THE BORE

General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Vizzys on January 29, 2007, 12:12:54 AM

Title: the front page sucks.
Post by: Vizzys on January 29, 2007, 12:12:54 AM
I suggest it changes or something. Its ugly, outdated and useless. I want to help make it better.

Does anyone ever visit it? I dont.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Christopher on January 29, 2007, 12:14:15 AM
Change the forum to pink in February Viz.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Vizzys on January 29, 2007, 12:14:19 AM
Also someone named SaigonWhoreLover1972 makes the same comment on every article.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 29, 2007, 12:14:39 AM
write something decent and ill blog it, I just dont have the time to write anything myself
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on January 29, 2007, 12:16:26 AM
"PD comes out of the closet"
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Vizzys on January 29, 2007, 12:17:04 AM
It's not the articles that bother me, I just think we should have something better then wordpress. We have some talented people here, we have some ideas I'm sure. I think its kind of bland and could be much better.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on January 29, 2007, 12:18:27 AM
And wtf ever happened with the supposed PD interview? THANKS ALOT, MODS. >:(
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 29, 2007, 12:20:14 AM
I think it comes down to this not actually being anyone's job, and since no money is actually made, in fact its mostly just spent....anyway that sorta disuades the whole effort thing./
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Vizzys on January 29, 2007, 12:22:10 AM
I suppose. :gloomy
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on January 29, 2007, 12:23:16 AM
Let me write for the front page, at least I would have SOMETHING to say. :-[
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 29, 2007, 12:24:04 AM
Write something, pm it to me.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on January 29, 2007, 12:26:52 AM
Dammit, now I can't think of anything... >:(

Raincheck.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on January 29, 2007, 01:14:57 AM
It really boils down to the fact that I don't have my own PC.  I can't really sink any time into it until I return to Cali, hopefully next month.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: TVC15 on January 29, 2007, 01:16:28 AM
And wtf ever happened with the supposed PD interview? THANKS ALOT, MODS. >:(

It turns out PD isn't funny in real life, and he apparently gave boring answers.  He was trying to be funny, but he failed, much like he fails at being a black man.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 29, 2007, 01:17:25 AM
 :(
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Beezy on January 29, 2007, 01:19:13 AM
And wtf ever happened with the supposed PD interview? THANKS ALOT, MODS. >:(

It turns out PD isn't funny in real life, and he apparently gave boring answers.  He was trying to be funny, but he failed, much like he fails at being a black man.

At least he gets nominated for an EB award.
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 29, 2007, 01:20:03 AM
The interview wasn't that bad :-\
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Nick on January 29, 2007, 01:23:26 AM
Lets turn Evilbore into a gaming celebrity gossip site.  Like, we can dish gossip about David Jaffe and... jinx.  I can draw the coke lines on their mouth.  You guys get the exclusive screen caps, amirite.   :cookiem
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 29, 2007, 01:55:55 AM
I dunno, none of us are really 'in the know'
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: bagofeyes on January 29, 2007, 01:58:33 AM
Put up some titty pics
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: Boogie on January 29, 2007, 01:59:09 AM
It really boils down to the fact that I don't have my own PC.  I can't really sink any time into it until I return to Cali, hopefully next month.

wait, where are you now?
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: MrAngryFace on January 29, 2007, 01:59:55 AM
UNDERGROUND BUNKER
Title: Re: the front page sucks.
Post by: APF on January 29, 2007, 08:45:34 AM
It's not the articles that bother me, I just think we should have something better then wordpress. We have some talented people here, we have some ideas I'm sure. I think its kind of bland and could be much better.

Wordpress has a ton of templates, plus you can roll your own (I've done it before, it's not difficult); I think the homepage is fine but boring (plus it needs to be updated more often/daily to be worth visiting).  I thought it would be a good idea to, instead of comments on entries, have blog posts connected to forum posts somehow (ie preferably automatically, though you could also just do it manually), and allow comments that way.  This would drive traffic to the forums, and reduce comment spam.  Of course, in order to drive traffic to the forums, the homepage needs to have compelling content and an overall sense-of-purpose: is it a blog about games; is it a blog about the forum; is it a blog about things forumites might find interesting?  Part of the problem is trying to come up with a meaningful rationale why you'd post an article on the blog, instead of creating a thread on the forum.