Home page (again)

Users with games

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New users:

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Keleth has offered to give admins control of the top right. Changes have been discussed in discord.

* If the admins can change announcements then should we lose the box in the top right?
* For new users, show latest tavern posts under "Join a game" and move public game posts back to the left.
* "Latest public posts" to "Latest in public games"
* Should we use gp red for "your games" sections?
* Make an announcement ahead of release about the change in discoverability of public games.

Perhaps allow more than one announcements to be shown (collapsible to be read on the spot), or with the first couple lines showing and "read more" links.
Either that or "latest games"; since they'll lead to games tavern now, it's a possibility I think.
Aye.
Sure think. I like to keep things simple (and so do my eyes); I believe that up to 4 different colors in the homepage should be both tolerable and useful. (At one point, the brain will automatically seek the blue header for example.)
Definitely. I hadn't thought of the possibility that people could be having public games so they could share them as "read-only" with very specific people instead of F anyone. Double yes; it'd be a pity to have people getting upset when this isn't the intention for these changes.

If the announcements in the top left works by selecting a randomly pinned post from the announcements forum then it might be nice as it'll automatically mix it up (and doesn't need to differentiate between new users or users with games). If it's an important announcement then the admins need only have one pinned (or they can resurrect seasonal ones when needed by re-pinning them).

But two? It put additional pressure on the admins to create content and makes it look a bit adverty, no?

Also - if it was kept split into two columns then that's prime real estate for *something useful*.

Eventually, maybe, if people start closing old games. I'd love it if the "Join a game" page worked, but until it does then maybe going to the tavern is best for now.

A permanent ad for Tales from the Loop?

Gamers' Plane chat?

Forget I said that. I just want this release shipped.

Announcements to go 2/3 width. Put Latest in Public Games in the top right.

Rework it in the next release?

Sounds cool. @adam
#bring_on_the_mentions_already

My slight preference would be to avoid too many colors, and even the red seems like too much activity. Are the red ones a different category, or will people just be puzzled as to why they are a different color? They look a little like unread links as that colorscheme is used elsewhere on the site.

While the blue looks quite good, it does not feel appropriate for the rest of the aesthetic of the site.
Yes, we should do that as soon as possible.

Announce that "we are working on making public games findable by the public, so everyone should check that they are happy with how their games are set" with a note as to how to check.

I was thinking that as well until I realized that it was the notifications that are blue. I think those should stand out so they can be dealt with and then disappear

Maybe if we're not turning games red, the notifications could be red instead to be a bit less standout-ish. But having them highlighted makes sense.

Currently games in the Your Games block are red till they are visited and then turn orange, so using that as a highlight till they are dealt with would be consistent.

Admins have been discussing recently that we need a prominent way for members to alert us to anything going wrong. Maybe we could add an (ideally anonymous) form that messages the admins to the front page. Shouldn't be right at the top, I think, so maybe not an answer to the current question about the announcement blocks, but it should be on the front page, I think.

At a minimum there should be a defined policy as to how (and maybe suggestions as to when) to contact the admins.
This should be posted somewhere where people can know about it before they need it.