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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDRay" data-source="post: 270963" data-attributes="member: 2344"><pant, pant, pant>Whew!  Eight pages of posts in a thread, and all of them with content.  I think that's a new record!  I'm worn out from reading them all.But enough about me...Well, almost enough.  I use ENWorld for the following:-News on a daily basis.-Press releases from publishers to see what the state of the game is.-Messageboards (primarily House Rules).The parts of the site that I would like to see moved down (in levels):-WotC's product releases (and the rest of the right column).-Yesterday's news.As far as design goes, I like the idea of one navigation frame, either to the left or on top (my preference is for the left, but that's minor).Using the tiers that Morrus described earlier, I think a DHTML or JavaScript type popup menu that lets you navigate directly to the spot you want to go with no additional page loading would be both easy to implement and useful for users.  Of course, "easy to implement" is a relative term.I seem to be one of the few that appreciate the press releases that get posted.  I will say that I only appreciate the actual information there and not the advertising schlock that gets slipped in.  Too many adjectives do not make a good release.  That said, I would still like to see  press releases on the home page, though possibly separated in their own box at the bottom of the daily news.Speaking of which, I'd like to see only today's news on the front page with quick links to previous days for this week across the top of the news section.And, about today's news, I agree with those who say that WotC stuff should be relegated to a single entry in the D20 System News group.  Keep the Messageboard Roundup.  It gets me interested in other parts of the messageboards.There have been several comments here about content management systems.  As an IT guy, I can't say enough about the value of source control.  I don't know anything about phpNuke or any of the rest that have been touted here, but being able to store content in a database and configure it differently for different uses (one way on the home page, another in a search list, a third in a sub-page) is invaluable.  One heretofore unavailable feature that this sort of thing would enable is the ability to get a history of a product that you're interested in.  Want to know about The Giant Tome of Crunchy Bits?  Go find it's listing under it's publisher and see everything that was reported about it on ENWorld.  CMSes shouldn't be difficult to manage, even for someone with less experience at web stuff than you, Morrus.So long as people are pointing out site's that they like, I just looked at Ladyofdragons' site and have to say that I like it quite a bit from a visual perspective.  I can't say anything about the content, as I just skimmed the page.  Maybe refer to it for ideas, though.Enough for now.  Whatever you do, keep it up.Best regards,JD</blockquote>

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