New Layout June 2011

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New Layout June 2011


"Well I tried to lay it out in order.
Ooh, that's a bad choice of words."
- Vala Mal Doran, 9x19 "Crusade"

Good morning, campers! daniel_vala  needs a new layout!

The last time the layout was updated,

• most Windows users were still running Windows XP
• Firefox didn't have the adoption rate it has today
• Chrome hadn't been released
• the iPad hadn't been invented
• LJ hadn't yet integrated Twitter & Facebook feeds, and
• smartphones weren't a way of life.

Sitting at a desktop to surf LJ isn't the only way to access daniel_vala  content anymore, and we need a clean, simple, multi-functional layout that loads FAST (because sometimes even 4G & WiFi can be as slow as dialup) and is compatible with ALL operating systems.

That's where YOU come in! Comment to this post to tell us what YOU wish to have in a new layout:

• How wide?
• What colors?
• What screen grab to use as a banner?
• What's the best font & font size for you to read long screenfuls of text?
• Should we display tags or a tag cloud?
• Should we display the Calendar?
• Should we display links to related LJ communities and fanwork archives?
• Should we get a DanielValaLJ Twitter feed to broadcast whenever someone posts a new entry?
• Do you like fruitcake?
• Have a favorite LJ theme we should use as a base?
• Have you seen any layouts on premade_ljs or freelayouts (join comms to view entries) that would be appropriate?
• Volunteer to submit a custom design?
• Volunteer to test layouts on your Windows, Mac, Linux, smartphone, or tablet?
• Should we hold a competition or poll to choose between submitted layouts?
• i can haz beer plz?

Here's the link to the daniel_vala "layout" tag to see previous discussions on the daniel_vala  layout.

If we hold a Layout Contest, I propose that 31 May 2011 be the deadline for submitting layout designs, June 2011 for voting which one is best, and 1 July 2011 to publish the winning layout.

What do you think?