Site Design Improvements Necessary

[chobo11]

As the title says.

The website layout is very poor.

First of all, when you first go to it, you are presented with a bunch of categories and writer resources, and the background is this spammy wallpaper. It looks very bad, it will turn people away who discover the site.

The search for stories needs to be the first thing people see. I don't know why this isn't the case, but that is what a new user wants to use first. They will want to search tags, keywords, ratings, views. They don't want to see a curated list.

I don't know who maintains this website, or what its popularity is. I know I used to read it a lot like 6/7 years ago. The stories still have lots of views, but maybe that's old news, maybe its dying, idk.

The site design is decent in all aspects except when you first click on it. The welcoming is the most important part to drawing in new users. I mean look at this, https://www.literotica.com/. the text doesn't even grow to the page. everything is so small... where do I look for stories? where do I login? those things should be at the top or the corner. At the very least, move the site index to the top. I click on the small "stories & pics" hyperlink at the bottom (https://www.literotica.com/stories/) and it takes me to another page where the first thing I see is not stories or pics. its "Resources" "Store" "Community". if I go all the way to the bottom, finally I can find what I'm looking for, "Search Stories".

I don't think it would take a lot of work to do a few simple things like change the background. I would even be willing to help. html isn't that hard.

 

[Dribble]

You wasted your first post with this drivel? Counseling is that way >>>>

 

[Saint_Ann]

As the title says.

The website layout is very poor.

First of all, when you first go to it, you are presented with a bunch of categories and writer resources, and the background is this spammy wallpaper. It looks very bad, it will turn people away who discover the site.

The search for stories needs to be the first think people see. I don't know why this isn't the case, but that is what a new user wants to use first. They will want to search tags, keywords, ratings, views. They don't want to see a curated list.

Think about Wattpad, that is a good layout.

I don't know who maintains this website, or what its popularity is. I know I used to read it a lot like 6/7 years ago. The stories still have lots of views, but maybe that's old news, maybe its dying, idk.

The site design is decent in all aspects except when you first click on it. The welcoming is the most important part to drawing in new users. I mean look at this, https://www.literotica.com/. the text doesn't even grow to the page. everything is so small... where do I look for stories? where do I login? those things should be at the top or the corner. At the very least, move the site index to the top. I click on the small "stories & pics" hyperlink at the bottom (https://www.literotica.com/stories/) and it takes me to another page where the first thing I see is not stories or pics. its "Resources" "Store" "Community". if I go all the way to the bottom, finally I can find what I'm looking for, "Search Stories".

I don't think it would take a lot of work to do a few simple things like change the background. I would even be willing to help. html isn't that hard.

Chat gets fixed first!

 

[jaF0]

We like it old.

 

[FL30]

As the title says.

The website layout is very poor.

First of all, when you first go to it, you are presented with a bunch of categories and writer resources, and the background is this spammy wallpaper. It looks very bad, it will turn people away who discover the site.

The search for stories needs to be the first think people see. I don't know why this isn't the case, but that is what a new user wants to use first. They will want to search tags, keywords, ratings, views. They don't want to see a curated list.

Think about Wattpad, that is a good layout.

I don't know who maintains this website, or what its popularity is. I know I used to read it a lot like 6/7 years ago. The stories still have lots of views, but maybe that's old news, maybe its dying, idk.

The site design is decent in all aspects except when you first click on it. The welcoming is the most important part to drawing in new users. I mean look at this, https://www.literotica.com/. the text doesn't even grow to the page. everything is so small... where do I look for stories? where do I login? those things should be at the top or the corner. At the very least, move the site index to the top. I click on the small "stories & pics" hyperlink at the bottom (https://www.literotica.com/stories/) and it takes me to another page where the first thing I see is not stories or pics. its "Resources" "Store" "Community". if I go all the way to the bottom, finally I can find what I'm looking for, "Search Stories".

I don't think it would take a lot of work to do a few simple things like change the background. I would even be willing to help. html isn't that hard.

first comment and all you do is complain!!

If you don't like it, then don't use it

 

[thør]

You get what you pay for........

 

[SalviaDivinorum]

I don't think it would take a lot of work to do a few simple things like change the background. I would even be willing to help. html isn't that hard.

You think a site like this runs on HTML?

 

[ToPleaseHim]

No one on this (or any) forum here is going to care about your complaint, nor do any of the forum participants have any site admin capabilities. Your best bet is Lit Tech Support, but I would caution you to not hold your breath for a reply or any action. The site works as the site works. We choose to frequent it.

 

[stickygirl]

Lit is a cultural icon like a cassette tape or a Coke bottle. The only thing I'd change is the smell of stale wee and the nurses uniform

 

[MartaMaine]

The search for stories needs to be the first think people see. I don't know why this isn't the case, but that is what a new user wants to use first. They will want to search tags, keywords, ratings, views. They don't want to see a curated list.

In your opinion maybe, it's not the first thing I want to see.


On a separate note. In my experience, 1st posts like these tend to be from previously banned members.

 

[jaF0]

Lit is a cultural icon like a cassette tape or a Coke bottle. The only thing I'd change is the smell of stale wee and the nurses uniform

.

 

[Champakian]

Start your own site and show us how it's done.

If you're so superior, there will be a mass migration and this place will shrivel and die.

Then again, you're probably just full of know-it-all crap...

 

[Dribble]

Start your own site and show us how it's done.

If you're so superior, there will be a mass migration and this place will shrivel and die.

Then again, you're probably just full of know-it-all crap...

Much like yourself? Did you forget your Geritol?

 

[rockcasbah]

When can you start?

As the title says.

The website layout is very poor.

First of all, when you first go to it, you are presented with a bunch of categories and writer resources, and the background is this spammy wallpaper. It looks very bad, it will turn people away who discover the site.

The search for stories needs to be the first think people see. I don't know why this isn't the case, but that is what a new user wants to use first. They will want to search tags, keywords, ratings, views. They don't want to see a curated list.

Think about Wattpad, that is a good layout.

I don't know who maintains this website, or what its popularity is. I know I used to read it a lot like 6/7 years ago. The stories still have lots of views, but maybe that's old news, maybe its dying, idk.

The site design is decent in all aspects except when you first click on it. The welcoming is the most important part to drawing in new users. I mean look at this, https://www.literotica.com/. the text doesn't even grow to the page. everything is so small... where do I look for stories? where do I login? those things should be at the top or the corner. At the very least, move the site index to the top. I click on the small "stories & pics" hyperlink at the bottom (https://www.literotica.com/stories/) and it takes me to another page where the first thing I see is not stories or pics. its "Resources" "Store" "Community". if I go all the way to the bottom, finally I can find what I'm looking for, "Search Stories".

I don't think it would take a lot of work to do a few simple things like change the background. I would even be willing to help. html isn't that hard.

 

[lovetoread]

listen, the hamsters are doing their best

if you dont like it, ask for your money to be refunded

 

[redroses3377]

When can you start?

And don't forget, it's a volunteer position. The only payment you'll receive is the joy in your heart from making it easier for pervs to access the site.

 

[rosco rathbone]

GB app with tinder style dating section, jack tracking, ability to upvote poasts like twitter.

 

[Saint_Ann]

In your opinion maybe, it's not the first thing I want to see.


On a separate note. In my experience, 1st posts like these tend to be from previously banned members.

Your post is a good source of irony. Liam

 

[jaF0]

GB app with tinder style dating section, jack tracking, ability to upvote poasts like twitter.

English please?

 

[MartaMaine]

Your post is a good source of irony. Liam

Not sure I get you

 

[chobo11]

If you look at any similar "Database" type of website, this is how they are arranged. This is what people expect and what they typically want to use first when they first stumble across a website. I know that's what I want and I can't imagine ANY first time visitor stumbling across this website and having the patience to look through the whole page. It honestly doesn't even look like a website with a database of stories when you first click it. You're greeted with a wall of text. How about displaying trending stories on the side or something.

I guess back then I had always just had the search link come up when I clicked on the stories from google.
But going through the "front door", it looks like a defunct or possibly even broken website.



I don't know how old everyone here is...
I'm in a younger crowd, and I can tell you this site will lose popularity if you don't update the early 90's site design.

Look at other websites. search bar at the top, what you want is in large text and the first thing you see. A first time visitor is unlikely to be interested in the Bulletin Board or Site Updates...

 

[chobo11]

I could go in and cut/paste the index and search stories to the top in a heartbeat. I'm not saying it needs to look like some kinda Apple Store, but the accessibility is really non-intuitive. The most important things are the hardest to find. When I got the the first page for the first time, I had a hard time finding how to search stories.

 

[chobo11]

We like it old.

But new users don't, and if you want new readers/writers, it needs to be easy to use and intuitively accessible to first time visitors, not just older members.

I bring this up because I have been writing stories myself for years. I wanted to try posting them to see how they'de be received. However it's a shame that the website is in this state, it really limits the traction my story could pick up.

 

[chobo11]

first comment and all you do is complain!!

If you don't like it, then don't use it

I would'nt use it, but I think it might still be the most popular erotic literature site. However it is very compromised by the initial presentation. come to think of it, most of the stories I've liked were from the early 2000's... maybe it was most popular back then?

I'm not complaining about the colors or anything, I don't care. It's just simple, obvious stuff. I have to go through TWO webpages to finally get to Search Stories.

This is my first time back after years and I can tell you, I struggled to find the story search thing I remember.

 

[chobo11]

Ya'll can be as defensive as you want. As a first time user, who is hoping to post some stories I've never released, I gave you my impression. The first two front pages don't look legit. The only reason I kept trying to "get in" was because I remember this website.

you don't have to care about first user impressions, that's your choice. But it's not a very good one. I don't know where to post suggestions so I put it here.

I want to find a popular website for this type of thing, and the website says to me, "this is for a close-knit veteran group of older folks". There's nothing wrong with that, but its not sustainable long term.

a different website I know of has a younger crowd, but its maybe even too young, this type of content isn't even permitted there. So I don't know where to go.