# Screen shots of the new site (still in development) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 12, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569 "2020-06-12T22:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/1 "2020-06-12T22:11:51Z")
As I said earlier, it’s still in development and not totally baked yet, so take this as our starting point and don’t assume the worst. **NEW FRONT PAGE INSTRUCTIONAL BANNER** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/1/134a79b2c2c3b6161575b258638a4c24deb3d99f.png) **NEW FRONT PAGE** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e53e53c8858b88d6081f5da5ad16498eaba2e407.png) **NEW LOGIN** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/4/4c7cdd3aca9818ed573774b630eb512470d33930.png) **NEW TOP POSTS** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/6/6d305e2cacf7c56edc28ded35832bc049e7c94b2.png) **NEW LATEST POSTS** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/f/f859ae4e625570bb44c46c13cbf9de708adb6fa0.png) **NEW PAGE FOOTER** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/9/9043a5df608e07f8b9fe4f6007bc65a4f1a5b231.png) Jenny your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/2 "2020-06-12T22:14:04Z")
Looking good! I can’t wait. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/3 "2020-06-12T22:15:32Z")
what are those circles between the thread titles and the thread counts? ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/4 "2020-06-12T22:16:35Z")
Thanks. ATMB will be interesting for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/5 "2020-06-12T22:23:05Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > what are those circles between the thread titles and the thread counts? They look like miniature avatars. Can’t really tell for sure. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/6 "2020-06-12T22:27:01Z")
Omg, it’s total garbage! You’ve ruined EVERYTHING! I’m never coming back! Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrghh! Or In other words, I’m excited! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/7 "2020-06-12T22:27:25Z")
20 chars max for user names. I imagine that will throw a few members for a loop. How does the board handle this initially? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/8 "2020-06-12T22:27:44Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > what are those circles between the thread titles and the thread counts? It’s the avatars of people who have posted in the thread. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/9 "2020-06-12T22:32:02Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It’s the avatars of people who have posted in the thread. > > Jenny > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator Thanks. And thanks for upgrading the software. I’m generally resistant to change, but will embrace this as much as possible. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/10 "2020-06-12T22:32:20Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > 20 chars max for user names. I imagine that will throw a few members for a loop. How does the board handle this initially? It’s just a setting. It could be less. It could be more. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/11 "2020-06-12T22:35:38Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Thanks. And thanks for upgrading the software. I’m generally resistant to change, but will embrace this as much as possible. We were way overdue for an upgrade. There will be some adjustment needed but we believe our users will be able to handle it. And it’s faster, more efficient, less error prone … just those things by itself are big improvements. We don’t expect you to love it going in but we do ask that you give it a chance to prove itself to you over time. We’ll figure it out together. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/12 "2020-06-12T22:36:13Z")
No email notifications? Whatever will I read over my first cup of coffee in the morning? :eek: 😃 I suppose that might be temporary, though. ETA: – what’s the difference between “top” and “latest”? and is either of them at all equivalent to “new posts”? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/13 "2020-06-12T22:38:06Z")
What will the ad situation be for those who are not members? More? Less? Better? Worse? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/14 "2020-06-12T22:43:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What will the ad situation be for those who are not members? > More? Less? Better? Worse? More importantly (to me) will members still be saved the onslaught of ads? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/15 "2020-06-12T22:53:00Z")
Looks great. Yay!! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/16 "2020-06-12T22:53:27Z")
I notice it’s ‘all categories’ at the top of your screenshots. Can that be changed to look at what today we call a specific forum? There are a couple of current forums I never go into; don’t care about them. Having those posts clog up what I do want to see would not be beneficial. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/17 "2020-06-12T22:55:23Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > No email notifications? Whatever will I read over my first cup of coffee in the morning? :eek: 😃 > > I suppose that might be temporary, though. > > ETA: – what’s the difference between “top” and “latest”? and is either of them at all equivalent to “new posts”? You set that inside the post. I should get a screen shot of a post; they left that out. You can look at posts by “categories,” like you look at each forum now. “Latest” is most recent. “Top” is most views. you can also look at an aggregate list of all posts, all forums, sorted by time. I also believe you will be able to reply to posts in your email via the email notification, but I need to check that. It’s not activated yet. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/18 "2020-06-12T22:59:14Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What will the ad situation be for those who are not members? > More? Less? Better? Worse? > [@Procrustus](#): > > More importantly (to me) will members still be saved the onslaught of ads? Not sure yet. Still TBD. We’ve always tried to give Members some value for their bux and we hope to do that going forward. As I said, this is all still A Work In Progress, with answers as we get them. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/19 "2020-06-12T23:04:06Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It’s the avatars of people who have posted in the thread. And if you don’t have an avatar, it’s the first initial of your user name. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569/20 "2020-06-12T23:11:57Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I notice it’s ‘all categories’ at the top of your screenshots. Can that be changed to look at what today we call a specific forum? There are a couple of current forums I never go into; don’t care about them. Having those posts clog up what I do want to see would not be beneficial. If you actually go into a forum (they call it a Category) then it will say where you are. For example, if you go into ATMB, instead of saying [All Categories] in the box at the top it will say [Main] [About This Message Board], then followed by [Latest] [Top] as in the screen shots. If you start at the screen shot that TubaDiva posted as NEW FRONT PAGE, you’ll see all of the categories under Main. Click on the category there (ATMB, GQ, IMHO, etc) and you’ll go to that forum/category page, which will then list all of the threads. It’s still organized by forum/category the same way it is now on vBulletin. It looks a bit different, but once you get used to the new layout, it’s still the same old SDMB underneath. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569.md?page=2)