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fanlore2010-01-28 07:52 pm
mrs_potatohead) wrote in fanlore2010-01-28 07:52 pm
suggestions for the front page
Right now, folks coming to Fanlore see a lot of words, text that doesn't change and isn't that interesting.
A new user might poke at the templates along the left side, something not intuitive and not very interesting. Or that user might type something into the search box, navigating the "go" and "find" function AND the dodgy search engine to find something that interests her or him. That's a lot of hurdles for the casual visitor, a person that may be enticed into staying and contributing. :-)
I'd like to see a prominent section on the front page that adds some enticement to go further. Perhaps a box, right up front, that has "quick links" to things like: glossary terms, vidding, conventions, fanzines, fandoms, awards, publishers, fans/people...
Plus, it would be nice to have some visual on the front page, even if it changes just once a month. It doesn't need to be anything with text, even, perhaps a teaser to a page: a convention program, a logo, a cartoon...
I don't know enough about Fanlore to know if these things are possible, but I think something along this line would be a good idea.
MPH
A new user might poke at the templates along the left side, something not intuitive and not very interesting. Or that user might type something into the search box, navigating the "go" and "find" function AND the dodgy search engine to find something that interests her or him. That's a lot of hurdles for the casual visitor, a person that may be enticed into staying and contributing. :-)
I'd like to see a prominent section on the front page that adds some enticement to go further. Perhaps a box, right up front, that has "quick links" to things like: glossary terms, vidding, conventions, fanzines, fandoms, awards, publishers, fans/people...
Plus, it would be nice to have some visual on the front page, even if it changes just once a month. It doesn't need to be anything with text, even, perhaps a teaser to a page: a convention program, a logo, a cartoon...
I don't know enough about Fanlore to know if these things are possible, but I think something along this line would be a good idea.
MPH