Redesigning and re-branding EN World

[Henry]

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Shweeet.

Kewl Website, Kyle... er, Stan... er, Morrus!
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I particularly liked the menus. Talk about a good-looking page!

Only one thing - how do you feel about taking the gray block on the right (where you put the upcoming products) and placing it on the left?

Otherwise, I love the look, and feel you are headed in the right direction.

 

[nobodez]

Great!

Except for teh fact that the ad was above the menue on my computer. I t might jsut be becasue I'm a mac user, but you might want to look into that.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I like it for the most part, it seems a lot less cramped. I would suggest moving that bar on the right to the left side though.

 

[shadoe]

I have to say that I like the one with the menu on top. I just like having more horizontal space. Though I also think that the information on the right hand column should be on the left side of the page.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

I have to say that I like the one with the menu on top. I just like having more horizontal space. Though I also think that the information on the right hand column should be on the left side of the page.

I'll second this. All in all, I like the drop down menus. It's very clean.

Best,
tKL

 

[Blacksad]

Re: Re: I do not like it

OK, I've tried that here:

http://www.enworld.org/dropdown2/

Thanks!

I prefer this one

edit: oops! you have changed the first one too. Well, I still prefer the second choice, though you might want to put something under the menu on the left side (perhaps the WotC release, or an editorial in small font, or current contest, I don't know) to fill it a bit.

But I'll be fine with both (if the "Tuesday the 23rd of July" could appear on only one line (I'm nitpicking)

 

[Alaska Roberts]

I like the drop down menus on the left side, and I agree I think all the information on the right side should be on the left below the drop downs, makes for a cleaner page.

Alaska

 

[Zaukrie]

Morrus, I work with some web designers every day. The menu needs to be on the left to be most effective in getting people to see it and use it, at least that's what they tell me. Also, they tell me content should never start way over on the left, people just aren't used to it.

The version with the menu on the left is much nicer in my personal opinion, and easier to use.

They also strongly suggest not putting navigation on the right, but that news or "blurbs" work well. For some reason, putting navigation all around the content is confusing to most web users.

All that said, I don't have any major issues with the site as it is.

 

[ashockney]

LOVE IT!

Looks great Morrus. I love everything I see (second version, menu on the left).

I definitely think upcoming d20 products guide deserves it's own link, that is a SWEET page.

I think the CBR is too busy, wouldn't recommend anything from it.

I also agree that the news seems a little more challenging to read because of the wider columns. Could just be me though?

Great job.

 

[Umbran]

I like both versions.

I'll note a small techical problem with dropdown2: If you run your mouse pointer slowly along the dropdown menu list from top to bottom, you'd expect each menu to show up in succession, but that's not what happens.

The menu get "jammed" - until your pointer drops below the level of the currently displayed drop-down choices, it won't show another menu. That means a lot of mouse-wagging to switch from one drop-down to another.

As you run the pointer up, this isn't an issue, as the pointer is always above the dropdown menu.

I hope that made sense.