I like having ideas that make me feel like I'm "upgrading" the site somewhat. I've done this a couple of times previously.
"MoeGamer 2.0", which is the basis for the site as you see it today, launched in 2016 and brought with it the Cover Game format. I was frustrated with the state of modern games journalism — no change there, then — and wanted to try doing something a bit different. It inspired me greatly.
"MoeGamer 2.5", meanwhile, launched about a year later, and saw me adding the "All Games" pagealong with Hub Pages for each and every game I covered on the site that collect together all the articles I've written about them, Cover Game features in chronological order where applicable, plus other information such as gameplay videos, Let's Play series and screenshots. This is one of my favourite upgrades to the site, as it makes it super-easy to find articles about specific things. If you've never tried it, check out the All Games link in the header menu, go to https://moegamer.net/all-games or, if you're browsing on a computer, pick a game from the right-hand sidebar.
Just recently, I've been getting a bit of an itch to tweak a few things here and there, too. They're relatively minor changes this time around and some are only partially implemented so far, but I wanted to introduce them to you today as "MoeGamer 2.75"
First up is pretty simple: you may have noticed a short while back I added Index and Index By Date pages. These are fairly self-explanatory: Index is a straight alphabetical list of every post on the site, while Index by Date is the same, but chronologically, with the most recent at the top.
Second is also pretty simple: I had a little fiddle with the CSS and added a nice border around posts with a drop shadow to make them stand out a bit. I also made the box for the headline section semi-transparent so you can see the bottom bit of the featured image through it now, too; I did this primarily because under the old setup, the visual joke on the featured image for The Vanishing Point Award wasn't visible. Whoops.
Third is something it's going to take a little longer to fully implement, but I think it'll work well: it's the addition of a banner and navigation to the top of Cover Game articles. This not only makes them stand out more, it also makes it easier for people coming in partway through to navigate forwards and backwards between the "chapters" without having to go back to the Hub Page. It also gives a better idea of what a Cover Game feature is, for those unfamiliar… plus I simply think it looks quite nice:
I have a lot of posts to go through to add that to, but I plan on working on that a bit at a time as well as making this standard practice going forward. It may not be the most whizzbang and exciting new feature, but I'm pleased with it! 🙂
Anyway. Weekend. Time to go and melt into bed for about 12 hours. Have a good one!
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