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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 8, 2007 8:01:37 GMT -5
The main difference here is that these multi-part articles are done by one person and not a group effort.
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Post by zzz on Aug 8, 2007 8:30:35 GMT -5
Making it a even bigger problem if a individual disappears. Don't get me wrong, I have no qualms with this process being implemented. I am only trying to bring up something that nobody else was mentioning.
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Post by jameseightbitstar on Aug 16, 2007 5:11:41 GMT -5
Just one thing I was thinking...
Can we post "drafts" here on the forum and get people's comments (and also kinda use them to keep track of our progress)?
I like this "breaking up the article" idea but probably won't use it myself.
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Post by vysethebold on Aug 16, 2007 15:09:58 GMT -5
We do the draft thing in the editor forums all the time. Believe it or not, we help each other a lot on our own stuff. Almost every article from the staff has been helped made by the other members of the staff. If you want help on a draft, send it to us and we'll tell you what needs to be worked on.
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Post by kal on Oct 19, 2007 11:26:41 GMT -5
Honestly, I really don't like the new layout, the old one was brimming with so much and the screenshots while a little overwhelming really gave you the impression you were seeing a list of games you'd probably never heard of.
The new layout is too stubbie and streylie it feels bland and doesn't have any of the magic the old one had.
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Post by ReyVGM on Oct 19, 2007 12:31:33 GMT -5
A drop down menu on the top would be great.
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Post by Discoalucard on Oct 19, 2007 13:50:43 GMT -5
The problem was that it was getting WAAAAY too big for a main page, and it was just going to grow and grow and grow. I want to eventually have the main page longer since I won't be deleting old text updates as quickly, so there will be more pictures along the side, but that'll take a little while. A drop down menu on the top would be great. Gotta figure out how to implement those first... |
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Oct 19, 2007 15:59:24 GMT -5
How about having a kind of menu bar right below the logo:
Review Archive (old) - Feature Articles - Cranky Gamers - MP3 of the Week
Something like that can really clean up a webpage.
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Post by Ganelon on Oct 19, 2007 19:20:43 GMT -5
Could you make the "Article Archive" text a different color and/or some styling changes to make it stand out more? It's somewhat inconspicuous down there as if it was directing you to last month's blog entries rather than a diverse and full wealth of information.
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Post by kal on Oct 19, 2007 19:51:36 GMT -5
Yes, I think a more complete overhaul perhaps would be better, would might be cool if you/we ever get around to it is something like the-underdogs. Where you can find by genre, year released and alphanumeric.
The main thing I had is atm it just looks really weak and empty which is not good for attracting new visitors.
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Post by ninjarygar on Oct 24, 2007 2:54:20 GMT -5
I kinda liked the old design too.... everything on the site on the main page. You don't find them like that anymore.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Oct 24, 2007 5:42:17 GMT -5
I kinda liked the old design too.... everything on the site on the main page. You don't find them like that anymore. That's probably because having everything on small menus to the left is supposed to look "professional." |
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Post by ReyVGM on Oct 24, 2007 12:24:02 GMT -5
There's no need to call it "old review archive" or anything like that. Saying it's old sounds as if they are of lower quality or maybe done ages ago when no one knew what the heck they were doing. Just call it reviews or articles archive. As for the drop down menu Kurt, you can go to zophar.net and steal the html for one of them  |
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Post by Discoalucard on Oct 24, 2007 12:55:10 GMT -5
What I MIGHT do is just revert to the old page, and just take out the little descriptions by them, and replace them with something brief, like the genre and publisher. And then just take out the line breaks. This will save like 2/3 of the space so it doesn't need nearly as many images on the side, which is what caused a lot of the clutter in the first place.
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Post by ReyVGM on Oct 24, 2007 13:06:22 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind having all the links in a archive page, but at least put the archive link on the top. Or a menu on the top | Articles | Forums | Cranky Gamers | Links | etc. etc.
That link hidden away on the bottom amongst all those images and text makes it seem like unimportant.
If you want I can do it for you, just a few examples and you'll pick the one you want.
But you have to give me until friday which is when I'm free from my awful job.
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