Guild Site Front Page

I know that in the past we chatted about having a guild front page that could lead us, our visitors and friends to this forum but I couldn't find right the topic. Anyway if you're not sure what I'm talking about check out Kajidic's front page which leads onto thier main forum.

The reason I'm bringing this up is that I think one of my friends who works in website design might (with emphasis on might) be able to put one together for the guild. I haven't asked her yet but I should be seeing her Friday so I could discuss it then. I think just having a front page that leads to this forum might be a good plan.

So any ideas on what kind of design you think we should have if it's possible?

Personally I'd like to have a flash page where all of the letters of "Agents of the E.P.O.C.H" appear slowly on the screen at the start page. I assume most of you have seen the film Aliens so if you watch the opening credits you'll know what I mean. I like that effect as it always seemed really sinister to me. Obviously it would'nt be done in the same font etc. but hopefully you get the general idea.

Love the idea of a front page but please not as tacky as the Kajidic's one (no offence)

Oh god no, as much I appreciate the Kajidic's front page it's not particularly what I have in mind with loads of sliced up horror movies put on a video. We're an RP guild so it would have to be canon-friendly and more importantly it'd have to be a very serious-looking front page. As usual we'll be looking more along the lines of the 3 S's "Shadowy, Secretive and Sinister". Not so dark that it comes across as Sith but certainly close.

Tando wrote:

Love the idea of a front page but please not as tacky as the Kajidic's one (no offence)

To be fair it's meant to be tacky, they're a comedy guild
Shame they changed their music, that one belongs to Borderlands

As for a flash page? Aye I remember mentioning this in past threads.

I'd personally recommend a cool-as-funk cyberpunk-stylee initialisation program. Keep it clean and smexy-looking on a dark background, with writing (possibly in English and Galactic Basic?) coming up as if the person looking at the screen was splicing into a system; ending with a flashing "enter" button or something leading to these forums.

Quick, clean, classy.

Something like we have for the splicer, only animated; as if the "user" is really hacking into a security net, and it brings them here.

thats a cool idea LW, or at the end the Guild receptionist shows up and says welcome to EPOCH (Just need a Woman with a Sexy voice)

Aye the Cyberpunk style is what I was thinking too as it really is one of the biggest influences of the guild. I like the idea of having "Agents of the E.P.O.C.H" fading-in with Aurebesh and then having each letter switch into english to spell the guild name out. We'll definitely need a 'skip intro' button though. Something like the little target that Hare designed over the top if it would look pretty neat if it in more detail:

Aye, thats what I was getting at - a bit like on the front of the Timeline videos for TOR, except less "accessing database", more "splicing database"

Heheh that'd be cool, and then of course there's the option of music. Thats gonna be tough finding something dark, sinister and Star Wars that isn't related to the Sith. I'll have to have a dig about.

Their renderer over at Kajidic's is obv one busy bunny O.O