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ArmchairGM's New Front Page

Posted by DNL
703 days ago


A new day, a new front page. Here's the new stuff:

  1. The featured story -- the thing in the upper right. That story is simply the one with the most votes over the last 7 hours or so which has an image. So, no longer does a really great story disappear as other stuff piles on top of it. Getting 20+ votes... that'll get you to the top, but again, your story *must* have an image on it to be "featured".
  2. The Hot Clicks section. It's sports links from around the web. Anyone can submit a link via this link, but for now, only the five staffers can approve them. That will change over time. Link Admins will be chosen by their ability to locate great links on a regular basis. There's also a special RSS feed for it.
  3. The Video of the Day. Pretty straight forward. Admins can add videos to the queue -- the format is date|video name|video description. Admins:If you want to try it out, let me know, and I'll help you with it.
  4. Featured Experts. We're featuring people who build the encyclopedia sections. You become a featured expert by being one of the top three encyclopedia editors over the last week. Basically, it counts the number of encyclopedia pages you work on, and the top three people get themselves and their work featured.

Let us know what you think!

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Simms1156Div-I Stud
703 days ago
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I like the new format but sometimes for me the video of the day is getting pushed up into the hotlinks area and being cluttered. I am a big fan other than that though.
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Simms1156Div-I Stud
703 days ago
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Actually now I am having a different problem where everytime I open the home page all of the stuff on the right is getting pushed over onto the articles. I don't know if it is just my cpu though.
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DNLLegend
703 days ago
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Browser/OS?
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TrizzAll-American
703 days ago
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i was just gettin used to the the old new page
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RomiezzoLegend
703 days ago
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This is great, DNL. Finally, Falcon, Corey, and Erooster will get some recognition for helping out in the encyclopedia. I love the ideas you have, DNL. Great job!
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RomiezzoLegend
703 days ago
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Not to mention JB82's weekly articles.
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CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer
703 days ago
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"...Top editors over the last week." I haven't done any editing in a while, unfortunately.
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Falcon02520Legend
703 days ago
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yes... I am an "expert"... *cough cough
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MetsJetsDevilsDraft Pick
703 days ago
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I think it is way too busy. More is not necessarily better.
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TrizzAll-American
703 days ago
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i agree it seems like they are trying to get everything on the front page like ESPN
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TrizzAll-American
703 days ago
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damnit i meant These Guys
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Falcon02520Legend
703 days ago
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! Well, Trizz, you made a right mess of that.
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SSreportersLegend
703 days ago
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What featured story? I don't see it.
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DNLLegend
703 days ago
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Crushing a bug, one minute
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Falcon02520Legend
703 days ago
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I just can't get it to load properly everytime... stuff is overlapping the rest of the stuff, etc... but when it comes up right, it is sweet
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
703 days ago
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It's not loud enough!
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Falcon02520Legend
703 days ago
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I espically like the featured story thing... one of the best AGM ideas ever
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DNLLegend
703 days ago
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Yeah, we're having a problem w/it in IE... should be fixed soon.


And yes, we're consciously trying to feature more stuff on the front page.
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SSreportersLegend
703 days ago
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I'm using Firefox, which seems to be reliable and takes up very little hard drive space, and it works just fine. DNL, IE 7 or just all IE's?
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DNLLegend
703 days ago
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IE 6 and IE 7, to various degrees.
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BigPPupMajor Leaguer
703 days ago
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I know that firefox works faster and takes up less space and even my own company Voxant doesnt always work on I.E. but old habits are hard to break.
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
703 days ago
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Hurry up with the IE fix! :)
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Steel TownDraft Pick
703 days ago
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Is there a way to look at the previous pages of top stories and new stories?
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DNLLegend
703 days ago
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The Articles Tab.
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Steel TownDraft Pick
703 days ago
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Thanks
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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer
703 days ago
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much too busy. I feel like I'll need a second monitor.
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DNLLegend
703 days ago
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Trust me, as someone with two monitors, you'll just want a third. A co-worker of mine has five and I'm jealous.
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LASportsblogAAA-er
703 days ago
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Ya, the monitor thing is scary DNL, please think about getting help. Otherwise, I have IE7 so I'll just shut up and wait for stuff to happen
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
703 days ago
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After first read, I thought Dan typed "Hot Chicks". Then I realized otherwise.
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Frank StevensonRed-Shirting
703 days ago
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So no hot chicks?
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DNLLegend
702 days ago
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There is a "Hot Sports Chicks" category.
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RomiezzoLegend
702 days ago
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++++++++++++++++++++
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RomiezzoLegend
702 days ago
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If only Jamel wasn't banned.
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OneflydudeAll-American
703 days ago
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Im not thrilled about it. It was actually great the way it was, but I'm nobody to judge it
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RomiezzoLegend
703 days ago
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I must say that it does seem weird that a lot more stuff is on it, and it takes a little longer to load, but come on. You must admit that those were great ideas... at least most of them.
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KelsdadAll-Star
703 days ago
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Is it just me, or is everything in a single file column on the left side, with the right side blank?

I now have to scroll down to see if I have a message, new activity, etc, etc.

Not good.
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RomiezzoLegend
703 days ago
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Yep, that's true Kels. I'm sure Pean and DNL will take care of it soon. It only been 6 hours and people are complaining. And look who's giving out cheese gifts. ;)
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DNLLegend
703 days ago
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Yeah, it's broken, we're fixing it.
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RomiezzoLegend
703 days ago
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All right, thanks DNL.
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KelsdadAll-Star
703 days ago
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I just got a message from Dan saying it's broken and that they are working on it. Works for me.
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TrizzAll-American
703 days ago
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i must say that agm looks awful on a sidekick...
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Cornfed78Draft Pick
703 days ago
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Yeah it has never looked that great on an MDA either.
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OneflydudeAll-American
703 days ago
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Im on my sidekick too and it looks better on my phone than the computer.
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Cornfed78Draft Pick
703 days ago
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Works great on Safari (for windows), not so much on Slimbrowser.
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OneflydudeAll-American
703 days ago
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It'll prolly look better when it's all fixed up.
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MbowlingVarsity
703 days ago
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I still can't seem to get the main page to load up with out having everything compressed onto the left half of my screen.
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Behbigben15All-Star
703 days ago
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Same here
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Behbigben15All-Star
703 days ago
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Oh, I just saw KD's comment, DNL said they're working on the problem. Cool with me.
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MbowlingVarsity
703 days ago
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works for me
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Behbigben15All-Star
703 days ago
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I like the "Hot Clicks", "Hot Links", or whatever the hell it's called, it's pretty cool.
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False ProphetAll-Star
702 days ago
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so now we're a sports blogger, a sports wikipedia, a sports facebook, a sports youtube, a sports flickr, and now a sports del.icio.us. What's next for AGM?
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DNLLegend
702 days ago
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Dunno. Any ideas?
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False ProphetAll-Star
702 days ago
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User generated Sports Search engine?
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False ProphetAll-Star
702 days ago
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although that'd probably be difficult
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OneflydudeAll-American
702 days ago
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I take what I said back. It looks great now
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