DarkAngelBGE Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 Hey people,We are currently in the process of planning a new website for our great game. This is the thread where everybody is requested to shoot suggestions, tips, tricks, desires, feedback, criticism etc. on the new site.I will list what I had in mind soon, once the first suggestions have been made. Thanks in advance for helping us to build a home for you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix-dragonslayer Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 How about a php page where people can choose their own "theme" for the page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esus Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 I think, if it wasn't already your itenetion, that you should use the colour and theme of this forums. Looks very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wijitmaker Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Thanks Esus, and yes we do plan on having multiple skin sets. In fact we already have 5 different ones right now!Is there any feature that you guys are looking for that you don't see on the current webpage as ancient as it is (almost 2 years old now!)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 I can't think of anything at the moment.. but I'll post a suggestion or two when they pop into my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeZar Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Well, i dont know, but some really updated news, one each day as a goal, i know nothing to do with the case, wait, ill come up with something soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonto_Icy_Tripod Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 A simple, clean site really seem like the best. If someone wants to make a flashy site, let them do it as a fan-site. This is supposed to be relatively serious (I assume) and as such, keep it simple and keep it clean As for contents, seeing as you now have two (2!) people working with news, I guess we can expect a newsupdate twice every day Then again, maybe not Anything that you feel you can release publicly is good. Just don't release everything at once, or people will be overwhelmed at first, and then gradually lose interest. Release the site, with something else (screens?), then wait a while, get some of those interviews rolling, and you know....gradually Perhaps once you feel you have the time and dedication, make a "history of WFG". Just a minor suggestion T_I_T aka toast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widukind Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 The main page looks crappy in any browser other then IE, so cross test it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 I agree.. I cross-browser not-too-flashy site, and very regular news updates are a great combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted September 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 The Webdevelopment Team is already working on a new layout, using faster loading and more modern technologies. A preview screenshot of the top left corner can be seen soon..Any ideas for features ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeZar Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 OK, i just wanna say, get many Screens, movies and other downloadable stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watcher Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 You could have what they did with Empires with a unit prevew but on one side of the screen and you could rotate the unit look him/her/it up and down ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 I'd like to see the site stay pretty simple. Not super flash (i.e. Flash, Shockwave, Javascript, DHTML, etc).Tons of content, however! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix-dragonslayer Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 I'd like to see the site stay pretty simple. Not super flash (i.e. Flash, Shockwave, Javascript, DHTML, etc).Tons of content, however! I agree...I really HATE sites loaded down with flash...looks cool the first time (maybe) but after that..................tiresome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 What do you think of the idea of implementing the site with the forums ? That means that we would have some big modifications to the forums so that they look more or less like a website and all wfg action takes place here.Well ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 Hmm, personally I think they should stay seperate. But, I'm not against a "latest forum threads" sidebar on the website, or something similar to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 But integrating the website with the forums will save you some clicks and will center any issues regarding WFG..I think I will have to come up with a pro/con argumentation for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wijitmaker Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 This is what he is talking about CO:http://staff.wildfiregames.com/phpBB2/index.phpIt can still be nice and clean but it is ran off a forum software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acumen Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 Hmm, interesting. So if I understand this correctly, every webpage is in fact a forum window (but without the option to add to the thread with replies). Neat. That certainly keeps it consistent. We're using the same language for site and forums.So eg when a moderator wants to add some extra screenshots to the Media section, he's just editing a forum message using the same interface as we're using now? Or if say we need to add something to the FAQ text, we just edit that post? Very neat.At first thought it might be a bit limited (I guess HTML tags could flesh that out a bit). Watch out for an upper limit on the character length of a post, though. I've made that mistake. For example, if news was added the same way (presumably just added to the top of the message), you'd eventually hit an upper limit and it'd truncate any future text. You'd then have to move older text into an archive message, and then other one later, etc. Or is each news post going to have its own window?Oh, and we also need to watch version control ... eg two newsposters updating news at the same time, and one is overwritten.I definitely like the new sidebar. As has been requested, it's simple and clean, attractive but not too flashy. Wasn't there going to be a poll in there somewhere, though? But on the other hand, I like that you're devoting two thirds of the screen to the current active window. Less scrolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses S Griffin Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 i would like to see an info page where there is this large map of europe dotted with info links about the civs(units, buildings, attributes etc). For example to find info about Rome in 0ad you click on italy(it would say rome on it of course, to find out about the gauls, you click near france and so on:)i would also like to the site look more like a game site rather than just any old site, like have enhanced concept pics around the site(particulary on the main page header) for example you might have a Celtic warriors profile(side of face) on the left of the page, while looking back him, a roman legionares profile is on the right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 This is icewyvern!Enable me the staff forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 i would like to see an info page where there is this large map of europe dotted with info links about the civs(units, buildings, attributes etc). For example to find info about Rome in 0ad you click on italy(it would say rome on it of course, to find out about the gauls, you click near france and so on:)i would also like to the site look more like a game site rather than just any old site, like have enhanced concept pics around the site(particulary on the main page header) for example you might have a Celtic warriors profile(side of face) on the left of the page, while looking back him, a roman legionares profile is on the rightThis could be done with flash or with image maps. Flash would load faster, but it'd look worse. Image maps might be a little harder to make, and they'd load slower, but they'd look a lot better.I could probably do this. I really enjoy making maps, and I think I could probably handle the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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