|
Post by Basse on Sept 19, 2008 22:07:09 GMT
The main site will receive a major overhaul from today and onwards until, well, 'til it's done. The design will remain the same, black-grey-gold, but the different sections will be redesigned, expanded and effectivized. For example, the members section will feature more in-depth articles about every member and perhaps even an interview with each one, some interesting facts etc. The links and projects sections will remain the same for now, they're good as they are, but the members, releases and about sections will be reworked to the better.
I will start today but this'll take a while. Feel free to post project texts, those are simple for me to implemen. I'll add a Jaguar Gold article as well, maybe not today but soon. Speaking of that, how's things going Von?
TO DO LIST: - rewrite releases section - rewrite member bios and add interviews - rewrite releases section to include ALL member releases - rewrite about section - other stuff which I don't know about yet
Suggestions? Comments? Fire away.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Sept 20, 2008 3:06:38 GMT
You have too much free time No seriously it's a good idea. BTW I think you should put up ALL the releases members made, regardless of whether or not they joined SWS at the time. And if you want an interview I'll be happy to give one..
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Sept 20, 2008 7:20:19 GMT
Good, much of the page dates back to 2007 at the moment. The ideas mentioned so far are all good too.
|
|
|
Post by Morgoth on Sept 20, 2008 7:31:30 GMT
You have a front page?
|
|
Von
Stormwind Member
VonCorgev
Vene, Vidi, Verse.
Posts: 818
|
Post by Von on Sept 20, 2008 11:49:59 GMT
Hey Basse, I like your ideas they sound excellent. I'd love to help but unfortunately won't be able to at this stage. Also regarding TPG, would it be okay if I could have another week please? Real life issues are annoying but unfortunately they don't go away until you have dealt with them. Thanks for your understanding.
|
|
|
Post by Basse on Sept 20, 2008 14:56:40 GMT
Of course you can, just keep me updated if you start/continue working and when you're done www.stormwindstudios.webb.seThanks for the support folks, I've started remaking the releases section. Do you think we should keep ot as it is - i.e. only show the releases our members have made during their time at SWS - or Jatayu's suggestion - all releases by all members from before and during their stay? Personally I believe in the earlier, but if you think differently, convince me . Second, should Mini Scenarios and Cut-Scenes be separate categories? We have quite a few after all, even more if we follow Jatayu's idea.
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Sept 20, 2008 19:15:03 GMT
Why not this? It's extra publicity.
|
|
|
Post by Basse on Sept 20, 2008 19:37:30 GMT
Yes, but seeing as it's called SWS Releases, and SWS had nothing to do with those files made when A) SWS hadn't been founded, or B) people who now are members released their projects under their name only, I don't see why they should be called SWS releases. I'll go with whatever the majority thinks is best though, we're a direct democracy after all. Well, mostly. Now; Julius, Jatayu and Matty, could I have your MSN adresses please, if you have any? I need it for the interviews. Either show them to me here or add me (my adress is the same as my email adress). If you're really desperate to keep it private - like if you just happend to be some celebrity who doesn't want to ruin his/her cover - we could keep it to mails, but having it ovr MSN is preferable, it makes it more fluent.
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Sept 20, 2008 20:39:48 GMT
I don't use MSN. Private messaging here may work though.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Sept 21, 2008 3:47:14 GMT
I don't have MSN ( I'm rarely on Windows as it is ). I use Gmail's in built chat, and the id is the same as my mail address.
Ha! I thought it was a dictatorship run by whoever's in power ;D
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Sept 21, 2008 8:42:27 GMT
Ah yes, I had forgotten. Basse, I say we go with Jatayu's idea. SWS has had virtually nothing to do with any of our releases, ever. They're individual efforts. I feel that the point of the section is to show the releases of the SWS members.
|
|
Andan
Stormwind Member
Andan
Attempting to design a scenario
Posts: 756
|
Post by Andan on Sept 22, 2008 6:26:29 GMT
Sorry Basse for being inactive in updating the main page, but holiday's coming soon this weekend, and I'm sure I'll have become more active by then.
|
|
Von
Stormwind Member
VonCorgev
Vene, Vidi, Verse.
Posts: 818
|
Post by Von on Sept 22, 2008 12:09:06 GMT
Thans Basse, will do. I'm not against putting up all the releases that everyone has submitted, though with the current title I guess it could be misleading. Perhaps we could change the title from 'SWS Releases' to just 'Member Releases' or similar? Just a thought.
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Sept 22, 2008 17:08:48 GMT
That works. No real difference though.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Sept 24, 2008 8:14:13 GMT
Seconded. For that matter I feel that design teams make no great difference to the quality of designing, it's just nice to be in a team . Put it under member releases.
|
|
|
Post by Basse on Sept 24, 2008 16:55:18 GMT
Very well, it will be done. Sometime, it'll be a ton of files now Now, separate Cut-scene and Minigame categories anyone?
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Sept 24, 2008 17:58:31 GMT
obviously, cutscenes and minigames have no relations with each other.
|
|
|
Post by Basse on Sept 24, 2008 18:13:25 GMT
Nope, but they could all be put under 'Single Player Scenarios & Campaigns'.
|
|
|
Post by Basse on Oct 4, 2008 13:12:13 GMT
Added a short Jaguar Gold article to the projects section.
|
|
|
Post by Basse on Oct 8, 2008 16:15:20 GMT
I'll be putting up the interviews soon. Do you guys think it'd be a good idea to have a photo of the person in question at each section? I think it'd be good, but it wouldn't be compulsory (I'll add a happy stickman for those who don't want to show themselves, and a cynical stickman for Julius )
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Oct 8, 2008 17:20:31 GMT
Sounds good.
|
|
Andan
Stormwind Member
Andan
Attempting to design a scenario
Posts: 756
|
Post by Andan on Oct 9, 2008 1:51:40 GMT
What are the interviews gonna be about? Real life or AoK-related questions?
|
|
Von
Stormwind Member
VonCorgev
Vene, Vidi, Verse.
Posts: 818
|
Post by Von on Oct 14, 2008 12:10:12 GMT
I'm happy to tell people either. That doesn't really bother me.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Nov 30, 2008 7:50:34 GMT
For some reason this site is loading a lot slower than before. Anyone else noticed it?
Oh and we should have a sticky 'general thread' for this board.
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Jan 17, 2009 18:00:01 GMT
How's this going?
|
|
|
Post by Basse on Jan 17, 2009 18:03:46 GMT
Not at all I'm afraid. Want to take over?
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Jan 17, 2009 18:14:10 GMT
Perhaps, but not just yet.
|
|
Andan
Stormwind Member
Andan
Attempting to design a scenario
Posts: 756
|
Post by Andan on Jan 20, 2009 22:09:15 GMT
I guess I can handle this one. Basse, since you're known to be good with words, praises, interviews and the like, can you please do the questions, then I'll forward them to each member, to be written in the main page afterwards. Now for the bios... would this draft below suit you all? Full name: AoKH name: Age: Location: Occupation: Hobby: Favorite scenario(s): Current project(s): E-mail address: Anyone can opt to not disclose any of the personal information, if they prefer a strict extent of privacy and would rather conceal themselves in the dark.
|
|
Von
Stormwind Member
VonCorgev
Vene, Vidi, Verse.
Posts: 818
|
Post by Von on Jan 21, 2009 11:29:33 GMT
That's draft is cool with me Andan. Maybe a 'trivia' line?
|
|
Sissi
Stormwind Member
Sissy
Posts: 208
|
Post by Sissi on Jan 21, 2009 11:38:58 GMT
Just a question : Basse told me about different blinds designed by members for the site, but I can see none, all is white... Was it a joke or is it another Mozilla issue ?
|
|