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    Marketing ideas

    in Development (concluded)

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    I'm actually in the middle of writing something for RPS for this weekend, so that front is covered.

     

    It'll be worth going back to Kotaku and Destructoid I suppose, as they have written about the site before when it was just started.

    Add Information from WSGF

    in Development (concluded)

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    Thanks Garrett this looks great, really appreciate the work you've done on this.

     

    I realize now that having 2 links is redundant (and will always be, no need for granularity here). Could we replace:

    widescreen_wsgf_link =

    multimonitor_wsgf_link =

     

    with a single link, e.g.

    wsgf_link =

     

     

    I acknowledge our CSS is a big mess! Ideally the CSS and images and everything would get fixed all together at some point in the future, perhaps when we are 'feature complete' and we can just focus on good content..

    Add Information from WSGF

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    Hey Garrett this looks really amazing thanks so much for the work you've done on it :). It looks fantastic.

     

    I am hoping that someone can do a couple of cosmetic tweaks to the Video Settings template please. I've also attached an image with diagrams to what I think should be changed.

     

    1) Native column spacing not quite centred - there is a spacer there.. can it be removed?

    2) icon sizes need to be slightly smaller to match other icons (later we can redesign them as they aren't clear at that size)

    3) total column width doesn't quite look right, should be 100px

    videosettings.png

    Add Information from WSGF

    in Development (concluded)

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    I would like to go with Garret's idea unless anyone has major reservations.

     

    This would involve editing this template: http://pcgamingwiki.com/index.php?title ... ction=edit

    We would have to make sure the two columns are added in gracefully and are backwards compatible with the old template too. This is quite a complex task, it would be worth making a sandbox copy of the Template and playing with it. If worst comes to worst and no one can do it, I will call in our MediaWiki ringer Masked Turk who is a god at parser functions and CSS.

     

    Here's an example of new entries:

     

    widescreen_wsgf_award = A/B/limited/unsupported

    widescreen_wsgf_link = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/dmc-devil-may-cry/en

    multimonitor_wsgf_award = A/B/limited/unsupported

    multimonitor_wsgf_link = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/dmc-devil-may-cry/en

    Home page

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    This is because Home hides the tagline, thus moving everything up, which is normally preferred for the main page.

     

    One solution would be to move them up into the header area (for all pages, not just Home, for consistency).

     

    I've re-enabled this, let me know if it looks okay.

    General information and icons

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    I would like to create a few icons to make it more clear what general information is out there. As a principle, General information should contains the biggest forums, and possible links to specifically very helpful threads or resources to getting the game running.

     

    We have:

    {{mm}} - generic icon

     

    We could also have icons for the most common forums:

    Steam Discussion

    Steam Power User Forums

    Origin Forums

     

    We could draw these in from the latest favicons from these sites.

    Home page

    in Development (concluded)

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    Chrome 25. I tried it in IE 8 and the Tweet message and Reddit box don't show up at all.

     

    It looks like if the Tweet button loaded correctly, then it would align horizontally correctly too. Does the Tweet button load on other pages?

     

    I disabled the social bar for IE because of a bunch of display issues, but it's working for IE10 and up I think.

    Vote for next project?

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    I decided to put the Humble Bundle initiative on hold so that we can regroup and get more momentum when the next Humble Indie Bundle gets released.

     

    I'm wondering what we should cover next so that we can push our users to help out. Some ideas:

    Help pages - needs drastic work to make sure everything is up to date, including mission statement, sample article, etc.

    Guides - these need a good look. Includes 'gaming glossary' which also needs plenty of work.

    Working on Availability template

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    I've wrote up this potential alternative to the current Availability Table. Any thoughts on it?

     

    This looks good Soeb, I'm happy with this implementation. I wasn't so sure about moving from 'Account unlock' to DRM column, but it does make some sense.

     

    I think that a blank in the DRM column should mean 'no additional DRM'.

     

    I was thinking that a 'DRM-free' icon could indicate that an EXE can be downloaded and launched without an additional client. This would mean Fallout on GOG.com is DRM-free, but not on Steam (even though on Steam, you can launch it without the client, but you need Steam to download it in the first place. Maybe it could say 'DRM-free installer' or 'DRM-free DL'.

     

    Any thoughts?

    Home page

    in Development (concluded)

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    I think the Recent Changes are incredibly important for editors. The Recently Edited Articles don't serve much of a functional purpose if I'm honest. I'd vote for Recently Edited Articles to be kicked off the island.

     

    I agree.

     

    The main reason for adding the Recently edit articles page was to clearly signpost that we:

    a) support PC gaming as a multi-OS environment

    b) signpost the fact that we have 'guides' available for common PC issues

     

    Do people think it has a value? Or we can ditch it.

     

    I intend to implement the page sometime today once I've fixed some CSS issues.

    Dates

    in Development (concluded)

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    I think perhaps it would be a good idea to stick with the Wikipedia standard of Month DD YYYY.

     

    Originally I implemented DD Month YYYY as I felt this made the most sense, but it's probably better to go with the 'majority' view in this case/

     

    Also I'll be moving this thread into the 'Improvements' forum.

    Home page

    in Development (concluded)

    Posted

    I've made a change to Home/Recently edited2 to looks like this: http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home/Recently_edited2 - I plan to refine it a bit later. Does it function okay or should I switch to 2 per row instead. I'd also like it centred as well (when it splits into 2 rows) but I can't seem to get it to work. Also there is some weird behaviour with switching from tables to divs.

     

    If anyone can do a 'How to help' logo that would be amazing. My photoshop skills are very poor.

    Marketing ideas

    in Development (concluded)

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    Traffic and contribution levels have been excellent for the site over the last 2 months. In fact, the Kickstarter seems to have brought about a renewed interest in the project. However, it's always good to try and reach out even more. After all, the more people who know about it, the more potential editors we'll get.

     

    What we've done..

    game giveaways

    forum linking

    comment linking

    RPS The Fixer column

    Kickstarter

    tweeting TotalBiscuit

     

    Would love to hear any more ideas if you've got any :).

    Sample article and multiple OS

    in Development (concluded)

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    So there seems to be multiple directions people want to take the Sample Article when it comes to splitting amongst 3 operating systems. I'm hoping to discuss some options and figure out a good long-term solution:

     

    a) Each OS heading with repeated tables

    Advantages

    Everything on one page

    Disadvantages

    Lots of repeated information

    Anchor links will only go to the first one on the page (e.g. #Video Settings would be repeated 3 times, but no way to link to only the Windows one)

     

    b) Subpages for each OS (e.g. Team Fortress 2 (Windows), Team Fortress 2 (Mac), Team Fortress 2 (Linux))

    Advantages

    Each article would be very comprehensive for that specific OS

    Disadvantages

    Lots of repeated information

    Would need a new layout to help navigate for each OS

    Confusing for Seriesbox layout - should we only include the Windows versions?

    Which OS version to link to?

     

    c) Combined information, e.g. Game data with 3 rows for each OS.

    Advantages

    Puts all the information in one place

    Disadvantages

    Makes it much harder to find OS specific info. e.g. a borderless fullscreen windowed hack would be listed for Windows, but wouldn't work on Mac or Linux - we might need to clarify OS in a 'Fixbox', or to create a new 'Issuebox' to specify OS

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