[MR] Reorganization of the SCA website

[Ciaran ui Cainnech]

This is my first blush assessment of the redesign:
I would imagine that, as has been said, the redesign is focused on
newcomers.  The old site was kind of confusing and intimidating.  It was
kind of like finding a 1000 page manuscript with no diagrams when you were
looking for the Dummy's Guide.  The new site, while it's still confusing and
intimidating for a first time visitor, it's much friendlier looking and MUCH
easier to read if you have vision problems.  The new menu layout seems to
make more sense (for example, separating publications and policies, putting
the newcomer links right there in your face, &c.).  All that being said, I
can't say whether it's useless for established participants, but for new
users, it's decidedly easier to work with and more likely to invite you in.

Using the mouse over menus at the top:
Activities & Events
Activities in the SCA
Heraldry
And, once you're there, it looks just like it used to (to me, at any rate).

YiS,
Ciaran

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Alan MacNeill <gormofberra at gmail.com>wrote:

> Am I the only person that finds this redesign completely useless?
>
> For example, where is the stuff from the Laurel Queen of Arms?
> Nowhere I can find.  HEck, the "officer's policy" page jumps from
> Exchequer to Media Relations Officer.  Herald is nowhere to be seen,
> and lord knows the Herald's have lots of policies that would seem to
> fit in there right neat like...
>