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Wobblit
09-07-2009, 06:48 PM
I really think you guys running this site should consider adding a list of the recently created/updated forum threads on the communityfortress.com page, something like they have over at GotFrag (http://www.gotfrag.com/tf2/).

For this site to take off and become more popular than it is, the sense of community and belonging have to be there. At the moment the front page for 99% of people is read-only activities: there are sidebars for Twitter and the Wiki, but very few people will participate in Tweeting or care about what Wiki articles were last updated.

Thinks happen fairly rarely in TF2, so without posting filler there are not many articles you can post each week. At the moment there is no incentive to visit your frontpage, as for long stretches of time it does not change at all.

I am sure that most of visits to GotFrag TF2 are for the forum/community bit, not to look for articles. The wiki and the articles is a great part of CommunityFortress and I hope it can start something in the spirit of what Jaeger has done with his videos and mumble communications, but at the moment the front page just looks dead.

Hopefully the forums become more active too, if they are not tucked away in a small world of its own.
Ben
09-07-2009, 09:09 PM
We're definitely planning on doing that, thanks for the reminder. The TF2 section of our forums has stayed pretty quiet, but it's picking up now.

Edit: added.
v3locity
09-07-2009, 09:37 PM
Add that shit to CommL4D too (please, <3), I miss it from back in the day :(.
Graham
09-07-2009, 10:33 PM
http://communityfortress.com/

Peep it. I changed the order some of the things on the right side. The latest forum posts one shows on all website pages except for Tournaments.
bahbahbah
09-07-2009, 11:20 PM
175,000+ hits, nice!
Graham
09-07-2009, 11:47 PM
Yea we have a ton of hits. Feel free to comment on site articles and upload demos to the files section.
remix
09-08-2009, 06:55 AM
Good work, it looks really nice.
Wobblit
09-08-2009, 07:55 AM
Nice. That was done quickly :)

I'd still like to see them higher up though, as it is IMO the most important side widget to get a community going. Statistics and Online counters can't be more important than the forums?

I'm not complaining, I just think at the moment the front page look more like a stand alone blog than a community. At least on my 1280x1024 resolution I have to scroll down before I see any community related side widgets at all.
Graham
09-08-2009, 10:03 AM
I moved them around some more. What do you think?
Hitman Smurf
09-08-2009, 10:25 AM
I moved them around some more. What do you think?

Looks pretty good. Hopefully, it will generate some more forum activity.
Wobblit
09-08-2009, 11:16 AM
Looks pretty good. Hopefully, it will generate some more forum activity.

Yeah, it is much better now.