A new OpenRA website
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:29 pm
Recently Ive been talking about how a more developed website would be fitting to the current OpenRA state. I think an improved website would bring people together in one place, increase participation in every aspect of OpenRA (more contributions, more streamviewers, more people coding, etc).
Important note: by posting this I do not want to push any developer into making this. Its just a mockup if time, money and lines of code where unlimited. Again, its not a sneaky way of pushing this in OpenRA's throat, just to share a vision on what I think OpenRA could be like as well.
Second note: Yes, the design is ugly. Also the menu and all features dont have to be like this, its just a quick set up to explain what I mean.
The frontpage
On the left a menu with several main buttons. Most are selfexplanatory. Top right we see a couple buttons that lead us to the important satellites of OpenRA: IRC to talk to devs, Github to report issues and Discord to find yourself an opponent or chat. Some other buttons could be added, may have missed an important one.
Also on the frontpage there are several buttons with all kinds of news or other noteworthy happenings.
The forum
This is an example with a bunch of subfora that you can click on. These subfora are an example, I didnt take a lot of time to overthink which subfora would be usefull.
The forum - Ive clicked on the Playtest subforum
Leagues
Navigate through the menu to see the table for the specific division you want to see, which is updated by the League-admins.
Guides & Wiki
For basicly anything that has to do with OpenRA
Players
A list with all players, their ratings, badges theyve earned etc.
Also note the Livestream button has a green light, indicating someone is streaming OpenRA at that very moment.
Under the livestream button youll find a list of streams and youtubechannels that broadcast OpenRA content.
Again, no intent to push my ideas through, just how I envision a website that would support OpenRA in its next step - if there would be no technical, financial and chronological limitations.
Important note: by posting this I do not want to push any developer into making this. Its just a mockup if time, money and lines of code where unlimited. Again, its not a sneaky way of pushing this in OpenRA's throat, just to share a vision on what I think OpenRA could be like as well.
Second note: Yes, the design is ugly. Also the menu and all features dont have to be like this, its just a quick set up to explain what I mean.
The frontpage
On the left a menu with several main buttons. Most are selfexplanatory. Top right we see a couple buttons that lead us to the important satellites of OpenRA: IRC to talk to devs, Github to report issues and Discord to find yourself an opponent or chat. Some other buttons could be added, may have missed an important one.
Also on the frontpage there are several buttons with all kinds of news or other noteworthy happenings.
The forum
This is an example with a bunch of subfora that you can click on. These subfora are an example, I didnt take a lot of time to overthink which subfora would be usefull.
The forum - Ive clicked on the Playtest subforum
Leagues
Navigate through the menu to see the table for the specific division you want to see, which is updated by the League-admins.
Guides & Wiki
For basicly anything that has to do with OpenRA
Players
A list with all players, their ratings, badges theyve earned etc.
Also note the Livestream button has a green light, indicating someone is streaming OpenRA at that very moment.
Under the livestream button youll find a list of streams and youtubechannels that broadcast OpenRA content.
Again, no intent to push my ideas through, just how I envision a website that would support OpenRA in its next step - if there would be no technical, financial and chronological limitations.