How do I get the sidebars back!?!?!?!? THIS STINKS!

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

BOOOOO!

FR was the very first page that I loaded when I got online all because of the great sidebars that had all of the days news in a very easy to read format and was updated more than at Drudge....now, unless I get those sidebars back then I'll have to just stick back with Drudge.

How do we get to see the sidebars again...also, the page now loads way too slow, whats up with that?

[BureaucratusMaximus]

ALL YOUR SIDEBARS ARE BELONG TO US!.....MAKE YOUR TIME!!!

[11th Earl of Mar]

Do you know how to get rid of them? Everytime I return to my News page, I see the latest comment from a Michigan freeper to another Michigan freeper...

"Yeah, my dad used to have that gun. I went squirrel hunting with it when I was a kid..." "...I can't believe how fat John Enger is getting. Does it look to you like he is gaining weight?" [blah, blah, blah]

[DoughtyOne]

True. LOL But then I've been accused of a lot of things.

[CaliforniaOkie]

Don't be closed minded. Give it a chance.

[balrog666]

Have you tried reading the instructions?

So where are the instructions, dumbass?

[Ligeia]

Do you know how to get rid of them? Everytime I return to my News page, I see the latest comment from a Michigan freeper to another Michigan freeper...

Go to the Michigan Page, click the "off" link at the top indicating you no longer wish to be notified of new posts on the Michigan Page. At least, I think that's it.

[CaliforniaOkie]

New sidebar routine is not an improvement. And left column on news/analyis page takes up way too much space, forcing viewer into unnecessary scrolling.

Whine, whine, whine. You sound like a bunch of Dems.

[11th Earl of Mar]

If FR can keep the new look and make it a bit easier to get breaking news, etc. they'll have the best of both worlds.

THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I'm FREE!!!

[davetex]

Let's see, you can't find the instructions, so you refer to me as dumbass? I guess that would make you a charter member of MENSA

[11th Earl of Mar]

If you follow Jim Robinson's instructions in Post #20 you will be able to set your sidebar like it was before.

You WILL HAVE TO SEARCH for the proper link on each page because they are not easy to find. ['topic' etc.] But it does work.

[Ligeia]

I'm FREE!!!

I'll take that as a sign that it worked! Spread the word! :^)

[All_The_Info]

The answer?? Newsblaster

[balrog666]

I note that neither of you answered my question which had nothing to do with the sidebars...

Anyway, my point was that there are no instructions posted anywhere. Why not? It would seem pretty simple to provide and rather obvious to do it before you need it by changing everything without warning.

[All_The_Info]

Another answer? Google News Search-beta

[All_The_Info]

Answer 3? NewsInEssence

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I'm with ya here - the KISS principle applies: Keep It Simple, Stupid! Nice white background, easy to find links, all gone.

[rwfromkansas]

I have to say, the new FR is confusing.

[RonDog]

Partial quote from a message by Free Republic founder JIM ROBINSON:

Just got home a little while ago and have been trying to catch up on reading all the complaints about our new face lift. Well, this particular email caught my eye and thought I'd post it to see if we can lighten up the atmosphere just a bit (I got a chuckle out of it anyway).
Subject: FREE Non Surgical Face Lift in a Bottle!

-- snip --

-- snip --

"By the way, we will be working over the weekend and the next few days, to try to make the new FR face lift a little less shocking. It will all be back to (almost) normal soon.

Hang in there.

Have received thousands of comments, emails and FRmail complaints and compliments today (running about 10 to 1 in the complaint department).
Will not be able to answer all (or even most), but we will do what we can to make things better.

Thanks,
Jim

Let's follow the lead of FR's founder, and MAKE THIS FORMAT CHANGE WORK!

We can do this.

[Hibernius Druid]

Thanks for the name-calling, which is just one form of pseudo-reasoning. Sounds like you're sucking up to our Webmaster who, if you'll notice, has already incorporated some of the constructive feedback you characterize as whining.