Possibility of updating the forums and making them more prominent on the website?

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#1

For many years I did not know this forum existed because I never thought to click on “Arena” on the athas.org website. It seems to me that the forums could more clearly stand out on the website, or even have their own separate URL/Name to make it a more prominent place to visit. It really could use a more intuitive format as well! Something that looks more like Dragonsfoot or Candlekeep Forums.

Forums are far better than Discord for discussion and documentation, it’s a shame to see so many going the way of Discord instead.

Has anything in this regard been discussed?

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#2

Not to my knowledge, but there’s a first time for everything. @raddu @flip thoughts?

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#3

I’m all for making the forums more visible, but as far as the look of the forum themselves, I like the current formatting.

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#4

And I suspect changing the format of the Forums would a LOT of effort.

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#5

This forum CMS is known as a Discourse forum, and I actually like Discourse. As far as the address goes, unfortunately, it’s too late for that because we have so many links to arena.athas.org, both from outside and inside this forum, and changing the address will break those links.

There is definitely something that could be done about the Athas.org front-page to make the forums more prominent.