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Hi all,
References:
http://news.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=11314
http://news.lugnet.com/org/wishlist
I’m pleased to announce a first draft for the new LUGNET homepage. Before
visiting the site, please note the following:
1) The site is formatted using CSS. It means, the final page could look totally
different than this example, without fiddling around with the Mark-Up (which is
XHTML 1.0, btw). It’s possible to provide different styles later, as well as
user-defined homepages. XHTML and CSS both should are valid as checked via the
W3C validators. Anyway, please report any syntax error so I can straighten it.
2) You will notice a somewhat different color scheme. This is due to the fact,
that I co-ordinated the colors blue, red and yellow in accordance with
chromatics to the best possible harmonious affiliation.
3) Theoretically, the site should be best viewed in any browser,
graphic-browsers as well as text-based browsers. Netscape 4.7x isn’t supported
with CSS, but should work by turning CSS off.
4) The site is designed to get rated “Triple-A” according to the WCAG (see here:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/). Please, if you know people with disabilities, I would
be very glad to hear about their opinion. But please note, that only the new
homepage is designed considering WAI thus far, not any page behind the links
(not yet)!
5) Links might be broken or leading to unexpected areas.
Since the recent BrickShelf gallery is generated “on-the-fly” at this stage and
I’ve done this using PHP, the page is provided as a PHP document.
Again, do not see this as the final draft. Quite the reverse: I would be happy
to read as many feedback, ideas, suggestions, comments and criticism as possible
over the weekend. THANK YOU!
One more thing before the link: If there’s anybody outside who has experiences
with parsing XML documents (namely RSS feeds), either via Perl or PHP, I would
be happy to get a little bit food for thought. I have a very raw first
transcription, but this is far from “good”.
http://www.lugnet.com/index-test-2.php (Enjoy!)
http://www.lugnet.com/articles.php (Slow loading, raw implementation)
PLMKWYT!
Leg Godt!
Rene
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| (...) .. (...) Rene- I notice that if I have already visited a top 10 item that it's compacted and expands when I fly the mouse over it. This is more disconcerting than useful, at least at first. Time will tell. But its very nice to see something (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Rene, First, great start! A redo of the home page, to make it much more relevant and timely, is very needed. I have some suggestions, I hope they are helpful. They're in no particular order. Banner with two colors blue - I like having (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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| Rene, I agree with Kelly's remarks. Especially the darker blue space at the top is unneccesary. The Welcome in the center also takes up lots of space, and most visitors will be returnees, so I would put that perhaps in the top right-hand sidebar, (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
| | | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 2
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| Thanks for all this hard work! The sentimentalist in me hates to see the front page change, but so many people seem to like the newer message board styles that a change is probably for the best. My two suggestions would be: * Putting the search (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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| (...) Rene - First, thanks for your initiative. I'm very glad to see LUGNET moving forward. As for the new homepage: I really, really like the top stories section right in the middle of the page. I do agree with Ted, the expanding and contracting (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
| | | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 2
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| (...) No offense, but I think the classic (current) LUGNET homepage looks much better than the new one. Were people requesting a change? I always thought that the LUGNET homepage was perfect. David (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
| | | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 2
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
| | | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 2
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
| | | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 2
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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 : - (...) (18 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
| | | Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 2
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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