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benc posted this at 15:43 — 11th June 2000.

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Hi all...

The site I'm constructing is going to end up having 4, possibly 5 sub-domains. I want to set up the navigation to look something like IGN (http://www.ign.com). Does that sound like a good idea? The sub-domains are related, so I want all of them to be accessible from anywhere. And I'm not interested in mouseovers images or heavy images in general, seeing as I'm a modem user myself Just color change on mouseover is fine for me (which is what IGN has I believe).

Thanks in advance,
-Ben C

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Justin S posted this at 18:54 — 11th June 2000.

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http://www.ign.com

Sounds good and looks good to me...

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jackchen posted this at 23:39 — 11th June 2000.

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Maybe a change in the mouseover color on the left menubar? Right now, the color doesn't bring much attention. Maybe grey or something?

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Megan posted this at 14:13 — 12th June 2000.

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I guess it's hard to say without knowing what your site is about and exactly what you're going to put on the navigation menu. I think the problems with this IGN page are:

too long of a menu on the left side (too much scrolling)
it's too narrow - link title shouldn't spill onto two lines if at all possible.
black links - not a good idea, because people expect text to be black and links to be some other colour.

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benc posted this at 15:15 — 12th June 2000.

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Well, I guess my main concern was with the setup of the navigation - I'm almost certain I won't be using their exact style (e.g., black background). And as far as it being to small, I'll be very sure to avoid that

And I can definitely agree with the fact that it may be too long - that will help in deciding what links I should and shouldn't have in the other subdomains.

I guess I was just curious as to what people thought about it. Do you like being able to jump to any subdomain? I found that setup rather useful...

Oh, and the subject of my site - yes I'm a tool, it's about a handful of excellent (extremely underrated in my opinion) games that all have the same complexity to them. I won't get in to too much detail, but like I said, there are only a handful, and I'm trying to bring them together under one roof, so to speak. Either way, I still think a similar navigation would be appropriate...

Regards,
-Ben C

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