This is about our new UX, and nobody has tried it yet as it is not released yet. I think you are referring to the new AI templates platform, which has been well received by the community and people are loving it.

It allows you to use existing default templates, or create variations of your own. So you are in full control, which is a massive leap from the 1.0 platform where you had no structure to your content.

So you don't have to use the templates there, you can edit them, adjust them, or build your own and then reproduce. :)

As for the images, images are VERY expensive from an AI cost standpoint. This streamlines things, and if you want more credits (and a lot more), consider the P+ membership, or you can use one of the many generative AI image tool platforms out there and you can create your own, sometimes they are free. And you can remove images from the templates, if you don't want to use AI credits for images.

So that option will always be there, but we IMPROVED this platform drastically, and gave it to all members at no extra cost, as we do every update. :)

I appreciate your feedback and I hope I have offered you some clarity here.

Tanks, yeh probably will not use the AI templates, but all good.

Steve

Another question from the user experience of your online teaching business, lol.

I have read that you will limit costs to the maximum word level on posts written here. So, if I got 1000 words and only requested 750, all cool, no extra "fee"

But For example, if I wrote a post for 750 words and the AI does not deliver on content length, will that be rebated, or what's the story.

I know I will get these questions from people who want to join WA, and they should, and I need a definitive answer.

Sorry, easier to write here, and it saves me time.

Cheers

Yeah, we were thinking something like a checklist, so we are on the same page here. That was the goal with the task-based training initially, to serve like a checklist with the associated training.

We are working on some ideas with this, and we want to avoid confusion by having training behind the Hub wall, rather be at the forefront so you can learn how to build a hub, learn about WA, before you actually have to build a hub.

Lots of updates, as we work to streamline the entire platform (and update the entirety of it). A big job, but it is something that we are excited to get out there in the coming 6 weeks or so. :)

Kyle, that’s brilliant- bring on the 6 weeks 👌
Thanks again
Peter

Yes, we can't wait!

Yeah, change can always be a bit frustrating at first as we get into our "flow" of what we do, and what works for us. Our goal with this is not to interrupt a pattern or make things more difficult, rather be more organized and for everything that you need to be one click away, instead of several. So this is going to be a vast improvement.

Plus on the training side of things, we have training on so many topics now, across so many different areas of WA. We want to centralize this, but also to showcase experts and contributors at the same time!

When Carson and I build anything, we always discuss (would our mom's understand how to do this?). This is our "tech" test, as they are not technical in the slightest and often times we find ourselves making updates and improvements based on that.

Glad your are enjoying WA, it has been awesome getting to know you and I think you are really going to love this upcoming update! :)

Love the "tech test"! lol My parents are in their 80's and just as bad...they don't even own cell phones!!!

Yeah, we have to program and design things for the lowest common denominator, we cannot assume technical knowledge so this usually serves as a good test. :)

I sort of agree, except I found this a fairly easy change.

Overall though I totally agree. All too often change is implemented for changes sake only.

My only gripe, lol, is that we might all start looking the same in our web blogs if we use the preset templates. I can see it now, 'oh another WA post"

Steve

Thank you for your reply, Steve, it's appreciated.

I know that Kyle and the team are genuinely trying to make things better and smoother, I guess it's difficult with so much functionality and content on the site. Sometimes I just think it's best to keep things as they are, so that everyone can familiarise themselves with the layout.

That's a good point, I'm not sure how many templates there are as I don't really use the hubs, etc.

Have a great day.

Roy

Change within Hubs has happened frequently, but as we move to an entirely new UX, these changes here at WA usually happen every 5-8 years so they are infrequent.

The entire intent of the update is to make WA more organized, because as you indicated it is hard to find stuff and instead of trying to patch smaller problems, we get to re-think WA design to set up the platform for the vision here, and for the future of WA.

There is a lot of training here, more than any other platform in our industry, and more current. Yet it's hard to find, so one of our main focuses here is organization and bringing the training together in a way that "makes sense". We also want to reward creators, and those contributing to WA with an improved ambassador platform, and we want to update all of the legacy platforms here at WA that are still hanging on to the platform.

This is probably our best update ever, and we have 20 years of feedback and experience that is going into this update.

We do and will have Beta testers, and we have gotten a lot of feedback in January in Vegas RE: the interface. The group there was blown away, and absolutely loved the direction, but also had some key feedback that we have acted on. :)

Thanks as always, and I am sure this won't be perfect for everyone at the very outset because of "change" and people like to work within a flow the understand (though it may not be the best flow), but I think you will really come to love the platform as it is rolled out.

It's never the best to keep things the way they are either...that is not a progressive company, and we are not like that. We are seeing most of our competition die around us, because they are not progressive...and that has always been the case.

People will be able to familiarize themselves within the new UX very quickly, and this is why we are also introducing it in advance and will continue to do so, so it is not a big shock when it rolls out (there will be a certain comfort level).

If you don't improve design, and you don't evolve, a business will eventually no longer exist. We are making things EASIER for folks, and much more organized.

See my above comment...Actually copy and paste for you...lol.

I have tried it and am a bit disappointed. Firstly, if nobody changes the outline of the blog every member of WA is going to be posting similar blogs or at least look like it.

Secondly. I think charging 250 credits for an image is too much when you can do it online with a more personalized image. yes, it takes a bit longer, but the results are better.

Lastly, when posting to social media the image does not automatically load so you have to look for another image or stuff around saving and ( easier to make your own and update to web library) etc.

Do not get me wrong, I appreciate the background work into making this a better platform. And overall I think it is working, but in my opinion the images should be free and incorporated into one charge.

Take this as constructive criticism Kyle and Carson, and I love this platform but you did ask for honest comments.

Stephen

Thank you for your response, Kyle, as always it's appreciated.

I'm very aware that you are trying to make the platform better all the time, that has to be good! I think with any website with huge amounts of content, like Wealthy Affiliate, there will always be a small amount of searching. I actually like the way you have the classes set up into various categories, it makes things quite easy to find.

I genuinely believe that you've put a huge amount of effort into the update and listened to all the feedback. I'm looking forward to seeing the new look, etc. I appreciate that nothing is perfect in this world, but I do rate the platform very highly!

Have a great day.

Roy

That's a fair comment, Kyle, I understand where you're coming from regarding moving forward.

Yes, I agree that after the initial few minutes, we normally quickly find out where things are when a website changes.

Have a great day.

Roy

Thanks for your comments, Steve, it's appreciated.

I can't really comment very much on what you're saying as I don't really use the hubs as such, or not to their full potential. However, going back a few years ago, I tried site content, it didn't work at all for me, it appears it works for some members and not others.

With all these types of features, I think they can be a terrific amount of playing around and messing about, which is why I don't use any of them.

Just recently I tried using the writer, I don't normally use it, but I was just carrying out an experiment. It wrote absolute rubbish, ChatGPT made a better job with the same prompts. However, I had no intention of using the content as I prefer to write my own unique content. AI is great for brainstorming though and suggestions, but the content we need to keep it personal.

I think sometimes we can over automate things rather than making it personal.

Have a great day.

Roy

You are referring to something completely different, this is the UX. I got back to your response.

The AI template platform is a significant improvement, and the feedback has been amazing this far. It is about 10x better than the designer/author before, with the authors getting a huge upgrade. So we have positioned you with MUCH better tools in your account.

If you don't want to use the generated images, you don't have to. You can remove them from the templates if you want, that is up to you Steve. ;)

Yeah, we are a progressive company, and we are in a constant state of evolution. We have to be, as a tech company or we will be left in the dust.

Every change we make is to make the community/platform better, more streamlined, and all updates are driven by the feedback we get from the community. :)

I'm looking forward to seeing the new platform now, Kyle. It's good that you listen to all the feedback from the community. I'm always for a very clean and straightforward approach for a website. As you know, I'm not great on change, but I really do appreciate where you're coming from and what you are doing.

All the best.

Roy

The goal is to first, organize everything we have. We have bits and pieces that have been added to WA through the years that have HAD to be added somewhere. We can now bring all of these pieces together within a unified, much more organized and easier to navigate interface.

We aren't making this update because the current UX is really good, we are making it because the current UX has a lot to be desired because there is so much going on, and it is hard to navigate. So are improving WA, and instead of having menus up top, along the side, menus that are hidden until you find them, etc....we are streamlining everything.

We have several of the top design minds working on this behind the scenes, and 20 years of feedback and knowledge that is going into this, along with a great deal of feedback already on this latest UX. It is our best yet, by far.

We have a lot going on here at WA, and while we can keep it simple, we also have to acknowledge proper navigation to the platforms/training/community that people are using, and have come to love. After using both in parallel for some time now, I can see the new platform is vastly improved from the existing. :)

Kyle, I appreciate your explanation and understand that a better organization was required.

Length vs brevity covering the quantity of training that we have. This is a good problem to have and one of the reasons that I joined WA and continue to promote it on my blogs.

Training and Community.

While the first impression may not have been the best (an ultra long left side menu), I look forward to seeing it in action.

And while I have other questions, I will hold them until the release.

Don

Yeah, it is something that we are going to really aim to nail this. Here is a condensed menu.

I had he menu fully cracked open, so this gives you some perspective here. It is not "finished" by any means, we are about 6 weeks out and a lot happens through the course of a week, let alone 6.

I can tell you that the current version/state of Beta (which I showed) is already much better in terms of navigation and design, so it is only going to be even that much better as we move closer to release.

We will be keeping everyone in the loop with an over the shoulder look.