Hi, I am probably the primary admin/moderator on BozemanTalks. In light of some recently posted frustrations, I thought I would explain how the content is displayed, and if there will be any improvements.

First, I do watch daily and throughout the day at what is being posted on BozemanTalks. The “Featured Talk” is posts largely picked by myself to be featured. I look for interesting, potentially engaging posts or posts with interesting comments to feature. So if you want your post to be featured, make good and engaging posts, give your view point on something, don’t just ask a question, and a photo doesn’t hurt either.

The “Your Talk” section which is just under the “Featured Talk” is all the recently posted or commented on posts (that are not featured). This means a couple of older posts could sit right at the top of the list because of all the commenting that is taking place.

Another way to view the content on BozemanTalks would be to select “DISCUSSIONS” on the navigation bar. This will display all discussions in the order of most recently posted. You can also filter the posts by Category or even by time (today, this week, month, etc).

With all that said, we are always looking at ways to improve the site and will continue to do so. We are currently in the process of deploying two new widgets, one for displaying the “most recently commented” and another widget that will provide the category list but in widget form. Both of these widgets will be deployed on the home page in hopes it will be easier for all of you to find the content you are interested in. There are other discussions and work being done with the Instant Journalist crew to provide a better user experience and we hope to roll these features out soon.

On behalf of the daily chronicle, I would like to thank you all for your participation and want to invite you to share your user experience with us.

-Thank you

****UPDATE****

You may notice on the home page there is a new widget that will let you sort by category. We will be moving this widget to the top probably tomorrow. We will also be changing the “Your Talk” from a list of “most recently commented” posts to a chronological list of posts starting with the most recent. We will then replace the current “Your Discussions” Widget with a new widget that will display a list of most recently commented posts. Also, if you click on “your page” on the navigation bar, you should be able to see a list of posts you have created so if you want to monitor them that is also another way to quickly find them.

In addition, in the next few weeks we intend to roll out a drop down menu that will let you decide how you want the posts on the front page to be sorted and will remember your preference.