Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Rutherford Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: new look for SCEE site Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 16:20:27 +0100 Organization: The Hex Heroes Lines: 46 Message-ID: <35E184BB.6663@writeme.com> References: <6r9ofo$ea912@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: atl4-033.publab.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) Paul Bircham wrote: > Looks like the new SCEE site is up and running, it has a new look, and > I would have to say that I'm not too keen on the new look, maybe it > will grow on me. Mmm, I go on holiday for a week - and look what happens... For the record, I think the 'new look' website is pretty shoddy. Yep, things are easier to find, but I reckon this could have been altered a little more subtley. Anybody fancy a straw poll? If I could make a few humble suggestions: Include text links for each section on the main page, instead of (but certainly as well as) the image map - this will make the site more accessible to everybody (yep, maybe even palm-pilot owners, Paul!). The additional benefit is that you have a visible indication of which bits you've visited already. Bring back the 'news last updated' date marker. Have someone spell check the pages ;op If possible, reconfigure the home pages listing system - maybe keep a continually updating html file on the Sony Server for quicker access. The CGI script is becoming very slow (certainly from where I'm sitting). Alternatively, split up the script so that only the pages registered in the last month are displayed (the full list being accessible at the click of a button). Change the games top-ten so that it's no longer a numbered list (everyone has different favourite games - ordering them is a pretty pointless exercise). Don't limit the list to ten games, this is also very restrictive. Alternatively, implement a voting system - each member having a vote a month, or something. Either way, link directly to the member's page, rather than keeping a dodgy copy on the list page. This will ensure that hit-whore members don't get narky about losing visitors and the latest (best) version of their game will be the only one available. Bring back the staff list - 'Lewis, Colin - Technical Queeries' was always good for a chuckle. James (mrfrosty)