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Just to update people on the Entrance Hall system - there has just been a fairly major change in the way it works:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...5&postcount=30
New members can now post in all game related forums, but with significant flood control to limit spam.
Since the EH system had been worked out I have this to say about the website:
The website administrator need to do some serious editing. This includes:
If this was to be done the front page of the site and it's over all image would be drastically improved.
- Updating the staff page and several other pages.
- Stopping a new window from opening whenever you open a new page
- Making the news archives section look nice (give it the same feels as the rest of the site) - you could do this by putting a news archive forum/database on the forums.
- Applying the skin choices to the site.
- Re-model it to include more information about Shogun/Rome/Medieval and Medieval 2 TW.
- Giving it a new heading.
- Get rid of the featured site part (that just messes it up, particular if the site is German)
- Add a M2TW section for the site
- Add a guides section for every version of TW. Provide links to a database filing them all.
- Get an Org Gazette. This could be a forum placed on the forums for announcements and such like. From there things could be discussed.
If you need an example of a dream site see this site.
Now with that site as your model place these sections on the left:
News - (subsections) Current News (homepage), Archives
Shogun - (subsections) About, Factions (and faction guides), Units and Buildings, Screen-shots, Artworks, FAQ, Buy
Medieval - (subsections) About, Factions (and faction guides), Units and Buildings, Modding, Screen shots, Artworks, FAQ, Buy
Rome - (subsection) About, Factions (and faction guides), Units and Buildings, Modding, Screen shots, Artworks, FAQ, Buy
Medieval 2 - (subsections) About, Factions (and faction guides), Units and Buildings, Modding, Screen shots, Artworks, FAQ, Buy
Downloads - (subsections) Wallpapers, Demos, Updates (patches), Trailer video's.
Community - (subsections) Forums, Subscribe to the Org gazette
On each of those sub-pages place some context related to the title. For modding pages provide links to guides and tutorials, mod downloads, hosted mod forums etc. For about pages provide some background to the game and what it is about. On the faction pages provide historical background information on each faction and provide links to a guide database about them and to their tech tree (use the EB faction list site for an example of a site that is a prime example of how the Org should do it's faction pages). On the units and building's pages provide a full tech tree of each of the games factions and, in detail, describe their buildings and units. On the screen-shots page show the latest screen-shots submitted by Org members in the screen-shot thread and on the the main page have a screen-shot of the week. On the artwork pages have game concept art. The FAQ pages should answer all the FAQs that are usually asked about a game.
Doing this would drastically improve the Org's public image and make more members want to join such a "well designed" site.
I disagree. It links to a German language site, so the message should be German.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs
On my computer the message looks a mess.Quote:
Originally Posted by TosaInu
In my opinion, what is marked in bold makes it look terrible and ugly.
And if you do want to re-do the site I will help by doing text for you. I will also be happy to suggest designs as well and, if you ask, I am sure many others will want to join in. Now you have no excuse not to update! :whip:Quote:
| [COJOT] CLAN | German #1 Medieval-Fun-Clan |
Du bist auf der suche nach einem deutschsprachigen Clan, willst dich gerne mal ab und zu in Medieval 2: Total War mit anderen aus der ganzen Welt messen, ohne Zwang, Druck, einfach mal ein Spiel zwischen durch, dann ist [COJOT] genau der richtige Clan für dich! Unser Ziel ist eine Gemeinschaft zu bilden, die es ermöglicht, beim Online gaming schnell und zuverlässig gute Game Partner zu finden, mit denen man immer wieder gerne eine Runde spielt. Das einzige was wir uns wünschen, wäre eine rege Beteiligung im Forum...
People don't want to join cause tis a purrrty site, they want to join because of the warm&fuzzy forum.
How are we going to get people interested in this place if the first thing that they see is a terribly outdated website. They will just think "oh it's terribly out of date let's go to TWC and Strat Command, they have wonderful websites that are always in date." What the Org needs to do is elevate itself above all the other TW sites on the net. It needs to become the unofficial home of TW modding and TW discussion. The forum is OK (in my opinion it could do with a little work), but the website really needs extreme refurbishment. I would help you, but I don't have the knowledge or the programs to do it. The best program I can mange to use for web designing is Office Publisher :thumbsdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithrandir
I like that the way it is. If I want it to open in a tab, just middle-click it, as simple as that. I want both my original window, and the new one. There are two alternatives for this: 2 windows, or 2 tabs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs
I'm sorry: I do. It's not my job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs
Sorry, didn't mean just you Tosa. I meant that the website administrator has no excuse not to update.Quote:
Originally Posted by TosaInu
He doesn't need to have an excuse.
He can make it pretty purple with pink spots if that pleases him.
I know it would please me...
:rolleyes:
Actually, he does. He's occupied with real life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs
Aulus, we know you are trying to help, but you need to review the way you are offering suggestions. Off course we would like to update the frontpage, but we don't have anyone with the time or skills to do it. If someone wants to do it for us, that would be grand. But this isn't helping much.
If he is occupied with real life perhaps he should retire for a short period (like other moderators have done when life is causing problems for their moderation). During this period he could get his life in order while a group of free moderators/assistant moderators/members/senior members/administrators take over his position and re-do the website. When he comes back after his much needed break he can mange a new gleaming web-site. If somebody shows me how to make complex websites and recommends the best programs to do this with, I would try to help in the refurbishment if it should happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ludens
:book:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ludens
Sorry Avlvs, I think it's a little out of place for you (or anyone here, for that matter) to say that the owner of this site should retire. I don't see how that is a requirement for someone else to work on the site anyway. Plus, since there isn't anyone available to do just that the whole question is moot.
Are you not occupied with real life? :inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs
If you want the truth: I have THE most boring life on earth. I eat, I sleep, I work, I mark other peoples work, I get huge paid holidays several times a year and I have no family problems at current. So I would be glad to help any website rebuild. I would also be happy to do it myself if I could do it all properly, but I don't have the expertise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
So people don't have to go to TWC (which is officially my least favourite site on the net) to discuss most major modifications. It also causes me to have to have several accounts on several pages.Quote:
Originally Posted by AntiochusIII
And I was bored this morning so I just designed a front page on publisher. It's a bit amateur, but with professional modifying it should look perfect. I will, when I have time, design a complete new site and them e-mail it to an administrator (hope they can open .pub files). They can then decide if they like it or not.