Posted October 16, 200717 yr Check it out. Let us know if it's cool or not. www.urbanohio.com/gallery :mrgreen:
October 16, 200717 yr any reasoning behind the order of the cities on each sub region page? We haven't tried to put them in alphabetical order yet.
October 16, 200717 yr Absolutely awesome. Great work! We haven't tried to put them in alphabetical order yet. I'd consider maybe placing them in population order for each region. As a website that advocates for investment in our urban areas, it would be nice to highlight our most metropolitan areas. As another consideration (and this might be in the works), I'd consider doing the "Other Places" section by continent so that as people travel, they'll have an appropriate place to put their photos (e.g. as of right now, foreign travel looks pretty limited to Canada, France and the UK).
October 16, 200717 yr Cincinnati doesn't have to be first. I would think belafonte would be Or Bellefountaine. I'd consider maybe placing them in population order for each region. As a website that advocates for investment in our urban areas, it would be nice to highlight our most metropolitan areas. Why is that? Most metropolitan areas? This website is about all urban areas, not just the big 6 or 8 or whatever. Downtown St. Clairsville needs investment just as much as Downtown Toledo, i.e. (notice I didn't say needs just as much investment).
October 16, 200717 yr And I wouldn't recommend excluding them from the list. Just a personal opinion, but I think (with no factual evidence) that the amount of interest in seeing a city of 300,000 is a great deal higher than the interest in seeing a town of 5,000. Not suggesting that St. Clairesville isn't important; just think that there are more likely web hits for the larger cities and that making the larger cities more visible increases exposure that Ohio is home to dozens of vibrant urban areas, including places like St. Clairesville.
October 16, 200717 yr Just a personal opinion, but I think (with no factual evidence) that the amount of interest in seeing a city of 300,000 is a great deal higher than the interest in seeing a town of 5,000. EXACTLY. That is why you put them at the bottom and make people sort through the small cities first. Everyone knows Cincinnati is going to be done there; heck, its in the top frame. Like a grocery store, put the milk in the back and force people to look at the crap they don't know they want on their way. With that said, I'm sure they'll end up in alphabetical order if changed, so this is probalby a mute point.
October 16, 200717 yr You categorize items in ways that people can quickly navigate without a lot of existing information about a particular grocery store ... and you put the incidental purchase items at the checkout line on the way out :-) Seriously though, I personally just don't like the idea that people are going to see a link for "Amish Country" before they see one for Cleveland and well before they see one for Youngstown. The smaller cities are important to each of the regions in our state, to be sure, but they do not present the defining cultures of these areas ... their largest metropolitan areas do. I have a feeling, though, that we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. It's a pretty minor recommendation on my part ... it's an outstanding new feature, and I won't be tearing up my Urban Ohio membership card back in if they end up alphabetized :wink:
October 16, 200717 yr What if the cities were listed like a tag cloud. Where the more pics there are of any given city, the larger the font size of said city. Random examples: http://www.archimuse.com gatescescloud.jpg http://www.flytip.com http://gondwanaland.com
October 16, 200717 yr Eh, I personally like it sporadic. I generally don't like giving certain cities (re: the larger ones) special treatment over, say, Mingo Junction. I'm definitely not going to be putting Cleveland, Cincinnati, or Columbus in "top dog" status on their page as the goal for UrbanOhio is to showcase the state as a whole, not just the big cities. Warren's page is quite large for such a smaller city and if people would click on it, they'd be in for a surprise. I may put the names in alphabetical order but we'll see. Otherwise, random forces people to look at what they do (or don't) want to see and it may bring surprise. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 16, 200717 yr Eh, I personally like it sporadic. I generally don't like giving certain cities (re: the larger ones) special treatment over, say, Mingo Junction. I'm definitely not going to be putting Cleveland, Cincinnati, or Columbus in "top dog" status on their page as the goal for UrbanOhio is to showcase the state as a whole, not just the big cities. Warren's page is quite large for such a smaller city and if people would click on it, they'd be in for a surprise. I may put the names in alphabetical order but we'll see. Otherwise, random forces people to look at what they do (or don't) want to see and it may bring surprise. Makes sense to me. Oh, Happy Birthday!
October 16, 200717 yr Thank you! :) "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 16, 200717 yr I would recomend going backwards by metro population in each sub region. I would also have a show all at the bottom.
November 12, 200717 yr Updated gallery and it's 100% better. It is full of features now!!! Check it out.
November 12, 200717 yr Very nice clean look. Love the style and organization. It's not all busy and full of buttons and links.
November 12, 200717 yr Its a nice idea, but the spacing is all screwed up in the left column and it puts some regions onto two pages. Sorry that I don't care for it, but thanks for you efforts in upgrading the site regardless!
November 12, 200717 yr I too see the spacing issues that inkaelin mentions...I also am curious of some of the thumbnail selections, and the arrangement of the various areas. All in all the layout is much improved though.
November 12, 200717 yr I like this theme better, but my only nitpick was that it took a few seconds to notice the "next page" button - is there any way to make it bolder or center it under the photos?
November 13, 200717 yr Changed the theme. Spacing issues are gone. Nice! A lot of the commentary is missing, however.
November 13, 200717 yr I love it! One (minor) thing I did notice that at least one of the albums was mislabeled. All of the photographs in the Payne Sterling neighborhood album (in the Cleveland section) are actually photographs of Midtown, the neighborhood to the south and east of Payne Sterling. Sorry, really not trying to quip ... it is an amazing format for displaying all of Ohio's great urban assets.
November 13, 200717 yr Nice! A lot of the commentary is missing, however. I'm working on that! Accidentally deleting a database is never good.
November 14, 200717 yr :x "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 14, 200717 yr Yes, just PM me (meaning, resend your Portsmouth and Ironton shots ;)). "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
Create an account or sign in to comment