Jackstick wrote:
So... here's what I have so far, for a mock-up. It is an intentionally simple design - it would serve only a single purpose, after all. I could've designed something more modern and sleek, but in my mind it makes more sense for it to resemble the forums, and the RV of 2008-2010. Simple and modest.
Good idea tbh. The moment I looked at it it felt like home, y'know? Nothing aimed at a new era, just what I remember from the good old days.
Jackstick wrote:
- Having "RuneVillage" in the banner instead of "The Village." Renaming our site was a (probably futile) attempt to distance ourselves from hiker, but that is ancient history at this point. I imagine that there are less than 100 people on the planet who would ever still visit our site regularly or in the future, and for them RuneVillage was always our name. If you disagree though, I'm open to the idea of just using the same banner that we use for the forums. I might redesign the banner area entirely if a good idea ever pops into my head (banners are my weakness), but I actually kind of like the simplicity that I ended up with.
Looks good to me!
Jackstick wrote:
- The placement of the links/icons. They could instead be placed horizontally over the "Recent News" post. It would not be a difficult revision. I like having them on the right side because it seems natural to have a sidebar for the extra content, but it does leave a lot of blank space beneath it. I don't know, I'll think about it.
I kind of like them on the right, tbh. Larger space availability and easy to see. Also for some reason when main links are placed horizontally, people tend to skim them.
Jackstick wrote:
- The actual post itself. I just copied a global announcement and used that for placeholder text, so it will be different in the final product. I'm not a very creative writer, but maybe I'll give it a go. I imagine that whatever we include in that post should be timeless, and it should just be a single post on the page.
I'd be happy to help with that if you'd like! I'm sure we can figure something out.
Jackstick wrote:
- Anything about the design in general. Tell me if there's something that you just hate about the layout, or if you have any suggestions.
I think the layout is fine, but I do have some opinions/questions.
1) Should we have a subheading for the banner? It doesn't have to be "Where RuneScapers Escape" because that's a bit dated now. I'm not actually sure what it should be, tbh. Just looks like there should be a tagline of some sort.
2) If the main blurb is going to be a timeless "Hey welcome back to RV, here's how to see what's still around and thanks for being a Villager" then we should probably have a different image than "Recent news". (I know that's a carryover from previous homepage incarnations, but we should consider what it will be replaced with.)
3) I assume the Library button goes to this forum and the Villager button goes to the Villager archive page I posted (we can make that look prettier or something) but what is "Archive" in this context?
EDIT: Oh wait, is it the Village Archive forum? That makes sense in hindsight.
4) I'm still going back and forth on this, but what do you think of the right-side buttons having tiny descriptions of <5 words or so right beneath them? This is completely off the top of my head so don't take these as set in stone. I'm not sure I fully even like all of them lol.
Forums: Making friends since 2002
Library: Villager-written stories
Villager: 39 issues of interviews and more
Archive: (dunno what this is) Gems from the past
Discord: We're still around! Come say hi!
Jackstick wrote:
- If you just disagree with the idea of a landing/main page entirely. This doesn't have to happen if people don't want it. It's just a fun little project for me.
You've got a green light from me! And you have Apple's seal of approval too. :)
Jackstick wrote:
let me know if it needs more beige/grey
just the right amount of beige/grey tbhStatistics: Posted by Saten Ruiko — April 12th, 2021, 1:47 am
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