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Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 08:39 pm  I was reading the chat log and caught part I wasn't present for, about improving the number of people who join as opposed to looking at the game, going "wtf?" and leaving the page. The main portal is sill mediocre, but it will do. However, the introduction page is a pain in the ass. I still get the introduction thing when I just type in "www.simcountry.com." It. Has. To. Go. It needs to be replaced with another portal. Links to each world, as well as options to LOG IN and REGISTER should be prominently displayed on the www.simcountry.com site, without having to go through an intro. I suggest: LEFT SIDE, a bar with links to the community, worlds, documentation, cash market, about W3C, etc, etc... and possibly the better affiliate sites with newbie help on them. RIGHT SIDE: Register and Log In options. CENTER: A summary of SimCountry, the goals, things you can do, images, etc... perhaps a reformatted version of this page! https://www.simcountry.com/cgi-bin/cgi2nova?SN_ADDRESS=wwwPortal&SN_METHOD=main (that url looks wrong... it's the simcountry game overview "what is simcountry?" that you can get to from the main portal) Also displayed center should be a link to "take the tour" which is where your Simcountry Tour SHOULD go. Finally, after registering, people should be redirected to a page with all the important links such as game docs, help sites, the wiki, etc. I think this will help your rate a lot. People want information right in front of them. The current setup is annoying, and it honestly doesn't give very clear information, or very much information, and you have to click through a bunch of pages. Just... BAM! Put it all on the one page. The information is there, you just need to do the html work... and maybe a pretty color scheme to help separate the three sections.
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| Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 08:47 pm It's the same basic template as the log-in page after you get past the intro, only with extra links and information added in... and once it has the extra stuff, it should be the FIRST page anyone sees... not that intro tour thing.
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| Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 08:56 pm I have to say, I agree with Wild. It would be easier on the eye, and directing new players to the (hopefully soon to be updated) documentation would probably encourage them a bit more.
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| Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 08:45 am I concur with the above proposal.
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