Post by Tout-Perd on Oct 21, 2012 18:30:09 GMT -5
So, anyways, I've been looking at the overboard on the Exodus, and I've been entertaining the ideas for a few changes to the way the site is laid out.
General Changes: First things first, I've been considering merging the Art and Writing Boards into an Artistic Endeavors board. I don't think they really justify being separate with how active they are presently, and if made into a merged board, could also be used for vlogs and fan games and stuff like that, opening up entire new areas of discussion.
I'm thinking we should just kill the debates and matches board, since it hasn't gotten a real post in two and a half years. It kinda just wastes space and makes the site look extra dead.
I'd like to see the Contests board pushed up into the first category, and Help & Advice knocked down into the Entertainment category (which would probably need a different name, to accommodate the change). With that change, the Contests board will become more visible and active, and we can remove the Exy Fun Time header once the Mole is no longer active.
RP Changes: I've been thinking about issues of visibility, and I'd actually kinda like to split RP Discussion and Roleplays proper into their own separate boards. GRP would become the new RP overboard (Or maybe ORP could? Either one has its merits, IMO), with the other RPing boards as subforums of the main board. This change would allow us to run active discussion of RP without obscuring the most recent RP Posts, an issue that's given me problems on a few occasions. It'd be a huge change, but I honestly think that it'd be a very positive one.
As for the subforums, I'm strongly considering killing APCARP and folding its canon into ORP. With plot changes and theme changes in ORP, APCARP could actually fit in quite well there, and it'd allow for some interesting interplay.
I have to talk with Elliot and DL as APCARP might step on some plot toes of theirs, but I'm strongly favoring this change to help conserve space and open up some new plots.
So, those are the massive changes that I'm thinking of making. What's everybody else's appraisal of these ideas, and does anybody else have any suggestions?
General Changes: First things first, I've been considering merging the Art and Writing Boards into an Artistic Endeavors board. I don't think they really justify being separate with how active they are presently, and if made into a merged board, could also be used for vlogs and fan games and stuff like that, opening up entire new areas of discussion.
I'm thinking we should just kill the debates and matches board, since it hasn't gotten a real post in two and a half years. It kinda just wastes space and makes the site look extra dead.
I'd like to see the Contests board pushed up into the first category, and Help & Advice knocked down into the Entertainment category (which would probably need a different name, to accommodate the change). With that change, the Contests board will become more visible and active, and we can remove the Exy Fun Time header once the Mole is no longer active.
RP Changes: I've been thinking about issues of visibility, and I'd actually kinda like to split RP Discussion and Roleplays proper into their own separate boards. GRP would become the new RP overboard (Or maybe ORP could? Either one has its merits, IMO), with the other RPing boards as subforums of the main board. This change would allow us to run active discussion of RP without obscuring the most recent RP Posts, an issue that's given me problems on a few occasions. It'd be a huge change, but I honestly think that it'd be a very positive one.
As for the subforums, I'm strongly considering killing APCARP and folding its canon into ORP. With plot changes and theme changes in ORP, APCARP could actually fit in quite well there, and it'd allow for some interesting interplay.
I have to talk with Elliot and DL as APCARP might step on some plot toes of theirs, but I'm strongly favoring this change to help conserve space and open up some new plots.
So, those are the massive changes that I'm thinking of making. What's everybody else's appraisal of these ideas, and does anybody else have any suggestions?