donderdag, september 06, 2007
Screen by screen: start page
The start screen centrally features the logo and current tag line ("Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the smartest of us all") of the project. There is also a mirror image I nicked from the Ikea website. (Sorry Ikea, consider it free advertisement untill I get a real graphical web developer on the project.)The greeting is in a random language.
The top bar is similar to all pages on the site and features the name of the site, of the logged on user, a flag button to change the language of the site, a link to log on or log off and a link to the help section. The site name is either about2findout.com (from December, real site) or about3findout.com (experimental development site, live now). Clicking on it will take you back to this home page. If a user is logged on, the name is shown and clicking on it will take you to the profile page. If a user has unread messages, a little clickable envelope icon is shown centrally on the top bar.
Beneath the logo and tag line area is the ticker area that refreshes every 30 seconds. At present it shows a link to join the site, but as the site is filled it will show messages on recently published questions, recently won challenges, etc.
On the right of the screen is the news area. First is a random piece of general news. If the user is logged on, some personal news like score and accuracy information is shown.
The bottom part of the screen has the quick navigation area with some quick links to pages in the four main sections of the site. The site is color coded and all pages relating to one of the four sections will have matching top and bottom color bars. The four panels are expandable and collapsed by default for logged in users and expanded for anonymous site visitors.
- Find out: searching and solving questions - pink
- Author space: making, publishing and promoting questions - green
- Community: profiles, messages, compare with your contacts - blue
- Helping Hand: FAQ, tutorials - yellow
Labels: about2findout
