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Re: More old LUGNET homepage prototypes discovered
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Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:57:19 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote:
   Whoa, I’d totally forgotten about these... These are a few prototypes from the last LUGNET homepage makeover process, which was May to August of 2000. As you can see it was somewhat iterative.

I’m throwing these out here as food for thought. For example I am really still fond of the national flags. Do you like flags? I can’t remember why the didn’t make the final cut.

What I find most amusing about each of these, anyway, is that they all actually function as alternative homepages... I was shocked upon viewing to see current actual stories listed there.
I think the last one is essentially what we chose for the homepage in August 2000. Dang, I’m really font of #3c now (except for the demode vignetting in the photo at the right). Oh well. A bit of history unveiled. Enjoy.

I like the flags. :) Add a bit of colour without making the page too ‘busy.’ Plus they add to that international feel. Someone suggested they be linked to the individual .loc groups - good idea.

I think my favorites are #2 and #2a, for a couple of reasons:

With #2, the current news is the most prominent thing on the page and is where my eye is naturally drawn. This is appropriate, since I think the newsgroups are really the heart of LUGNET. Then my eye is drawn up to the top or over to the left where the LUG locator is. The only complaint I have about the design is that the navbar isn’t very prominent. I like that black Fibblesnork background, too.

With the 2a design, a somewhat lighter feel is apparent through the light blue header. The flags are still there, too. :) I think the text underneath the highlights could be cut shorter, though. It takes up too much space. The navbar could be increased accordingly.

Interesting to see the progression of designs here!

-Mike



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Whoa, I'd totally forgotten about these... These are a few prototypes from the last LUGNET homepage makeover process, which was May to August of 2000. As you can see it was somewhat iterative. I'm throwing these out here as food for thought. For (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) ! 

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