Andertoons 2.0 – FAQ/Help

One of the banes of running a popular site are the ever-arriving “something’s not working” or “where’s the thing where I do that” emails.

Don’t get me wrong, if there’s a real problem with the site or a customer’s order, I want to know about it so I can fix it ASAP. But often times, it’s a really simple misunderstanding or question that can be answered by an FAQ/Help page.

The old Andertoons had a FAQ page, but it had become bloated and there was a lot of info I thought people wanted, that they never really did.

So, I pared it down to the questions I get most often, and reorganized it into a number of different pages to make things clearer.

The default page is “FAQ/HELP – Purchasing Cartoons“:

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But there are a number of other pages as well that you can navigate to via the left menu bar:

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Also, the FAQ/Help link has moved from a main menu placement, to more of an account-centered location in the upper right of each page:

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It’s fairly common among sites, and saves more space in the new layout.

Anyway, hope it helps…

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Andertoons 2.0 – Illustration and Custom Cartoons Image Overlays

I’m really pleased with the new Andertoons. And a lot of what gets me really excited are the little things.

Take the illustration and custom cartoon pages:

Old Andertoons – icky pop-up windows when you click on a thumbnail.

New Andertoons:

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Nice huh?

Again, pretty simple, but I totally dig it.

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Andertoons 2.0 – Popular Cartoons Like This

This is a feature that I actually had running for a bit on the older Andertoons, but had to lose it due to space restraints.

With the new design and layouts, however, the “cartoons like this” feature is back baby!

It’s underneath the cartoon info (caption, tags, etc…):

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It also improves upon the previous design by showing toons guaged to be popular by the site’s ratings system.

Here’s a closer look:

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Nice huh? Don’t say I never gave you anything…

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Andertoons 2.0 – Topic Pulldown

OK, another small thing here, but I really like it.

The topic pulldown menu in the upper right of the header has changed slightly with topics being grouped under topic headings.

Here it is in Firefox:

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And in Safari:

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I love Firefox, and recently switched back to it to utilize a webmaster toolbar, but, man, you gotta love how stuff looks in Safari.

Anyway, like I said, a small thing, but I think it’ll help organize what was becoming a very long list. Enjoy!

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Finally, New Cartoons!

OK, it’s been a good looooong time since there were new cartoons uploaded to our favorite cartoon site, but it’s been for a good reason.

Loyal readers know that we’ve been basically ripping out the guts of the site the last few months and cramming in some shiny new Six Million Dollar Man innards.

Needless to say, with all of that going on, updating the database not only wasn’t a task I looked forward to, it just didn’t make sense.

But, now that 99% of the glitches have been hunted down (thanks to warrantless wiretapping) and flogged within an inch of their lives, new humor is once again able to stand up and breathe free at Andertoons.com!

ENJOY!

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