On 6/13/20 11:43 PM, lucidiot via agora-discussion wrote: > Hello there! First time posting here!
Welcome! > On Sunday 14 June 2020 03:27, nch via agora-discussion wrote: >> Some questions to help me plan some improvements to the web content. >> >> * What should be on the main page? [it's pretty outdated now, and I feel >> like it could use a facelift and some new copy] > Falsifian's weekly reports have been very helpful to keep up on the general > state of the game (thank you so much!) and sometimes bring interpretations of > the discussions that I had not understood while binge-reading through all the > emails. > > The site could turn into a blog and show those reports (maybe along other > 'articles' like theses or anything Agorans want to publish?), making the > homepage get updated regularly and allowing new visitors to see that the game > is still quite active and the type of play to expect. +1 on keeping it updated; when I was looking at before joining, I thought "oh no, is this dead?", at least until looking at the public archives. >> * What kinds of tips should go on a New Player page? > I haven't been sending anything on the lists for a while because I do not > feel confident at all! There is a lot to learn and a lot of history to > uncover, and archives, sites, repos are quite scattered. There's no reason to be scared of sending mail to the lists; most people try to be as forgiving as reasonable, especially for new players :). That was my experience, at least. Also, we try to keep a lot of the code and reports on the AgoraNomic Github org [0]. > This just leads me to suggest to have reminders in this page that it is okay > to start small, to ask questions, that the expectations are lower than they > seem to be, or that everyone is always friendly and welcoming (even during > hard times); those are what I have been trying to tell myself to convince > myself to reply, but reading them from someone else would definitely help. > > The page could also include a reference to a netiquette, or common practices > for posting such as the DIS/BUS/OFF prefixes, referencing links with > annotations like [0]. I had to explain what bottom-posting means to someone > yesterday, on an unrelated project. The mailing lists should be adding the prefixes automatically, so long as you send it to the right list's email address. >> * What online resources do you use the most? > Since it is linked on the homepage, I had used the public archives at > mail-archive.com quite a lot to get an overview of the game before > subscribing to the lists. > > I no longer use this as I just get the emails, but I regularly use Gaelan's > ruleset page [0]. It shows HTTP 502 errors half of the time, and right now it > has HTTP 500, possibly due to recent changes in the FLR, but I still like it > since it makes browsing the rules easier with hyperlinks on key concepts. > That is a very welcome thing when you want to learn the rules! I've been considering rewriting the ruleset generation for a while, and that might permit a functional HTML ruleset viewer. > - A glossary of acronyms; I am still unsure about what CotC means, and it > took me a while to understand NttPF and TTttPF Yes, we all have a chronic problem of not sending things to the public forum. I learned about all the acronyms from Murphy's old site [1], which is linked on the homepage. "CotC" stands for "Clerk of the Courts", and is an unofficial position that G. takes on in addition to eir role as Arbitor. >> * Anything else that you think would help improve the web content? > Some more generic thoughts: the website could probably become more attractive > by having more graphics. ASCII art is cool, and I generally find the various > reports to be interesting, but a benefit of the web is it's not just > plaintext. > > This might require some effort, but a graph of the current economy showing > the volume of currency exchanges, or one with the volumes of mails exchanged > on each list over time would look nice. > Or a hall of fame showing all the winners on golden plates. > Or a very corporate-looking "sub-site" for the Dragon Corporation. The > Startup Generator [1] could be an inspiration. Ooh I like the idea of a website for the Dragon Corporation... [0]: http://github.com/AgoraNomic/ [1]: http://zenith.homelinux.net/agora_acronyms.php -- Jason Cobb
