Website Redesign Proposal : Big Menu
Posted: 16 Jun 2012, 16:44
Hi to all, make sure you read the entire post before jumping to the picture and comment as we need to focus on the ergonomics of menu mechanism,
The objective of the redesign is to ameliorate the retention rate of people visiting the website by using a more modern look and better ergonomics. I do not have access to the Analytics data at the moment, so it is difficult for me to evaluate if current retention rate is deficient or not. Please not I used a flickr image too small for the final design, I will take a good picture myself in a superb emplacement near me.
I prepared a mockup for the general design and menu system I propose to make the website more user friendly. I do not have the original files for the logo in hands at the moment so it is simply missing. The goal of the new menu system is to make as much information available to the user in the simplest way possible using a "big menu". The bottom of the design (missing from the mock-up) would contain links to social media accounts, various links used on the current design and a subtle text-based sitemap.
The home page would contain a paragraph of text explaining what is The Mana World, recent game news, randomized players testimonies and randomized screenshots.
Menu operation
When a user hover over one of the 4 elements of this big menu, a panel would appear with the most relevant information. If the user click on the element, it would direct him to a page containing similar content with more details.
PLAY THE GAME
- Registration using AJAX to catch the result (creation success or failure) and display it in place of the form. Since recaptcha uses Javascript this should not be an issue. A warning to enable Javascript would display if the user disable Javascript.
- Download links
READ THE MANUAL
- Direct links to the most important articles in the wiki addressing the players.
CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT
- All the developer tools and most important wiki articles addressing developers would be located there
ABOUT
- History of the project, some logically integrated landing pages to target additional search keywords such as "MMORPG, what is that?" to try to get better visibility on search engines.
I awaits your comments eagerly (going to bed dont expect immediate feedback from me...)
-gagolthegreat AKA Jimbo rinfrette
The objective of the redesign is to ameliorate the retention rate of people visiting the website by using a more modern look and better ergonomics. I do not have access to the Analytics data at the moment, so it is difficult for me to evaluate if current retention rate is deficient or not. Please not I used a flickr image too small for the final design, I will take a good picture myself in a superb emplacement near me.
I prepared a mockup for the general design and menu system I propose to make the website more user friendly. I do not have the original files for the logo in hands at the moment so it is simply missing. The goal of the new menu system is to make as much information available to the user in the simplest way possible using a "big menu". The bottom of the design (missing from the mock-up) would contain links to social media accounts, various links used on the current design and a subtle text-based sitemap.
The home page would contain a paragraph of text explaining what is The Mana World, recent game news, randomized players testimonies and randomized screenshots.
Menu operation
When a user hover over one of the 4 elements of this big menu, a panel would appear with the most relevant information. If the user click on the element, it would direct him to a page containing similar content with more details.
PLAY THE GAME
- Registration using AJAX to catch the result (creation success or failure) and display it in place of the form. Since recaptcha uses Javascript this should not be an issue. A warning to enable Javascript would display if the user disable Javascript.
- Download links
READ THE MANUAL
- Direct links to the most important articles in the wiki addressing the players.
CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT
- All the developer tools and most important wiki articles addressing developers would be located there
ABOUT
- History of the project, some logically integrated landing pages to target additional search keywords such as "MMORPG, what is that?" to try to get better visibility on search engines.
I awaits your comments eagerly (going to bed dont expect immediate feedback from me...)
-gagolthegreat AKA Jimbo rinfrette