As we have been getting criticism for the main page organization, I have decided to change it a little. It's been over a year and our tastes have changed. We are no longer crazy about games like SSB and Mario Kart, so I have tried to compress them as much as I could.
Generally, the forum main page is not smaller, but it seems better organized now. The only bad thing is that we have a huge section called 'Popular Nintendo Games' now, but I think it's okay.
I also added a few new categories and completely hid some useless, like Tournaments and GotY. Game of the Year Awards can be revived in the future, but it didn't get enough attention in the first place, so I think it should be taken off the main page. PotY can stay, as I've been planning on doing "midseason" PotY during the summer holidays, as we skipped one last year.
As for Nintendo 3DS, it's going to stay up there for a while longer and then we'll just merge it with the rest of the forum.
Click on the spoiler to find out what is changed, added and removed. Of course, if you don't like something, you can say and I'll try to fix it.
Generally, the forum main page is not smaller, but it seems better organized now. The only bad thing is that we have a huge section called 'Popular Nintendo Games' now, but I think it's okay.
I also added a few new categories and completely hid some useless, like Tournaments and GotY. Game of the Year Awards can be revived in the future, but it didn't get enough attention in the first place, so I think it should be taken off the main page. PotY can stay, as I've been planning on doing "midseason" PotY during the summer holidays, as we skipped one last year.
As for Nintendo 3DS, it's going to stay up there for a while longer and then we'll just merge it with the rest of the forum.
Click on the spoiler to find out what is changed, added and removed. Of course, if you don't like something, you can say and I'll try to fix it.
- Spoiler:
- * Rules & Forum categories have been merged.
* Others is renamed to Members Area and moved new forums into it.
* Tournaments and GotY have been permanently hidden, for inactivity.
* Mario Kart is moved to Mario Games
* 3D and 2D Mario have been merged into Main Series
* SSB forums have been merged into one and moved to Other Games.
* Zelda and Kirby are moved to Other Games
* Other Games is renamed to Popular Nintendo Games.
* Added Nintendo News to Other Games and merged it with Pokemon, Zelda and Kirby News. Forum Staff can moderate it.
* Added Sony and Microsoft forums. Forum Staff can moderate them.
* Some threads from Other Games/General Discussion were moved to more appropriate threads, while the forum itself has been renamed to General Gaming Discussion and moved to Global Gaming.
* Added a Sports section in Miscellaneous.
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* I am not sure if anyone uses the "View posts since last visit" button when the latest topics are flooded, but since it's not really user friendly, I have created a button so you can all use it when there are more than 15 new posts on the forum.
* Optional task for a moderator: Move all threads from Other Games/General Discussion and Off-Topic Discussion to more appropriate forums.
Last edited by Skochko on Fri May 27, 2011 9:46 am; edited 1 time in total