[ its the tmy doesn't want to think contest ] - Official discussion

[TMyApp]

well, the new year is just around the corner, and as some of you know, i want to re-design the website for SFO (we can't just be using old XvsSF crap year after year)

we'll need to have a detailed FAQ, a character moves section, detailed tutorials on "whats a variable move", "how to host games", "how to not be cheap and/or get banned by the mods" ... and, whatever else will help me get LESS anoying emails from n00bs :biggrin:

... and most importantly, we CAN'T have any pictures of marve| characters on the website :biggrin:

so, since i really don't have much time for this (nor do i wish to "think" for myself :biggrin: ) i "think" its time to play the "rippoff game" ... which means, i would like everyone to post links to really good looking/structured sites on the internet which may be used for SFO

ie: dont' post links to microsoft.com ... thats: 1: bad/ugly design and 2: was made to store gigs of information

we need something a lot smaller, yet, unique enough so that the site will "stand out"

... all i'm looking for is "ideas" (i will not be ripping off other people's graphics by taking screenshots of their sites) ... and i figured there are a lot of you with a LOT of free time on your hands, so, this will be perfect :biggin:

.. now.. go.. search.. find.. POST !! .. and then, critique eachothers work right here in this thread (which saves me even more work) :biggrin:

[Resident Evil]

sounds good to me. i seen million of good sites ill find
the perfect one
ok i found one located at
http://www.teamphotoshop.com/index.php
ok at the top where it said home, how, and stuff we can make our own and replace em like Character List, when you click it, it should give you a history, something like XForce2010(NoSoul4evr Website). locatehere.
well you guys can get ideas from this site: http://www.teamphotoshop.com/index.php
you see how organize it is... it has a tutorial and stuff. maybe we can think of a way of making something different from it. and learning from it.



Edited By Resident Evil on Dec. 26 2003 at 15:52

[MIG]

i dunno about good looking sites, but if anyone wants to make an faq on how not to be cheap then go to
http://www.gamefaqs.com/coinop/arcade/game/3628.html

thats probably got some of the best faq's for the original

[Saijin_Ryu]

an amazing site i saw recently was....
Nightfall Interactive

Check it out.

[TMyApp]

Resident Evil: not bad, i've been wanting to do an "orange and gray" site for a while now... my version of the site u just posted would have been don in pure html/java (no flash) to maximize the compatibility... the front/main page did seem to be a little "all over the place" with lots of "birght and shiny" things... our target users are around 12 years old, and the 1st thing they will think is "oh no, i have to read/think now" ... (one of the main reason the site we have now is so damn simple... u really can't go wrong with having under 5 buttons on screen... they'll click on the right one sooner or later)

... of course if you are 12, dont' get offended by the statement above... the fact that you are reading the forum right now does show that .. well.. u'r not scared of "reading" :biggrin:

MIG: if you remember the old XvsSF FAQs... all of the tactics/moves/other were always based on http://www.gamefaqs.com

Saijin Ryu: too static/corporate-looking ... we need that "gamer site" look (but NOT something along the lines of the Planet Networks ... as i mentioned b4, their designs are targeted for "billion gigs of info/text on one page" ) :biggrin:

[blanka09]

TMyApp, I say we just go with the old thing here.. Sure make a few changes like.. the color of the background, the fonts and stuff like that... But I think the old site was original and should do just fine... with the main shot in the middle of the game.. That frame would contain the start, faq and forum link as it always does and the top margin should entail the top scores, screen pics, tournament info (both official.. *cough* .. I wonder why I did that.. :biggrin: and unofficial tournaments.. ) in which someone can do the honors ofupdating as long as tournaments happen. ..then again that's just my 2 cents..
If indeed we do need to go new and hitech.. I would say.. basically change the color of the backgound.. make it like... hmm I don't really know how to put it.. but you know that site I showed you.. which you never knew I knew and I would find and someone else would show you and.. err shut up blanka09 :biggrin: .. but you get my drift TMyApp eh?? :biggrin: Something as user friendly as that would do just right.. without as much eye popping graphics of course..
The ever loving screenshots.. which I'm really about to finalize if you egg nog drinking doodle headed brainacs don't go and give me some more headache lunging shots to work with.. :biggrin:

Well.. that's my take on the whole thing.. It's still my opinion that we just stay simple and true to the style we're used to.. :biggrin:
But if a change is warranted.. then so be it!

[SSJKarma]

yeah i agree, why not keeping this web site already, its simple, to the point and do not ask much to understand.

i like it this way, too much stuff cannot be really good !
something i would add tho, is a NEWS portion on the web site, or a link to the news forum ! i'm kinda annoyed to have to play the game to have the news their ! maybe add a web master or a new admin for the news section part, one that could take all the time to add things, not just info here and there because its clear that you don't have the time to make those info yourself !

other then that, if you add buttons at the top of the web page, like you had with the TOURNAMENT, FAQ and the like before. just add a few things, as long as they are in the upper part of the site, its ok, but the image and button in the center should be a bit bigger so they take more places which will say to others clearly that to play its those buttons they have to push !

as for the colors i would use...
well i always liked the RED on BLACK kind of colors, buts for DARKNESS more then anything else ! so i don't know !
let me think... WHITE on... let's try... DARK BLUE !

we can also go on with colors more like STREET FIGHTERS ONLINE !
kinda like the logo colors !
what do you think ?

[Resident Evil]

well, ppl just want something new instead of the old XvsSf faq and web site. TMyApp want something new you know. Everyone want something new for the year 2004.... i said we changed the site.... The web site i gave TMyApp its an example that you can probably take some ideas from it and put stuff together ( almost like a puzzle). take pictures think of new one ideas and etc... will all help you to figure them out. get good GfXand ask em to make em ( if they can). In here we are all like employees lol where your the boss and we work like you...Helping you out.



Edited By Resident Evil on Dec. 26 2003 at 21:10

[SuperSonicX]

ign.com
http://www.thesnakesoup.com/?section...e&content=main
http://biorust.com/index.php?page=tu...etail&tutid=17
http://flamesocean.com/?flames=services
http://www.seelab.com/splash.html
http://www.frenzy-uk.net/
http://pastedesigns.com/ <<< look in button templates section
http://www.eye4designs.com/

dats it...sorry if its junk..

[SSJKarma]

unfortunetely resident, not everyone wants it otherwise !

i like it the way it is ! and i'm not the only one. read again you'll see that there is another one who said he wanted to keep the same website, just change the color and pictures !

the web site must be kept simple.
we cannot hope for people coming here and hoping to play if they are lost right after entering the web site ! in either way, this is not a web site for informationnal purpose, the way you propose him let him think that you want the faq to be found more esily, the forum to be found more easily then the gameplay which is what people come for !

so i say, keep it this way, add more buttons in the top frame, change the colors, add a few pictures and resize the pictures int he middles, so the play button could be even bigger, this way people will see easily what they can and cannot do on this web site. and if they want to play, they won't look for long before clicking on the big PLAY BUTTON !

here is what i think is not important to have on the web page !
- news of the game (tho it would be fun, there is already a forum for that, so a simple link to it will do)
- lots of eye candy (we don't need all those flashy things or all those images that many web site places for nothing)

here is what i think should be there...
- button for screenshots
- button for forum
- button for PLAYING
- button for the top score
- button that goes to the news forum
- button for VERSION HISTORY (the page exists but we never had any links telling us that it did)
- button for RULES
- button for Characters (which would include a move list and faq on each chars)
- button for IRC CHAT

that's about all we need, other then that , there is nothing more asked to be done !

to do this, we don't need any big web site. we must also consider that if tmyapp have a small website, his bandwidth will be saved a little and that little will cost him a little less. so basically a website like this one is all he needs cause its the game and forum who runs the site, not the main page !

that's how i see it !