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Small Site Update Going Out Soon

AdminJesse
Jesse

Hey Team,

I wanted to let you know that a small site update will be going out soon, likely tomorrow (12/07/17) morning.

Here is what is going out:

- When you create a group, the visibility options will now be “Public” and “Unlisted”, instead of “Private” and “Unlisted”.
- Other member’s content from unlisted groups should no longer show up in the popular posts area.
- On the Support Groups page, in the A-Z section, you will now see all support groups - instead of just the support groups that begin with a specific letter from the alphabet.

Some design changes to the menus at the top of the page are also happening.

- The hamburger menu (button with three horizontal lines) found at the top-left side of the page will be removed.
- The sub-menu on the home page which currently has links for “Friends”, “Support Groups” and “Journals” will be removed, and those links will be moved up to the top menu.
- On group pages the links which show how may posts and members are in the group will be moved to the bottom of the the group’s cover photo.
- The size of the top menu bar and group/profile cover photos will be changed.


- Other minor adjustments to the look and feel of the site.

I'll be posting a message in the DSMC once I have confirmation that the update is happening tomorrow.


Best,


Jesse

Community LeaderWanderingVet
WanderingVet
I really don't like the default landing for Support Groups. Obviously, I am more concerned with the groups I belong to than the entire Group List. Please push for MY GROUPS to be the default target. Thanks in advance.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Yeah, Fish, that's the one Wandering Vet mentioned earlier. As someone who grew up in Latin America, I in particular am wondering how that one made its way to us in all its inappropriateness.

As for DS PTSD, Jesse, all's quiet on the front, mi amigo. I cut and pasted into this thread the initial morning jolt of complaints from my group's members upon encountering the change the first morning of it.

But by the first afternoon of it this update seems to have been a net positive for my fellow members there. They got their heads together and posted threads for us all with tips for navigating the update's new site. They mentioned things they liked about it that I hadn't noticed yet, one of them they said reminded them of a feature they missed from the old site we used to have. Don't ask me what it is--I'm still figuring things out myself.

The way they helped each other made me proud to be one of them. I'm still catching up on those tips of theirs. I'll keep you posted.