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***Roavin*** · 02-24-2019, 05:08 PM

(02-24-2019, 07:25 AM)Amerion Wrote: What is wrong with the suggestions made in the previous threads? Tsu's proposal seemed perfectly fine.

First, Tsu's proposal is mostly what we have right now.
Second, times change, and so do our requirements and goals!

For those curious what the myBB portal page looks like, click here.

(This post was last modified: 02-24-2019, 05:12 PM by Roavin.)

***Roavin*** · 02-24-2019, 06:48 PM

What if the front page of the forum was something like this?

Welcome to the South Pacific!
What to get involved and don't know where to start? Click here!

The Government

-> Assembly
-> Cabinet
-> High Court

University

-> Lecture Hall
-> Library
-> Laboratory

Fun and Games

-> Roleplay
-> Spam games
-> TSP's Steam Group

Many more exciting things can be found in the full forum index.

Latest Announcements: (this part on the right if I could figure out the BBCode for it)

-> Seraph elected Delegate again!
-> Nakari calculates letter distributions
of GCR Delegate nation pretitles
-> Belschaft cranky about court
case, surprising noone
-> Rebs still crazy

**Amerion** · 02-24-2019, 09:36 PM

Do we have to look at this front page every time we visit the forum?

Otherwise, it looks good.

***Roavin*** · 02-24-2019, 09:44 PM

I could check if we could make that a user setting via plugin or such, if we were to go that route.

**Amerion** · 02-24-2019, 09:55 PM

This may be an unpopular opinion but I would like to see only one theme used on the forum. That way, developments can be made without having to worry if it will work across all the varying themes.

I also quite like what Europeia has with their forum headers and the links within it. Is a similar thing possible here?

***Roavin*** · 02-24-2019, 10:03 PM

(02-24-2019, 09:55 PM)Amerion Wrote: This may be an unpopular opinion but I would like to see only one theme used on the forum. That way, developments can be made without having to worry if it will work across all the varying themes.

There are pros and cons here. @sandaoguo ?

(02-24-2019, 09:55 PM)Amerion Wrote: I also quite like what Europeia has with their forum headers and the links within it. Is a similar thing possible here?

Similar? You mean better. And yes. Wink

**Amerion** · 02-24-2019, 10:15 PM

(02-24-2019, 10:03 PM)Roavin Wrote: Similar? You mean better. And yes.

Good. *Adds to the list of things to pester about* Devil

**Amerion** · 02-24-2019, 11:06 PM

Below is my rough proposal for a forum reorganisation.

I am not quite sure what to do with the Civic and Political Organization Center as its stated purpose — "A place where nations can discuss civic issues in the region and build political organizations. When a political party is big enough and active, they can apply for their own subforum" — no longer seems current. Could it be folded into another sub-forum?

PORT BERRY

Docklands Information Centre	A comprehensive library of educational threads created largely from what is currently being worked on in the Dispatch Reform. This will include guides to TSP's government, our forum, dispatch writing, etc.
Office of Immigration and Registration	Functions similarly to the Welcome and Registration Centre; wherein the Legislator Committee and Ministry of Foreign Affairs will process Legislator applications for foreign diplomat credentials, respectively.
Waterpark Central	Similar to the Lampshade District. Given the amount of activity which currently goes on in the district, it would make sense to provide it with a prominent placing so as to attract newcomers and display our posting prowess for the whole world to gawk at.

FUDGETOPIA GOVERNMENT CENTRE

Assembly	Self-explanatory.
Executive Offices	Self-explanatory.
High Court	Self-explanatory.
Council on Regional Security	Self-explanatory.
Local Council Offices	Self-explanatory.
Embassy Row	Self-explanatory.

Treasure Island

As Roavin has suggested above, we should allow Treasure Island to organise themselves.

*'INSERT NAME cough* Kringle cough' MUSEUEM OF HISTORY**

Archives	Self-explanatory.
Former Forums	Self-explanatory.

(This post was last modified: 02-24-2019, 11:57 PM by Amerion.)

***Roavin*** · 02-25-2019, 04:35 AM

There are a few good and a few less than good things there, but before I get into the nitty gritty (later today), I think the specifics of the forum layout also depends on whether we have a landing/portal/welcome page or not. If we do, then we can just organize the forum in whichever way is most logical, but if we don't, then we need to worry more about placing things in an intuitive manner for new, unknown people.

Port Berry, as proposed, would be for the latter scenario, probably.

**Amerion** · 02-25-2019, 05:29 AM

(02-25-2019, 04:35 AM)Roavin Wrote: There are a few good and a few less than good things there, but before I get into the nitty gritty (later today), I think the specifics of the forum layout also depends on whether we have a landing/portal/welcome page or not. If we do, then we can just organize the forum in whichever way is most logical, but if we don't, then we need to worry more about placing things in an intuitive manner for new, unknown people.

Port Berry, as proposed, would be for the latter scenario, probably.

Port Berry sounds like a hip frozen yoghurt place.

I am in favour of a landing page regardless. Is there a selection of layouts available or is this the only one?