Hey Shill & @BI1nk,
You have to think from new users point of view as well.
The landing page of the forum is a list of thread which would just seem all random.
For a new user, that may not seem organised.
Can you make categories page as your landing page.
Well in time our wordpress homepage will be the main homepage, which will have an introduction to the OA forums and latest news. I’m not sure if the categories page is a better view for new users. Both views will be a lot to take in for a new user.
I think with the latest view the new user sees which topics are popular and active at the moment, the chance of being triggered to follow a thread is higher than when he has to choose from a category first, but that’s just my assumption. It may be something that we have to find out over time.
People are used to long lists these days 
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, 9GAG etc.
Hmmm, That is an interesting point.
Only a minor issue, one which you are already aware of. The logo on the top seems stretched?
How do you mean? Got a screenshot?
I keep getting a deceptive website message and red screen via my Google Chrome browser on my desktop.
Agree, plus the message from Avast.
It’s been all go in here today, jesus 
Anyways, I think @Trion makes an interesting point about the categories. I don’t mind the latest post being the default view option right now, but seeing as the site is in it’s early days, we could experiment at some point (not now obviously), trying out categories as default and see how that rolls as well.
That way we can find more analysis of pros and cons between the two options and see what long term is best for OA 
Tbh mysty I don’t think the homepage needs changing. So quick and easy to view the latest posts!
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Tbh mysty I don’t think the homepage needs changing. So quick and easy to view the latest posts!
[/quote]Oh absolutely, I just want to make sure we can make everyone’s experience on here enjoyable and comfortable to use as everyone has different preferences. Guess it’s striking a happy medium 
I think options are good.
Categories is my preference as it is easy to find everything, but when i need to see whats new i will look at whats new like i did the old forum.
If it were me i’d keep it at categories as a base.
Excellent stuff. Maybe the original OA URL could be used for this new community? New visitors won’t even get beyond the security warning before they even see the link for this new forum.
Categories as a base sounds reasonable too. Makes more sense to have to change to “What’s New” or “Latest” after. Shows the broad nature of topics available which is helpful for new users.
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Bring back the arcade 
[/quote]Casually just spotted this. Given now this site is more mobile friendly, this may be something we explore and go back to again at some point.
When we did a poll on this last year I would say there was probably enough interest to at least consider it.
For the time being though, the new Forum and Wordpress will be our focus, but never say never about an Arcade return 
There is a feature on Website Optimizer(Google product) wherein you can set the percentage of what landing page you want your users to be at.
You can then analyse the conversion rate to decide which one works the best.
Has anyone made the schmoke & a pancake joke yet?
We’ve just made some subtle changes. Firstly to the username sizes, now little bit bigger than before. Quote box colour a shade darker and name tagging (although we’re still playing about a little with the colour on this), the grey background removed, it now highlights when you hover of a name. Like so @Bl1nk.
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@Mysty What’s this “Goldmember” thing, don’t know what it is but looks cool
[/quote]It’s our group replacement for Silver members
Though right now we’re still figuring out what we can offer members in terms of extra goodies when you donate on here.
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Aha, I see cheers!
I loooooovvveee goooooollllllld