Strange site design idea.

[Kangus]

While browsing Tribes mods recently, I ran across a mod that decided to take a rather interesting approach to site design. The whole damn site was centered around the forums. The news was posted on a forum, the documentation was posted on the forum... the whole deal... despite the fact there was not a load of eye candy, the design really really worked for me I was wondering what you guys would think if WoD went forum based.
check out the mod's site here: http://planettribes.com/rpg/

 

[someguy_99]

NO!!!!!!!!!!! I WON'T BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD!!!!!! YOU'LL HAVE TO SEND EVERY FILE I WANT TO ME!!!!!

 

[Kangus]

Don't worry, I would still be using fileplanet for downloads. I would still be uploading images & such to the normal WoD directory. I would not be using attachments. Don't worry.

 

[someguy_99]

YAY!!!!!!!!

 

[FireSlash]

hmm. depends on how you integrate it. i would imagine it would be good for news (a small locked forum, set to display the last X days) then another that has locked thread starting for tuts, then people can reply... yeah, i see the ups, but it would be really restricting in what you could do with the site itself. i suggest you cook the site up, but in a seperate dir, then let us test it out, find the weak points, and see if its feasable.

 

[Smoke39]

It appears that I'm the only one that doesn't like the idea...

 

[Psycho_Leech]

Hmmm...

Could be ok, I think Fireslash is right about the idea of a trial run, but I'm not sure if it should go entirely forum-based, try having two versions, a forum based section and the standard WoD pages.

 

[Kangus]

certain pages would stay HTMLed definitely... not sure which ones though. Probably downloads & other static info that wouldn't change.

On the other hand, tutorials, news & reviews would be forum based (& backed up on my harddrive)

WoD has recieved an invite to move house to BU. I may try this out when and if we move.

 

[Psycho_Leech]

Well...

Links to downloads could be based on the forum, so that you could post refrence to dead links and other stuff like that, and also reviews.

 

[Kangus]

hmmmm..... I am now sure that reviews are going to become forum based.... that way people can post their thoughts & rank the mods on a scale of 1-10.... I will use the User Reviews Forum for this.... I need to set up a basic system for the initial review though... see my upcoming post in that forum for potential details...