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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 23:06:13 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
> 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.
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> Like...
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> General
> Local Groups
> Organisations
> Themed Groups
> Admin
> Off-Topic
> Fun
>
> Etc.
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> 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.
That sounds great!
> 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
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> My list of suggestions include...
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> 1. Puting the Organisations or at least a link that gets you to all the
> organisations in a prominant position on the homepage.
Ahhh--d'Oh--forgot the /org/ link. I think it was in there at one point and
then came out, figuring they'd be cross-ref'd from the /loc/ areas.
> 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.
Maybe there's a better place for it.
> 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.
OK, good idea.
> 4. Same for Themed I would put a "more..." at the bottom of the list so see
> what other themes are available.
I guess this would go to the page you described earlier, whereas "more..." in
the context of the loc groups could go to /loc/ . . . The URL for the themes
could be something like /theme/ and be a virtual category with cross-refs to
everything else, or it could be a simple FTX page.
> 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.
I think there should be a link to /org/ somewhere very near the list of links
to the /loc/xx/ samples.
> 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
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> And then those would appear in one of the sidebars when I opened the
> homepage.
An excellent suggestion -- something beyond the scope of this current new
page, though.
> I realise thats more work but I think it would be neat.
Me too. :)
--Todd
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