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Hi everyone, 

First of all, sorry for not being able to write in German. I hope you will forgive me this inconvenience.

I often read Ryzom's players complaining about the website: too old-fashioned, not enough updates on it, can easily turn down a potential new player, etc. And I agree woth most of them. But I also know that the dev team lacks the time and means (both human and money) do start a redesign of the website. 
That's why I started with my modest capabilities to think and create a whole new design for it. This project is coming along quite nicely and the first results pleases me. 
However, I know that I've reached some of my limits; especially in terms of design and graphism and I need external point of view feedbacks on the general aspect before going on. 
So if you feel you have the talent to produce a nice background (I tried and failed on that), menu decorations, fancy icons or a beautiful footer please do and help-me produce the most beautiful and appealing Ryzom website. 
If you're like me and cannot do those things, I would gladly appreciate your feedback whatever it is. 

And now a first glimpse (clickable) :
[img]http://uppix.net/9/c/5/cf5d5ea39def900d1ef21e6e8bf31tt.jpg[/ img]

Kurze zusammenfassung auf DE:
Zelirr hat einen Vorschlag für ein neues Website Design der Ryzom Website erstellt.
Dies wurde getan, da immer wieder gesagt wurde, dass das aktuelle Design etwas altbacken ist und es wenige Aktualisierungen gibt was neue Spieler abschrecken könnte.
Jetzt ist er/sie jedoch an ein Limit gestoßen wo es die eigenen Designtalente nicht mehr wirklich zulassen weiter zu machen weshalb um Feedback und Unterstützung gebeten wird.

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Ich mache nun auf englisch weiter damit Zelirr mich auch versteht:

First of all: I like your idea and on a first glint it seems to be a nice design.
Even though it would help to have the picture in the original website size there are some details that come to mind when looking at it in detail:

- What was your thought when you put the "my ryzom" in the top of the site? It seems weird to me since the "my" indicates a personal site like settings for your own profile or something similiar.
- The font and color in the top are not the best choice since they are barely readable in your smaller version of the screenshot.
- The popdown submenu looks somehow weird - hovering in the middle of nowhere since it's neither connected directly to the main menu nor by choice of color and/or design elements.

With an overwhelming web presence, new players (*g*) will be disappointed on their first visit on Atys *laugh* .. exactly when they are presented with our beautiful gui for the first time ..
Despite the fact you made a nice approach to improve the website design, I'd tend to suggest keeping it closer to the original ingame gui, just the way it already is.
Apart from that, I'd /sign Jarnys' comments on your current draft ;) .. ( Huhu, Jarnys xD )

Hattte ein gespräch mit Zelirr, hier ist der Link zu dem Bild auf das man eigentlich kommen sollte wenn man auf das Bild klickt: Große Version

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