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PostPosted: Jan 05, 2008 21:31    Post subject: "About" page? View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote

I just think that we need an "about" page on the left hand side along with the other pages. (Talking about the homepage here).

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PostPosted: Jan 06, 2008 20:32    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote

There really is no point in suggesting a page without also suggesting some content to go on the page...

It might seem quite obvious but it's more likely to end up happening the less work it ends up being for whoever does that stuff. Smile

They'd have to make button images too, although since they would be more likely to have the original source files for the button images it'd be easier for them than someone else to make it.

If we did have an about page (I wouldn't really care personally since I already know too much about this place Razz) we'd want to put when DF-21 was founded, who founded it, a brief site history, a list of "firsts" maybe (first level posted, first tool posted, first members who joined who are still here).

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PostPosted: Jan 07, 2008 11:44    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote

Thanks for your input Smile

There is a brief amount of "history" at the foot of the Contact page. Is that the sort of thing you had in mind (perhaps a little more prosaic?)

I think it was Jakob "I'm Right" Nielsen who said something along the lines of "if you need an "About" page, your homepage isn't doing its job". What's missing from our front page? Should it make the purpose of the site/community clearer?

Darth Oosha
Trandoshan

Joined: 24 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Feb 10, 2008 06:08    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote

Fenwar wrote:
What's missing from our front page? Should it make the purpose of the site/community clearer?


I'd say no, because the vast majority of hits to the front page will be people familiar with the site who just want to see if there's new news or/and just want to get to one of the other sections of the site.

An About page would exist to answer the question "What's DF-21, what's Dark Forces, and what do you mean by 'taking it into the 21st century'?", or possibly "Okay, DF is a game and you're a fansite, but what do you actually do? And why?". This would be an example of what a page without one looks like from the outside.

I guess the subsections like Projects and Reviews could also use some text briefly stating what they're about*; but I don't think that's a substitute for a central About page explaining DF-21 as a whole.

* The Hall of Fame page has one, but I'm not sure having it at the bottom of the page instead of the top is ideal; and you might want to cut out the part implying that another round of the selection process is forthcoming.

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