanga lock people be featured. It only blocks those not singed in, and allows us to block creeps but still let other come around. At least we see who they are with xanga lock in place. location on footprints would be nice as well
i like the idea of being able to see the images through my subscription page. but some images get cut-off because it’s a larger image size. can this be fixed?
I really enjoyed the change in private page… I’m gonna keep the new one… the old kinda sucks. Thanx for the upgrade!
Thanks so much! U guys are dolls!
Is there an option to go back to the old view?
I, personally, prefer the original subscriptions page because of the familiarity of it. 4 years and going, it’s been simplistic and easy to navigate. This new subscriptions page makes me feel like I’ve been smacked in the face with all of this content that I don’t want. I have a smaller screen resolution, and it’s hard to look at, especially when all I want to do is read my subscriptions!
Please take a word of advice, Xanga Team, and keep the original up as an option. Options make Xanga so much better, so that the users have a choice and a voice to customize their own content and can go by their preference.
I dislike having the pictures show up because I’m on dial-up at home. It’s nice there’s a way to block other people from seeing my pics, but I’d like a way to block me from seeing theirs (without keeping all pics from every site I visit from loading). If I want to see the pics, I’ll follow the link to the site.
its chaotic and erratic. xanga was much better back in 2003-2004..
i prefer the old subs page. It was less cluttered and simpler. Made it easier for loading on my internet browser and easier to read on the eyes. I much much prefer the old one.
Let people choose which layout they prefer.
Im not really feeling the new page all that much. It’s okay. But I had=ve stuff that is showing that I deleted a while ago. Why would I want to see it there in a list? I don’t. Like some poeple said, try and stay away from the “MySpace” look. I came here because I didn’t want to go to MySpace. But all in all I LOVE this site!
I can’t read my subscriptions. It’s just a narrow box and the blog images are being strecthed out down the page, along with the writing.
i don’t have a problem with the new page, but is there a way that it can automatically fix itself into my browser so i don’t have to scroll left to right? just a convenience thing, other than that its cool
nononononononoooooooooo. for a while the old way???!?! let it be optional forever!!!
You will never be able to please everyone but I do like the new subs page now. However I do believe the new homepage is a bit overloaded (im not a fan of the universal inbox) but overall I think it is nice. I LOVE the fact that you can see the footprints….that is my favorite part of Xanga all together!! Thanks guys!
Found an annoying “bug”. In the subspage when people comment, no matter if their comment fits inside the space in the page it always ends with “(comment) …” I suggest if the comment is short enough to fit, then get rid of the dot dot dots :)
Thanks!
i don’t like the new subs page. will i be able to change it back to the old, or will i have to click on that link everytime i want to go to my page?
Is there any way we can make it so our pictures do not show up in people’s subscription emails? I’d like to keep it so I know exactly who sees my pictures, but the only way to do that is to hide the images from people’s sub pages [which I did] but some people are saying the pictures are now showing up in their email updates.
It is GREAT!!
Overall I like the new subs page, but I’d still like to see what my friends are currently listening to, reading or watching on that page. Especially since my friends will refer to what to it assuming that you can see what they’re talking about.
The images on the Subs page have stopped displaying. Profile pics on the Pulse tab still display, but on the Weblogs and Protected tabs, profile pics and images only display links, not actual images. Can someone please look into this? Thanks.
@snoochface - see the “show images” link to the right of the Subscriptions tab?
@john - No, actually….
@snoochface - search for the words “show images”?
@john - I did that as soon as I saw your comment. The only place it is visible is in the box on the right that says, ”
“
We’ve upgraded the page to show images from inside the Subs interface!
@john - And I did “highlight all” in the search box to be sure I wasn’t just missing it.
@snoochface - try clearing cache and hitting shift-refresh?
@john - There you go, that did it. Thanks for the quick replies and the help.
I can no longer view profile pictures in my subscriptions browser. I can view pictures in people’s weblogs where they have chosen to allow it. But instead of the little picture next to each post, there is a link titled . Has anyone else been experiencing this problem?
@DrCarasco - See the “Show Images” link to the right of the “Subscriptions” text? If not, clear the cache… it should do the trick!
@john -
I restarted Firefox, and it works now. I really like the new subscriptions page.
Not much of a big update, yet its enough for the moment being. Thanks
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thx
yes it good
how come my counting stat number is missing from the new theme page? the fishcan stat count is gone too… the old chatboard is missing too. pls advise
I want the old theme system!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1