However, seeing as they are going to be pretty major changes I wanted to get a series going detailing the changes, giving you guys some information as I work on the pages, so that I don't forget to tell you about the changes later on.
With that said, the first part of this will cover a few site wide changes.
The first thing to notice is the new navigation bar at the top of the window. This bar will stay in the same position at all times on all pages, floating over the content as you scroll (Idea taken from the New York Times website).
All of the OOPSS navigation links which used to be in the left column on most pages have been moved here (and removed from their previous positions), as well as the number of unread topics. Additionally, some of the terminology has been refined and some of the functionality combined (more details on this in future posts).
Future expansions of this bar may include additional scrolling information (recent games, unread PMs, etc). Ultimately, I would love to get gmail chat going just like you were at gmail, but as of yet I haven't figured out a way to do that.
On the Portal page, I have removed the most recent announcements from below the accordion. For how many times they were read, it did not make sense to display them on every single hit of the portal page. Of course, these could make a comeback if there were enough requests for it. If there were, I think they would become part of the accordion.
One item of note is that the "Player Search" link has been removed completely. This page is still accessible, however it is through the Search box on the top right, which by default will now open up to Player Search when the player loads, as opposed to how it opens up closed now.
As always, feedback is welcomed and I'd love to hear from you guys on what you like / don't like.
