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Turk2
07-10-2007, 10:57
What about a front page like in TWC?

Husar
07-10-2007, 11:31
You mean like http://www.totalwar.org ?
Or do you want some sort of superfluous page when entering the forums?:inquisitive:

sapi
07-10-2007, 13:19
What about a front page like in TWC?
Both sites have one; and both need equal amounts of work ~:)

Turk2
07-10-2007, 13:23
oh I didnt saw this!
thanks

Warmaster Horus
07-10-2007, 13:30
Most people don't, actually.

Turk2
07-10-2007, 13:32
What is the japanese face on the page?

Warmaster Horus
07-10-2007, 13:37
I guess it's in reference to Shogun Total War, the first TW game to come out.

Turk2
07-10-2007, 13:59
I think it would be a good idea to make advertise and redesign the front page

sapi
07-10-2007, 14:01
You volunteering? :laugh4:

(people have decided that before; finding a way to do it is another thing)

Turk2
07-10-2007, 14:49
lol sry i could have the front page link in my sign but i have no knowledge with desingning websites

What about some guys from TWC,there are some people who are able to design one

edyzmedieval
07-10-2007, 15:12
We might do it. I really wish for an overhaul of the front page.

Ludens
07-10-2007, 15:54
I think most people agree that the frontpage needs an update, but so far every attempt to do so was aborted.

sapi
07-11-2007, 07:41
lol sry i could have the front page link in my sign but i have no knowledge with desingning websites

What about some guys from TWC,there are some people who are able to design one
They have enough problems with their own (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=108808)

TinCow
07-11-2007, 12:25
Before you try to redesign the frontpage, I think it's important to determine exactly what purpose is does/should serve. Very few people currently visit it because there is little to no desirable content on it. It's pretty much just links, which, frankly, google made largely obsolete.

I have some experience with this type of situation at a website I used to run. Like the Org, we had an active forum but a hugely obsolete and unattractive frontpage. I made a new one using Joomla that looked a lot better, but that alone was not enough to put some eyeballs on it. I had to make an active effort to put original content on there that could not be obtained in the forums. Until I did that, very few people ever went there.

There is room for plenty of original content on the Org's frontpage. With so many TW games, expansion, and mods, an information site in the style of CivFanatics (http://www.civfanatics.com/) would be immensely useful. However, that requires a lot of work. I would suggest that the Org not embark on a major overhaul without first determining whether there will be multiple people actively and regularly involved in improving and updating the original content on it. If not, then the Org is really nothing more than the forums, and as such it would be best to put a simple splash page that links to the forums.