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SaiSoma · Post by **SaiSoma** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:26 am

i actually like the effect of the logo on the blue background . ..it reads very "space" "star" "shiny" to me. oh . and i like space/star/shiny:).

Post by **aem** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:30 am

I can't really tell on such a small image..I might like it if I saw a bigger version.

Psychosis · Post by **Psychosis** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:14 am

the bottom 4 pictures need to be changed to something that actually relates to the game, that is my only comment, other than that, it kicks ASS, we should find all the various awards and recognitions we have won and post them up there

Striker · Post by **Striker** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:45 am

I think somewhere along the lines someone forgot about integrating the new layout into the CMS and forum used for the site. It would be nice if a complementing layout could be designed so everything flows properly. I would also look into designing a layout so the wiki flows with the main site as well.

The CMS system FAO uses currently is very vanilla. It looks like every other basic CMS layout out there. It would be great if we could include a personal touch to it.

Post by **Tigereye** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:06 am

No matter what page we end up with on the front, one thing is clear: people will always see flaws.
We can't please everyone... so it's going to come down to a question of who gets pleased?

I thought maybe a vote would be a good way to solve this, but designs keep changing/improving and new designs keep popping up. This creates even more rivalry and more refinements.

It's a "damned-if-you-do/damned-if-you-don't" situation, and I'm the guy who uploads the html. I'm blamed either way

So unless someone has a better way of choosing the new page, I'm going to sort of "do it live" and watch for the least amount of backlash

I don't want to change the page every day with every refinement, but I don't want it to sit in a highly-contentious stage or feel "dated." I'll update it tomorrow and we'll go from there. Once it seems that there are relatively few folks pissed off then it'll sit untouched for a while

--TE

Bacon_00 · Post by **Bacon_00** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:19 am

I think that's a good idea TE. I would imagine that changing the front page every so often is a good idea -- it would let people know that the game is being updated and cared for.

I still think Dorjan's concept is the best, but I'm biased =)

Post by **pkk** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:20 am

At least we need a page, which does work with IE.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2975104/FAO-fixed/index.htm
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2975104/FAO-fixed/style.css

Post by **aem** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:23 am

The main problem is that you have put up an unedited, untested concept page up regardless of anyone's opinion of the design itself. In doing so it will not only not help anything, but in fact will hurt our quest to get new players. Putting a page up even for a day with major spelling errors and that doesn't display correctly on many browsers could turn away potential players.

I personally don't care for the current version of it, but the majority tend to like it. If this concept was refined and we had a more finished, well edited version of it up then it wouldn't be a big deal (except for the fact it is way too similar to Eve's design, but that doesn't seem to bother most people or maybe they haven't seen Eve's page).

Bacon_00 · Post by **Bacon_00** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:30 am

The current page's biggest flaw is the text. It's written poorly and unprofessionaly. If you guys are gonna put up new pages, take the time to really work on the text. The visuals on all these pages is great, but the text portions need a lot of work.

SpaceJunk · Post by **SpaceJunk** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:15 am

I'm leaving the (fixed) red nebula design as is. It has served its purpose anyway.

I want to juice the blue one for some weeks, write some code I can use in other projects, that kind of stuff. I'm out of time for now.