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Very cool Rob. All that panicking on the lettercol and you had it under control the whole time. Looks fabulous. I did notice that the Lettercol is undert the 'Forum' tab. Is that to avoid confusion for new people who don't really use the term 'lettercol'?
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Annoying questions 'r' us ...
Will the 'Gallery' page be modified to match the rest? I realize that the graphics at the left of the screen might make this tricky. If not, the browser 'Back' button returns you to the (standard layout) screen from whence you came, but a 'Return to Aphelion Index' button wouldn't hurt.
Can the 'Forum' / lettercol screen be modified to more closely match the rest? This is trickier, since it depends on how flexible YaBB is about screen layouts and coding.
Will there be a 'Back Issues' page?
On the technical side of things, will archived material still reside on a different server (logically if not physically), or should Archive links to stories just point to the original locations? (poaching on Tao's territory, but I'm curious)
And finally, is there any way to add a Search function to find stories by author or title? (This function would presumably reside on the 'Archives' page.)
Rob / Dan, feel free to relocate or delete this post if it seems too much like airing Mafia business in public ..
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I think you did a good job, Rob. Nice, clean look.
It will take a little getting used to, but I really like the ease of navigation, especially with the lettercol integrated.
Are there more improvements to come in future months?
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Of course, Rob's dream is that all the old stories will be reHTMLd to match the new template and uploaded into a nice orderly folder structure. Not quite as inspiring as Martin Luther King's dream, but probably more attainable.
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