I think it would be cool to remove "Q and A" from the "Resources" category on the left and let it be it's own category (called "Forums"?), with links to the different forums directly directly underneath it. This would save one click for a lot of people (the user could go directly to a forum from the main page).
Good idea - I'll see what we can do!


I was thinking that you could have tool tips for each forum hyperlink providing a description of the forum, and you could (maybe?) have the lightbulbs next to the forum hyperlinks. Also, you wouldn't have to get rid of the main Forums page, you could create a link to that from the category header.
I'm not sure about the tooltips... once the reader visits the forums for the first time and finds out what subject questions are posted in each forum, including the tooltips on each page will become a little superfluous - it could also increase page loading time.

The lightbulbs in the menu is a great idea - but this would involve generating each and every page of the site dynamically... which would place a huge load on the server. Only yesterday we doubled the amount of RAM on the box to 256Mb to cope with peak period demand


Or maybe I am just being lazy! I know there is a fine line between providing a confusing site with links to EVERYTHING on one page, and a highly-nested site where it takes 20 clicks to get where you want to go. It's just something I was thinking of and I wanted to share
I think at the moment we've struck a pretty good balance between having a monster page of links and the "highly-nested" type of site. But we're constantly tweaking!

Thanks for all your comments.

All the best,

James