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simonrl
51% (Neutral)
Administration Topic Starter

10 years ago

I've nearly finished an improved Album page, so next on the list is the Mine home page.

Question...

Is it worth keeping the Notes / Stickies. Very few get added, and they fall out of date very quickly.

Would they be missed?

Longer term, a better solution would be able to tag specific forum threads to mines?

Simpler seems to be better I think; the new photo page is simpler and easier to use as a result? Similarly the new album page will be a simplified format.

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

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RJV
50.2% (Neutral)
Newbie

10 years ago

To complicate matters.

I think the intention is good; it could be useful to have a space on the actual mine page where brief snippets of useful info can be added which don't necessarily warrant being added to the main text description.

However... in the format they are currently displayed the stickies do not catch the eye so might as well not be there at all (and when they do it has to be said there is some gibberish among them!).

So either keep them but redesign 😮 them entirely to make 'em betta or get rid altogether and likely few will notice that they've gone!

simonrl
51% (Neutral)
Administration Topic Starter

10 years ago

Well based on the feedback so far I can safely disappear the Stickies and nobody will notice :lol: 😉

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

rufenig
50.2% (Neutral)
Newbie

10 years ago

"SimonRL" wrote:
Well based on the feedback so far I can safely disappear the Stickies and nobody will notice :lol: ;)

For me you could loose the sticky, events and workforce.

::)

royfellows
50.2% (Neutral)
Newbie

10 years ago

Alltycrib Workforce

If you worked or work at Alltycrib why not share that information with other AditNow members?

Add Yourself

Roy Fellows, one of the last people to work there until laid off by Edward Evans in 1916. How old am I, look at my avatar.
:lol:

Yes Simon, dump it, its ridiculous for 99% of the entries.

My avatar is a poor likeness.

simonrl
51% (Neutral)
Administration Topic Starter

10 years ago

Thanks for the feedback chaps :)

I'm thinking along the same lines. Simpler, faster, easier to read at a glance.

All these minor features add very little. The important information are the documents, the photos and the map.

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

simonrl
51% (Neutral)
Administration Topic Starter

10 years ago

Sneak peak of the new mine home page:

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/_Mines/Cwmorthin-Slate-Mine_1/

It's way off being completed, and it's not currently showing the albums or documents (they'll be added of course!).

I've taken on board the feedback above and it's only going to show the really important stuff and removes all the minor and mostly-unused features like workforce and notes.

The improvement are mostly in:

- Easier direct links to upload photos or archive photos
- Consistent layout and buttons from the new album and photo pages
- Much better mapping, lets you view the mines near on the map rather than just as a list

Hopefully by end of March I'll have this, and the final improvements to the new album page, and the new photo captioning tool all live...

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

royfellows
50.2% (Neutral)
Newbie

10 years ago

Looks OK to me
:thumbsup:

My avatar is a poor likeness.

NewStuff
50.2% (Neutral)
Newbie

10 years ago

Can you default the map to Sat imagery? I'm not sure if it's something that Google let you do.

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC