A new Graal Website
 

Okay, the current website www.graalonline.com SUCKS!!!!, it's not even an improving website that shows you LETS PLAY GRAAL ONLINE, cuz the interface tells you: GO AWAY FROM GRAAL I AM UGLY, look at other game sites, with news on the page and updates, the current graalonline website is a flat, unupdated website, even there is no Register button, you have to go way the community-->Become a member, but everyone is lazy to do that, and the Download link is in community-->downloads, why would someone read that, everyone is lazy and want to do the easiest thing ever

Make a better website then and present it to them, other than that you're beating a dead horse.

It needs a full revamp, it has a section on Zone, and Skill Games, but it doesn't have -anything- on iPhone.

Someone launch an attack on the website and make it redirect to one of the older ones from the Internet Archives.

I remember reading somewhere that Tig has a team together to make one.

I think I remember reading that as well, but that was a rather long time ago by now.

I'm glad he can put a team together for that and not GK

I remember that same thing... That was months ago and no word. Either they love keeping it secret or it never happened.

I'll make one and post it later, see what you guys think.

I'd love to actually make a website design myself as I've made quite a few ones for school projects, but the thing is that we don't have that much access to the files and such things we need to know in order to organize a new one properly, so it makes it quite impossible to make a new one just like that. I remember it being a GDT Project last year I think, right when the GDT was created. I had a few ideas in mind, but the discussion just stop'd and nothing came out of it, nothing productive nor concrete.

The access thing is just an excuse, no one had the motivation or talent to actually make one. There were people who offered to help but no one to lead the project and get something completed.

Besides unix/Stefan paid for the site they got built and don't want to admit defeat and use a community-created one.

Working on a Logo right now for the website, Using Macromedia Studios 8 to Develop. Tell me what you think overall and tell do you like the png or gif one?

That's honestly a hundred times worse imo.

=[ Well tell me what you want?

You don't have to give me money, I just want a Shetland pony

Why not both a pony and money?

Can't you make an unofficial website and link people to that instead?

Oh God, please let's not try and revive the past. Any design >3 years old is outdated. x_x

But yeah, what fowlplay4 said: this has been discussed to death. If you want a new website, get a professional game site developer. If you are one, then please make a new website. :cool:

I'm gonna flip If I read the word professional misused one more time.

If such a miracle exists to help chances are they aren't professional if they think graal is worth taking up.

A professional web designer won't care how popular or unpopular Graal is. They're getting paid for their work, either way. :cool:

It's simple. It's not cluttered. It's efficient.

Chances are the current website was made by a "professional" who didn't know anything about Graal. Soala playing around in Frontpage would probably be better.

It's scrumdilliumptious.

Added like this plox.

Eh. It's ugly and old, by today's standards. 'Simple, clean, and efficient' shouldn't be the only things taken into consideration. Besides, nothing about that design says, "Graal is a game!" But there's already a discussion somewhere about Graal designs, and that one was probably discussed, as it's not the first time I've seen it suggested.

The current website was probably made by a "professional" who received ideas from Unixmad, and did with them what they wanted. Said professional probably wasn't at the forefront of modern web design, either. :(

But hey, if you know an actual, great designer who plays Graal, that's nice! You should try and convince them to make a mock-up.

this.

The problem is that people get confused when it comes to how to register, download the client, upgrade the account etc. and quite frankly - any of the previous website designs were hell of a lot more logical and organized than the current garbage.

It's not that hard to think about something simple, functional and good looking. It just requires some work.
Hell, that's what making websites is all about!

how to fix website:

turn back time machine to anything before 2006

done

I did post a mockup ages ago in another thread.

Edit:
http://althack.org/graal/sketch-wd-2.png

This one is nice, the buttons are dumb, could use some touch up, but clean nonetheless.

New site should include an official Graal wiki of all servers, information about iPhone, and a real download/registration button >_>

This is what Graal needs.

lol@playercount

I'd totaly like to go on that website, everything's clearly displayed and it's rather simple. Great start :)

You can have my pony

Your pony died because it wasn't pretty enough.

Just like all my friends and family. :cry:

"made by player, for players"

lol

Keeping in mind that Graal's ultimate purpose is to make Stefan money, why hasn't he redone, or at least assembled a team to do it for him, the website? It's driving players away by how ugly it is... It should probably be a priority for Graal to fix this.. ?_?

Does it have trainers. If it does, I will report it.

I like the header, but that's really all that looks finished. It's a decent mockup, though. The content block just needs refining, and we need some kind of actual Graal logo that represents the main type of server on the game.

I'll mock something up and post it when I get internet at home.
I think it should be very community orientated, like bringing back the online profiles for each player that shows their stats on each server, showing the most active global guilds on the front page, etc.