http://www.aeroscale.net

I doubt many of you are using this URL, but just an FYI that this site will be sporting the new network homepage layout that is still in development. This page is mostly there for testing and feedback, so if you have any you can post it here.

Thanks!
Jim

It looks very simple and easy to follow. You can get quickly to where you want to go.

Jim

I love it!!! Can we please get it on Armorama too!!! PLEASE!...

Seriously, looks great, effective browsing, very user friendly. Great work again!

Kevin

Thanks Kevin and Russ. It's only about 65% completed at this point, but I will try to keep it uncluttered.

An Armorama version preview is here: http://www.ipms.us

Cheers,
Jim

Looks great, can't wait till it is implemented.

Spot on Jim looks superb

This looks like a brand new and very modern site!!!

Actually, how "old" is the current Aeroscale lay-out?

I remember that when it was created, it also looked very attractive while now we are so used to it it seems to be cluttered and outdated.

The new lay-out, and the easy browsing, seems like a big step forward.

Most of the current layouts date from about 2006 I believe. They have had some minor updates from time to time but needed this overhaul. Of course a lot of the changes are in the code. This new system will be easier to deploy to all our sites at the same time vs. the old code required changes to each of the sites core files for the homepage and some of the page wrapper.

Glad you like it!

Jim

very handsome design, good effort, sir.
Ive altered my bookmark. previously I was going strait to forums latest posts, and almost never looked at the homepage.

Me too and i do have an idea in the amount of work involved.

recently, I was involvd in an effort of a site to completely split visualisation and content (SOA and stuff like that). The amount of work was gigantic and much more difficutl than originally estimated.

Hence, I expect that you are not sleeping that much lately

Ive noticed that the "more features" button
https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=features&type=features
produces an empty list.

With all the positie feedback coming in, I kinda feel bad being the one to say 'nay,' but that's unfortunately what I feel about the starting page.

I don't usually like front pages jam-packed with stuff, but the Kitmaker network ones had just the right amount of content: they were organized, gave a good look into what's in there, they were inviting the visitor to open several links right away. I also liked the ratio of pictures vs. text.

Now the new layout ditches the colorful, varied starting page and has only one picture (although a slideshow showcasing various features), with all-text content below it. Quite terse.
For regular users, it doesn't matter, but for new users coming in, I can't help feeling it doesn't give the best possible introduction.
Going into Features, it immediately gets much more appealing, with thumbnails next to article link which also have a brief description.

Personally, I'd like to see more visuals on the front page. While the most recent forum discussion links are perfectly fine as they are, I think the news articles, features, MOM, and galleries would deserve to be highlighted like they used to be.

I like it, feels more modern and less cluttered, without actually losing the feel of Aeroscale. Keep it up, seems a bit faster as well.

This new layout is formidastic and fantastable but still a few requests for the forum:

- the ability to open a new thread from the latest posts page

- make the forum button lead immediately lead to the latest post page with yellow button options for latest posts of entire network, and the main forum page