In the coming months, we will be updating a number of aspects of AgingCare.com in order to improve the usability of the site for you, our members. The two most significant pending changes are a new navigation bar along the top of the site and an improved layout for our articles. These will be applied towards the end of July/beginning of August.
It will take a bit of getting used to, but it is our hope that this simplified navigation will help members and newcomers alike locate the information they are looking for. All of our articles, questions, answers, discussions, etc. are still live and intact, but they will be organized a bit differently moving forward.
For your reference, we have provided a quick guide to using the new navigation below. (NOTE: These details may not make complete sense until we publish the updates and you see them.)
-The Caregiver Forum (Support Groups and Discussions) can be found under “Ask a Question.”
-You can find information on all types of Senior Living under “Find Care.”
-To access content that was previously filed under Caregiver Support (Caregiver Burnout, Emotional Wellbeing, Tough Issues, etc.), click on “Caregiving.”
-Content that was previously filed under Elder Care (Daily Care, Health Conditions, End of Life and Hospice, etc.) can be found under “Healthy Aging.”
-The Money and Legal Section is located in a drop-down menu that appears when you click on the three lines next to our logo on the far left of the blue navigation bar.
-The search box can also be located in the drop-down menu.
To ensure you are logged into your account, look for your avatar in the top right of the navigation bar. (If you are not logged in, you will see the “LOGIN” link in that spot instead.) Once you are logged in, you can access your account information, news feed and public profile by either clicking on your avatar or using any of the “Membership” links in the drop-down menu described above. You can log out by using the link in the drop-down as well.
Improvements to our articles include larger, easier-to-read text, clearer formatting, and an accessible “share bar.”
As always, when it comes to upgrading or trying something new, there are bound to be a few kinks that will pop up and need to be ironed out. We sincerely appreciate your patience while we work through this process to make AgingCare as user-friendly and informative as possible. The entire AgingCare team has been working hard on these changes, and we are excited to finally share them with you!
We appreciate your feedback and will be actively monitoring this thread. If you have any questions or concerns about these updates, please feel free to post them below. Thank you!
-AgingCareEditor
Same thing happens on the line that ask "Select One", when I click on what I want, the "Select One" is still there underneath the line items I had selected.
Glad: I have heard nothing from the powers that be on AC abt an edit button, yet we have all kinds of other changes that are, IMO, useless.
What gives, AC???
Now I do see ads on the Aging Care articles that are banner ads under every second or third paragraph. I use to think the article ended when I saw the ads. Wow, I was surprised to find out that the article kept on going, I had to scroll over those ads to get to another part of the article, and keep scrolling over the ads. I was wondering why the articles were so very short :P
If there is a thread with 10,000 posts, I can easily go to the "Last", then I will go backwards if I hadn't been on the thread in awhile.
I am using an old desk top computer, and am using Firefox as my browser, so I don't know if that makes any difference.
On threads that are popular, continuing on for years, can AC "Archive" the prior years, making them accessible, but not so bulky to open or peruse in the current year?
Then, add an "Archive" button at the end of the threads: such as,
My whine moment
What's for Dinner?
etc.
AC, WHY is it so difficult to add a report this post? Add the ability to quarantine it if it meets a certain set of rules. It so so irritating!
I just went to the discussion "Did Hospice rush your loved ones death?" on my own. I did not "link" to it from an e-mail alert. There are 901 texts and I was put on page 1, started in 2013. Each page has 10 posts. The ONLY option is "Next". There is no "Last". You can move to page 2 from either the top or bottom but it will only advance you 1 page ahead. I would have to click 90 times to get to the last page! I have seen the "Last" button on certain threads. I'm assuming "Last" is only available when I use the e-mail click to the link. I don't know why this would be. I'm restricted from reading the latest posts on the older threads (that have hundreds of entries) unless I link to it from the e-mail. Am I making myself clear?
Please try to go on a topic on your own, without an e-mail link and see what I mean.
To the Editor, please put an "edit" button so we can correct our errors (or the darn "autocorrect" mistakes from our computers). Thanks.
To get to the last answer, click on Last and you will get the most current batch of answers.
We still need an edit function. I understand that the posts are subjects for the magazine and newsletters, but editing is a major function of forums to ensure that grammar, spelling, thoughts and context are correct. Given the small response box, it's difficult to read and keep longer posts in context.
Honestly, I really don't care how many articles there are if I still have to fool around with decreasing the font size to log out or read the articles or copy my texts into Word so I can proofread them properly. For now, I just ignore the articles.
We released another updated portion of the site this morning. This release included redesigns of our four most important Caregiving section pages:
Health Conditions
https://www.agingcare.com/Health-Conditions
Caregiver Support
https://www.agingcare.com/Caregiver-Support
Money & Legal
https://www.agingcare.com/Money-Legal
Daily Care
https://www.agingcare.com/Daily-Care
Please note that individual categories within these larger sections are next on our list. (For example, the Alzheimer's and Dementia category within Health Conditions: https://www.agingcare.com/Alzheimers-Dementia)
I know that these changes are happening slowly, but we are working as quickly and accurately as we can. Consistency across the site has been an issue for many of you, but I want to reassure you that a uniform look IS a significant part of our end goal. As I have mentioned, this is a huge undertaking that must be done in pieces in order to give each part the careful thought and execution it deserves and avoid any widespread problems.
I also want to share that we are leaving the forum untouched for as long as possible while we work through these other areas of the site. We know how important questions, discussions and private messages are to you all. The forum and the members who participate in it truly are the heart of AgingCare. When it comes to devising new features and updates, we want to ensure that they can be applied swiftly and successfully in order to minimize any potential bugs or downtime. We have learned a lot so far through these other updates, and this information will inform our changes to the community.
Please bear with us! I will continue to keep you abreast of any other updates as they happen. Once again, if you notice anything buggy or unusual, you can report it here.
Thank you!
-AgingCareEditor
So sad that some really kind and caring caregivers will be fooled by the spammers and trolls.
For some reason, after reading the articles and going back to "Ask a Question" the front size on the Question seems a tad bit smaller. Maybe it is just my eyes not adjusting the print size change quick enough.
And I found it takes me so much longer to find an article... the SEARCH doesn't seem to catch what I am looking for.... it gives me way too many "hits"... and if I try to narrow down the search, then I get none :(
"The two most significant pending changes are a new navigation bar along the top of the site and an improved layout for our articles."
Maybe it is easier to read the larger font and format on a smart phone, I wouldn't know since I don't have one. And probably they are aiming the articles at people who are not necessarily forum habitues, but wouldn't it make more sense to keep the font size consistent across the site anyway?