Update!
Truthfully, I have neglected work on the website between all the schoolwork, gaming and general being a sloth, but a sudden spark of inspiration has re-awakened my webmastering spirits! Therefore, I'm digging up this thread to both provide and ask for some info.
Current re-design goals include:
- CSS styling etc. instead of embedding the entire design into every page
- Visual revamp/modernization (example: CSS borders instead of .gif files)
- Transition to PHP/MySQL-based article system
- Review & guest article submission forms
- Ability to comment on articles (perhaps with forum account integration?)
- Wider coverage of subjects (Single-player Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament 3 & UDK projects/modding)
- Changes to project forum structure (why finished projects in "Projects in Production"? why hardly any attention to Upcoming Maps guidelines?)
Sadly, since I've basically no experience with creating modern web content from scratch (my latest work being table-based, not making use of any CSS styling and made in Dreamweaver, a WYSIWYG editor), it will take quite a bit until I can fully realize most of this stuff. However, let us begin with small steps! First of all, I'd like to read your opinions on this particular little concept I thought up.
UnrealSP.Org doesn't really have an official logo beyond that one box with Courier New text in it, which is something I want to change. In addition, you will find a
notification tab system in that concept shot. These little tabs would inform you of new content popping up on the main site (like reviews, articles, news posts) as well as things occuring on the forums (new PMs, replies to threads you started, replies to threads you've subscribed to etc.) The logo would be shared between site and forums, further fusing the two together, and the addition would be combined with a clean-up of the forum's header to make it more compact.
Do you like the logo change? What is your opinion of the tab notes idea? Think it's worth realizing?