Read More Right Here

Read More Right Here

June 30th, 2007 @ 1:07 pm by Mrs. Bee
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The site has been reverted back to its original state. A follow-up post coming soon!

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Hi everyone!

Just a quick update on a slight site tweak we’re experimenting with. You used to be able to read an entire post on the same page by clicking “Read More Right Here” after the cut tag. But because our frontpage has soooo much content, it was taking a really long time to load for a lot of our readers. So we’ve eliminated the “Read More Right Here” option; now you have to click “Read the rest of this entry” and go into the individual post to continue reading it after the cut tag.

We’re really sorry if you were attached to that feature, but ultimately we’ll have a much faster weddingbee for everyone!

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Sarita

I have an unrelated question: What happened to Miss Sunflower? She hasn’t posted since November 06 and she’s now showing on the Mrs page of bees? Inquiring minds want to know! =)

6/30/07 @ 2:31 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Bee

She was just so far from her wedding that she hasn’t been blogging. Maybe she’ll pop in and say hello!

6/30/07 @ 2:35 pm (reply)

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Sarita

Oh, OK, I was confused that she was on the Mrs page! Thought she might have gone and eloped or something!

6/30/07 @ 2:37 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Bee

ah sorry bout that - she was there temporarily as we organize the mass of bees that have been/are getting married these weeks.

6/30/07 @ 2:41 pm (reply)

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kanipark

looks cleaner

6/30/07 @ 2:59 pm (reply)

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Allison

I understand making the change, but I read weddingbee through google reader, and now it only shows the first part of the posts. I have to click through to read the rest. Any chance of creating an RSS feed that can show the whole posts?

6/30/07 @ 3:08 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Bee

ah allison - we will definitely look into that!

6/30/07 @ 3:11 pm (reply)

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wren

Diddo to Allison. Its muy inconvenient that the post doesn’t show up in one feed. Perhaps the alternative is to cut down on the number of posts on that appear on the front page?

6/30/07 @ 3:39 pm (reply)

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plumeriapal

Weddingbee has always loaded quickly for me so I’m a little confused why changes like this are made. You already cut down the number of posts that appear on the first page and you moved to a dedicated server. Am I missing something? Are there more people using dial up in the world than I originally thought?

Although I will miss the “read more here” feature, I do appreciate that you always have your readers best interests in mind!

6/30/07 @ 4:41 pm (reply)

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Arivechi

I miss that feature already. I don’t think it took me any more time to load a whole page of complete posts than if it was just the first paragraph. But if it’s best for other readers then I will happily live with the change.

6/30/07 @ 4:57 pm (reply)

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heyjanety

i know that you’ve eliminated the previous feature to cut down on loading time. but i also, have found that weddingbee has loaded quickly for me too. i think the new way the entries are featured are kind of annoying. reason being, sometimes i want to read the rest of the entries without having to read the comments. and i’m not fond of having to click the back arrow to get to the rest of the entries on the page.

sorry to sound so complainy. i know you’re always trying to improve the site, but this is one “improvement” that doesn’t quite help.

but i still heart weddingbee.

6/30/07 @ 5:00 pm (reply)

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Guest

Aww, I loved that feature–it loaded quickly and I could go right to the next entry without having to hit the back button. I agree–where are all these dial up users? I haven’t found it super annoying yet, but it’s definitely not an improvement, in my opinion.

Also–slightly related–any ideas why if I hit the back button after looking at comments it’ll scroll me past a couple entries? Am I the only one with that issue?

6/30/07 @ 5:03 pm (reply)

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cccc

Would it be easier if we click on the “Read More Right Here” and it opens in a new window? I love the idea of fast loading page, but I just think it might be better to not hit “back” and wait for the main page to load again and again.

Now I just hold the “shift” button down when I click the link, so it opens in the new window

Just an idea tho. I still love weddingbee!

6/30/07 @ 5:09 pm (reply)

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Bee

Mrs. Bee (message) 3,235 posts, Sugar bee

hey allison - we’ve changed the rss feed to show the whole post!

for everyone else - we’ll try this out for a few days, and see how it goes? i know it’s not as convenient for people on fast connections… but we’re trying a few things to get the frontpage to load faster. hopefully over time, we’ll find a way to have a frontpage *and* the “read more right here” feature…

6/30/07 @ 5:15 pm (reply)

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lolacola

is there any way that when we click to read the rest of the entry it opens in a new window?? i understand losing the “read more right here” part but HATE having to hit the back arrow to return to the page with all the entries on them. . .

6/30/07 @ 5:35 pm (reply)

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Tessa

Yeah I’m not too fond of it, either. I’d like to hear feedback from the people with the slower connections - how big of a difference is it really making?
Still

6/30/07 @ 6:49 pm (reply)

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Cortney

Ahhh! Too many more clicks…I don’t like it.

6/30/07 @ 7:27 pm (reply)

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Guest

I agree with the above posters. I’ve never had a problem loading and it’s inconvenient to have to push the back button - esp since sometimes I lose my place on the page!

Would it be possible to have both options? like a “read more right here” and “read more on another page” link? that way you can choose which one you want.

6/30/07 @ 8:12 pm (reply)

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plumeriapal

Have you heard of this free web optimization tool? It analyzes your page load times. I ran weddingbee’s home page and it loads in less than 8 seconds for a 56K modem (dial up) which is good. When you design a webpage, you want to aim towards a less than 10 second load time for dial up users. Here’s the link:

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

Just some food for thought….

6/30/07 @ 8:23 pm (reply)

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Guest

i’m lazy, and like other readers, i dislike using my “back” button if i don’t have to… so i’ve found that the change in format makes me less inclined to read everyone’s entries. =/ maybe it’s good in that i’ll “waste” less time on weddingbee… but i LIKE wasting time on weddingbee…

6/30/07 @ 8:52 pm (reply)

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