new layout of Macrumors.com homepage [Archive]

evil

Jun 18, 2003, 04:33 PM

is anyone else a bit frustrated with the updated ladyout? in particular i am referring to how the latest threads are no longer on the right side. having those on the side was much easier than being forced to go into the actual forum pages to see whats new.

arn-any possibilities of the new posts coming back to the homepage?

arn

Jun 18, 2003, 05:00 PM

this is a temporary change to decrease the traffic to the forums.

arn

shadowfax

Jun 18, 2003, 05:28 PM

maybe you could just throw together a little page with the script that does it, and not link to it anywhere and PM evil with the location :)

wdlove

Jun 18, 2003, 06:35 PM

If this prevents the Mac Forum from going off line because heavy visits, then I'm all for the change. Thank you arn!

MrMacMan

Jun 18, 2003, 06:47 PM

Originally posted by wdlove
If this prevents the Mac Forum from going off line because heavy visits, then I'm all for the change. Thank you arn!
It wouldn't because the server that this updates affects is the main page, not the forum's computer.

So I am confused at how this would help at all for the forums.

arn

Jun 18, 2003, 06:49 PM

Originally posted by MrMacman
It wouldn't because the server that this updates affects is the main page, not the forum's computer.

So I am confused at how this would help at all for the forums.

less people go to the forums.

arn

MrMacMan

Jun 18, 2003, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by arn
less people go to the forums.

arn

Ha you might as well remove "Discussion Forums_ " link at the top of the main page.
That will really throw people for a loop. :p

evil

Jun 18, 2003, 08:54 PM

temporary..meaning that you expect the traffic to decrease?

is there any reason for the increase in traffic? i have noticed more server busy notices lately.

thanks for the good work arn. your effort is definately noticed.

MrMacMan

Jun 18, 2003, 09:09 PM

evil

Jun 18, 2003, 09:14 PM

Originally posted by MrMacman
Have you noticed the main page recently?
WWDC... 970... WWDC!
what the hell are you talking about?

szark

Jun 18, 2003, 09:50 PM

The site was swamped because of the supposed case picture (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=29654) that was posted on the site yesterday.

Traffic will likely stay a bit higher than normal until after the 23rd.

shadowfax

Jun 18, 2003, 09:50 PM

Originally posted by evil
temporary..meaning that you expect the traffic to decrease?

is there any reason for the increase in traffic? i have noticed more server busy notices lately. yes, there is always a LOT more traffiic around big days like WWDC, MWNY, MWSF, the day they announced the iPods... with the case of something this supposedly revolutionary, things are just vamping up. expect the site reccord for online users to be surpassed by a lot in the next few days. then a little while after WWDC things will seep back to normalcy.

scem0

Jun 18, 2003, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by evil
what the hell are you talking about?

World Wide Developers Confrence.

Apple is participating, and is rumored to release a PowerMac with a PPC 970. A supposed picture of the powermac was posted here, and traffic to the forums increased heavily.

http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/

Hope that clears it up.

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/77430bbce83afc89881430e177cabb9b.png

evil

Jun 18, 2003, 09:54 PM

Originally posted by scem0
World Wide Developers Confrence.

Apple is participating, and is rumored to release a PowerMac with a PPC 970. A supposed picture of the powermac was posted here, and traffic to the forums increased heavily.

http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/

Hope that clears it up.

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/77430bbce83afc89881430e177cabb9b.png

wow...wwdc?
posted pictures?
what is that?

wait...whats a powermac?

job

Jun 18, 2003, 09:57 PM

Originally posted by evil
wow...wwdc?
posted pictures?
what is that?

wait...whats a powermac?

You guys have been had.

Scem0, MrMacman you guys actually believed that evil didn't know what was going on? :D

scem0

Jun 18, 2003, 10:28 PM

ahahaah. http://www.my-smileys.de/roflmao.gif

Yeah he got me...

I was about to say..... How could you possibly not know what WWDC is and have any connection to the mac community what-so-ever?

Sigh. http://www.blizzforums.com/images/smilies/dance.gif

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/cdcb35acd7902df97d2eb5e6c320263b.png

shadowfax

Jun 18, 2003, 10:49 PM

Originally posted by scem0
ahahaah. http://www.my-smileys.de/roflmao.gif

Yeah he got me...

I was about to say..... How could you possibly not know what WWDC is and have any connection to the mac community what-so-ever?

Sigh. http://www.blizzforums.com/images/smilies/dance.gif

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/cdcb35acd7902df97d2eb5e6c320263b.png all the gimpy smilies you can muster help you nothing!

jelloshotsrule

Jun 18, 2003, 10:55 PM

Originally posted by Shadowfax
all the gimpy smilies you can muster help you nothing!

man i'm so sick of those things.

Royal Pineapple

Jun 18, 2003, 11:08 PM

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
man i'm so sick of those things.
amen

vniow

Jun 19, 2003, 01:31 AM

Originally posted by Royal Pineapple
amen

Ditto.

Hell, I don't even use my own all that often anymore, heh..

jelloshotsrule

Jun 19, 2003, 01:35 AM

Originally posted by vniow
Ditto.

Hell, I don't even use my own all that often anymore, heh..

and when you do, i don't cut em out of my responses...... but scem's....... ;)