jamieu
commented
6 years ago Hii @tobystokes been thinking a bit more about this, esp. in light of adding a new block at the weekend. I'm wondering if instead of a single big promo block we need to look at:
1) Making the existing 'Theme from our collection' strip into more of a Carousel so that users can scroll though up top say 12 different promo blocks (like we have now).
Question here re. what is out standard usage of arrows on categories (is it like the main Lightbox on record pages) or more like the arrows used on the main site where they sit above the boxes (I am not a massive fan of these, but maybe more consistent across the groups sites, but certainly not wedded to them and would be happy to see alternatives. Although probably need to be careful/mindful of adding yet another style of arrows without good reason
2) Adding in some new 'promo blocks' (under the above/existing blocks) that allow the use of textual sub-links under the main category. The obvious would be 'Photography' and then sub links to the various Photographic collections. Ditto. Railway collections: posters, memorabilia, cutlery, timetables etc.
Could just be 4 simple blocks, or if your feeling creative then some more 'editorial' style layout made up of big and small boxes (ala the Grauniad home page for a common example, but obv. doesn't need that level of complexity/detail/flexibility, but some variety in layout might be nice)
Let me know if you need more examples of copy, but for starters:
Photographic Collections
- Daily Herald Photographic Collection
- Railway Photographic Collection
- Contemporary photography
Railway Ephemera
tobystokes
a bit like the one on the main site home apge