Hello,
the minetest website has come into the years. It had its time, but it has been decided to replace it, with something nicer. To find a new design, we (the core team) are holding a design contest.
Entries have to fulfill:
- 1. Has to look good :)
2. Should have similar content as the main page (basic description, has all the links, some screenshots, etc.).
3. Of course, it has to be permissively licensed (like CC-BY-SA), i.e. no nc/nd clauses.
4. We either want to run the website using github pages, or dokuwiki. Therefore, we accept dokuwiki templates, and jekyll content. Also, you can chose another (open source) technology for display on github, as long as you provide us with automated steps (git hook + setup steps, apt-get etc) to generate the html.
5. It should be more than just a proof-of-concept, therefore it should be responsive, and not require too much data for mobile connections. Special optimisations in this regard are a big plus!
Steps of the contest:
- 1. We accept entries until August 18, in one month. Please submit them in their own thread (in this subforum), with a post linking them here.
2. We filter out submissions which obviously don't meet the criteria. To provide further assistance, this is partly already done during the entry period. You will see a list in this post.
3. We let the public vote to get an overview over popularity.
4. The core devs discuss which entry to chose, what to modify, also considering technical arguments (esp. 4. and 5.).
5. A winner gets announced, and the new website gets deployed!!
Who can submit:
Anybody :), including coredevs. If they submit an entry, they should be as neutral as possible in the discussion. Multiple entries, teams, etc, all allowed. Drafts are good for the discussion, but will get filtered out in step 2. Therefore, complete your submissions! You are free to use content not created by you as long as the licensing is ok.
FAQ
- How should I submit? As described above, you should create a new thread for your submission inside this forum. The first post in the thread should be kept up to date with the latest state of development. It should contain:
- 1. A screenshot
2. (If existent) A link to a live version
3. Link to the source code (zip, github, gitlab, whatever you think is apropriate)
4. License information
5. If you are submitting as a team, the team members.
What should be the scope of the website? The only strict goal is to make a (representative) landing site to sit in front of the forum, the downloads, and the wikis and all of those things that we have - the purpose is important, not how the purpose is exactly fulfilled.
We would also welcome a good bit of open discussion about the future design during this time in the community.
Happy designing!
Submissions:
1. srifqi's Material Design meets minetest.net
2. Calinou's Bootstrap entry
