Redesigning and re-branding EN World

[Harlock]

By the way, shouldn't this be in Meta?

Funny thing you should ask that. See, when you make the rules, you know any loopholes inherently, because they are your loopholes after all. And, you don't have to share them with anyone. I know Mr. Morrus has a good reason to post this here!

*cough*because-this-forum-gets-way-more-views-per-day-than-meta*cough*

Sorry, think I swallowed a bug!

 

[hong]

*cough*because-this-forum-gets-way-more-views-per-day-than-meta*cough*

Oh, I don't know about that.

 

[Morrus]

you do change the name, I like short, flavorful titles, such as Dungeonworld or Dragonrealm.

Goodness, no! I hate that type of title!

 

[Morrus]

Just to clarify something - I'm not viewing this as a "business strategy" or trying to attract new users. I'm more worried about making it more useful to existing users (who are the important ones) and scratching a personal aesthetic itch,

 

[Moon_Goddess]

I'm VERY against a name change. ENWorld has name regocnition whether you think that or not. That's why PA joined forces with you for the awards.

While I agree the site may need some reorginization, or possibly even some thematic color changes (which I wouldn't agree with, I like the current colors but that's just personal opinion)

The one thing I woudl never do is change the name, as you said it would be like tearing down ENWorld and building something new in its place. And that new things simply wouldn't be the same, you'ld lose part of what makes ENWorld what it is, history.

And really do you want to lose all the casual veiwers who have heard of ENworld but don't pay enough attention to understand the name change?

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Salutations,

I vote for keeping the name as it is- I am easily confused.

As I flip through my books, I think a great resource would be a listing of what book has which PrC/feat/spell.

Of course, that kind of undertaking gives me a headache just thinking about it...

You know, this topic along with the recent topic on reporting on non-d20 rpg's has got me really curious about what you see developing at EN World.

Have we been losing regular visitors? I see a lot of new people on the message boards, so I have trouble seeing that as it.

FD

 

[Shadowdancer]

I'm also against a name change. Mainly because I just bought an EN World T-shirt, and I don't want it to be outdated.

One thing about this site that has always bugged me, and I guess it's just a personal preference thing, but on your main page, when you have a link to another site and you click on that link, it takes you there directly rather than open another window for that link (does that make sense?).

So that, after I investigate that link and want to return to EN World, I have to either hit the back button or go to my bookmarks again and click on the EN World link. If the link had opened another window, I could just close that window. Or jump back and forth between the two.

Almost all other websites I frequent use the new-windows-for-links method, and I daresay it's what most people are used to.

 

[Zappo]

I, too, vote for keeping the name. It has valuable brand recognition.

 

[Kaptain_Kantrip]

I vote for changing the name to 3EN World, which is still recognizably enough like the old name but makes more sense as an abbreviation for Third Edition News than Eric Noah World (seeing as how Eric doesn't run it anymore, and the name was never catchy to begin with, drawing confusing cries of "huh?" from people unfamiliar with the site from when Eric ran it).

Third Edition News (3EN) sounds much more like a professional site than a fan site, IMO, which is what it has been turning into anyway, what with awards, an online catalog, celebrity guest chats, etc.

I think the abbreviation (3EN) would be pronounced "thren"!

 

[Morrus]

Have we been losing regular visitors? I see a lot of new people on the message boards, so I have trouble seeing that as it.

Quite the opposite. The site gets more popular all the time. As I mentioned, this is about aesthetics and organisation, not traffic.