ZOMG ROTFL!?!
Hopefully my absence has gone unnoticed. It’s only been, oh, months since I’ve done anything perceivable to teamnimrod.net. Personal opinions, politics, and silly reasoning aside I really have been working on a new layout and format for the front page of our website with several goals in sight. Or not…
The last few months have taught me - beat me senseless, rather - many lessons in humility and patience. I’m not a codemunkee like codemunkee, I’m not a morning person like Nrvous, I’m not as beautiful as FrootLoop or Tequila, I don’t pull for crappy football teams like Fersboo, and I’m nowhere near as smart as everyone else. All of this adds up to a whole lot of nothing being done on our site.
We do have something to show for it today, though. The solution you see here drastically improves our front end management and display capabilities. For those of you who aren’t web savvy, this is a Wordpress installation. I do intend to customize the install with our new logo and some kind of color scheme. I also intend to post Smokin’s various articles (you thought I forgot - HA!) and to streamline our meaning for existence.
While this updated layout isn’t our ultimate in happy things, it will serve in the interim of design of a implementation that’s taking much longer than I originally anticipated. Also, going forward we need to clarify a few things. Here’s some of the goals the founders have identified as needing immediate TLC:
- Clarify our position on the web. Our front page needs to be gamer-centric.
- Restructure the front pages of the website to better accommodate longer periods of inactivity.
- Reinvigorate interest with our existing members by finding time to join in our forum discussion and by contributing to other website content.
- Go on a recruiting spree.
Our biggest problem of late has been a lack of time and interest (we’re awfully tired, it seems) in maintaining the front page. We want the website to be a kind of one-stop site for our members. Useful links on the side, pertinent information available within one or two clicks, and at the very least decent articles focusing on game reviews and gamer news.
That doesn’t mean we want to take away from our users’ ability to contribute meaningful non-gamer related content, we just don’t think it needs to be front and center. Matter of fact, this layout is quite conducive towards users being able to submit their own content!
A few mods and some Bela Fleck songs later, here we are with what is hopefully a fresh start. I’ll be working on adding in our new logos and important links in the next few days. If y’all think this layout blows, let me know. I still have all of the old site files. The founders hope that all is well in Nimrod Land. We’ll see you online soon.
-Prime
