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It's cool that Paizo is modernizing the forums, but there are still quite a few things that are bothersome about the new website.
First, an inconsistency with getting to the forums. On some pages, you click "Forums" to get to the forum pages. This is fine.
However, on the main page the header is different and forums are sub-categorized under "Community".
Second, while on the messageboards, some of the top buttons don't appear to be functioning properly. The "Pathfinder" button loads a page with a "Pathfinder" button that doesn't take you to a new web page; it just reloads the one you're currently on. That new page DOES change the sub-header buttons, but the actual page itself looks really bad just saying "Pathfinder" and not linking to anywhere.
Mostly the same is true when clicking the "Community" button while on the forums.
On some pages clicking "Paizo Blog" brings up the listing of recent blog posts. On others, it brings up a dropdown menu with "2018" that if clicked on brings you to a page with nothing on it but the navigation links that led to that page.
The website would be a lot more navigable if the page headers were more consistent. Like, if every page had the same set of basic launch-links that the homepage has. Or better yet, if the homepage had the same complete header that the forums pages have.
Last, and probably most pedantic, the drop-down menus on the Paizo.com homepage for Starfinder and Organized Play look bad compared to the others.
Pathfinder, Store, and Community each have a lot more links than Starfinder or Organized play, so they fill up the entire box.
Starfinder and Organized play do not, and they links start on the right-hand side of the box with a lot of empty space in the left and center. Both would look a lot cleaner if there were more links, or at least if the links started on the left. It's awkward for a country that reads left to right to have the words on the right and empty space to the left.
Just a few things I noticed that I believe could make the website easier to use and nicer to look at. Thanks for your time.