Some time ago we decided the front page of our comic site needed an update, so we started testing four or five different versions to see what worked best for our users. Every user was assigned a random front page, and we listened to feedback and looked at how users interacted with each page. We collected a lot of data. We waited. For a really long time. We’ve finally picked the winner:

All of them!

If you surf on over to the main page you’ll see some new buttony looking things across the top of the page. Browse Comics takes you to a slightly updated version of what was our original page. Shipping This Week lets you know what’s shipping, and lets you browse the list by sales rank, author, artist, publisher, etc. Recent Happenings gives you a dashboard to see what’s going on at HeavyInk: what people are subcsribing to, posting in the forum, blogging about, etc etc etc. Finally, Browse Graphic Novels lets you see what’s going on in the world of Graphic Novels.

Do you like one of these more than the others? Scroll to the bottom of the page, and if the page isn’t already set as your default you’ll see a button that says “Make This Your Default View”. Then, every time you go to Heavy Ink’s front page you’ll get your default page.

Oh, and as a lil’ bonus we’ve added a new page that provides a more useful listing of all the comic book publishers we carry.

Thanks for waiting so patiently for the refresh, and please let us know what you think!