New Homepage access
Feb 2, 2016 19:12:25 GMT -5
Blade Runner 07, Silent Sputnik, and 5 more like this
Post by JMMREVIEW on Feb 2, 2016 19:12:25 GMT -5
The new website/homepage isn't quite where I want it to be right now but me and Blade Runner 07 have been pretty much burnt ourselves out!
It turns out it isn't easy to build a website from scratch in a month!
I am sure he won't mind me saying this but we are both pretty inexperienced when it comes to web development, with that being said I am really happy with what we have achieved.
It is hard to believe but the forum will be 3 years old on February 10th! So the public launch of the website will be Feb 10th
(from this date the forum will be integrated into the new website and the current homepage will be removed) please visit the website before then and create a new account.
www.goldenedgegamers.com
and
www.goldenedgegamer.com (this URL should just redirect to http://www.goldenedgegamers.com)
New branding
I paid a graphic designer to come up with a new design concept and once I had that I changed the colours and placement. I would love to hear what you think of these.
How can you help?
Become a writer!
The new website will need new content! If you would like to create either a review or a post for the latest new page let me know and I will change your account to a creator account.
Become a moderator
@mgnnoxa has agreed to be a moderator on Disqus, Disqus is what the new website uses as commenting system, websites are a big target for spammers, our forum doesn't get spam because you have to sign up to post. The good thing about Disqus is anyone with Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus can comment on our posts without becoming a member of the site. So we will need maybe a few more mods here to make sure we don't get spammed.
Follow us on twitter
This is the new twitter account.
twitter.com/goldenedgegamer
Financial support
With the sever costs, Url, website theme, logo design and some other silly things so far the site cost me around £150.
I don't really expect anyone to support the new website financially but I will say that any money raised will go to improvements.
One thing I would really like is a better member area but I will probably have to pay a web developer to design this. Maybe advertising will pay for running costs but I doubt it will pay for improvements.
Finally I want to say a huge thank you to Blade Runner not only for the really hard on work the new site and maintaining the forum but both Blade and TheDarkDefiance have been still supporting my Patreon page and I haven't really been uploading videos becasue of the work on the site.
I hope you guys like the new website remember it is still a work in progress but it is functional and is a great place to display our content. It is only up from here!
Blade Runner 07 Xargen Foof811 MMCC0203 Lenrat117 Silent Sputnik Greenfire32 @saintoffortune2 asoldierbear MGNoxa Mr.Spinks Suparwololo crankiestseeker Leppy101 Shawnsim TheDarkDefiance pootle miyakolover neatdog Revenant hubristic abezeev Supercyzer
It turns out it isn't easy to build a website from scratch in a month!
I am sure he won't mind me saying this but we are both pretty inexperienced when it comes to web development, with that being said I am really happy with what we have achieved.
It is hard to believe but the forum will be 3 years old on February 10th! So the public launch of the website will be Feb 10th
(from this date the forum will be integrated into the new website and the current homepage will be removed) please visit the website before then and create a new account.
www.goldenedgegamers.com
and
www.goldenedgegamer.com (this URL should just redirect to http://www.goldenedgegamers.com)
New branding
I paid a graphic designer to come up with a new design concept and once I had that I changed the colours and placement. I would love to hear what you think of these.
How can you help?
Become a writer!
The new website will need new content! If you would like to create either a review or a post for the latest new page let me know and I will change your account to a creator account.
Become a moderator
@mgnnoxa has agreed to be a moderator on Disqus, Disqus is what the new website uses as commenting system, websites are a big target for spammers, our forum doesn't get spam because you have to sign up to post. The good thing about Disqus is anyone with Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus can comment on our posts without becoming a member of the site. So we will need maybe a few more mods here to make sure we don't get spammed.
Follow us on twitter
This is the new twitter account.
twitter.com/goldenedgegamer
Financial support
With the sever costs, Url, website theme, logo design and some other silly things so far the site cost me around £150.
I don't really expect anyone to support the new website financially but I will say that any money raised will go to improvements.
One thing I would really like is a better member area but I will probably have to pay a web developer to design this. Maybe advertising will pay for running costs but I doubt it will pay for improvements.
Finally I want to say a huge thank you to Blade Runner not only for the really hard on work the new site and maintaining the forum but both Blade and TheDarkDefiance have been still supporting my Patreon page and I haven't really been uploading videos becasue of the work on the site.
I hope you guys like the new website remember it is still a work in progress but it is functional and is a great place to display our content. It is only up from here!
Blade Runner 07 Xargen Foof811 MMCC0203 Lenrat117 Silent Sputnik Greenfire32 @saintoffortune2 asoldierbear MGNoxa Mr.Spinks Suparwololo crankiestseeker Leppy101 Shawnsim TheDarkDefiance pootle miyakolover neatdog Revenant hubristic abezeev Supercyzer