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| Snowcone:
Let me take a step back and walk you through some use cases and gather more data. Here are the other big cover sites: http://vgboxart.com/ http://www.console-covers.com/ http://www.cdcovers.cc/ http://www.covergalaxy.com When a user or a member visits the site, everything they are here to do/see should be immediately accessible on the front page. So what are those activities? (You can set aside login/visit the forum as that's a given) |
| irvgotti452:
--- Quote from: segamer on June 26, 2013, 05:30:32 PM --- --- Quote from: Snowcone on June 26, 2013, 04:35:39 PM --- --- Quote from: segamer on June 26, 2013, 03:09:39 PM ---Ummm... In regards to the home page. I like the colors; orange, black, white and gray. Keep it simple. I'm not sure about the cluster of covers in the middle. That looks a bit busy. The greater work needs to be done on the data base. It needs to be scrubbed of low quality covers or maybe a rating system should be added to the covers. There should also be three sections in my opinion: Retail, Custom, and Placeholder. So we can get cover off the forums and make them searchable though the data base. Oh, and make Arseen a cover admin for the purpose of accessing cover that have been submitted to the site. --- End quote --- The covers in the middle is supposed to be a new take on the "Most Recent Covers" from the current homepage. The idea being that usually when people visit the site they are here to look for cover art or see what we have that is new. As for the database, i'll handle that. I'm going to expand the data we collect on each cover and I'll setup some search and filtering capabilities that allow users to quickly find covers by: Name Artist Console Case Type Cover type (Retail, Custom, etc) Tell me more about this Placeholder type and what we would use it for? --- End quote --- In regards to the Placeholder option, the forums houses hundreds of completed cover for games not available on the sites data base. Most of these covers are good but not up to site standards for one reason or another (Links provided). Because they are housed on the forums, it can be difficult to find them; especially for visitors. Even if the covers aren't perfect, most people prefer to have something as opposed to a loose cartridge. It would be nice to make these available. http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=10382.0 http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=12282.msg103069;topicseen#new http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=368.2655 (Shameless plug of my thread) http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=11578.0 --- End quote --- I think that placeholder option you speak of would defeat the purpose of us having standards lol. |
| e_brugal:
So far looks good maybe bigger letters, and you can add an inlay link and have the option to upload them |
| FritzWhite:
--- Quote from: irvgotti452 on June 26, 2013, 05:58:33 PM ---I think that placeholder option you speak of would defeat the purpose of us having standards lol. --- End quote --- If the covers were in a section labeled as not approved or custom, then it should be clear enough that it's a section with alternative options that did not meet the cover project standards. Maybe you could toss all the inlays into the custom cover/placeholder section with a subcategory? |
| shenske:
I'm ok with switching the naming for current covers on the site that do not meet current standards to "placeholder" or "needs replacement" but we shouldn't add anymore that are below standards. @Segagamer There is some inconsistency between what we admins add, i can admit that. People like Myself or TikTekTak probably have the highest standards. I apologize if one of the other admins added a cover below standards but i assure you it wasn't me. I will look into Super Bonk and update it if yours is superior quality. EDIT: The one on the site currently is better quality, no change will be made. You can PM me with any others that have a better replacement, i just don't want this topic derailed into a quality talk. :) I'll get to what i can as quick as i can (i usually have a 50hr work week every week). |
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