Torn World is spruced up!
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ellenmillion has recently done a major overhaul of the main site for Torn World, our science fantasy shared-world project. *applause* Here are some highlights...The "Start Here" material for new readers now appears near the top of the lefthand sidebar. (If you have been intrigued by my Torn World posts but haven't visited the site yet, seriously: start on that page. Otherwise you will probably get lost and I'll have to send Fala to scoop you out of the snow...) Other menu items have also been reorganized in hopes of making them easier to find. Links have been checked, made more visible, or updated as necessary.
You might also enjoy the "Take a Tour" page. It lists all the story tours available that link stories within a single story arc or ones that have something else in common. There's a tour for the recently added stories about the great fire of Itadesh.
If you're wondering who all the characters are, you can look them up on the "Characters" page. Each character has an entry with their description, any illustrations, stories in which they appear, etc. Characters may be adoptable, owned (the owner will be named), or non-adoptable; that information appears at the top.
Can you think of anything that would make the site more user-friendly, more attractive, or otherwise better? Feedback is welcome! We can't do everything at once but we will note requests, discuss possibilities, and do our best.
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Date: 2011-02-07 04:56 am (UTC)And your earlier post has what is possibly *far too much* feedback from me. I get long-winded, and try to answer every question you ask. Sorry! Please, take all that with a grain of salt. I'm just one person, with one (rather large, sorry!) set of opinions.
I will still advise, in terms of organization, that the term "Take a Tour" did not make me think "Here is information on linked stories." Also, if you are trying to think of ways to organize this type of information, all those supplemental Pern books as well as RPG setting guides are places to look for inspiration. I think the Pern books are well done in general (aside from the wandering sidebar issue which is a problem of print layout, I think) and RPG setting guides are designed to convey this type of info in an easy-to-follow manner. Some are better than others, of course, but they'd be a good place to look for ideas.
Thoughts
Date: 2011-02-07 07:00 am (UTC)I am really enjoying your input! No need to apologize. You're not being obnoxious, just pointing out stuff that doesn't work (and often, possible improvements).
>>I will still advise, in terms of organization, that the term "Take a Tour" did not make me think "Here is information on linked stories."<<
I like the idea of switching from just "Tour" to "Story Tour." It maintains the concept of looping through multiple points while specifying what kind of loop it is.
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Date: 2011-02-10 08:35 am (UTC)Yeah, the snow-unicorns are awesome. They helped hook me into the project. They're just so different from the usual. I haven't seen that kind of innovation in monocornal characterization since "The Black Unicorn."