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[TomDac]

Why was the Quick Link to "Today's Posts" removed?

"Today's Posts" only appears when you're not logged in. When you log in, it changes to say "New Posts". That functionality has not changed.. it was the same way on the previous version. :-)

[Bernard]

"Today's Posts" only appears when you're not logged in. When you log in, it changes to say "New Posts". That functionality has not changed.. it was the same way on the previous version. :-)

Tom, you misunderstood me. I agree that if you are not logged in you only get "Today's Posts", but I am logged in automatically, and under "Quick Links" you used to get "Today's Posts".

[TomDac]

Hmmm. i didn't change any settings in that regard.. must be part of the software change.

[JonFo]

As much as I'm a blue freak, I think there is too much blue here - never thought I'd EVER say that !

Perhaps it should be more muted?

Same here; the color is way too saturated. After 15 minutes, I need to switch to another site.

You want site visitors focusing on the content, not the container, so let's please keep that in mind with graphics, layouts and color schemes.

[JonFo]

I’ll see if I can get my graphic artist to give me some samples for this. But I keep her working 60 hrs a week, so it’s tight on time these days.

In general I like the latest iterations from –Justin- as I agree, white background makes both text and imagery clearer.

Having heavy text over complex backgrounds is very tricky to pull off, it can be done if that’s the preferred approach, but it’s easy to make it hard to read (as has been commented on already).

Maybe we can discuss pro’s and cons of:

1. Simple background (solid color) with text on left, graphic on right
2. Complex background with text in various places
3. Text for the banner (we’ve covered some of that already).

[JonFo]

Here is my suggestion:

Start with a white background on left side of banner, large text and logo go over the white, then fade in towards the right the ESL panel background to a point where a repeat tile can be created for it.
If we want text over the right side (again tricky), putting it in its own Div floated over the banner would be a way to get it to auto-adapt to screen widths.

This would allow the banner to be ‘elastic’ and A) not be so large and B) auto-adapt to varying screen widths.

I’ll see if I can get my artist in to squeeze in an hour or so on this.