fuk redesign - get your oar in
| ben |
 Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 5:19pm
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Happy New Year fuk'ers and thanks for making 2009 such a top one for the site. We're looking at making some big time improvements over the next few months. Some long-requested features (*cough* GJ-only forums, proper search) and some new ideas we've had to improve your fuk experience are in the pipeline. Top of the list is a redesign, and as we put together a design brief we're looking for your input on how best to present the site. Please post up any thoughts, ideas, inspirations, pics etc that we can incorporate into the brief, we want to capture the unique fuk vibe (whilst remaining somewhat presentable to advertisers etc!) and you are the best people to express it. Any experienced graphics/front-end web people out there who fancy a crack at the job, please PM me or Brad and we'll send you the finished brief for a pitch. We have a couple of candidates shortlisted, but would consider others. |
| Sleuth |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 6:05pm
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Happy New Year Ben. My main issues are with the site design. It's not 'cool' enough for the target audience personally. The logo especially to me doesn't depict anything to do with fashion or the UK. The site colours also really girly. Search isn't as good as it used to be as you well known. And the big one for me is, there are too many forums or the ease of use is just not there. I never go into the forums section to browse the threads as I would have done years ago as it's too confusing, I find myself just sticking to the active threads on the left hand side. Should classifieds be GJ only? or everything should be at least £10 more expensive for non GJs to show them the benefit of them making the one off payment to the site. Cheers. |
| jsnldn |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 6:17pm
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dark background instead of light so i don't go blind |
| berk |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 6:19pm
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i like it the way it is ,nothing too bright as alot of us are sherking at work to be here or too dark ...can i have my personalised to look like this ?
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| ben |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 6:21pm
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Thanks Sleuth. We're aware of these problems, and in this thread I'm specifically addressing the design thing - we know it's not up to scratch, but getting a redesign right is tricky, so we want to make sure that we have the best possible brief to hand to a designer who may not be as familiar with the site as the regular users. I'm not expecting expert opinions, but by definition this is a forum where most people have a feel for how things look - so I'd really like to elicit some general thoughts and inspirations, to create a 'mood board' in the jargon. |
| Dave4 |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 6:22pm
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could have a button like on www.skybet.com in the top right "boss!? look busy!" that loads a spreadsheet whenever needed. always thought that was handy. |
| D4N |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 6:27pm
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dark background instead of light so i don't go blind i would also prefer a darker background. |
| schtoop |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 6:30pm
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fuck a dark background will be well miserable, you've seen 5th d right?? p.s berk didn't know you worked in banking |
| saint nicholegs |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 7:39pm
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Please no dark background. |
| Brian Damage |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 7:41pm
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Please no dark background. |
| 6thEdition |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 7:43pm
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this colour is great |
| fontelroy |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 7:47pm
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i like it the way it is ,nothing too bright as alot of us are sherking at work to be here or too dark ...can i have my personalised to look like this ?
dont you use bloomberg? |
| Protocol |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 7:49pm
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I like the active threads thing on the left that's really useful. Only thing i can think of forum wise is some way to know when someone has quoted you, so you can reply. Small improvement really. Also a more user friendly posting interface which requires less use of bb code etc. |
| Mr X |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 7:53pm
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As a forum I find the site easy to use and it integrates well with the rest of FUK, if you care to read the other info. It would be shame if a new site broke up the community with PG style rules to attract more women. Needs a lick of paint and a GJ section update would be nice. |
| BOOKSTORECORE |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 8:17pm
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Can we have a prostitute review subsection of the forum please? |
| gojira. |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 8:50pm
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| AAA |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 8:57pm
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Requests 1.Ban people who post their blog in every post 2.No gifs for avatars The End |
| velvet |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 8:59pm
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and have mikey graham from boyzone as the new face of fuk |
| bruk |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 9:45pm
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Been said plenty beforehand but a GJ thread or even forum |
| EVERS |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 10:01pm
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regular clean up of GJ codes - there are some on there right now which have expired. i would like to see occasional q&a's and/or short features from people within the industry - whether they be designers, store owners, shop workers, whatever - to give some insight as to what goes on. as for the look of the site, just some updating really and much of what Sleuth said |
| Sleuth |
Posted: Mon, 04/01/2010 - 10:01pm
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White website. Surely there must be some cool fashion websites we can use as examples? |
Sandies FTW