New Graal Website

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by nightslayer317

Thanks for the feedback guys. I will have the suggested changes incorporated into the next design update. Do you think there should be a video on the homepage like there currently is?

No. Screenshots work just as well. However, if you do go with a video, please make sure it does not autoplay .

[Imperialistic]

Originally Posted by Stephen

What I have seen can never be unseen.

Figured their was going to be that one in the bunch that whines.

[nightslayer317]

Originally Posted by Imperialistic

Figured their was going to be that one in the bunch that whines.

LOL that is ok, we can use the new one and he can keep using the blue one

right richie?

[Crono]

Colors seem too dark and gloomy, other than that it's still an improvement but I dont' see why we can't just go back to the old site before v5.

[FaLLChiLD]

It's often easiest to drag someone in when you can find "Download" right on the main page. The less searching the easier to begin.

Maybe the navigation should go as such:

Graal Gold (Zone and Gk can both fall under this)
Graal Classic (our beloved playerworlds)
Media (front page to see what kind of game it is through screenshots or video)
Download (this could actually possibly go into media?)
Forums
and Contact

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Imperialistic

Figured their was going to be that one in the bunch that whines.

Wikipedia: Visual Heirarchy




It's not whining; it's knowing better and mourning those who don't.

[nightslayer317]

Originally Posted by FaLLChiLD

It's often easiest to drag someone in when you can find "Download" right on the main page. The less searching the easier to begin.

Maybe the navigation should go as such:

Graal Gold (Zone and Gk can both fall under this)
Graal Classic (our beloved playerworlds)
Media (front page to see what kind of game it is through screenshots or video)
Download (this could actually possibly go into media?)
Forums
and Contact

This navigation change will be implemented in the design update along with the DOWNLOAD idea.

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Wikipedia: Visual Heirarchy




It's not whining; it's knowing better and mourning those who don't.

So why don't you give some feedback instead of just "What I have seen can never be unseen"
It's not helpful.

I dont think the screenshot is bad, but it still lacks a graal feel to me. Nothing in game looks like anything on there. I think images on the website should be of what you would see in game.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

So why don't you give some feedback instead of just "What I have seen can never be unseen"
It's not helpful.

Directly linking him to the main underlying cause - not graal related - as to why his design is fug-ugly isn't constructive?





...Right.

[sssssssssss]

http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...hp?t=134256604

please add this in too!!!! PLZ.

[Umat]

That was an ugly website. I don't like it at all, as part of the community and as a webdeveloper. Ugh.

It looks too bulky, too dark. It's nothing someone would stare at and be impressed. It's too much details on it. Websites should be easy on the eyes since the important part is the information it has, not the design itself, although it helps if the design looks nice.

Light on dark is very hard for eyes to focus on.

[Crow]

I don't like that "Welcome to Graal Online" opening, looks very blurry, hard to read. The font size in the main content area is way too small. As said already, a website has to be easy on the eyes. I also dislike the cheap 3D button effect where the login form is located. Also, considering the rest of the layout, I don't think the rounded edges at the bottom work very well.

[Umat]

Originally Posted by Crow

I don't like that "Welcome to Graal Online" opening, looks very blurry, hard to read. The font size in the main content area is way too small. As said already, a website has to be easy on the eyes. I also dislike the cheap 3D button effect where the login form is located. Also, considering the rest of the layout, I don't think the rounded edges at the bottom work very well.

Agreed. But the design overall is terrible. The old website from 2005 looks better than that. And I think that one's ugly. I preferred the 2001 and 2003 designs.

But a modern website inspired by the old ones wouldn't be that bad. Like keep colors and some logos and add a Web2.0 touch or the next new thing to it.

I'm trying to work something out with the 2001 design. But since I work with webdesign, 5 days a week 9 am to 6 pm, I don't always feel like continuing doing my job for free after workhours. :P

We'll see if I get it working enough to have something to show. Then I'll show it. Some of you already know the address, I'm sure. Just pm me if there's something you propose I would need to change because it's either too much or just a bad idea.

[alskdjfhg]

Bump. Because I wanna see a sexier more user friendly website ASAP.

[Liberated]

I'll give a shot at one, i guess i'll be trying to give the mainpage the forumstyle, and the playerworlds,gk, and zone pages their own styles matching the servers.