GNamer Major Writes Site

JayMoyles wrote:

Stu_the_great wrote:

I've just tweaked the forum header to take people to the reviews page of the site for the time being, seeing as there's some content up there already. Interestingly the site's basic URL goes straight to the (currently blank) articles section.

That'll be what I was meaning when I was talking about putting something on the homepage earlier then.

Yeah, I was wondering how to tackle a homepage, seeing as a welcome message wouldn't really change, and I was wondering if it's possible for us to "do a Nintendolife" and have it amalgamate every new article, wherever it's posted, to appear on the homepage...

I'm sure it is, but I've no idea how. If anyone figures it out, let me know because I'll do the same with dinopo.

I've Indie Weeks up but I've go No Idea how to get a link in that you can click for kickstarter page or pictures.

Mas, you might want to change the indie weeks to the articles section. Having it as a whole section on the site seems a bit much.

JayMoyles wrote:

Mas, you might want to change the indie weeks to the articles section. Having it as a whole section on the site seems a bit much.

That's where I was going to

What, as in having it as a whole section on the site, or under the articles bit?

Under articles but I couldn't figure out how to put it in there, I've took it down down from indie weeks. SO just Forum, Reviews and Articles up top.

When you went to add it onto the site, you needed to go into articles and press the little "+" in there.

I wrote something I'd been thinking about for a little while, so we now have an article on the articles page

This is a nice little surprise, I've been meaning to get back to writing and this would be a great way to do it so I'm up for it if you'll have me.

One other question I have: Is anyone going to get offended if someone else spots a spelling or grammatical mistake, and logs in to fix it? I certainly wouldn't mind if someone fixed something I've done (Balla seems to edit every 3rd thing I write! But I think that's because he knows I'm cool with that).
I'd love to contribute an article or two (I'm 6 months behind current games, so I can't really review anything), but I won't rush in as otherwise nonsense will occur and I'd sully your reputations.

It wouldn't bother me personally, but then I'm willing to turn a blind eye to a well-meaning typo.

What? I frequently don't edit the things you write, Jimbob! Leading to some amusing misspelled votes.

I think typing, spelling and simple grammatical errors are fair game as long as we don't mess with anyone's "style", as it were.

Yeah, I wouldn't be miffed at all - I think it'd be very hard to affect someone's writing style through correcting a couple of errors.

EDIT

Yeah, I wouldn't be miffed - I'd be very hard.

JayMoyles wrote:

Yeah, I wouldn't be miffed - I'd be very hard.

Fantastic.

Drunk with power, you admins.

Wrote another thing.

Which raises the question. Where on the forum do we post articles? Obviously a review can just go in the Last Game I Played thread, but does something like this go here, or in the Random Thoughts one or the Things We Done Wrote or in a new thread for each article?

Balladeer wrote:

What?  I frequently don't edit the things you write, Jimbob!  Leading to some amusing misspelled votes.

Oh. Er... Sory abuot taht.

Drunkalilly wrote:

Which raises the question. Where on the forum do we post articles? Obviously a review can just go in the Last Game I Played thread, but does something like this go here, or in the Random Thoughts one or the Things We Done Wrote or in a new thread for each article?

A good question. I'd assume that people should be decent enough people to check the site every day . I reckon it'd make sense if there was a thread labelled "new articles"; anyone uploading an article would then say "hey I made a new thing" in that thread.

Jimbob wrote:

Drunkalilly wrote:

Which raises the question. Where on the forum do we post articles? Obviously a review can just go in the Last Game I Played thread, but does something like this go here, or in the Random Thoughts one or the Things We Done Wrote or in a new thread for each article?

A good question. I'd assume that people should be decent enough people to check the site every day   . I reckon it'd make sense if there was a thread labelled "new articles"; anyone uploading an article would then say "hey I made a new thing" in that thread.

Great suggestion! That way we can concentrate article coverage in its very own thread. I imagine a world in qhich we write articles so often that we have to retitle Things We Done Wrote as Things We Done Wrote Some Other Place.

Two other thoughts (from someone who hasn't contributed at all, you'll notice)

• I think everyone should make sure they start with "By x x"
  
• You should have an "About" page; every contributor should have a made up job title "Junior Vice President" etc.
  

Yes, I always mean to put a "by luke summerhayes" then forget
I assume there's a way to properly author tag it?
The about page could be fun. We should do names in a hat like secret santa and write each other's biographies.

I plan to try and write at least one thing for the site, be it review or article, a week.

I plan to try and write at least one thing for the site. Just need to wait for inspiration to strike...

Drunkalilly wrote:

The about page could be fun. We should do names in a hat like secret santa and write each other's biographies.

I plan to try and write at least one thing for the site, be it review or article,  a week.

Yes to that, sounds like a right laugh!

And me too - I've been lax this week, but I do have a game I want to write a review for, and I have a massive article on Mother 3 planned out too, so I've got inspiration at least.

Who's playing the role of Martin Kitts? You'll need somebody to write reviews that simply put the boot in.