Updated Profile Page: Give us your feedback!

Same problem in the States on both Windows (Google Chrome) and Mac (Safari).

Thanks! I hope it's not the latest "improvement".

No Changye, it's a problem with the site, not our computers. It's not just you.

Hi zhenlijiang

My PC can't display the comment page properly. The ad "We are hiring" (and etc) are now shown at the bottom of the page. Is it only me?

OK good, I see it isn't my comments. It's happening with everybody.

哎哟, spoke too soon ...

Thanks for the update Jenny.

The appearance of the Conversations page has been sorted out it seems like--yay.

Profile page not quite 完美 yet unfortunately but I realize it's being worked on still. The User Posts tab is most problematic. It's simply missing my 6 most recent posts. All Activity and Comments look much better; there's still the stray line from some comment showing up on top.

Hi guys,

Our apologies for the problem. The correct version is being uploaded. You will see it in less than an hour.

Glad to hear it, xiao_liang! Thanks for the feedback.

thanks catherine. I think this is a great improvement. It should make things a lot easier navigating. :)

no-one else has any reason to see my groups

..what if we wanna be your groupie?

.... there could even be a group for go_manly groupies

go groupies!!

We have added the first line of the comment, but kept the number of comments you can see to 10 on the profile page. It does lengthen things a bit, but prevents you from having to click through too many pages to find recent comments or posts.

The display public profile problem has been fixed. Please let me know if you're still experiencing problems with this. Thanks.

I guess my question was only implied in my previous comment.

Why do we want our groups showing on our profile page? I already have easy access to my own groups, and no-one else has any reason to see my groups.

I am referring to the same Changye comment. My point is that although there is now room for ten comments in 'Option 3' (by removing the photos attached to each Group), when you add a couple of lines to each post this will be reduced to 5 or 6 comments at most. Maybe you could move the stuff currently at the top to the side (seems that it would fit) and leave the whole length of the page for comments. Or is this pretty much what we had before the proposed changes were floated?

I'm referring to this comment from Changye (feel free to correct me if I misunderstood it): "No. 3 is out of question since it only shows six comments on the page."

Group images aren't on the profile page now. But they are featured prominently in design sketches 1 and 2 above.

Catherine - after you add a couple of lines to each post you will be able to see only 5 or 6 at a time. I have just read Changye's comment again - he said something along the lines of Option 3 - No way.

I don't understand the comment you make about Group images 'clogging up the page'. I don't recall Group images being on the profile page.

(I will butt out now - I abstained when the original question was asked.)

Just to clarify - this wasn't a survey. We wanted to get user feedback on the mock-ups and use that feedback to build a page that addressed users' concerns. For a while now people have been giving us a lot of great feedback AFTER changes have been made, and going forward we'd like to flip that, opening things up to users more before things get changed.

In this case, Changye expressed concern about only being able to view 6 comments at a time. We agreed - and made that change. A lot of people liked the speech bubble for the bio info. We added that to design no. 3. There seemed to be a lot of concern about the group images clogging up the page. That's one of the main reasons we went with no. 3. In addition a lot of people have been telling us that they want to see the first couple of lines of the comments and posts that are listed in the profile page. We totally agree and this change is currently being made (it will be published to the live site soon).

We are aware of the Display Public Profile box problem and I am working with the tech. team to fix it. Thanks for your input. Let me know if you have any other questions.

I like the (1) best. No. 3 is out of question since it only shows six comments on the page.

also the first part of comments

...thanks for pointing that out changye. Yesterday I could see the larger versions which meant I could see the format but even with blowing up the screen I couldn't read anything and that detail escaped me. The "super huge" jpg's mean I can read it easily now. I completely agree,that is certainly an improvement that will make things much more fangbian. Having one line is perfect...just enough to locate the right comment from a thread without taking too much real estate. This for me would clearly be the major benefit. I agree with go_manly...about returning to the page you had navigated to. Even better would be the ability to go straight to any page, say page 80. Is that feasible/possible CPod?

P.S. I think everyone should feel encouraged to raise issues and ask questions as they come across them, when they first notice them. I don't think it's helpful to hold back in order to be super-polite or whatever and try to save those questions for the occasion when we're actually invited to comment on them.

I am calm XiaoLiang.

Many of us over the past weeks have raised issues with the site that we feel to be priority in terms of user experience. When a design choice like this is presented to us then, before those have been adequately taken care of, it is only natural that some of us will respond as we did.

I don't see why CPod wouldn't welcome hearing what we think of the content in any case. It's helpful feedback, even if it wasn't asked for.

I will offer critical feedback whenever I want to, though I'm sure here Xiaophil has said much of what I brought up in a much less critical manner.

I actually think the feedback is helpful to CPod and I am not trying to demean anyone.

Thanks Catherine. I like the User Posts tab. I was able to find a post of Bodawei's this morning really quickly because of it.

But ... hmm I would think this User Posts tab (once the edit icons are working) would be the new Posts page. The reason for the negative feedback you got, I assume, is that you were talking of removing it before you indicated any plans to provide something else to serve its function. Of course users would grumble about that.

I reported the chronology issue to the tech. team last week, so that should be fixed when they publish the latest changes. As for the edit icons, those are also a part of an update that is coming (related to the posts/comments changes that I wrote about last week). In addition, in response to the user feedback we received, we will not be removing the posts page.

Catherine said about a week ago that, in response to our complaints, CPod had decided not to remove the Posts page.

Hi Catherine, I think the contents of the All Activity tab should be in correct chronological order. In mine as of now, a Post is being placed above some Comments made after the Post.

I guess you'll be adding the Edit icons to the User Posts tab later. Then once that's in place and working the current Posts page will be removed, is that correct?

#1 I have already made this request to the tech. team and it should be implemented some time next week.

#2 A lot of poddies expressed concern about the page being cluttered, especially by groups. We thought a list with the option of expanding was a good solution. Your suggestion is well-taken and as we move forward with groups and try and improve the way groups are advertised, joined and shared, (something we're actively working on right now) I will make sure to bring this into the discussion.

Thanks for the feedback.

Wow - that was quick. We have new profile pages. Couple of questions; well, comments actually.

1. Poddies expressed the view that they would like a line or two of the post so they would know which comment they are looking at - not done. Any chance that this will be amended or have we all moved on already?

2. The Group list is not useful as it stands, in my opinion - it shows the first few which are the ones of least interest, the 'defaults' if you like (in my case Elementary, Intermediate, ... etc.) This is not good enough given all the discussion about Groups. The list in the previous format was much more useful, without going to a drop-down list.

Just an idea - how about you let the poddie decide which Groups to display in this first view?? It would be one way to allow the poddie to ADVERTISE their favourite groups (yes - it would be shameless self-promotion.)

Thanks for clarifying that Catherine. I think that's great, if the User Posts tab was set up like so, since I do post and edit posts probably more than most users here.

I have nothing against changes to the profile page per se. As has already been said, for reasons I already mentioned, I do think you could explain upfront what you're aiming to achieve--it's certainly not just a revamp for cosmetic reasons. Other users are happy to give their opinion on design and I have no problem with that of course. I can't tell what design is preferable if I don't even know what the page is supposed to do, how everything all fits in; that's just me.

All activity is everything you've posted (comments and posts mixed together). Comments are your comments. Posts are your posts. As xiao_liang has said, this is not an overhaul of the profile page. We're just trying to re-organize it so it's easier for users to find what they're looking for.

As for the "User Posts" tab, the way we imagined it is that the Posts would be listed in reverse chronological order. There would be an edit icon next to each post, and by clicking that you'd be taken to the edit post page.

I appreciate your input. I've changed the jpg's with super huge ones. You should be able to read the text now if you're still interested.

I can see the images, but I cannot read the text even if I use the enlarging tool. I just now decided it's not a big deal for me to see it to be honest. I kind of think this change might help others, but it won't affect me much as I doubt I would use the profile page much even if it is an improvement. Personally, I would hope to see many of the other changes and fixes mentioned in the tech issues group happen long, long before this one. I don't say that to complain, just giving an honest opinion.

Please see above.

now, works like charm! :-)

Hmm I've linked directly to the images themselves. Can you see them now?