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Re: Prototype friendlier LUGNET homepage (was: Re: A requested improvement for LUGNET)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:17:23 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> > How would someone be able to get to Fabuland from this page ? Or know
> > about it? I know the idea is to be more welcoming and this involves
> > streamlining to some extent , but I am currious as to where particlarly
> > Fabuland gets linked to on this evolving page.
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> Possibly, an ideal index of main themed groups might include logos like the
> ones used on these pages:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/belville/
> http://www.lugnet.com/castle/
> http://www.lugnet.com/duplo/
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> What do you think?
How about something more hierarchical. Maybe somewhere near the top of the
homepage instead of the botton you have a like that says "Find a Newsgroup".
Then the first page you come to after clicking on that lists some general areas
of interest.
Like...
General
Local Groups
Organisations
Themed Groups
Admin
Off-Topic
Fun
Etc.
Then if you chose the Themed groups you would get a list of those or if you
chose local groups you got a list of those.
As far as the rest of the page goes I think it is better although I agree with
Frank Filz on most of his points.
http://www.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=6997
My list of suggestions include...
1. Puting the Organisations or at least a link that gets you to all the
organisations in a prominant position on the homepage.
2. I agree with Frank in that I think having the new members on the left adds
emphasis to that and takes it away from the newsgroups. I know you don't want
to take emphasis away from membership because that is your "bread and butter"
so to speak but I think a more balanced look might be better.
3. In the list of local groups I would put a "more..." at the bottom of the
list so people realise there are other local groups. The way it is now I might
think those were the only local groups and not even attempt looking for others.
4. Same for Themed I would put a "more..." at the bottom of the list so see
what other themes are available.
Basically I think your biggest omission is the .org groups. I think they need
some mention on the homepage. You might have your reasons for not including
them but I personally think we need them there.
On another note for experianced users: How about a "Your LUGNET" page where
you can configure the homepage to your desires. I know I could set up
something similar with a personal LUGNET page but I think being able to pick
and choose what you see for links and articles on the homepage would be kind of
cool. We can already configure the articles I suppose but how about
configuring links to "Your most read sites" For example I could pick the
following...
lugnet.org.us.nelug
lugnet.org
lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos
lugnet.general
lugnet.castle
lugnet.trains
lugnet.starwars
And then those would appear in one of the sidebars when I opened the homepage.
I realise thats more work but I think it would be neat.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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