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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 22:32:52 GMT
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You know what I find to be the biggest problem? Finding whether a newsgroup
exists for a particular topic or theme I'm interested in. And the solution?
Sign up, use a newsreader, and use it's automatic matching function to see
if the keyword you're looking for exists. This exists, at least, in Outlook
Express 5 - I'm not sure how many other readers do this same thing, but
Outlook Express's newsgroup finding function is perfect!
If Todd had to code all this into a web page, there would be two major
negatives to consider:
1. Time taken to regenerate the list as the search pattern narrows.
2. Functionality of something like the above coded into a webpage *unless*
doing a search with a search box on a web page. Would work faster if a
search box is/was used for this - this covers some keywords that Outlook
Express might not find for you, such as searching through posts made in a
newsgroup.
Of course, the search box would have to be, by definition, non-interactive,
and would be waiting until the user clicked search or hit [enter].
Just my $0.02 worth [$0.015 really, after conversion. ;)]
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message
news:FwLzKz.AKE@lugnet.com...
> 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.
> >
> >
> > Possibly, an ideal index of main themed groups might include logos like • the
> > ones used on these pages:
> >
> > http://www.lugnet.com/belville/
> > http://www.lugnet.com/castle/
> > http://www.lugnet.com/duplo/
> >
> > 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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