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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Jordan D. Greer wrote:
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I decided to give my MOCs a backstory, pointless perhaps, but I don’t really
care. Politely, just because you don’t personally like to give your MOCs a
backstory, it doesn’t mean that others share your same inclination, witness
the dozens of similar story-MOC sites. Are they likewise pointless to people
other than their authors? Of course, but that’s not the purpose of them.
When I post my MOCs I do indeed provide direct links to brickshelf, not just
the site. So, politely once again, what exactly is wrong with making a
website?
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I never said backstory was pointless or even brought that up. I’m not sure
where you’re going exactly but I’ll go with it.
Here’s how it is: If you don’t have some great MOCs to begin with no one
reads your stories. Even then most people skip the story if it’s longer than
a paragraph. I’d like to see a show of hands for those who disagree with
this. Ok that one guy over there sorta raised his hand.
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Hah, okay. I guess I was kinda overreacting.
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But we’re getting sidetracked. I never made a comment on stories to begin
with. This is about web design. Your website is for your lego creations.
Don’t bury them. They should be accessible with just a few clicks from the
splash. Your site (and others like them) is so confusing that I normally hit
“back” when the splash loads.
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Hrmm, okay. I’ve never found my organization particularly confusing, but that’s
probably because I wrote the site. :) I didn’t know anyone felt that it was
confusing, thank you VERY much for pointing it out. I’ll change it in the next
design. How about this? “Lego models” link in left navigation frame >> List of
models with adjacent preview pic for each one >> Description and previews of
each picture on the same page >> New window for each picture clicked.
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And after all this don’t just link to brickshelf or even BSV for the gallery.
That’s just bad and confusing.
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Do you host your pictures on your own site? I suppose I could use the images of
deep links to BSV or Brickshelf (which, I’ll admit, is superior to Brickshelf’s,
but that’s kind of moot when linking).
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You should at the very least link to BSV.
Brickshelf is horrid enough on it’s own, much less jumping out at you on a
website.
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This seems slightly faster than brickshelf, and the interface is somewhat
superior, but other than that, if I’m simply linking to a folder, what’s the
point? The only true advantages that I see to BSV are the slideshow and
resize features. What exactly do you mean by “jumping out”? The new window
that appears when you click a link to pictures?
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“Somewhat superior”
Bram created a better interface with BSV in a weekend than Kevin did with
Brickshelf in like 5 years. Kevin is clearly a good guy and brickshelf is
cool because it’s free but that’s where it stops.
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Well, I’ve never seen BSV before (or if I have, I forgot about it), so I haven’t
had time to play around with the features. It definitely is a better interface
than Brickshelf’s, but I wouldn’t say to an extremely high degree.
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Anyway. You’ve been around a long time and I hope you stick around for
longer. I’m replying to your post cuz I really feel that way.
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Thanks, I appreciate the comments. Anyhow, this reminds me, when are you gonna
resurrect the Shipyard? :) I loved that site.
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