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Subject:	Re: New homepage for LUGNET
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:50:53 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote:

(snirp)

Accordingly, I would like to task the community to come up with a brand new homepage for LUGNET.

(snorp)

--Todd

Whatever you do, don’t replace the super-awesome Escheristic logo.

Further, I’ll voice my opinion that the homepage looks just fine and a complete overhaul isn’t going to bring in any new members. Lotsa effort for nuttin’. Ain’t broke, don’t fix, etc.

And why showcase the affilates so much? What about a table fulla “Friends of LUGNET” graphics in the sidebar below the Top Stories? Wouldn’t that be good enough?

If you absolutely MUST change it, then what about nothing but scads of cartoons like MY homepage? :o)

--Dave

Message has 1 Reply:

		Re: New homepage for LUGNET
(...) Ya, that's gotta stay. (...) It may not be broken to you, who are familiar with it and have been using it for years...but it's been pointed out by many that it can be quite confusing for first-time visitors. (...) Well, LUGNET was created to (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)

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		New homepage for LUGNET
Someone brought this up at BrickFest PDX and others agreed it would be an excellent idea: Rather than mainly linking to internal LUGNET resources, the first thing someone should see when they visit the LUGNET homepage is iconic links to other major (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!

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