[TheForge] ABANA problems

[GHS]

Saint Phlip wrote:

>
> Dave, while I'm sure your organization makes perfect sense to you,
> where on the site doesa it say, "For membership problems, contact
> LeeAnn? Or for magazine problems contact Rob? Etc.
>
> Dave, the "Business" designation indicates to me that that is the area
> to look at if I want to buy advertising from one of the magazines or
> something. The biographies are nice, but none of them gives any
> indication of what involvement the appropriate person has in the
> organization.
>
> My suggestion is to make the website a bit more informative. Members,
> and particularly prospective members, aren't going to know intuitively
> that LeeAnn is the person to contact regarding memberships. Many of us
> could give a hoot less who the personalities are. I've avoided
> membership because I had no interest in the politics- I get enough of
> that crap in the SCA. Just give me a hammer, and leave me alone ;-)
>
ABANA is far from alone in this.
I frequent some other sites that are intuitive only to those who write them.
I often think that several large buttons with the appropriate tags, 
placed on the home page would help.
The site statistics should be able to point out places to start when 
selecting  which buttons are needed.

These sites remind me of my father in laws workshop. It is 
pathologically organized. The problem is that the scheme of the 
organization escapes everyone but him.

Mike Graf

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