Board redesign - provide your input

That's pretty bangin' :)

I agree on the darkness of the red. In particular I'm not sure the gradient works very well. Maybe a much more subtle gradient. The white text with the black border on the forum header title ("A Test category") could stand to be more readable IMO...

 
Blackshirt said:
Some obvious areas I've noticed need changing:

-The top seems a little busy. perhaps the big 10 helmets can go at the bottom.
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The helmets need to go at the bottom somewhere if we keep them. We discussed that in another thread, and I think everyone was in agreement on that.

Blackshirt said:
-The "Welcome by admin" in the right margin is supposed to be the area we send broadcasts to the board. it doesn't seem very effective where it is now.
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Agreed. I'd prefer it up much higher. And, since it will be used even outside of the football season, I'd like to see it placed above the "Next Opponent - Last Opponent" boxes.

Blackshirt said:
-The horizontal scroll bar under the forum needs to go.
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Not seeing that - but I've got a 27" monitor. Could the scroll bar be due to the side bar on the right?

Blackshirt said:
-I realize all the buttons on top aren't relevant - these can easily change
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Love having the Facebook button there, and the fact that it jumps right to the HuskerBoard Facebook page. The Twitter button? I think we can drop that, but then again, I don't use Twitter (come to think of it, I don't use Facebook, either, so what do I know)?

Blackshirt said:
-The red shade is a bit deeper than the current red we use - do you guys think this should be a brighter red?
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Yes. Most definately.

Blackshirt said:
-We still need the live scoreboard from around the big-12/10 -- suggestions for where to put this?
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Is this a feature we can turn on and off? I'd like it to be something we can hide during the offseason. As to where it should go - kind of depends on whether it will be horizontal or vertical. If horizontal, it seems that theres a space directly under the HuskerNation banner that is open all the way across that would work.

Blackshirt said:
Also just realized the "next game" in the right margin is redundant. and the Previous Game could be presented a little better.
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Well, not entirely redundant, since it provides the date and time, and a link to the Schedule Results page. We need to combine both "next game" functions, which I think you can do by reducing and then adding the countdown clock to the one above the last opponent, freeing up that space at the upper right for - well, rotating adds or something. Or nothing at all, which will improve the look. Also - how easily can the last and next opponents features be updated? When I tried looking at how to make any changes to the right side bar in the current version, I couldn't find the CSS or template to do it.

Blackshirt said:
To answer a point you made now -- by all means if you guys have ideas for consolidating the forums, we're open to it. Can you please send a link to the thread to admin@huskerboard.com and we'll review.
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I'll do that now.

 
I like where they are going with that. I do think the red needs to be a little brighter and agree with AR on the placement of the Big XII/10 scoreboard at the top under the banner. I think we could use that scoreboard for most of the year, but in between basketball and baseball there isn't much going on so we may want to have the option of turning it off like AR said. IMO the helmets need to eventually go once we switch over to the Big 10, if we do keep them I'd agree that we need to put them at the bottom of the main page.

 
Strong start. My only input right now is to ditch the helmets (look cool, but shouldn't be a permanent fixture) and fix the color issues (3 different reds).

On a side note. What are the options for IPB as far as additional modules (chat, pages, etc.)? If there is anything that we would want to add, it probably needs to be done at the same time as the theme change.

 
eliot1171 said:
Strong start. My only input right now is to ditch the helmets (look cool, but shouldn't be a permanent fixture) and fix the color issues (3 different reds).

On a side note. What are the options for IPB as far as additional modules (chat, pages, etc.)? If there is anything that we would want to add, it probably needs to be done at the same time as the theme change.
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Good question. I would love some input from people on what mods would be useful, since I'm not involved in the daily operation anymore - you guys know better than I do about what is needed. Take a look here:

http://mods.invisionize.com/

http://www.invisionmodding.com/

 
Also an idea for something else to highlight on the new design. I know you guys have done quite a bit with the member team positions, which is a cool effect. Do we want to do anything with this -- maybe have a lineup or member "hall of fame" in the right margin or bottom of board? We naturally don't want to ostracize other members, but it might be a good way to encourage people to get more involved, to make a case for the HOF.

As Eric always tells me as aspiring middle manager of the year -- "people friggin love recognition chad."

 
One more thing - the design firm is having trouble finding a scoreboard feed to use. Could you guys see what you can find to help keep this moving along? I want to keep them busy on the design instead of searching for something we could possibly find.

Thanks.

 
Blackshirt said:
Also an idea for something else to highlight on the new design. I know you guys have done quite a bit with the member team positions, which is a cool effect. Do we want to do anything with this -- maybe have a lineup or member "hall of fame" in the right margin or bottom of board? We naturally don't want to ostracize other members, but it might be a good way to encourage people to get more involved, to make a case for the HOF.

As Eric always tells me as aspiring middle manager of the year -- "people friggin love recognition chad."
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I would be hesitant about publishing the Starting Lineup any more than we do. Starting Lineup is an event that people get a kick out of, and it's off-season entertainment, but that should be as far as it goes. I know there were a couple of people were surprised/concerned that they weren't voted "part of the team" last time.

Between the post rating system and the starting lineup, I think we have enough recognition things.

 
knapplc said:
Blackshirt said:
Also an idea for something else to highlight on the new design. I know you guys have done quite a bit with the member team positions, which is a cool effect. Do we want to do anything with this -- maybe have a lineup or member "hall of fame" in the right margin or bottom of board? We naturally don't want to ostracize other members, but it might be a good way to encourage people to get more involved, to make a case for the HOF.

As Eric always tells me as aspiring middle manager of the year -- "people friggin love recognition chad."
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I would be hesitant about publishing the Starting Lineup any more than we do. Starting Lineup is an event that people get a kick out of, and it's off-season entertainment, but that should be as far as it goes. I know there were a couple of people were surprised/concerned that they weren't voted "part of the team" last time.

Between the post rating system and the starting lineup, I think we have enough recognition things.
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Agreed.

 
AR Husker Fan said:
knapplc said:
Blackshirt said:
Also an idea for something else to highlight on the new design. I know you guys have done quite a bit with the member team positions, which is a cool effect. Do we want to do anything with this -- maybe have a lineup or member "hall of fame" in the right margin or bottom of board? We naturally don't want to ostracize other members, but it might be a good way to encourage people to get more involved, to make a case for the HOF.

As Eric always tells me as aspiring middle manager of the year -- "people friggin love recognition chad."
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I would be hesitant about publishing the Starting Lineup any more than we do. Starting Lineup is an event that people get a kick out of, and it's off-season entertainment, but that should be as far as it goes. I know there were a couple of people were surprised/concerned that they weren't voted "part of the team" last time.

Between the post rating system and the starting lineup, I think we have enough recognition things.
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Agreed.
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Ok sure, makes sense.

Thanks BRI I'll take a look.

 
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