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Frogger on 11 March 2016
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Machina said:

I like it.

Obviously there'd be changes to the design. It's missing social media icons, the proportions would need to be reworked, the third sales box would probably be for latest charts, and we'd need to use the current logo, etc. But in general it's a layout I'd prefer over the current one.

I particularly like having the menu options clearly accessible down the side with the VGC Buddy, a bit more focus on articles, and a Supporter tab. It's also not a drastic change but is an improvement, and I agree with Spurge that is where a lot of site revamps go wrong - they change too much and try to make the redesign too flashy and completely different, which ends up alienating people.

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Completely agree that you should be able to make it permanent. In fact I'd say that should de default when logged in, and then there'd be an option to have it reduced/hidden.

Thanks! I 100% agree with everything. I was only shooting for a general idea, so most of what was there is just a general placeholder to give people an idea of positioning and general asthetic. The third sales box was indeed meant to be a place holder for the latest sales charts. I just couldn't find an image and don't know enough about using the program to crop it myself lol. Same with the logo.

Yeah, I mostly wanted to make a redesign that put better focus on specific aspects of the site that kind of get buried, primerily the articles.

As for the VGC Buddy, it is always open by default. The only way to get rid of it is to manually close it by pressing the tab, so it's an OFF button rather than an ON button. I based it functionally off this:

As I said to Platina, the nice thing about it is that it always frames the site. It also has a scroll wheel independant of the scroll wheel on the main page. It isn't shown on this image, but this is really convenient because it allows you to scroll through all your subscriptions on the side without effecting the page you're viewing. I wasn't sure how difficult that would be to code if incorperated to the VGC Buddy, which is why I didn't add that on the sample, but it would allow for a lot more stuff to be placed on the Buddy, including more threads. I mentioned to Platina that this would be an awesome place to put the Game BG search bar, because it would be always present, even when you're in the forums, which would be so convenient.

In fact, a lot of what is at the top of the page could be put there, with then having more content specific tabs be placed at the top banner. This way the navigational stuff is always at the side, while the more specific stuff could be at the top, like specific platforms for example. That's just me rambling, though.

EDIT: Also, with the social media icons, Gamespot does this really smart thing where they just have a small "share" icon on their banner, and when you click/hover over is, it presents a small drop down menu with all their social media icons on it. It's very slick and takes up like no space. And it looks good.