[Scummvm-devel] GOG-Affiliate program, recent additions to website

[Pawel Kolodziejski]

On 2009-01-22, at 10:22, clem wrote:

>> (Eugene Sandulenko <sev at scummvm.org> to clemty at gmail.com,
>> cc sev at scummvm.org, Max Horn)
>>
>> Hi Clem,
>>
>> First thing I am really puzzled with is why did you post this message
>> on forums? There is scummvm-devel for such things, then there is e- 
>> mail
>> after all. So I took liberty and removed your post from here, and
>> quoting it below with my comments.
>>
>
> I saw the svn commit when the GOG-change was made to the templates;  
> I voiced
> my concerns in the channel. Nobody seemed to take it seriously.
> I'm surprised that the GOG "affiliate program" was not discussed on - 
> devel
> beforehand myself actually.
>
> Was there any prior discussion about the affiliate program on the  
> channel?
> I can't find one in the logs offhand.
>
> I posted on the forum because this seemed the obvious place to reply  
> to the
> announcement. I also posted there to have opinions from other  
> (forum) users.
> I am not happy that my post miraculously vanished over night.
>
>>> I'm a bit concerned where this takes the web design.
>>>
>>> In my opinion, the top bar of the forum is getting cluttered.
>>>
>>> It started out with "Forum Index" and "ScummVM website" next to the
>>> logo (originally because there might be confusion if the ScummVM  
>>> logo
>>> was linked to one thing or the other, like with most phpBB2  
>>> templates)
>>> and the phpBB2-specific things like Login/logout to the right.
>
>> No problem. Give me a nice-looking replacement and I will publish it.
>
> My suggestion is to remove the GOG link, remove the banner from the  
> main
> page and have the respective link(s) on "where to buy games" on the  
> wiki:
> http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Where_to_buy_games
>

I disagree with this, such thing should be visible not hide somewhere.

> To ask more provocatively, why is there just the GOG banner up? Why  
> not also
> make the forum link to Amazon, ebay, and the other sites selling  
> ScummVM-
> supported games? Because it does not generate revenue?
>

Again I disagree here, gog it's not the same as amazon or ebay.



And I don't have any objections related to this program.




>>> I was not too happy about the addition of "Contact us" because it  
>>> does
>>> not belong to these two navigational categories. I voiced my  
>>> concerns
>>> in the channel but eventually got used to it.
>>>
>>> Now there's an advertisement up there. In bold text. While I can see
>>> that money may be useful for the project, what is the  
>>> justification of
>>> having it more prominent than the other links?
>
>> The main reason was to attract attention of old forum readers, who  
>> may
>> miss the announcement. Since we have number of links over there, they
>> just can go unnoticed.
>
> I think the announcement is enough to announce it, there is really  
> no need
> to make permanent changes to the web design for that. If you  
> mentioned it
> again in the 0.13.0 release post, I'm sure all regulars will notice  
> it.
>
> Again, more provocatively asked: people sending out bulk email could  
> as
> well claim that their message otherwise could go unnoticed. That  
> does not
> make them right. But at least I can delete/filter unsolicited email,
> whereas I'm stuck looking at the link at the forum.
>
>>> Moreover, the gog banner on the main page also doesn't fit the  
>>> design.
>>> In my browser window it is a different size than the sf.net banner  
>>> and
>>> the position is also seemingly arbitrary.
>
>> Give us a replacement. Or provide the button size which I could  
>> request
>> from GOG.com. Give us replacement of PHP code which generates the  
>> page.
>
> Ditto to above. Remove it.
>
>>> In conclusion, I liked the original design better. Any chance to get
>>> back to that?
>
>> Do you mean to remove both button and link on the forums? Well, I  
>> could
>> also remove the news item altogether, but I really would like to hear
>> sound reasons before doing that.
>
> Yes, I would prefer to have both the button from the main page and the
> link from the forums removed (and the "contact us" link, or at least  
> move
> that to the bottom of the page). I don't have that much of a problem  
> with
> the news item/the announcement on the forum (other than it's a pretty
> thinly veiled advertisement), but at least I don't have to look at  
> that
> constantly.
>
> It might well be that I'm the only one thinking like that, but I  
> still feel
> I need to voice my opinion on this matter. Any opinions from other  
> readers?
>
>
>
>
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