Make WorldAnvil homepage default to community tab again pls

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Api · Created by cruisercrusher
declined

Since there's the news tab on the menu bar thing at the top of the webpage and it gets notifications, could we have it so that the main world anvil homepage defaults to showing the community tab again, rather than the news tab? I don't check the news tab as often, since it doesn't update as often, and prefer checking the community threads regularly, but sometimes forget to because I have to manually click over it now.

The Team's Response

Thanks for the suggestion! We're declining it because we just released a Community modal you can access from anywhere on World Anvil, accessible from the top menu bar. This is the new home for the community, it's faster to both access and use, and includes some new features too! The global dashboard as you currently see it will eventually go away or be replaced with something else.
Current score

16/300 Votes · +1997 points

Votes Cast

  • -300

    by LisaGrimm
    on 2025-01-28 10:08
    I don't use the community tab at all, so personally I find news tab as homepage a more suitable option. However, if someone finds that they'd prefer a community tab as homepage, such option should be provided.
  • -1

    by WeStanNikolai
    on 2025-01-28 09:28
    I think I'd prefer us being able to choose which tab to default to - I also forget to check the community tab sometimes, but I understand why some people (including myself) would prefer it to default to the news tab.
  • +300

    by Wordigirl
    on 2025-01-23 19:36
    I remember the team going back and forth on this one because people like the community but the team doesn't want the outward-facing homepage to reflect things and views that are not expressed by the team, so I understand the choice. Still, the news page is often outdated and people sometimes have a challenge trying to find where the community tab has actually gone. As for me, it takes a while to load and the whole front page seems cluttered and ad-ridden now, even though the ads in question are from WorldAnvil. I feel that there is probably a better way to layout the homepage and honestly taking the news section away since there are so many other ways to access the same thing would probably be better, in my opinion. The dashboard being called the dashboard and then us having another section for our own worlds called dashboard is also confusing. It seems a lot could be reworked. I have ideas but won't crowd them here. Anyways, thanks for suggesting this. God bless.
  • -1

    by BCGR_Wurth
    on 2025-01-19 18:05
    I think it would be nice to be able to set the default tab in one's user options rather than having it apply globally as in this suggestion.
  • -100

    by A Roaring Orc
    on 2025-01-19 15:24
  • -1

    by PoppaeaSabina
    on 2025-01-17 21:48
    I agree with Rambunctious Dragon. Everyone has different tastes as to what they want to see when they open up WA, and no option can please everyone. The most user-friendly option is allowing everyone to choose their own, but I feel you could probably do that yourself with a shortcut on your browser.
  • +300

    by World Smithy
    on 2025-01-15 05:39
  • +300

    by Chrysoula
    on 2025-01-14 22:58
  • +100

    by cow2face
    on 2025-01-14 14:44
  • -100

    by Scalenex
    on 2025-01-12 17:40
    I like the news tab better but if hypothetically we could CHOOSE what the default is everyone gets what they want
  • +300

    by Michael Chandra
    on 2025-01-12 12:17
  • +100

    by Cyborg Starfish
    on 2025-01-11 12:15
  • -100

    by A Rambunctious Dragon
    on 2025-01-11 12:08
    Personally I prefer it defaulting to the news tab, which is how the homepage used to work, and I hated having to swap over to the news tab to check it. Ultimately, unless they let you pick a tab to default to, I think there will always be people put out by whichever tab ends up as the default.
  • +300

    by nnie
    on 2025-01-11 09:38
  • +300

    by Ratha
    on 2025-01-11 09:19
  • +300

    by spooktacular
    on 2025-01-11 04:29
    Yes, please! I was about to make the same suggestion!
  • +300

    by cruisercrusher
    on 2025-01-11 01:18