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Subject: My Tweaked New Hawtness Concept
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The Marty Army

Ah, look at the lonely people...

Yeah. Here it is.

May I first say that I am in no way saying that Bungie's web team is bad at what they do. Just the opposite, they're awesome, in my opinion. I'm simply posting this to show what I think would be a more improved Bungie.net homepage.

Now, if you'll kindly look at the image, you'll notice that it's very similar to the new hawtness screenshot posted in the weekly update this morning. That's because the new design is a very good thing. It could simply use a bit of tweaking.

The major things are the same between my concept and the real one, a three column layout, one for news posts, one for community/partnerships and one for job postings, with a navbar and logo at the top. This is an effective layout. However, I tweaked the actual feel of the layout. I increased the width of the news column (and, accordingly, decreased that of the other two), and removed the "space-waster" image of Master Chief, allowing for more content to be in it's place. I also added a "My Groups" link to the "member card" in the top bar. I made many other more minor tweaks, moving links around and whatnot. This layout is still effective for those on a screen resolution of even 800x600 (in that resolution, there would be no bars on the sides and the site would be the entire screen).

So, what do you guys think? Again, the new website will be incredible, no doubt. I'm simply posting this concept to show what I feel would be some tweaks to make it more effective.

Added a higher-quality image, the other one was washed out due to JPEG compression and gave a slightly false sense of the coloration.

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  • 03.10.2007 9:54 PM PDT
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cool

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  • 03.10.2007 10:04 PM PDT

Pretty good. I like how you added My Groups in the corner.

  • 03.10.2007 10:06 PM PDT

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2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

No offense but I don't really like your Bungie :\

  • 03.10.2007 10:07 PM PDT
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I like it a lot. Makes better with the space and widths of the columns.

  • 03.10.2007 10:26 PM PDT

No offense, but I didn't really like it. Nice try though =)

Edit: Halo 3 Beta is available?! jk lawl

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  • 03.10.2007 10:39 PM PDT

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Actually, I sorta like it more over the original design. The gigantic cheif's helmate I don't think is really necessary. I know it's a site FOR Halo 3, but look at it. It's taking a good portion away from the main screen where more worthwhile stuff could go. The original "3" logo could stay, over the thread creators design, but the picture just looks too out of place.

  • 03.10.2007 11:16 PM PDT

I feel like I just stepped into the future seeing the top story.

I mean, it looks hot, you gots skillz, but leik, just wait till you see what the real New Hotness looks like when it comes out.

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  • 03.11.2007 12:21 AM PDT
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Excellent.

  • 03.11.2007 3:13 AM PDT
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I just hope there's a big black space in the forums.

-TGP-

  • 03.11.2007 5:12 AM PDT
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Ah, look at the lonely people...

Posted by: Great_Pretender
I just hope there's a big black space in the forums.

-TGP-

I've heard of using negative space as an element in design, but... >_>'

And, thanks for the complements, guys. For those of you who say "I don't like it", what about it don't you like?

  • 03.11.2007 5:22 AM PDT
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Posted by: Great_Pretender
I just hope there's a big black space in the forums.

-TGP-


If I lose the black space I will just up and leave the site.

  • 03.11.2007 6:07 AM PDT
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I actually do like the black space. Keeps posts compacted, not all one line long...

I suppose you could put her in place of the black space, which would help Recon out too. ;]

  • 03.11.2007 7:41 AM PDT
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Ah, look at the lonely people...

Posted by: Recon Number 54
needs more cowbell

You've just inspired me to hunt down a video of that old skit. Thanks, jerk.

In any case. :|

  • 03.11.2007 11:07 AM PDT