Love the larger images but agree with those above who would like at least 15 or 20 posts per page instead of 10.

I’m on dial up – which is slow for any site, let alone CBB – so am used to waiting a long time for pages to load. Usually I will stop the page loading, then go down and click “show picture” for posts that I actually want to see and leave all the rest. This is actually pretty quick. Now having only 10 posts per page, though, it takes forever to re-load every new page.

Still, you’re doing an excellent job and I’ll be a regular visitor no matter what you decide to do with the site It’s the content that counts!

I’m also on a Mac and I was having the same problem mian had but mine is also fixed. I have not had any problems with things opening in a new window though.

Oh, and I like the new format. I don’t mind clicking more and the pages do load faster. I also like the 3 columns. I think the site looks more organized with this set up.

Good luck with all the “fixing”!

bah. this is what i was trying to post. it’s fixed now, though.

i’m on a mac leopard, and this is what it looks like for me.

Sarah’s note: A really cute baby?

Currently, column two is transposed over column one (so, it’s hard to read anything on the left of the page)–it was working great yesterday! Are there any problems with Safari and the new set-up?

Thank you!

I use Windows XP with Internet Explorer. Last night (Friday) I was having the issue when clicking “More” that next page would open in a new window. I make it a habit to clear my history, cookies, etc. when logging off and I don’t have the problem this morning. Either you all fixed the problem or clearing the cookies, history, etc. did it.

I love the new layout!!

I understand there will always be unhappy people but this new feature really doesn’t make a lot of sense in my opinion. I’m using cable internet and the load time for site *is* somewhat shorter with the the hack but it only has to load again when i move to the next and subsequent pages (and any comment pages). To me these multiple (albeit slightly shorter) wait times are far more annoying than just letting the site load once and then reading everything on one page. I found the site was most efficient in the old format and right-clicking comment pages to load in a new tab/window. Perhaps you’re increasing hits to the sponsored ads with this new system?

Sarah’s note: It was a combination of factors. We’ve been wanting to paginate the site for over a year now. In last year’s reader survey, the main complaint of many readers was that the page took too long to load.

Then there were two camps – those that check the site multiple times a day, and found that they only wanted to load the last ten articles or so because they had already read the rest. Then there were the more casual readers that only check about 3x a week, who found that once they got to the bottom of the page, they had no idea if they had missed other posts previous, because they couldn’t figure out the archiving system.

People also said they wanted to see a wider main column and larger photos on the page, instead of having to click the images individually to increase size. With the width and loading time issues we already had, that was just not possible – for many readers, it would freeze their computer.

Pagination is the next step blogs are moving to, and many are already there (People.com, Us, Just Jared, I’m Not Obsessed, Perez, etc etc). Yes, there is a page view benefit on the business end, but the benefit to most readers is great as well. Most will have a much shorter load time, better readability, and an easier time navigating. I’m sorry this is not happening for you. When this is done and the bugs worked out, we will have been able to eliminate the biggest problems and incorporate the most wanted changes of a large percentage of readers who gave us feedback on our survey.

Perhaps when we are finished reworking the site we may do a poll, as we did on the 4 vs 3 column post, but right now we are still in the middle of fixing bugs, so it’s not the right time to ask for opinions yet. Let us work out the technical issues first, then after readers have a chance to explore the site when it’s working smoothly, perhaps we’ll do a poll.

Thanks for your feedback.

4th page: more repeat posts from page 3, followed by continuing older posts
5th page: repeat posts from page 4 (and maybe even page 3?)

in all, it looked as though about half the posts on pages 3, 4 and 5 were from the prior page.

don’t know if this is because you have to index them manually onto the page, or if it is not following instructions the way you want them to be followed… ha ha ha…

Sarah’s note: Yeah, it’s manually because it’s a Typepad hack. Danielle was having trouble with this earlier. Such a headache! Thanks for letting us know.

love the 3 columns! and love the shorter list of posts per page.
using safari(apple) on my pc:
1st page: good
2nd page: good
3rd page: repeat posts (about 8? +/-) at the top of the page, followed by older posts

that’s as far as i got… will post another comment if i encounter any more issues.

Hi, Okay, love the 3 columns, love the More button….however the More button opens a new window which isn’t very good.

I am using IE 6, Windows XP.

Sarah’s note: Okay, new question: Are any MAC people having the new window opening problem? Danielle and I are both on MACs and we aren’t getting it, so I wonder if it’s a PC thing.