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Re: a few new things
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 04:10:54 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> hi.
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> for those of you who love progress... I have a few things to reveal that are
> not ready for "real" announcement yet. I'm open to feedback as I work. (I know
> how you guys *love* to provide feedback.. wink)
> part of the above includes a notebook page:
> http://www.baseplate.com/lugnet/notes/magazine-outline.jpg
> I'm pretty serious about this concept and want to talk to some people about how
> we can work together.
This looks really interesting. Is this intended to be a print mag? Or an
e-zine? Either way, it looks very exciting.
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> The new homepage is in progress.. Only its basic layout is decided. Choice of
> exact text, pretty pictures and links are yet to be hammered out. you're
> looking at placeholders..
> http://www.baseplate.com/lugnet/work/screen-1.jpg
Don't take this the wrong way but........
It looks so very corporate.
The design is almost too snazy. The clean lines, the co-ordinated colors.
All very high class. But in the end gives the appearance of a company out
to sell something.
In all honesty... something based on that hand written notebook page would
make a much better homepage. Trying to make the homepage too slick makes
takes some of the 'community' feeling out of it.
At least there's a link to 'About' the site. A very needed feature. It
should always be remembered that not everyone reading LUGNET knows exactly
what it's all about on their first visit.
> currently I'm wondering:
> do people really need a button to click when they initiate a search? or is
> everyone like me and just hit Return?
button.visible = True
You are a power user. Many web surfers.... even LEGO fans..... aren't.
> where can I stick
> a 'latest posts' box, like we used to have?
Short answer..... anywhere. So long as it's there. It was a great feature.
It keeps the homepage dynamic without anyone actively updating it.
> should I mention that we now have
> members of 100 flags? (all 50 states, DC, and about 49? countries)... blah,
> blah, blah...
Maybe 49+ countries. Does the U.S. really need to be represented 51 times?
Keep up the good work. I'm sure it seems overwhelming at times.
Regards,
Allan B.
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| (...) How can someone take such a statement the wrong way? As far as I can tell, you are advocating BAD DESIGN as something that will somehow benefit new users -- in which case, I have to strongly disagree. Good design choices are to everyone's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| hi. for those of you who love progress... I have a few things to reveal that are not ready for "real" announcement yet. I'm open to feedback as I work. (I know how you guys *love* to provide feedback.. wink) I started an Admin Help Wanted list: (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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