[wideminded]

Previously it was easy to search by title, keywords, date, or poster from the comments or articles page. Now you seem to have made this very confusing. It doesn't even say the word "search" on some pages. There is a small box that seems to be intended for searching but is not identified as such and it is also unclear how to use this.

Even the previous FR search had some limitations. One of them was that if your search didn't find the keyword or poster it was looking for, you were directed to a default page that only searches titles. Now if you click the word "Search" from within article threads you are directed to this same default page.

[rockrr]

Thanks John!

personally, the new fonts used on the main page are much easier on my eyes and make scanning the page a lot faster.

[Quix]

Wonderful.

However, I gather the

DON’T SHOW SIDEBAR

is not yet enabled???

I rather have the screen real estate back when it’s workable for you.

Much appreciate all your work and creativity.

[Red Steel]

Looks good John. :-)

[Nailbiter]

ping for later

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

WOW this is great! Got the active stories on top, my bookmarks on the bottom, the poll at the top left, my daily thread below that, hard news filling the right column.

Still no avatars??

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

WOW this is great! Got the active stories on top, my bookmarks on the bottom, the poll at the top left, my daily thread below that, hard news filling the right column.

Still no avatars??

[rrrod]

next step...automatic beer dispenser...so I dont have to yell for someone to bring me a beer! Life is gooder...and gooder.

[Paul Heinzman]

Thank you very much. This new layout is very cool, and with bookmarks on the sidebar, I may start using them:-)

[TomGuy]

Another request:

Is it possible to return the sidebar font color scheme for links to the regular color scheme for links: blue-unselected; maroon-selected?

It is difficult to distinguish previously selected (grayed) links from new ones in the current scheme.

[CedarDave]

John,
I see you fixed the search function (changed x=50 to x=20) and the thirty missing posts now will show up. So no more excuses “I searched but didn’t find it”.

Thank you!!

[Condor51]

Gotta be honest, all these daily changes to the format have had me a little flustered. I think I'm gettin the hang of it though. I'm still trying to configure (tinkering) all the new options to get 'that look'.

But I DO like the option of putting the FReeper Polls at the Top, Top Right, or wherever. I use to miss some for a day or so when it was at the bottom.

(But the Banglist Keyword is missing again. It was there yesterday)

[brityank]

Thanks, John. Still the best site around for instant and detailed news from all around the world.

Add my vote to prisoner6’s request for a ‘softer’ background other than bright white — 10% grey would be nice.

Cheers,
Mike.

[brityank]

Boy are they gonna be mad at you!

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[Lancey Howard]

You’ve been busy.... Good stuff.

[Clara Lou]

I love what you’ve done. Keep on going. Tabs are great. The sidebar changes are great. I haven’t seen any change that I can’t adapt to.

[JerseyHighlander]

Go to http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/manage-blocks put Popular Keywords as "Top" The keywords block is a table... it could be switched to a handwritten html list. You could use a symbol, possibly º or your much used ^ to separate each keyword, and create a floating or defined width for the keyword "block" . OR you could disable keyword option "Top" inside the manage-blocks page.

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[TomGuy]

Why do we have keywords at the top of the forum again?

I specifically selected the ‘disable’ keywords for the sidebar. They were gone. I consider them useless and they just take up space. Now, they are back.

Is there a way to turn them off completely?

[ken in texas]

John -- Love the changes so far.

However... now that the sidebar placement options have been added, even though I have not changed a thing, the sidebar on the right is about half the width it used to be, so article titles take up 3-4 lines where they used to take up 1, maybe 2.

Can we adjust the width of the sidebar column? If that capability is available, and I've missed it, sorry.

[clyde asbury]

The sidebar and other recent changes are great improvements.