We could/should do a lot of work to improve the website. However, can we delay this for around 3 weeks? In exactly 3 weeks I have to write the last exam. Until then, I don't want to fill my brain with XHTML/CSS pain and such things.
Best regards, Kamaze Zarel schrieb: > Hey, dev list and/or staff forums (This message has been sent out to both). > > I have several proposals for changes. > > First, the minor changes: > > -> The site logo in the upper left should be updated to be inline with > the new Warzone logo. It's the only place the old logo still appears. > A new one, correctly sized, can be found here: > http://forums.wz2100.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2990&p=29583#p29583 > > -> The "Development" tab should be removed, and the "Trac" tab should > be renamed "Development". I've already gone and merged the information > from Development into WikiStart page, and we do not need that many > tabs in the header. > > -> It might help to add a "Download" tab between "FAQ" and "User Guide". > > -> The Blog _really_ isn't updated enough for its entire own tab. We > mention new blog posts on the home page; I think that's enough. I > think we should, however, find some way to merge the blog and the news > system. > > -> I believe the Warzone Guide is complete enough that it can directly > replace the "User Guide" tab (so that the tab button takes users > directly there). If there's a thematic issue, I can re-layout the > Guide to match the current Warzone site. I can also add whatever > information currently on the User Guide page to the Guide, if > requested. > > Those changes should bring the Warzone site tabs to: > > Home | Download | FAQ | User Guide | Forums | Development > > Six tabs - not ideal, but better than the seven we currently have. > > And now, the major proposed change: > > Let's rename our project from "Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project" to > "Warzone 2100 Project" (and the abbreviation from "WRP" to "WZP"). > > Reasons include: > > 1. At this point, after five years, there are no other Warzone 2100 > projects - the only other one (Warzone 2200) is dead and never > released anything at all, no binaries, not even any source. We are > _the_ undisputed Warzone Project. > > 2. There's no confusion that we are affiliated with Pumpkin - > Pumpkin's been gone for ages - anyone who has heard of the old Warzone > and could potentially confuse us would know that. And if they don't, > there's still the "Project" in there for disambiguation. > > 3. We are no longer "resurrecting" anything at this point. We have > _succeeded_ in resurrecting Warzone and making a great cross-platform > game out of it. Now, all we're doing is continuing the development of > our successful project. We can signify this achievement by removing > the word "Resurrection" from our name. > > 4. "Resurrection" is confusing to users who do not know our history. > And I don't think it's important for your average Warzone to know the > entire history of the project, however amazing that is. > > 5. New users (who have never heard of Warzone before) who visit the > site may erroneously guess from the title that the game has something > to do with resurrection. "Project", on the other hand, leads users to > the right direction for what the campaign is about. > > 6. It's much shorter. > > So, what does everyone think? I would _really_ like your feedback on these. > > -Zarel > > _______________________________________________ > Warzone-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/warzone-dev _______________________________________________ Warzone-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/warzone-dev
