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Can we do something about clearing up the mess that is our 'front of house'? I am not having a pop at anyone involved with keeping the Forum going, but pleeeease, we must improve things. It's plain embarrassing (we still have BXagon announcements etc. on there). I'll do anything I can to help.

The simplest way forward would be to remove BXagon bits and the Gallery (we have one here). Maybe tidy up the design a little? Again I am happy to help in whatever way my limited web skills allow.
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I agree. It is a bit of a dogs breakfast! Seeing as Citroen motor cars are famous for design excellence and flair something that was a bit . . .erm . . . 'designed' would be good? I'd be willing to help - but I'm crap at all that computer techy stuff.
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I can't help now (studying + working), but I can help in the autumn with putting a basic website together, or just processing some graphics (though perhaps not as well as some of the geeks on here (not meant pejoratively - I love geeks)).

Really though the club is centred around the forum, isn't it? Does anyone actually visit the homepage?
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For what its worth, i visit the home page to source info placed on the site over the years - articles of interest etc. However I agree the forum is indeed the 'main event'.
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It's worth a lot - and I apologise for never having studied the home page :oops:
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This topic has gone all quiet again, who do we need to talk too.

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As I said, I can make design suggestions but I need to know who's going to implement them in a form that is appropriate for the website. We could take the opportunity to freshen up the logo (if enough support a revamp) and create a home page that is fresh and contemporary, having ditched unnecessary or unpopular/outmoded aspects like the Gallery.

Someone contact me with the technical requirements of what I need to supply. In the meantime I could dummy up a Home page design to gauge opinion?
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Philip Chidlow wrote:Someone contact me with the technical requirements of what I need to supply. In the meantime I could dummy up a Home page design to gauge opinion?
Sounds like a good idea!
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Wondered if they'd been any movement on this. There are a couple of ex-students of mine that are now web designers (that probably owe me a couple of favours!) if no one else steps into the breech I could make some enquiries as a contingency?

If you're going to be at the CX,XM, Xantia bash or Stratford Phil I could sort some info out for then? It would get things moving if no computer wizardry appears from amongst our ranks?
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OK, I'll be at Little Horwood on the 3rd so we chat then. In the meantime I will do a mock up of the Home page/non-forum pages.

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Post by B-Hive »

Well short of a complete makeover, at very least we can swap the BXagon graphic and text for something more current

Pretty much zero cost..
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Agreed, although everything we are planning should be pretty much zero cost - I hope!
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My computer skills began and ended in 1985 with the BBC micro computers we had at school. :oops: Perhaps we could have the classic challenge 2012 as a screen saver on the forum homepage.
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Philip Chidlow wrote:As I said, I can make design suggestions but I need to know who's going to implement them in a form that is appropriate for the website. We could take the opportunity to freshen up the logo (if enough support a revamp) and create a home page that is fresh and contemporary, having ditched unnecessary or unpopular/outmoded aspects like the Gallery.

Someone contact me with the technical requirements of what I need to supply. In the meantime I could dummy up a Home page design to gauge opinion?
Is this not stepping on the site owner/creators toes a little bit? Although currently out of date it is an excellent website. Is there no way of contacting the owner first to seak his permission?
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Defender110 wrote:
Philip Chidlow wrote:As I said, I can make design suggestions but I need to know who's going to implement them in a form that is appropriate for the website. We could take the opportunity to freshen up the logo (if enough support a revamp) and create a home page that is fresh and contemporary, having ditched unnecessary or unpopular/outmoded aspects like the Gallery.

Someone contact me with the technical requirements of what I need to supply. In the meantime I could dummy up a Home page design to gauge opinion?
Is this not stepping on the site owner/creators toes a little bit? Although currently out of date it is an excellent website. Is there no way of contacting the owner first to seak his permission?
The creator is/was Jon Wood, a great chap, but he has a different set of circumstances since he set up the website in 2005 and has handed over the reigns to Xac and Jim Eatment and has nothing much to with the running of the site anymore. I think just a loading page which directs people to the information/forum would be a good idea as the front page is a bit dated and rather "busy".
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