MOD POST - WELCOME TO INFOSITE BETA REVIEW

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Hi guys. I'm back from my mod hiatus with a bang and I neeeeeeed you.

March was spent getting our frustratingly, can I get an amen? scattered game information gathered into a single location. Now we have a beta version of that single location for you all to review.

IS THAT A WEBSITE I SEE THERE?

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
Look around.
Tell us here if there's anything missing.
Feel free to tell us if something's always been worded a bit confusingly so we can get it clarified.
Point out typos, or bad links or missing footers.
Anything else you need to see updated/changed/fixed/added/etc.


There are no new rules here. These are all rules that have been in existence for some time in poly, but have not been easily accessible or linked or buried amidst other rules and posts.

Again, let me reiterate, this is the beta version not the final release. Judge this for content, not visuals. The final version will live on polychromatic-rp.info (yes, we now have a domain) but not until our content has been reviewed. My goal at this time is to have the final version ready to go live in time for our second anniversary in May.

Comments

[german-beefcake.livejournal.com]

Looks good so far! =3 I like it. I just hope other people (especially new members) will take the time to read it too.

Looking over the LJ-cut/HTML section, maybe add the textarea code?

And if you want to add this.. since I've been asked a few times how I do the rainbow color for Del, I use tektek (http://www.tektek.org/color/).

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Great idea and thanks! for the link for Del's colors. I'll add both.

[monsterepellant.livejournal.com]

HOLY CRAP THAT IS SO EPIC *FLAILS* 8DDDDD *goes to scan through*

[merchantboom.livejournal.com]

HAWT.

Have chibi goblin love.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Aw. The cute, it scares me!

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

It looks good! The only thing I'm noticing is the sparklies are gone (http://polychromatic.mods.googlepages.com/gameplay%7Clj-cutsandhtml). I don't know if the sparkle image is removed from that hosting or if your site won't load it. But that's all I can really see.

The loli she is happy by this.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

You mean sparklies in the actual site or links to sparkle code? If you can give me good links to sparkle code, I'll happily add them to that page for other people's use. =)

[banditfox.livejournal.com]

This is lovely. It's so nice to have it all in one place. Thank you!

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

[floating-bamboo.livejournal.com]

This is just AMAZING.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Wait until you see the final version. I'm excited to be working on it.

[playstheblues.livejournal.com]

Links to taken characters? Or is it there and I'm not seeing it ._.?

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

I added it. I think you'll find it easy to find now.

[luna-alchemy.livejournal.com]

wow.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

^^

[hitachiin]

HAWT. The Web Site is a FANTASTIC idea! It makes the graphic/web designer in me vair happy. ♥

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Yay! I hope the final version will make you even happier. This one's mainly just the actual information architecture. The next iteration will actually include something more than google's templates with our info.

[keikain.livejournal.com]

Sexy~~ ♥

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I like the icon to go with the comment. XD

[better-third.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's all I can say.

Oh, and ♥.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

&hearts right back atcha.

[demon-bird.livejournal.com]

Quick pop in before I have to drop back out.

Looks good, HTML based or CCS? *isn't going to really critique it because she doesn't have the time to be all professional on this*

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

It's currently living on googlepages using their templates, meaning HTML. When it goes live in our own domain it will look different and use CSS. That's why this is content review.

[birdpungoeshere.livejournal.com]

One small thing! It might not even count.

In my experience, the HTML guides don't generally work (at least, for my browser) because of how the quotation marks are formatted in word(?). These: “”, cause errors, while these: "", the ones that show up automatically in LJ, don't. Example:

<img src="http://userpic.livejournal.com/73078206/15159340"> =


<img src=“http://userpic.livejournal.com/73078206/15159340”> =

I dunno if you want to or can fix this, but I thought I'd bring it up for sobriety's sake.

That aside, beautiful website, kudos ♥

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Thanks for pointing that out. I was c/ping existing posts. I turn off smart quotes in Word when I'm editing HTML. I forget that not everyone else does, including whichever mod had written the post I c/ped. .

[just_rayne]

The beta form is looking all shades sexy right now.

[plant-doctor.livejournal.com]

That looks absolutely amazing.

[sister-samurai.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous. Seriously. ♥

The main thing I can see that might call for some updating is the FAQ section. A couple of the questions still hark back to when In City/Out of City interaction was possible, and there are some aspects of City life/game conventions that could use a little clarification and standardization, like whether the buildings regenerate (once upon a time they did, but I believe that's obsolete these days) and how City Death works.

[crone-mod.livejournal.com]

Excellent points! Very, very good ones. They may take a couple of days to get updated, unlike some of the other issues, but that is really important stuff. Thank you!

[compactcrucifix.livejournal.com]

Looooving the colour scheme and general layout, it's really fab. I'll be perusing it with great joy tonight and tomorrow. Thank you, mods! ♥

[heartlikeadrum.livejournal.com]

I find it to be nice and organized so far. ♥ Lovely. It's much easier to find things now.

[not-alaska.livejournal.com]

The structure seems a little confusing, like how far down the organization you are. If I click "Applications" I get this nice little blurb thing, but the links are the same as the ones from the menu before? Perhaps a system of symbols for each level of organization.

If I click Application, Links are at the top of the list, which is good, but on the default page it's after "After You've Been Accepted". Oh wait, I just got it, it's in alphabetical order. Is that intentional?

The font on the calendar (http://polychromatic.mods.googlepages.com/gameplay%7Ccalendar) is a bit small, but that might just be me.

The update for the HTML section was much needed, so thanks for that.

Is that map someone was working on going to go in Destinations? Because I liked it.


Aaaanyway, sorry for being so nitpicky, I just have nothing better to do with my time and I do so love me some organization. ♥ ♥ ♥

[dreadnot.livejournal.com]

It's deliberately alphabetical.

However, the rest of your points are well worth consideration. Nitpicking is part of the beta process.

The map that Mel was working on could go in Destinations if it is updated to put things back where they have always been. It was presented in a beta version as well and has stayed in an unusable beta thereafter because Mel has a lot on her plate.

[quackingly.livejournal.com]

^^ This is a GREAT idea! Everything looks good so far. The only things I thought of to ask about were updating the FAQs and the map, but that's already been addressed, so. I can't wait to see the final version!