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GTX_Admin:
Hi folks,
As originally mentioned here, as part of our ongoing efforts to improve the "Beyond the Sprues" experience, we are looking to add a front page (i.e a web page that people would see if they type in www.beyondthesprues.com) Both RussC and Frank3k have volunteered to have a go (thanks guys!!!).
This thread is to allow them (and others if anyone 'steps into the ring') to post some of their concept ideas for the new pages and forum look here. This will also allow members to provide feedback and suggestions. At the end of the process, if need be we will have a Poll to choose which way we go.
All part of our ongoing democratic approach and emphasising the message stated here, that Beyond The Sprues is not my forum, but rather our forum.
I look forward to the ideas and feedback.
Regards,
Greg
RussC:
Allrighty then. Here is a first design for a different front page. This is a concept and not a final. My sketch style is very detailed because it is more based on designing versus creative arts. This could be used in two ways and a lot of that would be determined by how SMF forums work and if they can place links and buttons underneath graphic pieces or defined geographies versus only onto text lines. If anything can be hyperlinked then this could be a entirely graphic front page OR a upper part where those who would like to select graphically can use it but the regular forum in chart structure layout is still there below.
Be critical but in doing so, provide your own ideas of what you think it should be, ideas are hard to come by, graphics are easy.
Behind each door would be further graphics at the next page, depending on each area.
GTX_Admin:
Thanks Russ, one comment: If this is the first page seen by people (members and non-members) who type in http://www.beyondthesprues.com/ or who go directly to the Forum for that matter, then both "Support Material" and "The Back Bar" are not accessible/viewable by non-members.
Regards,
Greg
RussC:
Good catch! I did leave off the Sparring room at least! :D
Frank3k:
The What-if URL goes straight to the forum. The Starship Modeler discussion board has a landing page with a brief description and a link to go to the forum: http://www.starshipmodeler.net/
I'm not sure that we need a front page at the base URL, since all we have here is just the forum. It's redu...wait, this guy has something to say:
At most, we could put up Greg's brief Mission Statement that has been vetted by the Beyond the Sprues Legal Department, just in case someone types in the URL expecting a site that discusses the primer vs no-primer controversy in late war German Panzer construction, etc.
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