Welcome to the re-designed HOATalk.com!

Personally, I think it's a little too much blue. Colors can highlight items, a different fill for the "add new topic" button would help make it pop on the page.

It's great you have the posting rules prior to the reply and prior to posting a new topic.
I'm not sure that they will be seen, as members may focus on adding a topic or reply and not notice the icon.
Again, a different color fill that draws your eye to the icon could improve the rules being noticed and, hopefully, read.

Just checked the search function and the profile function.

One thing the old design had was an ability to look at past posts by an individual user.
If I recall correctly, it was under the profile menu along the lines of "view posts by user" allowing you to see your own past 100 (I think) posts or, by replacing the user name, those posts by a different user.

I can not seem to locate that function in the new design and searching by a members name does not provide the expected results.

This feature was very useful at times when a topic was updated or asked a different way by a user. Someone reading the post, believing that this question was asked before, could search posts by that member and find the topic. Once found, references and links back to the previous post (sometimes posts) could be done.

A date range might be a good addition, as laws change and advice provided might have been good in 2000 but that same advice could be bad in 2026.

Tim: We re-designed the site color scheme to a milder slate blue to tone down the blue. Thanks for the feedback

Elle: Thank you for the feedback. Formatting of posts has been added to the roadmap for consideration. There's some tech issues around it, but we see your point and it does sound useful.

Hi Bill,

We added your comments on the editor to the roadmap for consideration on how best to allow formatting. Thank you for your feedback.

I like the updated color screen.
I would still consider changing the fill color on the smiley face for posting rules to make it a little more eye catching.

Quoting was a helpful tool when responding to several issues/points of discussion in one post.
Other than copy and paste, I don't see how users can quote (as HOATalk did in this thread, showing it was a post) a posting.

Links - I looked up an old post with links and confirmed that the links work. However (at least on the desktop version of the site) there is no defining color indicating that a link exists. Holding the mouse over the link changes the arrow pointer to an index finger pointer indicating a link but one wouldn't know that just by looking at the post. Strongly recommend links in posts be in a different color.

I like the redesign and thank all those involved for their hard work. It's much easier to read. Sue

NEW FEATURE JUST ADDED:

When you visit a post that got more replies since you last visited, it will auto-scroll you to the new reply you haven't seen yet.

We also added little scroll arrows on the top right you can click to page down or go back to top. Works on phone and PC/laptop.

We're trying to make it easier for our most active members to keep up with new posts and replies.

Looks good. Certainly more eye catching.

I also appreciate the info o how to quote a post.

A couple of bugs. I know that I should type my text into a local buffer and then copy paste it into the web page input field - but sometimes I don’t, and so I burned myself - nay, myself and humanity - the other day: I entered some text - exceptionally fine text, the kind that the Pulitzer people like, I had the ghost of freakin’ H. L. Mencken chuckling in my ear, it was *that* good! - into the input field, wondered “okay, do they support some kind of blockquote?”, hit the Help button, didn’t find what I wanted (ie, a short guide to the local markup), hit Back - and discovered that I - and you - and future generations - had been robbed of the immortal, prize-winning words I had entered. Mencken spat ectoplasm on the floor and flicked his cigar butt at my ear. It hurt!

Also, a quick reference to the supported markup / html would be real nice. Or more obvious, if it already exists.