ok heres a sneak preview of the new DMXZone site..

dont ask about the forums change, ive asked, and until i get a reply i cant tell you anyting.

www.dmxzone.com/downloads/images/dmxzone_groen.jpg

getting a bit fed up with the waiting tbh.

Regards,
Dave

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It looks better than the current home page, but then again that's looking cluttered and messy anyway.
Any idea how much more are they going to do to that design / do they want our feedback at all?

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Simon

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I like the other zones are an easy click away! It could help kick up the other zones for .Net, FW, CF, Flash. <i>(top-left)</i>

I would assume the "<b>Contribute</b>" nav link would then spawn a sub-navigation. I say assume becauase there are Polls, Games, Projects; "<b>Learn</b>" would probably spawn Tutorials, E-Books, Books, FAQ's, and Premium Content; "<b>Create</b>"...hmm, I'm stumped. <i>(left-nav)</i>

<b>Do you think that RSS page links are still going to be needed?</b> Browsers are incorporating RSS readers/detactors, posing the question: RSS feeds not be a text link...then if someone is an RSS "user" they notice when RSS icons activate - <i>"we use what we know"</i>?!?

I think clear interaction between the zones would be a good thing. Personally I rarely use any of them, I'm more a developer than designer working with databases more than flash but if its all easy to get to then that's good - maybe I'll stumble into something and start getting into flash.

The Navigation... hmmn, as Chris says its not very clear where things are going - but then I guess that's because this is a mock-up more than finished design, though the current Nav has organically outgrown itself I think.

Most of the time I'm in the forums - I get my newsletter that lets me know about new tutorials and updates to extensions so I don't need to visit the home page that much.

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>...Most of the time I'm in the forums - I get my newsletter that lets me know about new tutorials and updates to extensions so I don't need to visit the home page that much.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
That's what <i>MyDMXzone</i> is for...I wonder if this will play a more intregual part in the site itself. The DMXzone survey asked a few questions about it, maybe they were poking and hinting. <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

Looks nice!

We'll see what's good and what's not when we use it won't we.

My only issue with the current layout is the layers, when reading posts, being hidden under the right hand column. DMXzone can publish any design and site they wish, but if the site owners do not make timely adjustments to the site when feedback is being given, then they might as well not bother with a redesign.

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<b><i>Hopefully</i></b> they've been spending their time creating a great new site that takes on board the issues we've been raising... hopefully

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Simon

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote><b><i>Hopefully</i></b> they've been spending their time creating a great new site that takes on board the issues we've been raising... hopefully<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
Ya, it is a bother.

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>...sneak preview of the new DMXZone site...dont ask about the forums change, ive asked, and until i get a reply i cant tell you anyting...getting a bit fed up with the waiting tbh.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Any news on forum updates/change? What Snitz version is this here (now)? I wonder what's out as of 2005? Do you think this is super-customized where a Snitz patch takes weeks? <i>Ouch! <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle></i>

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Any news on forum updates/change? <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

get your arse in the managers zone and ask away <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>
u might get a reply being a writer an all.

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Do you think this is super-customized where a Snitz patch takes weeks?<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

well thats a case for discussion <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> The forum change was aledgedly taking place when me and vince became mods nearly a year ago. So it's anybodys guess. <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>



regards
Dave

<img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Zone Managers&gt;&gt;&gt;

Must be strange being so out in the cold, thought you guys would be 'in the know' so to speak!

Really Weird <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_dead.gif border=0 align=middle>

Digga

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thats usually the way it works

seems to be just a name here :S

regards
Dave