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Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 3
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:47 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Todd Lehman wrote:
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Looks great without the box!
BTW, the “shadows” in the logo should be darker versions of the brick colors
(e.g., dark blue, dark red, dark yellow) instead of black. But in terms of
a mock-up, that’s just a minor point.
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Glad you like the overall look of the mock-up I did, but I should be careful not
to take too much credit. I really just moved stuff around that was in Rene’s
index-test-2 and subsequent drafts.
So any imperfections in the logo shadow were just carried over from that draft
by Rene when I copied and pasted.
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Another minor point: “login” is an adjective (e.g., “your login name”),
whereas “log in” is a verb (e.g., “click here to log in”) Similarly,
“Setup” is an noun (e.g., “that’s a cool setup”), whereas “set up” is a
verb (e.g., “let’s set up a giant moonbase”). So the text should really
say “Join / Log in” there.
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Ah, very interesting. I did not realize the difference and am glad to know it.
I think I had been misusing both “login” and “setup” as verbs.
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I like the combining of joining and logging in with the text for both
beneath. :)
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Yeah, this is one area where I think LUGNET would benefit from copying other
sites. I definitely think the “sign in” or “log in” link should be more
prominent on the front page than it is on the current LUGNET front page. In
fact, until just today I did not even realize there is a “sign in” link on the
front page. I’m almost always logged in anyhow, but on those few occasions
where I needed to sign in, I always navigated to a news page where the “sign in”
icon and link are prominently in the upper right corner.
Many sites nowadays have a link on the front page to that goes to a combination
“sign up” / “sign in” page. As Bill Ward pointed out a couple years back, this
page should also provide links for changing your password and a way to get your
password sent to your e-mail address if you’ve forgotten it. Again, it was only
this week that I realized changing your LUGNET password was even an option. I
was convinced it wasn’t an option since I’d never seen anything to indicate
that it was. But I was certainly very happy not to have to remember that
indecipherable string of letters and numbers anymore. That annoyed me for
years!
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I like the way you put a tiny LUGNET logo inside the magnifying glass. :)
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Again, just to be clear, credit for the logo belongs to Rene. It was there in
index-test-2 but was removed in later drafts. I just reinstated it in a new
place on the page.
I definitely agree with the sentiment that it’s nice to see everyone offering
constructive ideas and criticisms of these drafts. Nice to see you involved
too, Todd! :)
-Brendan
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| (...) I'm pretty sure only the encrypted password is stored on the server, so it isn't able to send you your clear-text password. But I could be wrong. That is better from a security standpoint, but means the only way to reset your password if you (...) (18 years ago, 20-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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| (...) Looks great without the box! BTW, the "shadows" in the logo should be darker versions of the brick colors (e.g., dark blue, dark red, dark yellow) instead of black. But in terms of a mock-up, that's just a minor point. (...) Another minor (...) (18 years ago, 17-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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