New filtered category view, darker theme, improved search access & more
Good Afternoon!
We just deployed several changes to the community to make it easier to find and follow conversations that interest you the most.
Added “following” category filter. You can now opt to only view followed categories. To use this feature, “follow” categories of interest, go to the “Categories” page (https://community.infosecinstitute.com/categories) and change your view to “Following” by clicking the “View” drop down box in the top left of your screen. This will apply a filtered view to your Category page
Added search function to every page
Reduced brightness of theme
Further expanded discussion post width; reduced margins and font sizes
Moved author bio information to left of post (instead of at the top) to improve discussion flow
In the works:
Adding a dark theme option. In the meantime, you might find this plugin helpful: https://darkreader.org/ (thanks, @draught!
Adding “Certifications” field to author bio area at the discussion level
A huge thanks to everyone who provided feedback following our initial launch. Your comments have not gone unnoticed! If you have additional suggestions, please drop them on this thread. We look forward to your feedback and will continue to make improvements to the community overtime.
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OptionsiBrokeIT Member Posts: 1,318 ■■■■■■■■■□Good job Meggo and team!2019: GPEN | GCFE | GXPN | GICSP | CySA+
2020: GCIP | GCIA
2021: GRID | GDSA | Pentest+
2022: GMON | GDAT
2023: GREM | GSE | GCFA
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OptionsCOBOL_DOS_ERA Member Posts: 205 ■■■■■□□□□□Good job guys!! much betterCISM, CRISC, CGEIT, PMP, PMI-ACP, SEC+, ITIL V3, A-CSM. And Many More.
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OptionsSteveLavoie Member Posts: 1,133 ■■■■■■■■■□Reduced brightness of theme
It is just about right now.. clear but now glowing. This way, I would not need a dark theme
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OptionsPC509 Member Posts: 804 ■■■■■■□□□□I like this much better. Thank you and the rest of your team for taking the suggestions of the users and making it happen (if possible). I really appreciate it!
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OptionsJohnhe0414 Registered Users Posts: 191 ■■■■■□□□□□@Meggo Awesome! Thank you!!
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OptionsSpiegel Member Posts: 322 ■■■■■□□□□□This is looking very good. Great work to everyone involved!Degree: WGU B.S. Network Operations and Security [COMPLETE]
Current Certs: A+ | N+ | S+ | Cloud Essentials+ | Project+ | MTA: OSF | CIW: SDA | ITIL: F | CCENT | CCNA R&S | CCNA | LPI Linux Essentials
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OptionsMontagueVandervort Member Posts: 399 ■■■■■□□□□□This is starting to look a lot better! I hope our avatars come back though.
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Optionswd40 Member Posts: 1,017 ■■■■□□□□□□Thanks, it looks better now.One more suggestion, elearnsecurity should have its own category under Information Security Certifications
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OptionsDZA_ Member Posts: 467 ■■■■■■■□□□MontagueVandervort said:This is starting to look a lot better! I hope our avatars come back though.
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OptionsMeggo Registered Users Posts: 197 AdminWe removed the avatars in comments to reduce the fixed min length of a comment post (limit scrolling as much as we can), but I do see what you mean, @DZA_ and @MontagueVandervort.
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OptionsiBrokeIT Member Posts: 1,318 ■■■■■■■■■□I think you should reduce the size of the first post avatar 60% and add the rest back in at that reduced size.2019: GPEN | GCFE | GXPN | GICSP | CySA+
2020: GCIP | GCIA
2021: GRID | GDSA | Pentest+
2022: GMON | GDAT
2023: GREM | GSE | GCFA
WGU BS IT-NA | SANS Grad Cert: PT&EH | SANS Grad Cert: ICS Security | SANS Grad Cert: Cyber Defense Ops | SANS Grad Cert: Incident Response -
Optionscyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 ModI gotta say I do use the avatars to quickly scan who posts. Having said that, they seem massive to me. Perhaps resurrecting them and reducing size would help?
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OptionsUnixGuy Mod Posts: 4,565 ModI agree with bringing avatars back, it makes it easier to identify posters
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OptionsDZA_ Member Posts: 467 ■■■■■■■□□□cyberguypr said:I gotta say I do use the avatars to quickly scan who posts. Having said that, they seem massive to me. Perhaps resurrecting them and reducing size would help?UnixGuy said:I agree with bringing avatars back, it makes it easier to identify posters
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OptionsDZA_ Member Posts: 467 ■■■■■■■□□□cyberguypr said:YES!
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OptionsJoJoCal19 Mod Posts: 2,835 ModAvatars are definitely needed. Not that I ignore posts from people whose avatar I don't recognize, but when I'm quickly scanning a thread I like to quickly be able to attribute a post to a user without having to read the username.
Have: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, eJPT, GCIA, GSEC, CCSP, CCSK, AWS CSAA, AWS CCP, OCI Foundations Associate, ITIL-F, MS Cyber Security - USF, BSBA - UF, MSISA - WGU
Currently Working On: Python, OSCP Prep
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OptionsJohnhe0414 Registered Users Posts: 191 ■■■■■□□□□□cyberguypr said:I gotta say I do use the avatars to quickly scan who posts. Having said that, they seem massive to me. Perhaps resurrecting them and reducing size would help?
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Optionsinfosec_darren Registered Users Posts: 20 AdminAvatars are back! keep the suggestions coming & we'll keep working
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OptionsNetworkNewb Member Posts: 3,298 ■■■■■■■■■□Site is looking soooo much better from when it first was updated!
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OptionsPC509 Member Posts: 804 ■■■■■■□□□□Looks much better. I love the evolution of this site. Thanks!
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OptionsSteveLavoie Member Posts: 1,133 ■■■■■■■■■□I like how responsive the community manager are... Bravo!
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Optionscyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 ModDid anyone notice how Meggo is embracing memes ? That was a big no-no under the old administration. And some people thought TE was dying, NAH!!!!!