New website feedback

[Classicsmiley]

Colby and crew,
Congratulations on finally getting the new website up! I really like the new look.
However, I do have one small favor to ask - could you please darken the body text a bit? The current color that you've got specified for your <p> tags is pretty light.
I used Firebug (a really handy plugin for anyone who does web design) to modify the CSS tag from the current value of #999999 to #666666, and took some screenshots. The top section is the current value, and the bottom section is my proposed value.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7244/7171313698_b5ea183c49.jpg
Thanks, and keep up the great work!

-Joel

[Barliman]

I second the request for a darker font.

Some other things that have crossed my mind:

- Please show which items are out of stock from the over view windows (e.g. the main Store, the SWs Product list), so we don't have to look at each item in particular to find out which ones are in stock.

- I love the new look, the layout, and how the category tabs remain available, including the sub-category tabs (e.g. Home|Video|Products|Factions|Support). However, those sub-category tabs are not present while we click on individual Factions or Heroes; I would like it a lot if they were, so that e.g. while reading the bios of some Mercenaries I can click on the Products or Support tab.

- I was going to say the Sprog was missing from the DD page, but he's been put in. Nice quick work!

[glenn3e]

What happened to the almanac section?

[quozl]

Looks like the search isn't working quite right. All the links point to localhost instead of plaidhatgaems.com

[Adam]

I second the request for a darker font.

Some other things that have crossed my mind:

- Please show which items are out of stock from the over view windows (e.g. the main Store, the SWs Product list), so we don't have to look at each item in particular to find out which ones are in stock.

- I love the new look, the layout, and how the category tabs remain available, including the sub-category tabs (e.g. Home|Video|Products|Factions|Support). However, those sub-category tabs are not present while we click on individual Factions or Heroes; I would like it a lot if they were, so that e.g. while reading the bios of some Mercenaries I can click on the Products or Support tab.

- I was going to say the Sprog was missing from the DD page, but he's been put in. Nice quick work!

The site looks great. I generally agree with these suggestions, particularly about keeping sub-categories always visible. Felt lost for a second after reading the Mice and Mystic heroes and then noticing the links were gone.

Still, looks great, and glad to see so much new content after so long. Can't wait for Dungeon Run 2 and hope to learn more of Mice and Mystics soon.

[dalani]

I like new and news but webiste is rather bright for nighttime viewing..any skins available?

[Kaemon Awa 123]

So, a bit late here, but I'm liking the new layout. It took a bit to get used to the new look, and the screenshot in chrome is still of the old site, but oh well.

A bit curious to know exactly how the "Auto-Save" feature works, but I'm sure that it will be very, very useful.

EDIT: Two more things:
1. Deleting your post is really, really neat, just noticed it as I hit edit. Though I hope I never have to use it. :p

2. How is Blagog working now? Are they exclusively over here, or should I keep checking at Blagog.com?

[airdroppers]

My eyes hurt, DARKER SKIN PLEASE.

[prometheuslkr]

Also, I'd like to note that in the Mice and mystics it says the cheese system allows people to "horde" cheese. It should be "hoard."

[Killer Lawnmower]

Also, I'd like to note that in the Mice and mystics it says the cheese system allows people to "horde" cheese. It should be "hoard."

But maybe there actually is a horde of cheese... :D

[prometheuslkr]

But maybe there actually is a horde of cheese... :D

"Cheese golems, Maginos! Whatever shall we do against these malleable, edible foes?"

[prometheuslkr]

What happened to the almanac section?

There is none anymore. Almanac stuff has been combined into the News section.

[Classicsmiley]

Colby,
I noticed that you aren't able to pick SW promo cards with SW items if you use the quick "Add to Cart" link from the main store page, and that you can only add them if you view the individual product pages, or view the Quick Info about each item. Is that by design?
(Also, I got a 404 error when I tried to use the search field in the store.)

Thanks!

[joepinion]

Whoops, sorry about the search error. Fixed.

[joepinion]

There is none anymore. Almanac stuff has been combined into the News section.
Annnnd it's back!
http://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/Almanac

[Ranior]

I've made mention of it before...but changing thread titles? Just a kinda standard feature, at least on the forums I frequent and I'd like to see it hear...no big deal, but if someone has the time I'd love to see that get changed.

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

Love the new look and feel of the site. Good work to all involved!

[Classicsmiley]

Will you guys be adding a forum section for Mice and Mystics, so that we can have a dedicated spot to discuss the new rule and story books?

[Killer Lawnmower]

Will you guys be adding a forum section for Mice and Mystics, so that we can have a dedicated spot to discuss the new rule and story books?

Was wondering about that as well!

[DarkSir]

One overall thing I feel the site is missing is a Retail Locator. :)

[quozl]

Looks like the search isn't working quite right. All the links point to localhost instead of plaidhatgames.com

This is still happening.

[mika45]

The site look very simple yes Its look like a search engine.

[Shockma Ranyk]

mika45 is a bot.

[60APES]

Is anyone else getting an error when trying to add product to the shopping cart? I've been trying to pick up the restocked SW dice but all I keep getting is an error message. I've tried Chrome, Firefox and IE.

[Classicsmiley]

I've been able to add items just fine. Are you trying to add directly from the main store page (with the little popup Add To Cart buttons), or from a product page?

[joepinion]

Yeah the company we use was having problems all day... Looks like it's working again though. If it's still not working for you, and you're on windows, try this:


Go to Start -> Run -> cmd (or on Windows 7 just go to the start button and type cmd into the search)
In the command prompt, type ipconfig /flushdns and press enter.
Try using the store again.


Sorry about that, all.

[Shockma Ranyk]

http://www.plaidhatgames.com/store/31

I believe these dice go to the Swamp Orcs, not the Swam Orcs. ;)

[Classicsmiley]

Colby and crew,
Congratulations on finally getting the new website up! I really like the new look.
However, I do have one small favor to ask - could you please darken the body text a bit? The current color that you've got specified for your <p> tags is pretty light.
I used Firebug (a really handy plugin for anyone who does web design) to modify the CSS tag from the current value of #999999 to #666666, and took some screenshots. The top section is the current value, and the bottom section is my proposed value.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7244/7171313698_b5ea183c49.jpg
Thanks, and keep up the great work!

-Joel

Joe,
Could you please, please take a look at the font color? I find myself skipping almost all of the front-page news articles because the font is just too light to read comfortably.

Thanks!

[Shockma Ranyk]

http://www.plaidhatgames.com/store/31

I believe these dice go to the Swamp Orcs, not the Swam Orcs. ;)

While we're bumping this thread, this too.

[joepinion]

For those of you who have trouble reading the gray text of the main site, there is now a new link in the footer: "Darken Text"... This makes 95% of the gray text on the main site darker, and saves the preference in your web browser. (After you click it, it changes to "lighten text" and you can toggle it back and forth.)

[airdroppers]

Can we get a Darker Skin? MY EYES HURT.

I'm honestly reading way less on here because of it.

[Classicsmiley]

For those of you who have trouble reading the gray text of the main site, there is now a new link in the footer: "Darken Text"... This makes 95% of the gray text on the main site darker, and saves the preference in your web browser. (After you click it, it changes to "lighten text" and you can toggle it back and forth.)

Nice! Thank you very much!

[joepinion]

Can we get a Darker Skin? MY EYES HURT.

I'm honestly reading way less on here because of it.

I'd be happy to apply a new VBulletin 4 style. However I don't have the time or inclination to create one. Got other PHG.com projects to focus on, and this is the one thing someone else could do for the site. If someone else creates a VBulletin style, I'll be happy to import it as a second option. Just out of curiosity, what do you do on other sites with white backgrounds, like Wikipedia, Google, NFL.com, CNN.com, and some of the other top 50 web sites on the internet?

[Killer Lawnmower]

For those of you who have trouble reading the gray text of the main site, there is now a new link in the footer: "Darken Text"... This makes 95% of the gray text on the main site darker, and saves the preference in your web browser. (After you click it, it changes to "lighten text" and you can toggle it back and forth.)

That helps a lot, thanks!

[Phoenixio]

I really like the comments in the news section, but there seems to be quite a low limit of characters. At least not enough for in-depth answers. And, double posting is not allowed? Is it really needed? Icouldn't finish my comment because I: lost half of it twice because of the limit, and I couldn't post the second half in another post.

[joepinion]

I can up the character limit later today. I do like to keep double posting off limits, because it's an easy way to avoid someone taking over a post if they are immature and get mad or something. Sorry just now saw this comment when I came to post something else:

Thanks to the magic of jquery, units can now be linked to directly via URL. But you have to know how to do it. Here's how:
http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/summoner-wars/deep-dwarves#Tundle
http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/summoner-wars/fallen-kingdom#Anica
Etc.

You can use spaces and things too, but forums often mess those urls up, for example:
http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/summoner-wars/sand-goblins#Sand Wyrm (edit: see, it messed it up)
So it's good to replace spaces with %20:
www.plaidhatgames.com/games/summoner-wars/sand-goblins#Sand%20Wyrm

And the same with apostrophes, best to replace them with %27 even though the apostrophe should still work:
http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/summoner-wars/mercenaries#Naan%27Nashi

This information is only available in this thread! :) That means you now have secret information.

As an obsessed fan of the game myself, it drove me crazy that on the new site I could not link directly to units when discussing them. No more!!

[PePe QuiCoSE]

Awesome!

Uhm... is there any script we should have not blocked for it to happen? (yah, not working for me)

[joepinion]

Yeah, javascript (it's unlikely to have been blocked). What browser are you using?

Also you might need a couple refreshes to get it to work right due to browsers caching javascript files. That's most likely the problem.

Also when you are at a faction page like this:
http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/summoner-wars/deep-dwarves

You cannot simply go up, add #Tundle and hit enter... You'd need to hit enter and then refresh, or go to another page and enter the whole url, then press enter, something like that.

[PePe QuiCoSE]

ctrl+F5 did it.

FF btw