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Site Review

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:29 pm
by Etaew
The way the site is presented needs an overhaul, I'd like to open a debate about changes to navigation and content on the site, the follow is a model based on phpBB.

About
- Implemented Features
- Change Log
- Credits
- Team (including map)
- Contact
Downloads
- Files Release (server and other DOL file releases such as packet logger, and loader) files are hosted on SF.
- Database Releases
- User Releases
Support
- Documentation
- Forum
- IRC
Development
- Release Plan
- Bug Tracker
- Missing Feature Tracker
- Missing Database Tracker
Community (link to forum)

TO PLACE:
ID List
Server List
Pastebin
Database Web Creator - ItemTemplate
Information for people who wish to help

Re: Site Review

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:21 pm
by IStandAloneToo
Development
- Release Plan
- Bug Tracker
- Missing Feature Tracker
- Missing Database Tracker
I really like this section. Will allow us to better show the community what we're doing. Also, if I may request can we steer away from the hover-move-hover-click navigation bar, that thing drives me nuts sometimes :).

The TO PLACE things look like they all could go into the same place (except Server List). They all have some commonality of 'coding'. So, maybe something called 'Code Corner', 'Coding', 'Coding Tools'?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:25 pm
by Etaew
We could indeed follow the design of phpBB on that too, and have just the headers clickable, and the subsections as links on that page.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:32 pm
by Dinberg
FlashBa!

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:34 pm
by Etaew
FlashBa!
Heh, I still need convincing, can you come up with one based on the above information which links to pages so we can do some testing about the load of it.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:45 pm
by Tolakram
No flash, flash sucks. There, I said it. :lol:

Click the link, go to the page, no fancies please.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:49 pm
by IStandAloneToo
I'm sorry to bring this up, but what about something that is 'worldofwarcraft.com' styled? Where you can click on the header and it drops down the list of 'subsections'. Is that possible (I like that functionality a lot!)?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:55 pm
by Etaew
I actually want to move away from the vertical navigation bar and have a horizontal one, but we'll see how it looks. Hard to find time for this right now.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:17 am
by Etaew
A test version I'm creating on http://dolserver.net/test/ any comments or suggestions are welcome.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:22 am
by ZioRed
imo the top menu (Home • About • Downloads • Support • Development • Community) should remain even in the forum section.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:30 am
by alex_speed
The site is not valid xHTML 1.0 Strict like described in DOCTYPE

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1 ... %2Ftest%2F

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:34 am
by Etaew
imo the top menu (Home • About • Downloads • Support • Development • Community) should remain even in the forum section.
Yup, I do plan to.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:35 am
by Etaew
The site is not valid xHTML 1.0 Strict like described in DOCTYPE

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1 ... %2Ftest%2F
I'll leave cleaning up to someone else :-)