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Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 3
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:44:26 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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Starting in the upper left corner, I kept the LUGNET logo as large as it was
in index-test-2, but centered it over the left column and avoided using the
box around it at all.
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Looks great without the box!
BTW, the “shadows” in the logo should be darker versions of the brick colors
(e.g., dark blue, dark red, dark yellow) instead of black. But in terms of
a mock-up, that’s just a minor point.
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I also tried putting the large icon links directly below that, in effect
swapping positions with the Welcome message. I also tried adding a
“Join/Login” icon link centered above the right column of the page.
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Another minor point: “login” is an adjective (e.g., “your login name”),
whereas “log in” is a verb (e.g., “click here to log in”) Similarly,
“Setup” is an noun (e.g., “that’s a cool setup”), whereas “set up” is a
verb (e.g., “let’s set up a giant moonbase”). So the text should really
say “Join / Log in” there.
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This was
inspired by the same yellow key / gray key icon that displays on most LUGNET
pages depending on whether or not you are currently logged in. The change
here would be to have this link to a single page where you could login if you
are already a LUGNET member or find out how to become a member (or just get
posting privileges) if you are not.
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I like the combining of joining and logging in with the text for both
beneath. :)
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In the top right corner, I’ve managed to squeeze in a search field with the
icon. I could see perhaps sacrificing the icon for space reasons. And I
wasn’t able to fit in an “Advance search” link (though I suppose the icon
could function as that very link with a tooltip explaining it).
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I like the way you put a tiny LUGNET logo inside the magnifying glass. :)
--Todd
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 3
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| (...) I am little surprised about that, Todd. Actually, I am worrying about the dilution of the LUGNET logo by using it freely within other graphics. It is clever, but I fear too clever by half. Bad branding. .02, JOHN (17 years ago, 17-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
| | | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 3
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| (...) Glad you like the overall look of the mock-up I did, but I should be careful not to take too much credit. I really just moved stuff around that was in Rene's (URL) index-test-2> and subsequent drafts. So any imperfections in the logo shadow (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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| | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 3
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| Hi, Rene. I put together a mock-up image of my suggestions for tweaks to the new LUGNET front page. I am using (URL) index-test-2> as a basis since I prefer the overall look of that draft to any of the ones since then. (Not that the (URL) latest (...) (17 years ago, 17-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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