the index on top of each page is already disabled but part of it is cached on the client side and only going away with the next update.
sadly no. that’s why I would ask you to find a better way for your link. you could e.g. try to use [text](link) instead of the url directly in the text.
Thanks. Was looking for a confirmation.
First off, great to see the Play raw threads in their own category.
@darix, based on the comments above, I may be in the minority, but I really like what you’ve done. It seems like a bit of a moving target as you tweak it, but what I am seeing now seems like the sweet spot. For clarity, I’ll show a couple of screen grabs to show what is “current” for me right now.
Forum home, with thumbnails of the latest four Play Raws shows at a glance whether there are any new Play Raws:
Category home, with larger thumbnails, makes it easy to see what Play Raws are of interest to try out (the old way required opening each one to have a look):
For the dozen threads where the first image is not the Play Raw image, it wouldn’t be a big ask to get those people to edit their posts.
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so for now featured images is disabled again.
This is very nice. And I like the previews also!
I kind of like what BA is doing with their “featured topics” banner - images from their gallery that have been staff curated. I think it might be a nice way to engage more with everyone if we curated some showcase images in a featured banner? Just thinking out loud here.
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the critique and showcase categories are converted to the preview mode as well.
Gotta ask…what’s BA?
Sorry, should have expanded that! 
BA = blenderartists.org (it used to be the elysiun forum for blender nerds to meet.).
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Nice presentation on BA. I like it. Does someone have time to curate as you suggest, or would it be enough to automatically pick the n most recent images from the selected categories?
It can do the automatic thing yes.
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I can probably curate, given that images are submitted and I don’t have to track them down somewhere. I fear people’s feelings would be hurt by the curation acceptance/rejections though.
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You wouldn’t want a rebellion.
This is the problem with curating – its someone’s (my) taste. I have an idea of what I think a good photograph is, and I would curate based on that. Of course someone will disagree/be hurt that their image wasn’t included, and it’ll spiral downward from there.
I am unsure about a banner but perhaps we can have a separate page that contains all of the curation and highlights, and have that part of the main site and / or forum. Something like the email summaries (which I opted out of) would be nice.
We could theoretically apply the view to a tag view I think. That would provide a new view of images curated by staff. The nice thing about a banner possibly is the chance to engage with the forum users a little more (unless someone visits the tag page specifically, they may never see the curated images).
The banner would give a much higher visibility for curated images, and hopefully encourage others to post some great work of their own, etc. It seems like it might be a nice benefit for increased engagement and interest for the cost of a relatively benign banner. (Again, I think - I’m certainly open to opinions and thoughts!)
It’s also what any staff member feels might be an interesting image. And my taste is obviously better than anyone elses… 
We just need to make clear that it’s entirely subjective based on the staff tastes and please don’t take it personally.
I think that as long as there is an option to hide it or place it on the side, I am fine with it. The main thing is that I keep my eye on the forum all of the time, so for me and those like me, it won’t contain new information; but for visitors and non-regulars, the banner is definitely a good thing.