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I have six motorcycle and five machining-related sites bookmarked on my browser, and all but the AMCA site allow me to see new posts in no more than one click after opening the site. The AMCA site forces me to navigate around the screen to click on four places (and, that's only after I figured out some of the non-obvious places to find them), at which point the use of excess white space only allows me to see five recent posts. Other sites allow me to see anywhere from 12 to 20. As a result, I can click on any one of those other sites, scan for new posts of interest, and if there are none be done with the site in no more than 15 seconds. That's not possible with the AMCA site.
In addition to this site's poor use of excess white space, the opening page uses valuable space for boxes for 'Latest Topics' (which is fine, but it also should have a box for 'latest posts'), but also 'Recent Blog Posts' (of which there are none), 'Tag Cloud' (which provides the useless information that most posts here are about Harleys and Indians), and 'Trending' (again, useless).
Of the eleven sites mentioned above, the design of the AMCA's site is the worst. And not by a little bit. I assume the present software can't be significantly reconfigured, and I realize it's futile to hope the AMCA would switch to different software. However, I'm afraid the present site design is too off-putting to attract a wider audience given that most people who frequent the web will be used to much more user-friendly designs. And, most people who don't frequent the web are unlikely to overcome the frustration of using this site. This might have been one of the better designs in 2000, but it is hopelessly outdated and clumsy in 2021.
In an earlier post someone said he preferred quality over quantity. I completely agree. But quantity and quality are unrelated, and I have no doubt the lack of quantity here is related to the poor design of this website. That means an unknown number people with quality information to post aren't bothering to post it here.
In the post that started this thread I said I was making an observation, not a suggestion. That applies to the present post as well. Normally, I try not to mention problems when I don't have solutions to propose but, given that I doubt the AMCA will abandon the present software, I can't think of any solution to the issue of lack of traffic on this site.
In addition to this site's poor use of excess white space, the opening page uses valuable space for boxes for 'Latest Topics' (which is fine, but it also should have a box for 'latest posts'), but also 'Recent Blog Posts' (of which there are none), 'Tag Cloud' (which provides the useless information that most posts here are about Harleys and Indians), and 'Trending' (again, useless).
Of the eleven sites mentioned above, the design of the AMCA's site is the worst. And not by a little bit. I assume the present software can't be significantly reconfigured, and I realize it's futile to hope the AMCA would switch to different software. However, I'm afraid the present site design is too off-putting to attract a wider audience given that most people who frequent the web will be used to much more user-friendly designs. And, most people who don't frequent the web are unlikely to overcome the frustration of using this site. This might have been one of the better designs in 2000, but it is hopelessly outdated and clumsy in 2021.
In an earlier post someone said he preferred quality over quantity. I completely agree. But quantity and quality are unrelated, and I have no doubt the lack of quantity here is related to the poor design of this website. That means an unknown number people with quality information to post aren't bothering to post it here.
In the post that started this thread I said I was making an observation, not a suggestion. That applies to the present post as well. Normally, I try not to mention problems when I don't have solutions to propose but, given that I doubt the AMCA will abandon the present software, I can't think of any solution to the issue of lack of traffic on this site.
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