EG Redesign - Ideas and Suggestions?

[Drashner1]

Just a thought, so take it for what you think it's worth.

What if, when opening a section of the EG (Culture and Society, History, Sophonts, &c.), a "splash page" opened, showing the section title and full-screen graphic backgrounds illustrating the content of the section? This would bring the section pages into line with the main site's page format, and alleviate the (possibly) jarring shift from the new site design to the retro look of the section pages as now exists. Anyway, just an errant notion.

Radtech497

Just so I'm building a correct mental picture here - Are you suggesting that the major section pages (such as what you mention above) would look something like the new main page, with a single large background image and then some sort of text and/or navigation controls sitting on top of that? Or that the background would have something like a 'collage' of smaller images relating to the subject matter? Or something else?

On a related note - Our current plan is to retire the current retro look of the EG across the board, although we are also thinking to preserve (or at least give a nod to) some specific design elements of the current EG. Not sure exactly what that might look like yet, though.

Thanks!

Todd