Rens Pols Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 The first impression is very important, and the play0ad.com website is hopelessly outdated and painfully slow. I can't however see the website's source code anywhere, and I think it would be a good idea to let the community help with that because it will not be worse than what it is now. However, I'm not going to put time and effort into designing and building a website for this open source project if it isn't going to be used. I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this idea. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Rens Pols said: The first impression is very important, and the play0ad.com website is hopelessly outdated and painfully slow. I can't however see the website's source code anywhere, and I think it would be a good idea to let the community help with that because it will not be worse than what it is now. That's because it's a wordpress. But I think the source code is here. https://github.com/0ad/play0ad.com Unfortunately the person in charge @implodedok doesn't have the time to supervise the creation of a new website currently. A few people have offered in the past, but we never got past proof of concepts. Thanks for the offer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
causative Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) Personally the website looks fine to me. What makes it "outdated" or why do you say it is slow? But I support your desire to contribute and it is a shame if you have good ideas and a willingness to implement them, but are blocked from helping. Edited May 11, 2023 by causative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alre Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 currently the worst "bottleneck" for 0ad is the first impression with the game itself, I remember some data that showed that a huge share of players never go past the first try of the game. It mostly need a good introductory campaign and some more user-friendly content in general, and the community could go 10x like nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 minute ago, alre said: currently the worst "bottleneck" for 0ad is the first impression with the game itself, I remember some data that showed that a huge share of players never go past the first try of the game. It mostly need a good introductory campaign and some more user-friendly content in general, and the community could go 10x like nothing. Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg- Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, causative said: Personally the website looks fine to me. What makes it "outdated" or why do you say it is slow? But I support your desire to contribute and it is a shame if you have good ideas and a willingness to implement them, but are blocked from helping. The fact that there are no kushites or hans on the factions page is enough. Edited May 11, 2023 by borg- 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
causative Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 14 minutes ago, borg- said: The fact that there are no kushites or hans on the factions page is enough. Oh yeah, "Edit 2018-09-09: This content may be outdated. We hope to make a new website soon, which will be easier to maintain." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 lol, back in A22 hah? Some other really cool game websites for inspiration: https://www.neteasegames.com/ https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global/en-us/fab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
causative Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 20 minutes ago, Yekaterina said: lol, back in A22 hah? Some other really cool game websites for inspiration: https://www.neteasegames.com/ https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global/en-us/fab Please no. Give me a regular website with links and menus that makes it easy to navigate, not some animated slide show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) I think there are a lot of people that can help develop a website in the community. we can make use of them but will need proper coordination. we have to plan every page properly first and advertise the work in different communities. Edited May 12, 2023 by leopard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silier Posted May 13, 2023 Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 Almost every mobile optimized website will turn into animated slideshow with hamburger menu on top because space is limited on phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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