Improve the SFW experience for casual (e.g. non-member) visitors

A sensible suggestion 👍🏻

I'm not a coder, but I imagine completely removing placeholders and NSFW content from specific parts of the site for certain users—while allowing others to see it—might sound simple but is likely much more challenging than it seems. The site’s infrastructure likely depends on placeholders to keep portfolios and galleries organized. Removing even these placeholders would mean reworking the site’s backend, requiring the system to dynamically adjust layouts based on visibility settings. This isn’t just about hiding images—it’s about making sure the structure remains functional across the site.

Also, as mentioned in the last thread, hiding nudity or NSFW content from visitors or new members might give the wrong impression of what PurplePort is about. It could mislead models or photographers about the nature of the work here, setting up false expectations. For example, an adult might see only SFW content and mistakenly think it’s entirely suitable for their child, when in fact there’s a heavy focus on nude or adult photography.

If someone is looking for a strictly SFW portfolio, there are already plenty of options out there—building your own website, using platforms like Instagram or Facebook, or even ViewBug, which provide great, free hosting for SFW portfolios.

PurplePort is a creative space that is open to a variety of content, and if we're being honest, a significant portion of that is nude photography. What you’re asking for isn't widely needed, and implementing it would likely be a huge undertaking to satisfy a very small percentage of non-members or casual viewers. just my opinion, i may well be wrong as i said im not a coder

1... Quite a serious problem for people on trains, buses, café etc where they may not wish to be presented with NSFW images and should be addressed. Might even lead to more engagement from us SFW viewers.

2 and 3 ... personally, I prefer the placeholder. It hides the image content without hiding the *presence* of the image. In my not so humble opinion, the placeholder treats the viewer as grown-up adult, and allows them to make the choice themselves.

Stu H you're speaking from the perspective of a signed-in member.

What about from the perspective of someone who isn't logged in, e.g. a member of the public who has been pointed here to look at their SFW work?

Sensual Art

As I understand it, members of the public have to toggle NSFW as it is set to SFW by default.

Why not just argue for remove showing all NSFW and remove the toggle for *all* non-logged in members, so there is no way accidental exposure to NSFW content can occur, other than incorrect label application by the uploading user [which is surprising more common than people seem to think].

I believe that some less tame sites already restrict NSFW / adult content based on if the viewer is a logged in member only, and it's something that porn sites have done for decades.

Personally, I favour the current system of letting visitors make up their own mind as to the level of content that they want to be exposed to.