I'm sorry I've been MIA the past week.

First of all, the new layout is beautiful, Arwen! So lovely to see a chance on the front page. Now, I know I said I didn't really like the "welcome to AU" text, but right now I feel a bit like there's something missing between the header and the news updates. It might just be that I'm not used to the way it looks right now, but I think maybe we need something there. I'm actually in favor of something like the introduction text we used to have. It's great for new members to get a bit of a welcome, you know?

I'll be updating the Overview thread with new things. I'm sorry it's so bad, btw. I just haven't had the energy to go through every single thread to collect info on what's been done. I try to keep up with the most recent changes, though

@Larael: If you would write a brief summary/explanation about the Hobbit, that would be great. Also, I don't know how you guys have been doing the bios, but if I understand JF's idea about how they ought to look in the end correctly, they should end up great. So any work you feel comfortable doing on those, is great too!

@Eä: I know how you feel about not being able to help with coding. I feel kinda useless. But you are most definitely not. You're like the Supreme Overviewer, doing all of mine and Haldir's work for us It's great though!

@Telpeath: I know it's no fun when it feels like people are angry and think you're taking over everything, but ultimately we need to get things done and if that is the only way, I say do it. Of course we should all try to stay friends (the revival really isn't something people should feel the need to fall out over), if it gets in the way of things moving forward, that's no good either.

Okay I think that's it. I'll go update the Overview thread now

EDIT: @Arwen: I started going through the pages to look for blue, and I realized the text in the bios are still blue. I don't know if this is something that needs to be fixed later, but I thought I'd let you know just in case.

EDIT2: Also, in the Elvish section, the color coding doesn't work since you've changed the color scheme. Pronunciation and English translation are the same color

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@JF: I think the changes you made are really great. It looks much cleaner and more refined - something I am really for. I appreciate the sections and, truthfully, I think that is all you need. Chances are if you are a Lord of the Rings Fan, you know something about PJ. Besides, I don't really care to know what his favorite color is or stuff like that.

The BBG is distracting to say the least. I think what could work there, if everything was to line up, was your recommendation of 3-4 small images (equally spaced). They wouldn't need to be clickable, just visual.

Great job JF *huggles*

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It looks great, JF I actually don't mind the BBG. It gives a bit of breathing room, rather than everything being cramped together.
I'm not sure I'm loving the name "fun facts" though, what with there being so many of them. When I think of fun facts, it's more life 3-5 things in addition to the main bio. So maybe just rename it "facts"?

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I agree with Telpeath about the 3-4 images to fill up the BBG. And also with Anameleth about renaming the 'fun facts' just 'facts'. Also, another idea. Maybe we could set up a quiz that could rotate each week that could include info about one specific person? One week it could be Elijah Wood, and then the following week it could be Ian McKellan. And then at the end of the month the news people could announce the winners who got the most questions correct.

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Trivia is a good word

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I like it It's another one of those places where a bit of breathing room is a good thing

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^Looks really good. I like it.

Though, I'd still wave my flag for the bit of welcome text.. to introduce a quite comphrensive site to a newcomer.. briefly explaining a couple of areas and maybe the forum and the donation option.

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^Oh okay.. I wasn't sure whether democracy had overruled it, since I didn't see so many outbursts of joy when I mentioned it last time.

I think you guys who have spent more time working on the content ought to write the text.. You know what stuff you want to flaunt so that would only be fair.

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^What Eä said

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It looks really pretty in IE, but in Chrome the welcome graphic wants to center itself and is weirdly overlapping with the Forum graphic. Instead of this:



...I would try putting the graphic as a part of the table cell, like this:



Yaaaay for cross-browser compatibility

The sample bio for PJ looks great My only suggestion would be some spacing between each bullet for the Trivia...right now it's a bit overwhelming seeing that much text and knowing where one bullet point ends and another one begins.

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Arwen, is right, the alignment is a little off.

Another way you can solve the problem is by writing the following code:



This is in case you change the theme (such as sizing, etc.), you wont have to worry whether or not the alignment will be off. Inline styling can be tricky, especially down the road when you want to change things (even simple widening of the website). Whether you use this or not is up to you, but I recommend it.

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