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[Darth Lefty]

I know you have attachments pretty well shut down in the forums but it would be nice if we could upload small pictures. I took a cell phone photo to go along with my "NS sign is shot" post but decided I couldn't be bothered to go through the hassle of texting it to myself, uploading it to a host etc. etc.

[john]

you can attach small pics; you probably have 5 pics already attached somewhere. Check your settings and you can detach some that are on old threads.

[Dave Burrell]

and how long have you lived here?

I've lived here 6 years, the first time I ever came to this town, the very first thing I noticed and liked about Folsom - was old town and all it's history. It's also the center for most events such as Thursday Night Market, Folsom Live, and more.

you can attach small pics; you probably have 5 pics already attached somewhere. Check your settings and you can detach some that are on old threads.

a good recommendation is to post the photo to photobucket or flickr then link the pic here - shows up much better then an attachment and its less hassle

[JLS]

I think you guys are missing my point. If you aren't... then we just hold different opinions which really doesn't matter as John stated that his terminology was likely mis-taken.

All I'm trying to say is that the historic side of Folsom is something those of us who lived here forever understand and love. Historic Folsom and Sutter Street are truly a great attraction that all folsom residents enjoy!

But myfolsom.com seems to be about the PEOPLE of Folsom. The trails of Folsom. The shops in Folsom. The news of Folsom. The dining in Folsom. Basicly myfolsom.com is a site about everything Folsom related.

Historic Folsom may reside in alot of our hearts and be an excellent attraction... it is just a small corner of Folsom. Our whole city is in no-way themed with historics everywhere as some other smaller outlining towns. Folsom is marketing themselves as Empire Ranch, Palladio, shopping, dinning, fun, intel, etc. So although I agree that Historic Folsom definatly fits in there... I just disagree with having a historic newspaper style to the website. It doesn't fit in IMO as Folsom is not a themed Historic city (although it has them). I agree 100% that the historic banner images are great (although not B&W) and bring the historic attraction feel to the site in a good way as well... I just didn't think the entire site should be themed historic as this site represents ALL of folsom and historic doesn't seem fitting.

Again, sounds like I was misunderstanding Johns wording on what he meant about newspaper anyways as he states so all this doesn't really matter.

[Darth Lefty]

you can attach small pics; you probably have 5 pics already attached somewhere. Check your settings and you can detach some that are on old threads.

I know I can do it. I know how Dave wants me to do it. It's too annoying by comparison to (say) Facebook where I can take a photo and upload it directly without all the steps in between or account management or...

[john]

here's the latest mockup:
http://www.myfolsom....special/6-0.png

[MrsTuffPaws]

here's the latest mockup:
http://www.myfolsom....special/6-0.png

Like someone else mentioned, there's a lot of scrolling down involved. A regular would only need to see what's on top, but an infrequent user might get bored before they get to the bottom of the page.

There's also quite a bit of white space before and after those red swooshes. Have you played with using tomatoes instead of swooshes? To bring in the tomato pages theme?

Hmmm, I never gave it a second thought before, the MyFolsom.Com logo is kinda odd. What is that big boomerang thing over the "dot", and is the dot supposed to look like a sunny side up egg? OOOOH - I see it now, it's a pickaxe! The handle was blending in with the background picture. Nevermind. (but it still looks like a boomerang hitting an egg)

[Dave Burrell]

here's the latest mockup:
http://www.myfolsom....special/6-0.png

I like that one

[mylo]

Hmmm, I never gave it a second thought before, the MyFolsom.Com logo is kinda odd. What is that big boomerang thing over the "dot", and is the dot supposed to look like a sunny side up egg? OOOOH - I see it now, it's a pickaxe! The handle was blending in with the background picture. Nevermind. (but it still looks like a boomerang hitting an egg)

Mmmm.. Aussie omelette!

[Steve Heard]

here's the latest mockup:
http://www.myfolsom....special/6-0.png

I like it, except for the photo. The logo gets lost in it, the tabs don't stand out, and it makes Folsom look like a cow town. I'd rather see a photo of Lake Natoma and/or one of the bridges, or something from one of the nature trails. I think the photo of the cattle drive may be appropriate in late June as we prepare for the rodeo, though.

[JLS]

Latest one is a big step in the right direction. I'd still kill most of that drop shadow. Its too potent and doesn't look right being one sided. Your design really shouldn't weight to much on that regardless because if you do a drop shadow you will want to do it with CSS and most of the older browsers don't support it. Heck, IE8 still doesn't. So don't count on all your people seeing that.

Buttons look better then no buttons. I fear that your using rounded corners right as the whole rounded trend is going out but still... I like it better then your prior mockups.

The page tab idea worked nicely.

I still vote for killing the links at the top right and putting them somewhere else. Then taking all your content and putting it under your banner so it's all in unity with the whole page as I sent you in that mockup idea but I guess I'm out voted...

Good going... I still have minor crits but I'll keep them to myself for now.