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5ive variations later, a ton of indecision and hesitation ...finally we've arrived at what I think is a workable (albeit somewhat still crude) website design. Not great, not cliche either.
Top half is all about content ... bottom half is about interactive graphics (including some well hidden Easter eggs). Common reoccurring themes found in chess; rank & file, you vs me, dark & light, black & white and all the monochromatic variations in between (hover over states are grey scale) ... with a huge splash of more us.
For example...
Website nav over on the right.
NEWS ... What up with Society of Chess Aficionados. Who we recently had the pleasure of working with and what's coming.
STORE ... Simply put, the most chesstastic merchandise on the planet ... ever ... of all time.
ARTICLES ... Critcal exposes on chess and on its enviroment.
FORUM ... Prolly not a good idea, but hey if we're going deep then let's have it.
GAME SHARE ... Upload games, play through move analysis with live move variations and commentary with the option of using multiple boards for branch analysis. We're runnning the same chess.js and the same chessboard.js as lichess and chess.com too, etc., and chess engines such as stockfish.
RESOURCES ... Free graphics, free website, free hosting. Time to raise the bar here in Canada (and beyond). Prize fund contribution and whatever else we can throw at you, you, and you too. Live chess tutorials/training!
SPONSORS ... SoCA is humble to have with us two of Canada's business leaders. 'Nuff said on that for now.
ABOUT ... Brief outline of our collective of talented chess enthusiasts and what we hope to accomplish. Contact form, etc..
Oops, forgot to mention that that column file of ... FRESH WORDS ... is auto-populated with two of the most recent posts/comments (pull quotes first two lines each). Besides Forum posts, under every page's content there's a Disqus* comment section.
Double oops, forgot to mention I built this responsive design on a Grid layout with Flexbox for grid area display.
We're aiming for a spring equinox launch.
Hold On!!!
*https://disqus.com/
5ive variations later, a ton of indecision and hesitation ...finally we've arrived at what I think is a workable (albeit somewhat still crude) website design. Not great, not cliche either.
Top half is all about content ... bottom half is about interactive graphics (including some well hidden Easter eggs). Common reoccurring themes found in chess; rank & file, you vs me, dark & light, black & white and all the monochromatic variations in between (hover over states are grey scale) ... with a huge splash of more us.
For example...
Website nav over on the right.
NEWS ... What up with Society of Chess Aficionados. Who we recently had the pleasure of working with and what's coming.
STORE ... Simply put, the most chesstastic merchandise on the planet ... ever ... of all time.
ARTICLES ... Critcal exposes on chess and on its enviroment.
FORUM ... Prolly not a good idea, but hey if we're going deep then let's have it.
GAME SHARE ... Upload games, play through move analysis with live move variations and commentary with the option of using multiple boards for branch analysis. We're runnning the same chess.js and the same chessboard.js as lichess and chess.com too, etc., and chess engines such as stockfish.
RESOURCES ... Free graphics, free website, free hosting. Time to raise the bar here in Canada (and beyond). Prize fund contribution and whatever else we can throw at you, you, and you too. Live chess tutorials/training!
SPONSORS ... SoCA is humble to have with us two of Canada's business leaders. 'Nuff said on that for now.
ABOUT ... Brief outline of our collective of talented chess enthusiasts and what we hope to accomplish. Contact form, etc..
Oops, forgot to mention that that column file of ... FRESH WORDS ... is auto-populated with two of the most recent posts/comments (pull quotes first two lines each). Besides Forum posts, under every page's content there's a Disqus* comment section.
Double oops, forgot to mention I built this responsive design on a Grid layout with Flexbox for grid area display.
We're aiming for a spring equinox launch.
Hold On!!!
*https://disqus.com/