EPTTo me, the only thing I can think of to improve TL is just to merge the column from left and right in one column only to the left so there is less white space. Nothing more.
Teamliquid Redesign - Page 6
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Serimek
France2274 Posts
To me, the only thing I can think of to improve TL is just to merge the column from left and right in one column only to the left so there is less white space. Nothing more. | ||
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Dingodile
4139 Posts
On May 27 2015 03:49 YourGoodFriend wrote: Background of what? (a forum post, the main background, the sidebar), I can write a plugin for you to do it in about 5 minutes if I know what you want the current white space (especially left and right) in light gray. white is the horror for my eyes If I have to read something. | ||
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
It's a modern look while still maintaining that traditional TL feel. We can't keep this old layout forever! I also can't stand how inefficient those white sides are now. | ||
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Lucumo
6850 Posts
On May 26 2015 09:09 Cambium wrote: I don't know 90% of the new people on TL anyway, if we change the design altogether, I probably just won't visit =/ Same here...which is funny, considering I had this one set as homepage for five years now. | ||
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Alakaslam
United States17336 Posts
Currently, I think this site looks good. Better asthetic than smashboards for sure. I dislike plush, the redesign is plusher but not bad. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
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BookTwo
1985 Posts
On May 27 2015 06:40 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: This redesign adds no value for users. There's no calendar/upcoming events and no stream list. (the reason I first came here..) If you make the stream list with those preview-windows I might as well just go to twitch to choose a stream as there is no usability benefit here on TL. You say you're community focused yet community news and forum spotlights have been removed from the front page. I don't hate change but please don't change just to change removing good things in the process. Agree 100%. Which is why it's just a concept. One of the largest aspects of the community is events and streams. Removing them makes no sense whatsoever and any good redesign will retain and improve on these features. I simply didn't have the scope (read:time) to redesign everything so I went for a more high-level view to generate discussion. From the feedback it's obvious that a lot of liquideans use Events/Calendar and like where it's positioned (top right). | ||
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Shendelzare
Netherlands126 Posts
+1 Also agreed with the comments where the new layout feels too white, and not as userfriendly with the calendar/events etc. | ||
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JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
On May 27 2015 03:05 G5 wrote: I have my own online marketing company and web design is one thing I do for a living. It's not a bad redesign. I love the stream look. An issue that immediately jumps out at me after scanning the examples is the transparent header/menu in the featured articles. Don't do that please. You will run into limitation issues where the featured image will have to not have certain colors on it or the menu will be hard to read. You could add a stylish overlay on the menu but I'd just scrap it and keep the normal header/menu for consistency. Also, from someone who has used TL.net for 10+ years, please add the time zones somewhere. I can't tell you how many times the time zones on TL.net made it that much more simple to keep track of when I had a tournament. I'm also curious as to whether this is going to be a boxed or full-width layout? If it's boxed, you will have trouble with all the white unless the dead space background is going to be something to off-set it like an egg-shell (nothing bold or it'll distract from the actual content). If it's full-width, you'll be fine but may run into functionality issues. For example: If you have a full-width layout the forum won't look too great because the grid will be too large and dwarf the average post size. I'd start with exactly what you're doing, asking people their opinions. However, you need to be asking the right questions. Asking specific questions as to what layouts, functions, and features should be kept or changed is huge. I believe you all know the good ol' saying of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". This is very true and research is key for something like TL.net with such a strong following. There is so much traffic to TL.net I can guess the EV of the site and it's easily 6 figures. I wouldn't risk that without a lot of research. Example: When GosuGamers.net switched layouts, I stopped reading it because I disliked how everything flowed. Good luck with the project, if you need any advice or technical help, let me know. Thank you. Please work together or something!  On May 27 2015 06:03 Lucumo wrote: Same here...which is funny, considering I had this one set as homepage for five years now. Yes, TL is my effective homepage too. I won't move if there's a just a redesign, not after all these years, but I might if I'm totally lost or it totally sucks. But I'm sure it won't be happening Either way, it's about time I created an account on reddit, it actually is a good place. | ||
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Powerpill
United States1693 Posts
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/7v80GSd.png) I currently like the layout cause it really is simple and every forum has it's place. Where as the design proposed is really plain and looks like every other grid framework (don't mean to be rude or anything, but I sense you're more of a UI Developer for applications?) | ||
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JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
On May 27 2015 16:55 ShoCkeyy wrote: Haven't seen anybody post it yet, but this is full width responsive until it's regular size. Did this within 15mins of just messing and cleaning up some of the html/css (a lot can actually be done in terms of front end development). I'm pretty busy, so you guys only get a full screen view for now! http://imgur.com/7v80GSd I currently like the layout cause it really is simple and every forum has it's place. Where as the design proposed is really plain and looks like every other grid framework (don't mean to be rude or anything, but I sense you're more of a UI Developer for applications?) This isn't a redesign but an optimisation for wider screens and keeping up to date with the current requirements (not fashion) --- but it's BRILLIANT and this should definitely be done at the very least. A lot of websites nowadays look like apps anyway >_> hideous on PCs/laptops I just noticed that the first 4-5 slides were fluff and Mr BookTwo could've easily saved the time or spent the time in making his design look better. That might have been a good idea when used to present to corparations because in all honesty the first few slides of fancy fluff looked reaaally sleek, but I think it was a waste of your time since all we care about are the other 3-4 slides. PS: You're caught redhanded using adblock  | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
For exemple you can clearly see the difference entre TL and TLheartstone today because colours. Here it's like too subtle for me. | ||
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tokinho
United States792 Posts
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On May 26 2015 01:59 Faeny wrote: Anything that doesn't waste >50% of the screen space to the left and the right is an improvement for me. Dunno why liquid sites still so stubbornly stick to this shitty fixed layout. This is maybe the only complaint I would have. Other than that I like the website as it is :D | ||
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Varanice
United States1517 Posts
On May 27 2015 06:03 Lucumo wrote: Same here...which is funny, considering I had this one set as homepage for five years now. same, TL has been my hopepage for years now and I dont want it to change, No offence to the author or anything, but it doesn't feel like I'm reading TL when I see that, I feel like I'm looking at The Daily Dot. Couldn't you also just offer it as a part of the user preferences? Like TL Classic and TL Modern layout settings? | ||
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velvex
Germany226 Posts
On May 27 2015 16:55 ShoCkeyy wrote: Haven't seen anybody post it yet, but this is full width responsive until it's regular size. Did this within 15mins of just messing and cleaning up some of the html/css (a lot can actually be done in terms of front end development). I'm pretty busy, so you guys only get a full screen view for now! http://imgur.com/7v80GSd I currently like the layout cause it really is simple and every forum has it's place. Where as the design proposed is really plain and looks like every other grid framework (don't mean to be rude or anything, but I sense you're more of a UI Developer for applications?) There's a limit to how wide you want a text column to be. At some point, it becomes awkward to read when a line goes on and on across the entire screen. You could probably make it slightly wider than it is now, and wider sidebars could be nice as well, but the middle column in your example is really too wide. | ||
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aseq
Netherlands3994 Posts
I'm really ashamed to admit that I did not know what LiquidDota or LiquidLegends looked like. But I agree the structure should be more clear. I'd even suggest to reserve the 'team' tag for the proteam, as it's really the only team around here, and not drop it like in the design. teamliquid pro -> proteamliquid? teamliquid -> liquidstarcraft liquiddota, liquidhearthstone, liquidpoker, fine. I'm not too enthusiastic about liquidlegends, at first I thought it was about old SC players when I read the title (some kind of liquipedia with BW players like Kim Dong Soo, Guillaume ). I even like liquidlol better.liquipedia should indeed just be a part of liquidstarcraft (and should probably be renamed as well, liquidstarcraftwiki?) | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
that wud get rid of the white sides and also preserve the ability to zoom in for people with shit eyesight like increase maxwidth of the inner/centre box | ||
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Kaeru
Sweden552 Posts
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