05-21-2013, 02:32 PM
It does look quite silly when last revision was made over a year ago. It just makes it look like there is no active development going on. It also seems rather pointless to have all those SVN logs of things that you didn't do. I know you liked the server and you are trying to keep it alive, but just copy pasting the existing site content makes it seem rather lazy? It even has this on features page:
and at vendor search:
and a github link.
Few suggestions:
1) You probably should pull portions of the website offline that aren't ready yet. No point in having content where it just says that this information can't be accessed.
2) Should probably add the changes you've already done to change log. That way people see there's active development going on.
3) There has already been IN iteration called IN: Reborn. It's even referred in Taran's server closing post. This might confuse people so I suggest you'd reconsider the name.
4) Add a status page. This is more of a personal preference, but if I'd ever see a familiar name on shard status page I might be more inclined to log in. I played IN because of it's players and this iteration of IN wouldn't be any different. It's a whole another matter if I'd actually go through the hazzle of installing UO just to have a chat with someone, but seeing a familiar name on a status page would certainly make me feel more inclined to do so.
5) Simple installer. Nowadays, ease of installation is important. People are used to just running the installer and optionally choosing installation directory. When you find a setup that works with most configurations, make a simple installer for everything needed for your UO installation. I know there is some copyright issues with UO client, but try to ease the process of installation as much as you can. If you have to install this, update that, copy this, download and install that 3rd party software, edit the login details and hope you did everything right so it works, that's not simple enough for some people.
6) http://every****ingwebsite.com/ (oh, it got censored. Well, it's a url puzzle for dummies now. Fill in the stars
)
Quote:NOTE: This server has been closed and this text is only meant to help those that want to create their own server with our scripts and files.
and at vendor search:
Quote:IN’s not online, so this page won’t work. :<
and a github link.
Few suggestions:
1) You probably should pull portions of the website offline that aren't ready yet. No point in having content where it just says that this information can't be accessed.
2) Should probably add the changes you've already done to change log. That way people see there's active development going on.
3) There has already been IN iteration called IN: Reborn. It's even referred in Taran's server closing post. This might confuse people so I suggest you'd reconsider the name.
4) Add a status page. This is more of a personal preference, but if I'd ever see a familiar name on shard status page I might be more inclined to log in. I played IN because of it's players and this iteration of IN wouldn't be any different. It's a whole another matter if I'd actually go through the hazzle of installing UO just to have a chat with someone, but seeing a familiar name on a status page would certainly make me feel more inclined to do so.
5) Simple installer. Nowadays, ease of installation is important. People are used to just running the installer and optionally choosing installation directory. When you find a setup that works with most configurations, make a simple installer for everything needed for your UO installation. I know there is some copyright issues with UO client, but try to ease the process of installation as much as you can. If you have to install this, update that, copy this, download and install that 3rd party software, edit the login details and hope you did everything right so it works, that's not simple enough for some people.
6) http://every****ingwebsite.com/ (oh, it got censored. Well, it's a url puzzle for dummies now. Fill in the stars
)