As some of you may have noticed, the previous news setup TGN had has been changed. The old news setup we used included having a separate news section under each of the different system forums, in addition to a separate forum for general gaming industry news. The new setup we've chosen to go with merges all the separate news forums into one news area, located here:
With any changes to the website, some people may dislike it while others will love it. Let me give you the reasons why we changed to the new setup.
The biggest reason we changed to one news area is to better organize the news that we're publishing. Instead of posting a news thread and duplicating it into each of the other forums that it applies to, the news will be posted in one place, in one thread. This eliminates having multiple topics open covering the same exact piece of news, as well as gets rid of the closed duplicate threads being linked back to the original thread so that you can comment on the news. This means less clicks for everyone and a much better organized way of publishing the news.
The gaming industry forum is setup with a prefix system. This prefixes will clearly show you what system/console the news pertains to. If it deals with more than a single system, you will see prefixes like PS3/360 or Multi. Overall, it's a clear way to see what news you're interested in. If you want to only look at PC news, then all you have to do is look under the display options and click on a PC prefix and hit show threads. It will then sort the news and only show topics with a PC prefix. The same can then be done for any of the systems. So if you are the type of person which still likes to have that separation between the news, this is your way to do that.
In summary, the new setup is to both ease our users when viewing news as well as to make our job as news posters easier. We will no longer have to waste our time duplicating the same topic multiple times, which will give us more time to post news. And the user will no longer have to waste time thread hopping to get to the one open thread where you can comment.
One last note, a new main page design will be put in place very soon to compliment the new setup. For all the latest gaming news from now on, please visit here!
With any changes to the website, some people may dislike it while others will love it. Let me give you the reasons why we changed to the new setup.
The biggest reason we changed to one news area is to better organize the news that we're publishing. Instead of posting a news thread and duplicating it into each of the other forums that it applies to, the news will be posted in one place, in one thread. This eliminates having multiple topics open covering the same exact piece of news, as well as gets rid of the closed duplicate threads being linked back to the original thread so that you can comment on the news. This means less clicks for everyone and a much better organized way of publishing the news.
The gaming industry forum is setup with a prefix system. This prefixes will clearly show you what system/console the news pertains to. If it deals with more than a single system, you will see prefixes like PS3/360 or Multi. Overall, it's a clear way to see what news you're interested in. If you want to only look at PC news, then all you have to do is look under the display options and click on a PC prefix and hit show threads. It will then sort the news and only show topics with a PC prefix. The same can then be done for any of the systems. So if you are the type of person which still likes to have that separation between the news, this is your way to do that.
In summary, the new setup is to both ease our users when viewing news as well as to make our job as news posters easier. We will no longer have to waste our time duplicating the same topic multiple times, which will give us more time to post news. And the user will no longer have to waste time thread hopping to get to the one open thread where you can comment.
One last note, a new main page design will be put in place very soon to compliment the new setup. For all the latest gaming news from now on, please visit here!
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