[Site Update] Website Change Notes

[ratique]

I'll let the team know, but for now, please use the app on your phone - there you won't have that issue.

[jensrichard77]

Why not just keep the side bar but also allow readers to expand the comments at the bottom?

My guess is that we have to show the ads after the episode. And if the comments are too long the ads will be too far away. This way we get all the comments and the ads quick.
And we need the ads to pay the bills

[Random_Guy]

I've only got one technical issue to report, and I don't think it's cause of the site update but it might be related.
Last night, my phone did that really stupid thing where the website shifts for one reason or another, and I accidentally signed out of the forums.
I tried to simply sign back in, but on my first two attempt, I was met with a messages telling me the page could not be opened, as too many redirects had occured.

Again, I don't know if this has to do with the site update, or even if it's an issue on your end that you can fix, my phone might just have been acting up since I succeeded on my third try, but I figured I'd let someone know.

[ratique]

Thanks Ratique. Still going to episode 1 via my bookmarks of https://tapas.io/series/MrLovenstein and https://tapas.io/series/The-Pigeon-Gazette and I've loaded those pages at least four times in the last two days (certainly three times today,) and scrolled through to the most recent episode at least once today and once yesterday. I've never had the site show me the most recent episode on load, it's always been the list - although it used to at least have the newest ep at the top, and now it's showing me the oldest possible episode.

I just tested these links and both take me to the latest viewed episode - so it could be a Linux issue. I'll tell the team.

[jensrichard77]

I was met with a messages telling me the page could not be opened, as too many redirects had occured.

Nope. This is a loooooong issue and perhaps something to to with Google (If that is your login?)

[keii4ii]

For now, we'll keep the side bar and review how readers (and commenters) adapt to the change over time.

I would be extremely saddened if this leads to comments getting shorter...

[Random_Guy]

Yep, Google.
Again, I wasn't sure if it was an issue with Tapas that they could fix, but I still felt I should let them know.

[ratique]

My guess is that we have to show the ads after the episode. And if the comments are too long the ads will be too far away. This way we get all the comments and the ads quick.And we need the ads to pay the bills

Eh I dunno that that's the reasoning. The dev team makes their decisions based on finding best solutions for readers, not advertisers.

For now, we will stick with the current solution and review the data once we have it.

[jensrichard77]

Did you randomly click a middle episode and then click the link?

Because in Crome that will take me to last viewed and not latest episode.
Also as @mmmmat is saying. This is when you are signed out and have no account the issue is.

I guess the best way to use this site, is to have an account

[mmmmat]

My experience of over a decade of web development is that Firefox is Firefox is Firefox. The platform it's running on doesn't matter, but thanks for passing it on. For what it's worth I just checked and I get the exact same problem in both Chrome and Opera as well.

The thing is, it's not really a browser issue, the page is rendering just fine, it's your server that's delivering the wrong stuff. Your default behaviour is wrong regardless of what browser I'm using.

[jensrichard77]

Here @mmmmat

bookmark this and it will give you what you are seeking
https://tapas.io/series/MrLovenstein/info

[mmmmat]

Thanks. That gives me the slightly less broken behaviour the site managed to present until a few days ago. Ideally I just want the most recent episode to load when I hit my bookmark but that for some reason seems to be a feature nobody at tapas towers has thought users might like.

Would it be so tricky to have a https://tapas.io/series/[blah]/latest url available for each [blah] on the site?

[jensrichard77]

Well. Now that you have an account. Please stay and enjoy all the good thing that comes. Some creators really like it when you give them a ”like” and leave a nice comment.
It helps them to know what you like.
Also. Some other readers might share some of your thoughts

And you get a notification when there is a new update

[jensrichard77]

The dev team makes their decisions based on finding best solutions for readers, not advertisers.

What??? But we need the $$$

[Azifri]

I really hope comments don't get shorter or discouraged. Interacting with readers is one of the most rewarding parts of sharing my work here, way more than numbers and subs

[jensrichard77]

I really hope comments don't get shorter or discouraged.

I believe that if people have something to say. They will say it.

Just like @mmmmat that made an account just to tell us about the user experience.

Communication is key. And unlike Webtoons, Tapas is doing this part so much better. You do not even get a notification as a creator that someone has left a comment for you over there. How lame is that?

Tapas is the best place for me to call home.

[keii4ii]

I believe that if people have something to say. They will say it.

IMO this is much more likely for complaints than it is for compliments...

[Azifri]

Not really, I asked several people to check the page and they all found the comments box weird if not annoying, because if you have a computer with a smaller screen the comments box overlaps with the pages and you have to manually activate it to comment, which interrupts the reading flow, and then hide it again to continue reading. It was much more convenient to just: read page -> type comment below -> move on. Also, less clicks.

[jensrichard77]

IMO this is much more likely for complaints than it is for compliments...

Psst @mmmmat wanna prove this wrong?

[keii4ii]

wanna prove this wrong?

Exceptions don't prove it wrong if they are, well, exceptions.

Besides, people generally accept that the majority of your active subs are silent readers enjoying the comic without ever commenting. If that's true, then it's also true that people are unlikely to say anything. We really did not need to introduce a new factor deterring people from leaving thoughtful comments... We should be encouraging people to talk more.