The new layout should feature a sidebar on each post and width of the post itself should remain unchanged. The sidebar can feature related posts or posts that fall under the same category umbrella.
From a design perspective, a much shorter version of the sidebar at www.dailymail.co.uk seems like a good fit for hubs. Image+text sidebars will give click hungry visitors more options to navigate within HubPages as opposed to hitting the back button or moving on to another website.
The newly implemented layout looks cleaner than the previous one. It is a progressive step forward in the design of the website. A strategically placed sidebar seems like the missing element from a visual and visitor engagement perspective.
Princesswithapen
Thanks for the suggestion, Princesswithapen, but in all of our user testing, the design without a sidebar performed the best. We eliminated the sidebar because things that were in it were less often clicked and more users abandoned the page.
When we put everything into the single column, it made it more clear for readers what to do. As a result, they share the page more, read more related Hubs, and leave more Hub Feedback than ever.
As such, we are unlikely to move back to have a sidebar at this time.
by Marina 10 years ago
The wide Hub design is finally out! Please use this thread to ask questions and report bugs. For more detailed information about the redesign, check out the original blog and forum post announcements. We hope you like the new Hub!Edit: Just want to add that if you have any suggestions for how...
by Suzanne Day 10 years ago
Hi,I recently reported a bug with the "More By" author feature on the right side bar inside hubs, where my hub for herpes had a "More By" of Barbie movies and this didn't seem right with topic choice. I thought of some great suggestions for the More By feature, which would...
by Sondra Rochelle 9 years ago
I am really tired of reading forums that have interesting titles but were written some time ago. I posted about this last week, but now have a suggestion that will help people decide whether they want to read and/or respond to such posts: PUT THE DATE BESIDE OR DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE...
by Judi Brown 11 years ago
I know it's been suggested before, but please reconsider allowing threads concerning sites posting stolen content to be stickied.Just today there are several threads regarding the same sites, people cross-posting and getting mixed up on which site is being discussed. It's not surprising; the...
by Eric Dockett 5 years ago
I believe one thing HubPages can do to help increase traffic is to separate some of the successful topics away from their niche sites and give them their own sites so they can better compete with the big authority websites out there in the world. Some of the niche sites are tightly focused but...
by Laura Brown 12 years ago
Could HP consider adding the Zemanta service? It gives images which are allowed to be used. It also brings up links and link trading. In the case of a large site like HP, Zemanta could set it up so we only share HP links or choose from HP and other offsite links. It would be useful for the images...
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