Speaking of capsules, it would help new users and HB too if the default start had three text capsules with the photo moved down and perhaps even right justified.
Having three would give the hint that they ought to be using more than one, moving the photo would prevent it from interfering with the big ad block and pushing it right might help them notice that it CAN be pushed right.
Sounds good to me. The default layout with the photo at the top is not a good default because everyone seems to agree that you need text in the beginning for the top-right ad.
Speaking of which, what if we combine these ideas? Allow us to define our own default layouts with capsule templates? So a custom default could be:
text
text
text
text_with_join_hubpages_message
RSS_feed_to_my_latest_hubs
This saves a lot of time!
Yes, it would. Of course, after 6 months, I have all my default text loaded into paste buffers ready to recall, so it isn't all that annoying, but defaults sure would make it quicker and a better starting layout would help new hubbers.
It would be nice, I think, to be able to set your own custom default templates. For a simple page I have one layout, for a top ten article I have a different layout. Having say 3 'custom template' slots could save me a lot of time.
by Paul Deeds 14 years ago
We just released a small update to the site. Among a slew of bug fixes and small updates, there are two notable changes.The first is that you can follow the comments on a hub, and receive email notifications when new comments are made. Just click the follow button near the top of the...
by Simone Haruko Smith 13 years ago
Happy Friday, Hubbers!I am happy to announce that the new Special Layout Options for recipes and reviews that we introduced on our blog earlier this week are now live. Head over to the HubTool and have a look!In addition to making new Hubs using these Special Layout Options, you can update your...
by Kate Swanson 10 years ago
We're being told to change all our capsules to full-width to cater for mobile users, but HubPages does that for us automatically - so the only real problem is that a half-width capsule is expanded ABOVE its related capsule, not below. If the automated system could be adjusted so that...
by Raymond D Choiniere 14 years ago
Hey New and Veteran Hubbers,I was just editing a hub that I am presently working on, getting ready to publish after making minor adjustments.However, I discovered a NEW feature.Word Count on the TOP of each Text Capsule.A very nice addition for people who don't write their hubs outside of...
by Ronald E Franklin 7 years ago
The biggest issue I have with all capsules having to be full width is that there now seems to be no provision for sidebar content. I've had to eliminate several sidebar text capsules because although they have supplementary information that would be useful for the reader, they just can't be fitted...
by thatcatschaaf 14 years ago
Hi of course i am new to hub pages and have read a lot so i wouldn't have to bother others with questions, but I can't seem to find what i want. I like the default hub I get with being able to put a photo to the right and text to the left that fills down, but when i pick new capsules I get separate...
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