I vote for the old homepage too. I don't go on here as much as I used to either, because of the whole format change.

ME TOO. Please bring back the old format. I too do not spend as much time on here, it's just not as user friendly as before.

I 2nd the chant: ...OLD....HOME....PAGE.....OLD.....HOME....PAGE....

definitely a vote for the old home page! The scrolling bogs down my computer and makes it load slower! Though I do appreciate the work they've put into trying to improve the site

I, too, agree with everyone, and find myself spending less and less time on here. Please bring back the old home page!

I like the old way too, but I like the new scrolling feature. Could we have both???

It would also be really nice to comment on more than one cake at a time, especially with the uncommented photos. Maybe like "check" or "select" 5 or so photos at once, open them and be able to comment on all of them at the same time. Just my .02 worth.

Yep, I like the old home page better too!! Bring it back! And, had anyone noticed (maybe it's just me) that when I'm looking at a phote and I hit the back button it does nothing. If i double click the back button quickly it goes back to the main page and not just back one place. I have to use the thumbnail button or press the click the back button twice separated by a second or two.

Here's another vote for the old format. I'm not getting as much inspiration from cake pics as I used to. I don't have enough time to look through the gallery.

I prefer the old way too but...just an fyi...moderators are usually instructed to close these threads down . It drives me nuts that people can't just express their frustration especially since we've been looking at this new format for a LONG time and it's human nature to want to talk about it and the way the "temporary" version has affected us over the past months...but at the same time it drives Heath nuts to hear the complaints because he has said numerous times that this is NOT the final version of the home page. So...no chanting needed, because it is NOT going to stay like this forever . I too am anxiously awaiting the updated version because ITA with all of you - it has completely changed the way I use the site and look at pics...which is: I hardly do at all now. I know I should do it more but the old hp just drew you in more deeply and kind of inspired you to surf the pics. I know Heath is confident that we'll all like the final version. I think they are on their honeymoon right now so we need to give em some breathing room!

Opps.....I'm bad.....Sorry

I don't think you're bad . It's been like this for so long, it's natural to want to voice your opinion. I just wanted to warn you that they do that in case you wonder why it gets locked, if it does . I know it's not the permanent layout, but I too wish they hadn't done it at all and had left it the way it WAS til they got the permanent layout figured out .

But as the old saying goes, 'It is what it is' and at least we still have the forums!

Geez, sorry for all the emoticons lol.

Heehee, you are right Indydebi - although the thing I miss isn't so much the home page newest uploads (I agree: everyone should go to the galleries to see the last uploads, as you get a whole PAGE of them at once and EVERYONE gets a better chance of getting their stuff seen) - but I do miss the "today's popular" and "all time popular" pics. It was just fun to see those cycle thru and get a sense of which cakes are really grabbing everyone's attention.

I hope others see the humorous irony in this thread. I recall thread after thread after thread of people voicing their "concerns" over photos that didn't stay on the home page very long, under the old format. So now photos are staying on the home page longer and there is "concern" that the pics are on there too long.



I was just thinking this!!!!!! and yes, laughing at it. at least this way, all it is is the new ones, and it might actually get people to look at the galleriers and see all the cakes rather than the 5 of the moment.

if your not happy, let them know in a pm - as has been said, these threads usually dont last - but they are a bit busy just now! no one likes change, but it usually all works out, we might just have to change ourselves a bit too.
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I agree, there is some irony here but that only applies to new uploads. I don't mind the scrolling and it's great that people get to see their cakes for a few more minutes. What I miss are the favorites of the day and all time favorites. Those cakes provided tons of inspiration and set the bar very high for the rest of us. Without those particular photos, this site loses a bit of it's uniqueness. There's tremendous talent here but it's getting lost in the current format. The end result is that the home page looks like every other cake board....average.

in the galleries, you can view most popular, and recently commented (which in some cases means older, amzing pics), most saved, and most emailed, so you can still find the cream of the crop, alongside the latest uploads.
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I miss the old format, as well. Since the note at the top is gone, saying this was a work in progress, I think that this might be it!!
The favourites, the holiday row...all of it was great.

I just find myself not even looking at the pictures anymore and just going to the forum.

Please read Heath's comments in these threads:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-629676-.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-630210-.html