Homepage Layout Re-Design

[MarkG]

If something is underlined, I expect at least a tooltip.

the only non-linked, underlined piece of text remaining in the page now is linked....

[Buck Birdseed]

Immensely superior to the last design in every way.

* less vertical scrolling (still no horizontal, which is nice)
* all the relevant info (well, most) in the first screenful
* less white space
* more clarity over what goes where
* better alignment with the new vertical column system.

Actually, the last one still has a few niggles. I'd move the Welcome paragraph down about two pixels (or the My Apolyton headline up by the corresponding amount) because it's not really centered. I'd stretch the News@Apolyton menu so that it hangs out slightly over the edge of the Welcome paragraph (or is aligned with it, though that might be a problem since the Logo is just slightly wider than the column, perhaps you should think of shrinking it a bit). I'd experiment with the vertical alignment of the Square Boxes too.

Also, I probably would try to go for a single header style throughout. But that's a matter of opinion only. I still give it an A...

[Solver]

Sorry Markos, I meant horizontal, which doesn't scroll anywhere .

[Solver]

Now it's gone.

[MarkG]

changes:
-logo aligned to left
-news menu aligned to the right even more than before

[Skanky Burns]

I gave it a B.

On a smaller screen it looks great. On larger screens (such as mine ), it looks like below. I would probably just right-justify the headings as well as the text belonging to them, or make that particular column fixed width.

btw: Why is the forum archive link hidden?

[MarkG]

On larger screens (such as mine ), it looks like below.

now?

[Skanky Burns]

Yes, looks better now.

[Buck Birdseed]

And now the space between the "My Poly" headline and the welcome paragraph is too small!

Good change to the logo, still not sure about the News Combo Box. No way to align it both to the left and the right side of the column, using javascript or something?

[MarkG]

the space between the "My Poly" headline and the welcome paragraph is too small!

now?

[Panag]

hi ,

nice work , site-owners , nice work , ...

MarkG , when loading the user control panel , somtimes the fields in it look weird , any thing that can be done it , ....

if only some other site's where kept up-to-date , and worked on like this site , the net would be a different place , .......

have a nice day

[MarkG]

somtimes the fields in it look weird

define "weird"

[Panag]

Originally posted by MarkG

somtimes the fields in it look weird

define "weird"

hi ,

well a bit like what Skanky posted , ...

buddy list ; sometimes the names are right , but next name is starting from the left , ...the one below that stands in the middle of the field , ...

suscribed threads , the same , but sometimes its only the little arrow that does this , or only "last post" , ..

sometimes the little fields in "subscribed threads" are big , or to small , yet the size of the window is the same , ....

the problem goes away when you refresh , but sometimes you have to refresh 20 times , ...

have a nice day

[Buck Birdseed]

Now we're talking!

[TCO]

Rewrite the welcome paragraph and I will be happy. It is too wordy and pretentious in style. (DanQ strongly needs to read The Elements of Style by Strunk and White.) In addition, it leaves out some vital descriptive info:

-Apolyton is not "a leading epicenter". It is THE most popular Civ site--provable with traffic stats.

-The welcome paragraph should mention/describe the forums/community. This is the biggest part of the site. It is what makes Poly, Poly. Emphasizing "Storage and retreival" while not mentioing the forums is disingenuous. (Several people have said that other sites have better download sections.) Noone would contest that we have the most active forums.
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For new users, this paragraph is their intro to Poly. A less wordy, more content-filled paragraph will help lure them into further exploration of the site.