BZ Redesign - Please comment

I am finally going to make the investment to redesign BZ and I wanted all your feedback. Please take a look at some of the links below and see what you think. All of the links are just design cues, like we could take this feature from this design and that feature from over there. If you have any links or any suggestions it would be much appreciated. Thank you.

I actually like all of the designs very myuch! I think the way images show is personally, the change I'd like to see the most because especially on mobile it does take ages to scroll down. Also something I think would be nice could be having the option to "like" posts, maybe that way we wouldn't have so many "thanks" and "+1" posts? Not sure how doable that is tho, just an idea.

Also the redesign of threads showing the basic information of Taylor Hill and some of the most popular and recent pictures would be great, I think it makes more sense to have recent pictures first than to have old pictures, especially in the case of threads that have been open for 10+ years.

And the members achievement/badges things could be very nice as well because I think it's something would make members interact more with each other.

@Clauds

I think the way images show is personally, the change I'd like to see the most because especially on mobile it does take ages to scroll down. Would you prefer the "+5" view? I just worry it takes more time to scroll through as it adds an extra click but it saves a ton of bandwidth and makes it a lot less cluttered. Like when I see a million of the same pics from some generic VS Catalog (same pose, just different color bikini let's say) I would be able to just skip it without opening the +30. 

 Also something I think would be nice could be having the option to "like" posts, maybe that way we wouldn't have so many "thanks" and "+1" posts? Yes I want to add more reactions to the posts and make them easy to do. This is considered "gamifying" the community where we can have like leadearboards and whatnot that keep people engaged. (https://invisioncommunity.com/news/community-management/gamification-for-your-community-r1095/)

Thanks for taking the time to provide feedback, thanks

I think the 5+ view is for sure a better option, the mobile version of some threads are insane and even in deskptop, sometimes you have 20+ videos loading at the same time and it clogs everything and takes forever to scroll down and go to the newest post. I don't think most of people would mind a couple extra clicks since as you mentioned, a lot of posts are catalog pictures that look very smilar 

^ +1

*For some reason I can't hyperlink *

I  like how the images are thumbnailed here: https://dribbble.com/shots/5085989-Facebook-Desktop-App/attachments/1127197.  Personally I prefer clicking on thumbnails for the desktop version rather than scrolling through a carousel especially if there are more than 10 photos in the group and I just want to down a couple. Another option is maybe we could have both in which the thumbnails are grouped and each group is part of the carousel. Not sure did that make sense. 

Will each topic have its own header? For example, Taylor's page will have a header with her on it, Hannah's page will have a header with her on it, etc? Is the "Image Landing Page" the page with all the attachments in the post??

Designs I like (and perhaps with slight adjustments
https://dribbble.com/shots/6008863-Podcast-App-UI-Kit-Light-Dark-Freebie/attachments/1291408

https://dribbble.com/shots/3109189-Rpple-Dashboard-WIP/attachments/656695 

https://dribbble.com/shots/5295517-Instagram-Profile-Redesign

https://dribbble.com/shots/5118978-HASH-Platform-Model-Page-Animation

https://dribbble.com/shots/4049519-Instagram-concept-redesign

https://dribbble.com/shots/5789355-Articles

Designs I am not too enthusiastic about

https://dribbble.com/shots/5810351-Personal-Training-App-Exploration/attachments

https://dribbble.com/shots/5287450-Youtube-concept-design-profile (the inset box looks extra)

https://dribbble.com/shots/5905328-Facebook-Concept-Home (Layout too busy)

Designs I don't think would work on BZ
https://dribbble.com/shots/3989633-Comment-Section-Interaction-Fame-Lab

https://dribbble.com/shots/3933957-Fame-Lab-Comments

https://dribbble.com/shots/4038326-Fame-Lab-Badges

https://dribbble.com/shots/4047448-Badges-Section-Interaction-Fame-Lab

What are these?

https://dribbble.com/shots/3715270-Pehia

https://dribbble.com/shots/5747363-Augmented-Reality-and-Profile

@PinkCouture

Image landing page is this page: https://www.bellazon.com/images/image.php?id=7234803&tid=41694 when you click on an image in a thead it opens a new window with the image in it.

Regarding this "Will each topic have its own header? For example, Taylor's page will have a header with her on it, Hannah's page will have a header with her on it, etc? Is the "Image Landing Page" the page with all the attachments in the post??" I dont think so, I think just the first page would have it. Not sure if its necessary to clutter up every single page. Or do you think its better to have it there? 

Thanks for the feedback, a lot of the ones you didnt like are just ideas (like the +5) or Ad placement in the Youtube redesign, I just didnt go into details as to why I favorited them. Sry.

14 hours ago, maddog107 said:

@PinkCouture

Image landing page is this page: https://www.bellazon.com/images/image.php?id=7234803&tid=41694 when you click on an image in a thead it opens a new window with the image in it.

Regarding this "Will each topic have its own header? For example, Taylor's page will have a header with her on it, Hannah's page will have a header with her on it, etc? Is the "Image Landing Page" the page with all the attachments in the post??" I dont think so, I think just the first page would have it. Not sure if its necessary to clutter up every single page. Or do you think its better to have it there? 

 

Thanks for the feedback, a lot of the ones you didnt like are just ideas (like the +5) or Ad placement in the Youtube redesign, I just didnt go into details as to why I favorited them. Sry.

Ahh ok. I get it now. Didn't know it was called the "Image Lading" page  

I agree, the first page should suffice. I don't think it is necessary for it to be on every page  

I haven't had a lot of time to look a the above links, but I'll try looking when I get out of work this evening  

I can provide a more in depth thought on it, but was on Who What Wear just not and really like the layout of their site, especially the header. Anything that cleans up the enormous amount of text when you enter Bellazon would be a major improvement. 

https://www.whowhatwear.com/

Curious @maddog107 you ever thought about email marketing for Bellazon? Like a Fashion newsletter from Bellazon about trends, models, etc.? 

Also I know they are our direct competitor and the last thing we want to do is clone their site, but I just love the way the Fashion Spot lays out their homepage with the image tiles. We don't have to do the exact same, but something with visual image tiles like that is so aesthetically pleasing IMO.

https://www.thefashionspot.com/

1 hour ago, katchitup said:

Also I know they are our direct competitor and the last thing we want to do is clone their site, but I just love the way the Fashion Spot lays out their homepage with the image tiles. We don't have to do the exact same, but something with visual image tiles like that is so aesthetically pleasing IMO.

 

https://www.thefashionspot.com/

 

I agree, but I am really trying to find a good design for the forums which I think can be much improved, just apparently no one has ever done it. 

I think that the rpple dashboard has some potential - https://dribbble.com/shots/3109189-Rpple-Dashboard-WIP

The ones above it I find lose too much of a forum feel and are more bloggy.

I definitely like the idea of an update to the models threads where you get their basic information on a sideboard - this one seems okay. https://dribbble.com/shots/5295517-Instagram-Profile-Redesign

Also, I don't know how this could be implemented but if there was a way to have it so that there are images and anything that is using it as a quote was registered as a comment and not visible unless you chose to read the comment. It would potentially help clean up the thread. Kind of similar to the way twitter works where you can choose to drop the comments down to read or just ignore the responses. 

If you do the carousel for multiple images in a post then maybe have it so it opens it in the post vs a new window/tab with a preview of the smaller images on the bottom or the side for an easier viewing experience.

As for ads in the middle of posts I think that would be a bit of a detriment. Ads at the very top or the very bottom are probably the least "intrusive" in a viewers opinion.

In my opinion, anything that gets rid of the heavy text is going to be a major improvement. I think there is a better way we can restructure the forums that make it look like a website front, then when you dive deeper is a forum. I think this site definitely needs to look more aesthetically pleasing.

In my opinion there needs to be a home page of the forum that doesn't look like a forum, and then when clicked into the forum "Button" or "Section"  a screen that is removed of any major text and replaced with images and tiles. 

@maddog107 Didn't you post a Lady Gaga forum a while back that had a pretty nice layout to it? A lot of images and tiles that really looked clean and organized? Have you ever worked with Divi or checked out any of the layouts? 

On 3/28/2019 at 6:40 PM, phenobarbie said:

 

 

I definitely like the idea of an update to the models threads where you get their basic information on a sideboard - this one seems okay. https://dribbble.com/shots/5295517-Instagram-Profile-Redesign

 

 

I really like this for displaying the model profiles!

On 3/28/2019 at 6:40 PM, phenobarbie said:

I think that the rpple dashboard has some potential - https://dribbble.com/shots/3109189-Rpple-Dashboard-WIP

 

The ones above it I find lose too much of a forum feel and are more bloggy.

 

I definitely like the idea of an update to the models threads where you get their basic information on a sideboard - this one seems okay. https://dribbble.com/shots/5295517-Instagram-Profile-Redesign

 

Also, I don't know how this could be implemented but if there was a way to have it so that there are images and anything that is using it as a quote was registered as a comment and not visible unless you chose to read the comment. It would potentially help clean up the thread. Kind of similar to the way twitter works where you can choose to drop the comments down to read or just ignore the responses. 

 

If you do the carousel for multiple images in a post then maybe have it so it opens it in the post vs a new window/tab with a preview of the smaller images on the bottom or the side for an easier viewing experience.

 

As for ads in the middle of posts I think that would be a bit of a detriment. Ads at the very top or the very bottom are probably the least "intrusive" in a viewers opinion.

 

 

Basically yes to everything!