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Hi all, thanks again for the feedback, I guess we come closer to a final design. Here are three more sketches, the difference between them is only the colors. I moved the Search up to the right corner and tried to thin out the middle section a (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !
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(...) I was thinking about these and came up with some ideas, René. I will work them up this weekend and present Monday. JOHN (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) :-) My eyes are not that good anymore, that's why I can't turn my screen up to 1280x1024, but have to stay at 1152x864. This means that there's not so much screen real estate left when all the window frames, logos etc. have had their place. (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I don't agree. The logo overlapping the bottom of the blue field shows that there really are "no limits" :-) I like it as it is, it keeps the visual balance of the page. Having the blue field as large as the logo makes the page top-heavy, (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) much much better!. a few minor sugestions: eliminate the baby blue bar across the top of the page with the welcome note and put the welcome note in a white box at the center of the page much like the "announcment boxes". this would bring all (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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Hi, Thanks for all this hard work! The new page is growing on me ; ) I still think it lacks a certain 'plain yet effective' quality but realize that is what also has to be sacrificed to bring in mew users. My only big suggestion: Could the search (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) I will try this one on the next draft, let's see how this catches on. (...) WCAG. Please see my answer to Dave's post. I will change this nevertheless. (...) I will try one single step smaller, but not more. Than it's enough :-) (...) Yes, I (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Ja, me too, but obviously eye friendly distances are threatened with extinction :-) (...) You're right. Maybe "Editorial News"? (...) There's something wrong with my CSS, but I wasn't able to figure it out. The next draft will be without (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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Hi Dave, (...) I will have an alternative CSS ready in a few minutes which uses background-colors with less chroma. In general, the colors are changed slightly to match one "color chart" (don't know how to describe this in English). Actually, in the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) My immediate recations were: - It looks quite good! But... - The top bar takes more than 20% of my available browser window (1152x860 display), but doesn't have content to match. - Why isn't the search in the top bar? That's where I'd expect (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Hi, Rene. Firstly, thanks for all the work you are putting into this. I did not get a chance to comment on the (URL) previous draft> (Draft #1), but I've now got the latest draft (Draft #2), Draft #1, and the current LUGENT front pages up (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Mostly looks good in terms of the layout and features. But a few comments: Designy comments first: 1) I'm not sure I understand why you wanted to change the colors of the logo and the background? Personally, I find the new colors a little too (...) (19 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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Hi all, Reference: (URL) and: (2 URLs) Thanks to all who were responding to the previous draft, here is another one: (URL) A few comments: --- Ted Michon wrote: I notice that if I have already visited a top 10 item that it's compacted and expands (...) (19 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !!
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(...) Sorry, meant to say (bold) there, not (caps). :) Sean - - - - Sean Kenney sean@mocpages MOCpages Admin (19 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Rene: Firstly, much thanks for all the hard work you're putting into LUGNET, and into working on modernizing the home page. Prior to becoming a full time "LEGO guy", I worked for 10 years in the internet industry doing what's often called "web (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Hi Rene, Nice improvement for Lugnet ! "Triple-A" accessibility, what a such target ! I like this new style, really refined. I'll not comment the style itself 'cause I'm not a really good designer, but for the technical part, some remarks : - (...) (19 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) i totally agree. it's not broke so don't fix it. the nice thing about the current home page is its simplicity. there is no need for bells and whisles. shop.lego.com found this out the hard way. learn from there mistakes and don't muck up the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Hi Rene. Great work! I think it is always good to give things a new look every so often. My only request is that what used to be "Index" - "Top View" be retained. I am always interested in everything that gets posted, not just some specific (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) The pages render great under Linux (Konqueror and Firefox) which is a first positive sign. Some critical notes : - The icons on the top are IMHO somewhat "childish" - Please put the white background back for the main content... nothing is (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) The new home page looks good, and I can tell that a lot of hard work is going into the site upgrade. Although I think the original home page could be de-cluttered somewhat, it would be nice if the new page remained as faithful as possible to (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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