Plans for the GFF Front Page

The frontpage has changed since a couple of weeks, but I have quite a few problems with how it looks at the moment. For starters, there is no link to the forums, nor is there any information that might suggest that there is more behind gamingforce.org, aside form the reviews that have been posted. Seeing as this is a FORUM PROJECT, it should be a given that the community behind the reviews should be made clear.

Second, the links to the comments do not work. Visitors who don't know anything about GFF, will just look at the three reviews that have been posted, and when they can't check out the comments, they'll easily conclude that it's the work of some kid who likes games but knows shit about web design.

Those are just the two most important issues, but there is a lot more that needs to be done of course. It should be made clear that this is not the main purpose of Gamingforce, but just a SIDE PROJECT. It should be made clear that the forums are what matters most, especially at this early stage. Later on, when and if there are more reviews, and the site actually gets some succes, there could be talk about putting both things on an equal level.

I also think that it needs to be made clear who is in charge of the project, right now there is ZERO transparency about who decides which reviews get posted on the frontpage, what the criteria are for the reviews (just a sticky thread isn't enough), and how someone can submit their review (again, this is where the connection to the forums is important).

Thoughts and ideas?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Bigblah

Sigh, I'm not going to do everything by myself. I'm playing a facilitator role here, it's up to the people who initiated this project in the first place to continue to push it along.

Since the frontpage currently makes me look like "a kid who knows shit about web design" I'll just take it down. I have enough crap to worry about at the moment.

Also, if editors don't want to edit, we might as well do away with the process entirely.

I'm not blaming you for all of this, and sorry if I offended you. I didn't even know that you designed the front page and were in charge of it. I was hoping for some reactions from the members who started it (Devo, Skills and others). From the comments in my journal it does seem that there is some work going on, but why does it have to happen behind the screens by a small group? It's not like every member of GFF would want to interfere is there was discussion going on in this subforum. I just want some openess, and an occassional update from the other members who are in charge of this thing.

There's nowhere I can't reach.