What do members think of the new web site & forum structure?

Suggesting a link for "Alfred Steiglitz" (I had no idea who he was) ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz

I quite like the themes idea, but not on the front of the web/landing page.
It is important that we get on with the recruitment strategy soon. It is based on setting up some particular things on the site. We now have them in place. The themes are good but they will take some time to populate with a quality collection of images. The links on the landing /web page have to connect to quality and plenty of it.
While concepts such as "Childhood" and "Melancholy" are fun things to run every now and again, we wouldn't want them labeled and up on our landing page as though they were the major concerns of the site. It would be better to include things like this as a Challenge every now and again. That's what Challenge is for.

Thanks Alan for the test. I was more thinking of a single button, something like "monthly theme : ***", instead of a new series of links ?

Mike, exactly, a challenge, but not a contest like the current picture of the week. The point is not to vote for the best picture, but to engage discussions, and challenge people to tackle different genres / topics.

A category would work well, as for the other buttons. Or a direct link to the thread, but that would require an update every time it changes so it's less practical.
Then you need to find someone available enough to make this lively like the other weekly threads.

There is no reason why a Challenge has to be a "vote on" format. As I said, I like the idea.
But I don't want it to be on the web/landing page as a distinct button link from that page. The web/landing page has a specific purpose and we want all the one click buttons there to link to areas where we know plenty of activity with quality images will show up.
When we are ready for themes, just add whatever is decided on into the Challenges.

OK but I don't think we should add it on the web page until we have finished the membership drive. We need to think about what themes we will show on the web page as these will then look like main features of the site. During recruitment, we need any photos to immediately impress.

I see the problem. I read ARVO's thoughts in the other thread and think we should follow his advice.

If I understand the question correctly, I think I would favor a mirror version but without seeing it or even being sure I'm understanding properly (not a web designer), hard to say for sure. What I can definitely say is I really like the new, modern style "buttons" on dev 3, they are very clean and visually pleasing.

Just had a look at the dev 3 website again :-)
Perhaps already mentioned here before , but I just noticed that the circlular "dark/light" button at the top turns the displayed images into a "negative image" in the dark setting ?
would also be nice if the dark/light button had a pop up explanation if you hover over the button (like the others do at the top)
I discovered its function only by chance :-)

Good that the function of that circle is now explained :-)
...but if it is possible to make a pop up explanation (only) if you hover over it, like the other buttons, then we wouldn't have the text "Click this to toggle dark mode for this web site." visible all the time, taking up quite a bit of real esate on the page

Also (on my screen) the images on "dev 3" that revolve around seem to interfere with each other, as if the old image is not removed before the new image is shown?

andalso, if I click on dark mode I get "negative" images ?