Apologies ahead of time, I am exhausted.
I use the front page to see the latest activity on the site, including the ticker. So I like it as it is.
But, as always, I am never opposed to change.
Can we put a link to Metacritic's site in the bottom of the page? Centered?
I'm using the light skin right now, and the contrast with the main color combination is a bit jarring. Perhaps we could change that to a combination that looks good with both the dark and light skins.
SteelAttack said:I'm actually opposed to having the last comments section, I'd much rather see a latest threads one instead. And yeah, perhaps things could be arranged a bit differently. Let me see if I can do a lame mockup and scan it later in the afternoon. Love the ticker.
Can we put a link to Metacritic's site in the bottom of the page? Centered?
I'm using the light skin right now, and the contrast with the main color combination is a bit jarring. Perhaps we could change that to a combination that looks good with both the dark and light skins.
There's a lot coming with the skins in the near future; it may be another month or so, but there'll be a lot more to it. It's part of the overhaul of the front page redesign as I'm looking at cleaning up the site colours.
You're going to have give a little more info on the Metacritic thing. I mean if you just want to be able to go to Metacritic, save a bookmark or something. If you've got some ideas on integration, I'm open though I'm not sure they offer any sort of API to make it practical. Or make your case as to why we should have a external links section, what purpose it serves the site and how to integrate it.
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SteelAttack said:I'm actually opposed to having the last comments section, I'd much rather see a latest threads one instead. And yeah, perhaps things could be arranged a bit differently. Let me see if I can do a lame mockup and scan it later in the afternoon. Love the ticker.
Can we put a link to Metacritic's site in the bottom of the page? Centered?
I'm using the light skin right now, and the contrast with the main color combination is a bit jarring. Perhaps we could change that to a combination that looks good with both the dark and light skins.
You mean the thing that's there now on the left? I actually use that all the time! 
Yodariquo said:You're going to have give a little more info on the Metacritic thing. I mean if you just want to be able to go to Metacritic, save a bookmark or something. If you've got some ideas on integration, I'm open though I'm not sure they offer any sort of API to make it practical. Or make your case as to why we should have a external links section, what purpose it serves the site and how to integrate it.
We have a heavy emphasis in reviews, a lot of our members review games on a constant basis, and considering the importance that reviews and score aggregates have overall for the industry and audience (including a lot of our own members, much to my dismay), I thought it would only be fitting to have an external link to what arguably is the most important score aggregator in the industry. I think it gives the site a more professional look.
Something like this, at Zentendo:
SteelAttack said:
Yodariquo said:
You're going to have give a little more info on the Metacritic thing. I mean if you just want to be able to go to Metacritic, save a bookmark or something. If you've got some ideas on integration, I'm open though I'm not sure they offer any sort of API to make it practical. Or make your case as to why we should have a external links section, what purpose it serves the site and how to integrate it.
We have a heavy emphasis in reviews, a lot of our members review games on a constant basis, and considering the importance that reviews and score aggregates have overall for the industry and audience (including a lot of our own members, much to my dismay), I thought it would only be fitting to have an external link to what arguably is the most important score aggregator in the industry. I think it gives the site a more professional look.
Something like this, at Zentendo:
I like this Zentendo feature:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ssi_shutdown() (previously declared in /home/zentendo/public_html/forums/SSI.php:197) in /home/zentendo/public_html/forums/SSI.php on line 199
Gotta give a no-go on that one. We are in no way affiliated with those sites.
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Yodariquo said:SteelAttack said:Yodariquo said:You're going to have give a little more info on the Metacritic thing. I mean if you just want to be able to go to Metacritic, save a bookmark or something. If you've got some ideas on integration, I'm open though I'm not sure they offer any sort of API to make it practical. Or make your case as to why we should have a external links section, what purpose it serves the site and how to integrate it.
We have a heavy emphasis in reviews, a lot of our members review games on a constant basis, and considering the importance that reviews and score aggregates have overall for the industry and audience (including a lot of our own members, much to my dismay), I thought it would only be fitting to have an external link to what arguably is the most important score aggregator in the industry. I think it gives the site a more professional look.
Something like this, at Zentendo:
I like this Zentendo feature:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ssi_shutdown() (previously declared in /home/zentendo/public_html/forums/SSI.php:197) in /home/zentendo/public_html/forums/SSI.php on line 199
No one here cares about Metacritic. No point in putting it in.
Iga_Bobovic said:No one here cares about Metacritic. No point in putting it in.
Bull fucking shit, Iga. Everyone here cares about scores and reviews.
Yodariquo said:Gotta give a no-go on that one. We are in no way affiliated with those sites.
Fair enough.
gamingeek said:Although I agree with steel that latest threads would be better on the front page. Latest comments I have been finding increasingly useful as I can find where the discussion is being held moment to moment and track you elusive bastards throughout the site.
This, keep latest comments
Dvader said:gamingeek said:Although I agree with steel that latest threads would be better on the front page. Latest comments I have been finding increasingly useful as I can find where the discussion is being held moment to moment and track you elusive bastards throughout the site.This, keep latest comments
Nooo!
I want two huge tits in the front page.
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Comment would be a word bubble.
Blog could be the page of text icon.
Review maybe a Yellow Star?
Another is whether or not that's the best use of space at all. Is there something that would be better served as highlighted on the front page? Is the ticker relevant?
Let's see some creativity. Make a mock-up if you're so inclined, even if it's just of a specific feature and not the entire page.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobile