Homepage Redesign Study (2)

Looks good to me, compliments and thank you!

Same remark as for the white background of our pages... IMHO and I know now that I am a minority, a medium grey would be more elegant and suitable for photo than this rough clinical white.
I prefer the previous version you proposed, no doubt it was more classy.
This one really disappoints me...

It is difficult sometimes not to think as the majority...

Sincerely hope it will stay it is.

Beautiful redesigned front page!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance

Top, even though I would also prefer a medium grey background.
But one question. A three-month trial period, isn't that a little long? Normally, a maximum of 14 days is granted. My recommendation would therefore be a test period of no more than one month.
Anyway, a really great job, Bernhard. Many thanks to you and the IMA team!

Okay, thank you, Bernhard.

Looks good to me. Thank you for all the time you are spending.

Almost there :-)

– 'news' and 'sign in' should not look like buttons, they are links. They could be styled like the 3 big links further down (light blue background with a darker shade)

– If there is a button next to the search field it should be called 'search'

– 'more than simply photo sharing...' -> what I'm reading is: it's not simple.
I can't come up with THE slogan right now, but I'm confident that somebody will.

"member owned" sounds too clumsy, but it's what makes ipernity special.

– Change 'Copyright: Leo W.' to '© Leo W.'

– I agree that the trial period should be shorter. 14 days, or maybe 1 month. Shorten the text to "Test all functions ..."?

– Membership: "Enjoy the complete offer" is not clear to me.

– I'd put more white space above the horizontal line at the bottom. Maybe the same distance as below the big photo?

Thank you everybody who is working for the future of ipernity <3

[The photo you are using is a bit wider than 1220x680]

Agreeing to the proposed amendment of the copyright notice.

Much better, short and to the point, arouses shop window interest.
Re trial membership time, I agree with others and three months is to long to let a prospective customer browse the shop. I think one month is plenty for a trial.

Hi Bernhard

> are buttons

No. A button = a function, like "start search"

What you describe is a link = go to another page

Ok. But such a subtle differenciation is more important for the programmer as for the normal user. (From that point of view the three major buttons are also links, because they transmit to subsites.) As far as I know the Web Content Accessability Guidelines didn't make constrictions concerning that matter under the aspect of design, but only how it should be realized technically. Be assured, that the agency will encode everything professionally.

Looks fine for me.
In the future we will be "ima member" instead of "Ipernity Club member" ??

Jaap ,
"ima member" is a little bit tautologically, because m stands for member.

Thank you to all involved. It is an elegant solution.

Background colors are subjective, white, light, medium, dark gray, black... With lots of opinions weighing in, so it's usually best to stick to an existing convention, in this case the white background.

The search field should have a Search button (or magnifying icon or such).

If the three labels – Explore, Free Trial and Membership are clickable (i.e. “buttons”) then the News and Sign In should be the same color (choose a style and apply it consistently). (The ipernity medium blue looks elegant on the white background.)

Slogans... Everyone is going to offer opinions such as change “More than simply photo sharing” to “more than photo sharing” or “A community of photographers, artists and writers” or whatever... Perhaps consider a slide show where photos *and slogans* can change?

The text below the three labels needs a little wordsmithing, ...don't really need to say “whole world” “world” would suffice, “all entries” probably would be better as “member” entries – or “offerings” - there's just some awkward phrasing that can be smoothed out. (I think I want to see the language used to be as succinct and elegant as the layout design – which means elegant translations as well ; - )

Designing by committee is not an easy task, but this is obviously an excellent team effort! Thanks again!

> slogan

The slogan/catch phrase needs to tell me why I should pay for ipernity instead of using flickr's (= yahoo's) free space.

I'm sure we'll get there.

Agree with the present slogan. Think it is triggering somebody's curiosity.

ipernity

join our independent community
of artists and enthusiasts

[either as slogan or under ‘Membership]

The team efforts are very much appreciated, it will all come out fine in the end; looking good so far!

Merci pour vos travaux ... le final.. sera parfait.. je n'en doute pas..
alors Messieurs bonne continuation.. dans ce sens ..!

Ich finde, das sieht Aufgeräumt und Übersichtlich aus.
Einladend... für jemanden der es nicht kennt.
Was würde sich denn hinter "News" verbergen?!

Hi all

We would like you to give your *fav*, too, if you like it.

It's not fishing for compliments!
The only purpose is: With enough favs this picture will appear within *explore*, with the result, that more people recognize it.
(Unfortunately we don't have any news-button yet . . . )

Bernhard (ima)

Die Frontpage sieht aufgeräumt und modern aus. Wechselt sich dann das Aufmacherfoto in einem bestimmten Turnus?

Gruß, jeybee

Ja, gerne auch jahreszeitlich.

Way better then the first one.
Hope youll find a place down the scroll for "Ipernity story" button.
This is also one thing what makes us different from other photo sharing sites,we have a story.
It would be smart to use it,it can help us attract new members.
cheers

Hi Marco!
Yes!
This story will be written and linker!

moi j'aime bien !

I like it.

The design is beautiful, I like it. :-)

Thanks - I like this version.

Works for me. Thanks for the effort...

Looks good to me.

very good !
( I agree with the suggestion of a "story" button explaining what is IMA )
And what do you think about the possibility of adding different languages, too much difficult?

So here I am, back from the dead for just a moment because even though I'm no longer part of the club, there are some things I just can't let pass without comment.

The text in English is clunky, and the phrases are worded in ways that I don't think would come naturally to native English speakers. It's sort of reminiscent of the old "Welcome to Clint" that my old page title defaulted to. I'd suggest something along the lines of:

Explore: See what's out there with a tour of Ipernity's groups and galleries.

(This avoids repetition with the word "Explore" and gets more cleanly to the point. If you wanted, you could go "See what's out there with a tour of Ipernity's groups, galleries, and member contributions." Less clean, but still works.)

Free Trial: See what Ipernity has to offer by taking advantage of club privileges for three months.

Membership: Join the club and make Ipernity a part of your life with full access.

Now, this is text I tossed off quickly, as I didn't want to spend a lot of time parsing over it, but I think words along these lines look much more natural for native English speakers than what you have.

An additional thing I'd consider: There's not a lot of difference between "Explore" and "Free Trial," as the purpose of the free trial is to let people explore. I'd consider merging those fields.

And one more thing, I get the sense your idea is to slowly rebrand Ipernity as ima. On the surface, I don't think this is a bad impulse, but in a rebrand, you have to consider everything your new brand might invoke. As an American, when I see "ima," especially written in lower case, I think "ima let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." (Google it. There was a meme.) For a long time now, "ima" has been a kind of American slang for "I'm going to," but it's been around long enough that it's not even considered good slang any more. It's sort of a joke. I don't know how pervasive this read will be, but it will pop into the heads of at least some potential customers, and I don't know that this is what you want.

That's it. ima go back into the ether again now.

Newer version here www.ipernity.com/doc/team/46010386

(Linked from here www.ipernity.com/blog/team/4687248/comment/52722098#comment52722098, but not officially announced yet.)

Hi Clint!
See there, please: www.ipernity.com/doc/team/46010386