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(...) Ya, that's gotta stay. (...) It may not be broken to you, who are familiar with it and have been using it for years...but it's been pointed out by many that it can be quite confusing for first-time visitors. (...) Well, LUGNET was created to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Wow, cool, I didn't know that! --Todd (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) well, it's not ALL a complete redesign, as i like the easy spotlight bar on the left-the rest is brand spankin new. This hexagonal brick design was originally going to be my webpage (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Read those two sentences again. Someone already chooses them. Why not just grab two or three at random from that much smaller selection? Good idea though. It'd be good to see a parade of excellent models there on the homepage. (...) Another (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote: <schnipp> (...) <schnapp> (...) I'd rather like to see some more add-ons to the LUGNET newsgroups and a new frontpage than a complete redesign. The design of the newsgroups is excellent in both ways: (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) ZING! (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm sorry to reply to my own post, but I forgot to add that CLSotW was a key player in the end of my dark ages (along with cheap promotional sets at Shell gas stations). Seeing all of these great creations by AFOLs made me want to dig my (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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A couple of ideas: 1. Classic-castle and FBTB both prominently feature admin-generated announcements on the front pages that are updated every day or so--new set announcments, contests, fests, etc (presumably other sites, too, these are just the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote: (snirp) (...) (snorp) (...) Whatever you do, don't replace the super-awesome Escheristic logo. Further, I'll voice my opinion that the homepage looks just fine and a complete overhaul isn't going to bring (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi all, I can't offer my html knowledge - it's only poor. But I like to suggest some ideas following up Todd's ideas. An umbrella on a very first level might really be helpful. So users might got the chance to go their way while starting at (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) Besides, Susan Rich Green has apologized about this subject on many occassions for the Membership packetts no going as originally envisioned. Give them a break, I have a gut feeling that many of us Lugnetters have forgiven them as (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Change is good sometimes - and seeing that LUGNET hasn't had any major aesthetic changes in a while, perhaps it's time to "freshen up." I have a poor imagination when it comes to dreaming up creative new web appearances, but I know my share of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Having a hot topics module would be a great addition. Also, the LUGNET Traffic page (link at the top right corner) shows you which groups are hot, but not which topics are hot. The Top Stories is determined using the (member) Spotlight feature (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) We've got something kind of like that over at BZPower too... one of the features that the members really seem to like is "Today's Hot Topics" on the front page. It links to the most posted-in threads of the last 24 hours, updated hourly. There (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) What Lugnet should *really* do is keep track of read and unread posts, like a proper newsreader. Even better than a calendar. But that's a major change that's going to take a while to get implemented. Not that there's anything wrong with the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't get it. Does Legofan.net have better membership packets? (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general)
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(...) This has been on my list for awhile, I guess I'll speak up... BL has a cool feature for the discussion forum. It has a calender showing posts by date: (URL) I'm out of town for a weekend, it makes it very easy to pick up where I left off. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I've been a 'member' for a while and I couldn't give a rip for a 'packet'. The pros of LUGNET by far outweigh the "at the time was a good idea but now that it's only Todd and time marches on so, eh, whatrya gonna do?" missing membership (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oh please. Todd asked for some constructive input and volunteers to help improve on LUGNET, and you totally sidestep the point of his post and use this as an opportunity to take a pot shot at it. If you want to point out problems, I for one (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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So what was all this about? (URL) have two words to explain why some people are getting disatisfied with LUGNET: "membership packet" (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, FTX)
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