Time to bring out the paddle. Over the course of lets say a while the quality of Portal news has dwindled and it's not the actual content but how it's being displayed on the front page. I've brought this up once before but it was mainly about the size of the images used as well as having a huge block of text rather than a summary. A summary which someone reads and if it intrigues them then they'll click on the front page post to read the whole article in the thread. Few examples of what I'm talking about;
I'm not a part of Magazine Staff anymore so I don't know what the limitations are since the change to Xenforo. I hope I'm not alone in seeing these front page posts as being a little unprofessional for being the first thing people see when coming to GBAtemp. A nice conformed layout for news would be awesome. Something clean that gets peoples attention and make them want to read more about the topic in the thread.
http://puu.sh/4v4OV.jpg
(Full on news thread rather than a summary plus the image isn't centered. The image is also repeated twice on the front page post.)
http://puu.sh/4v511.png
(Do I really need to explain this?)
http://puu.sh/4v53M.png
(Just found this and don't know if it's just me but it's a bit long for a portal news story. Perhaps a summary of what the contest is about and talk about the prizes. If people are interested they can click to read more into it. Rules, restrictions, etc.)
http://puu.sh/4v57L.jpg
(Same as above but this one could do with a brief summary. Then a list of the games. Perhaps spoiler the spoilers? Just seems a bit long IMO.)
http://puu.sh/4v5av.jpg
(Uh. Nice quality thread there but the front page post image is huuuuge.)
http://puu.sh/4v5dW.jpg
(Same as the above.)
http://puu.sh/4v5eD.jpg
(Same as the above.)
http://puu.sh/4v5gM.png
(This is my own post which was front paged.)
(Full on news thread rather than a summary plus the image isn't centered. The image is also repeated twice on the front page post.)
http://puu.sh/4v511.png
(Do I really need to explain this?)
http://puu.sh/4v53M.png
(Just found this and don't know if it's just me but it's a bit long for a portal news story. Perhaps a summary of what the contest is about and talk about the prizes. If people are interested they can click to read more into it. Rules, restrictions, etc.)
http://puu.sh/4v57L.jpg
(Same as above but this one could do with a brief summary. Then a list of the games. Perhaps spoiler the spoilers? Just seems a bit long IMO.)
http://puu.sh/4v5av.jpg
(Uh. Nice quality thread there but the front page post image is huuuuge.)
http://puu.sh/4v5dW.jpg
(Same as the above.)
http://puu.sh/4v5eD.jpg
(Same as the above.)
http://puu.sh/4v5gM.png
(This is my own post which was front paged.)
I'm not a part of Magazine Staff anymore so I don't know what the limitations are since the change to Xenforo. I hope I'm not alone in seeing these front page posts as being a little unprofessional for being the first thing people see when coming to GBAtemp. A nice conformed layout for news would be awesome. Something clean that gets peoples attention and make them want to read more about the topic in the thread.