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Hello everyone,

nearly a month after i posted this topic the work is done so far. The new homepage is based on dokuwiki with a costum template.

Take a look at http://minetest.net


PS: If you are a nostalgic person, you can still visit the old homepage under http://c55.me/minetest2

Relevant: http://minetest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3075

However nice it is, I can't really accept a logo text that is so similar to MC's on the site. Unless there is proof that it already is a commonly used style and not unique at all to MC. (note: already replaced in the original post)

Otherwise, I must say this is somewhat tasteful. That particular white background could even work as the style for in-game menus, which could make an interesting unified style.

Do you think there is anything you can do to the logo text (or whatever it might be called)?

Look's like a great new homepage but make the logo text made out of mese nodes.
That way it will be different from minecraft's

Make it out of Mese Crystals.

celeron55 wrote:However nice it is, I can't really accept a logo text that is so similar to MC's on the site. Unless there is proof that it already is a commonly used style and not unique at all to MC.

Otherwise, I must say this is somewhat tasteful. That particular white background could even work as the style for in-game menus, which could make an interesting unified style.

Do you think there is anything you can do to the logo text (or whatever it might be called)?

I have created a new logo text now, that doesn't look that similar to MC's. Of cause it can still be improved, but i wanted to get the main structure first.

Would you say it is ok that way?

Josh wrote:Look's like a great new homepage but make the logo text made out of mese nodes.
That way it will be different from minecraft's

Jordach wrote:Make it out of Mese Crystals.

I don't think that this is a good idea. I will make a concept with it anyway, but in my opinion it looks to much "gold".

EDIT: It looks better than i thought.

Hey, if the name were changed to "Mesetest" it might help escape the whole Minecraft comparison. ;-)

Hey c55, what if the logo looked like the Mese Pickaxe, looked like mining test? since it called Minetest.

prestidigitator wrote:Hey, if the name were changed to "Mesetest" it might help escape the whole Minecraft comparison. ;-)

Or its original name, "Mesetint".

Likwid H-Craft wrote:Hey c55, what if the logo looked like the Mese Pickaxe, looked like mining test? since it called Minetest.

I like the logo as it is.

The block banner on this website design would look good with a steel pick axe rest against it.

rubenwardy wrote:

prestidigitator wrote:Hey, if the name were changed to "Mesetest" it might help escape the whole Minecraft comparison. ;-)

Or its original name, "Mesetint".

Mesetint was the former name of minetest_game, not of the engine itself.

BlockMen wrote:EDIT: It looks better than i thought.

Hmm... I think the grey one looks too bland, and the full mese one looks too bright. Do you think there is a way to do something in neither extreme?

celeron55 wrote:

BlockMen wrote:EDIT: It looks better than i thought.

Hmm... I think the grey one looks too bland, and the full mese one looks too bright. Do you think there is a way to do something in neither extreme?

I made new Versions of both:
stone


and Mese

NICE.

I'm ok with changing the site's layout to the one with the new stone themed title.

It needs a variation of the design for the other pages though, with the title much smaller and the subpage title visible, to make them focus on the content.

What if the central image were a slideshow of community chosen images?
Like: look at what people do in this game.

celeron55 wrote:I'm ok with changing the site's layout to the one with the new stone themed title.

It needs a variation of the design for the other pages though, with the title much smaller and the subpage title visible, to make them focus on the content.

Nice to hear that. If you need help with realisation, I have experience with PHP, MySql, HTML, CSS and JS.


Here is a first concept for a subpage:

Jordach wrote:NICE.

Thanks.

ungali wrote:What if the central image were a slideshow of community chosen images?
Like: look at what people do in this game.

That could be details for later and it would also be possible to make a video, or a slideshow of video(s) and pictures, etc...

This is very, very, nice! I really love it :D

The (somewhat crappy) current minetest.net source code is available here: https://github.com/celeron55/minetest.net_php

There are probably three ways of doing this; either you'll just throw the raw graphics in here and maybe me or rubenwardy will code the layout, or you'll implement a template-ish version of the layout and I'll integrate it on the site, or you'll just go ahead and do it all, and send a pull request. 8)

celeron55 wrote:There are probably three ways of doing this; either you'll just throw the raw graphics in here and maybe me or rubenwardy will code the layout, or you'll implement a template-ish version of the layout and I'll integrate it on the site, or you'll just go ahead and do it all, and send a pull request. 8)

I think i will choose the 3rd option. :) Where and how i have to send a pull request?

EDIT: Ok, I found out now. The URL is https://github.com/BlockMen/minetest.net_php, but I guess u already know that.

celeron55 wrote:The (somewhat crappy) current minetest.net source code is available here: https://github.com/celeron55/minetest.net_php

This will help to fit it in the current structure.

I had my go on a redesign awhile ago. The Minetest logo was made by dakal, I only did a minor tweak of it but full credit should still belong to him. The social media icons are from SocialShift by Manuel Lopez.
http://emey87.deviantart.com/art/SocialShift-Social-icon-set-189016080

I dont know if Gambit or BlockMen has a better design..

I like Gambit's better, but that's mainly because I've always had a preference for dark colors. BlockMen's design is also very good.

I'd say I like Gambits because it seems to use the space better and dosn't look as much like a blog.

No offense BlockMen.

Traxie21 wrote:I'd say I like Gambits because it seems to use the space better and dosn't look as much like a blog.

No offense BlockMen.

No problem that you like Gambits more. Every opinion is welcome here.

But I don't see why my concept looks more like a blog than Gambits. Actually the "Recent Post"-Box, the "posted in", the date at text and the "Comments" makes Gamits concept look alot like a blog.

I meant the column style long page.

Traxie21 wrote:I meant the column style long page.

Summing up: You like the space above and below. Because in relation to the colum style this is the only difference.

I like wider pages :3