I'm looking into redesigning the Openkore's main website, and I'm looking for some input the wants from the community who will be using it. In this post we will be focusing on the content/material that needs to be created. So what do you want on the website for it to be more beneficial and encourage you to contribute back to the community? Please note that this is only a brainstorm and not all ideas will be implemented. Though if you really think your idea should be used, I suggest taking the lead and managing a project to get it in place. Also, I'm open for anyone who would like to help me with this as well.
So the main content that will be on the website are:
- About Openkore - Brief Introduction to Openkore (something similar to http://www.openkore.com/wiki/index.php/About_OpenKore)
- Contribution Area - List of ways of how to contribute back to the community. Openkore To-Do list
- Developer Section - Information for Devs
- Donation Info - Money to keep the project alive and continually alive
- Download Section [Stable/SVN release]
- Homepage with recent Openkore news - Pulled from the forums
- Links to Related Content - Openkore and Ragnarok Online related websites
- Plugins - Descriptions of common and stable plugins
- User Support Section (aka Documentation area) - HowTos, Manual, Troubleshooting, Tutorial Videos
The Extentions/Features are as follows:
- Archive Content - for organization
- Feedback Form - receiving information to how to improve existing content
- Forum Integration - contributions will be recognized to the individual without having to create two separate accounts
- Multi-Lingual Support - this has always been an issue, but I'm hoping to get more support from all communities
- Modular set-up - makes it easy to maintain the website
- Polls - for collecting information from the community (e.g. prioritize features to be implemented)
- Ratings - articles can be rated to let the reader know whether to use his time going through the article and lets the author know if they need to improve the article or not
- Related Items/Sections - if properly done, it'll make it easier for readers to find information related to their issues/interests
Remember to include reasons to why you think that will be good for us to use.So what do you want on the website for it to be more beneficial and encourage you to contribute back to the community?