Posted by Jim Erhardt on March 18, 2015 at 11:34 AM
Update 4/7/2015
We have completed Round 1 of the site updates which includes the following;
Revised thumbnails screen:
1. Clicking the thumbnail renders the 720 photo in a lightbox viewer. You can also toggle though the page of thumbnails with the viewer - check it out on your Personal Gallery thumbnail screen!
2. Clicking the title of the photo (under the thumbnail) links to the comments screen
3. The look of the thumbnails page has been changed for what we think is for the better!
Revised Comments Screen:
1. Clicking the 720 photo renders the 1200 in the lightbox viewer
2. We removed the "bars" from above the 720 photo and installed a simple navigation hieroglyphic that is used for returning to thumbnail screen or toggling through the photos for a cleaner, less cluttered look.
3. Replaced the grey bar that separated comments with a navigation hieroglyphic that we think looks cleaner and gives more space between the comments.
4. Installed a Rich Text editor for posting comments
Revised Post A Photo Screen
1. Cleaned up the look and flow of the screen that we think makes using it easier/clearer
2. Installed grayscale background color presets
3. Enabled larger file uploads: up to 500kb for the 720, large upload is now a maximum of 1600 pixels/1MB
Revised Edit Photo Screen
1. Cleaned up look to match the revised Post A Photo screen
In the next month or so, we begin Round 2 - adding the Rich Text editor to the forum software and be making some similar aesthetic tweaks.
We hope you like these updates and that they improve your enjoyment of the site!
Discussion
7 repliesWe have completed Round 1 of the site updates which includes the following;
Revised thumbnails screen:
1. Clicking the thumbnail renders the 720 photo in a lightbox viewer. You can also toggle though the page of thumbnails with the viewer - check it out on your Personal Gallery thumbnail screen!
2. Clicking the title of the photo (under the thumbnail) links to the comments screen
3. The look of the thumbnails page has been changed for what we think is for the better!
Revised Comments Screen:
1. Clicking the 720 photo renders the 1200 in the lightbox viewer
2. We removed the "bars" from above the 720 photo and installed a simple navigation hieroglyphic that is used for returning to thumbnail screen or toggling through the photos for a cleaner, less cluttered look.
3. Replaced the grey bar that separated comments with a navigation hieroglyphic that we think looks cleaner and gives more space between the comments.
4. Installed a Rich Text editor for posting comments
Revised Post A Photo Screen
1. Cleaned up the look and flow of the screen that we think makes using it easier/clearer
2. Installed grayscale background color presets
3. Enabled larger file uploads: up to 500kb for the 720, large upload is now a maximum of 1600 pixels/1MB
Revised Edit Photo Screen
1. Cleaned up look to match the revised Post A Photo screen
In the next month or so, we begin Round 2 - adding the Rich Text editor to the forum software and be making some similar aesthetic tweaks.
We hope you like these updates and that they improve your enjoyment of the site!
Next up is updating the Post A Photo screen and then from there, updating the forums with the Rich Text box and a few aesthetic tweaks.
As always, everyone's feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Dave
Ultimately, we'd like to move the portfolios to the NPN site. To get that rolling, we'll be enhancing the Personal Gallery feature on NPN.
Sandy