Site redesign - sneak peek - part 1

[theolaa]

In response to post #41286925.

opusGlass wrote: Looks great -- one feature I'd love to see is an extra sorting option for "Endorsements per Download." Would help when looking for mods that are somewhat obscure but still high quality. Keep up the good work!

Yeah, endorsements:downloads would be a good indicator of quality instead of popularity.

[dragonfire3405]

Looks wonderful. Superb work.

[dredlord45]

In response to post #41280505. #41280675 is also a reply to the same post.

dredlord45 wrote: Let us have as many favorites as we want. That is literally the only change you need to make.

Timmster wrote: I can understand some sort of limit to keep user data storage low on the servers. Just 8 is a bit low, hopefully will be increased once the new site is more fleshed out.

It doesn't take that much space to have the sight remember that it only needs to show certain games. I want to only see the games that I have mods tracked in when I load the sight. It can't be that hard.

[HomicidalGrouse]

As a web designer myself... this is nice. To be honest, I've kind of hated the current look of the Nexus for a long time. I'll be glad to see the 2004-style layout go. It won't be missed.

[azzendix]

In response to post #41268610. #41268860 is also a reply to the same post.

BlindJudge wrote: It’s been a little while coming, but today I’m pleased to give you all a little glimpse into the labour of love that is the newly redesigned Nexusmods.com.

Please take a watch of the video below and let us know your feedback.

Like I mention in the video this is a very early version and certain things are not fully functional as yet, we are looking at changing certain aspects of our framework to make continued development easier, but this means that our time-frame has slipped a little.

Breaking down the video I’ll run through certain parts of the site, firstly the look. We tried many designs, some more ‘radical’ than others, and ran them past the staff and focus group to determine which would serve you all the best in being both aesthetically pleasing while also retaining the high level of functionality that you are used to. The design also had to work with the numerous break points that we wanted to implement and we are really pleased with this end result.

The navigation needed to be easier than what we currently have and be well laid out, responsive to the mouse, able to be used on touchscreen devices and intuitive. I think we have truly nailed all of these. The site functions just as easily on a tablet as it does a desktop and this makes browsing the site while out and about or laying in bed a pleasure.

At the top of the homepage we have the games. This is keeping inline with what we have on the existing site and should make people feel more at home. We have dropped the portrait boxart images and have replaced these with landscape images that can show more iconic and recognisable images from the games we host. To enable users to reach the games that they are most interested in quickly and easily we have also included the ability to add games to a personalised favourites menu. You can have up to 8 favourites at a time and these can be quickly and easily managed from within the menu.

Underneath games, we have gone with the news and articles. This may be a little controversial, but we have discovered through extensive research and heat-mapping that this part of the site is often skipped over and our users jump straight into the game of their choice. We’re hoping that having the news and articles close to the top of the site will interest enough people to take a look. In the same vein, we would like to offer more compelling content in this section, , creating our own as well as having guest contributors get involved. If you have any ideas, then please feel free to drop me a PM or email me at [email protected].

Next, we come to the mods section of the page. This is the front page so you will see mods from each and every game on the site. This will be a great place to see what has just been added to the site and also check out the new ‘random’ tab which will provide you with a totally random selection of mods from our repository. This will also be a feature on a per game basis, allowing users to get their fix of ‘hidden gems’.

At the bottom we have the footer, this is as exciting as a footer gets. It sits there with lots of links on, each of which will host a redesigned page. Feel free to to take a click through when it’s released.

I’d like to mention that what I don’t show is how responsive the site is for different screen resolutions. It doesn’t matter if you have a 4k screen, a 1080p screen or a smartphone, the site will look and function fantastic on all of them.

Profile and collections are going to be introduced at a later date and I’ll be sure to get a post out in the near future covering these in depth.

So what do you think? Please let us know in the comments. We welcome constructive criticism!

disi30 wrote: Sooo, only the front page changes and we can still switch to a "Skyrim" or "Fallout4" only page? Looking for the Top 200 or the recently added files/new/videos/images?
/ranton
Or are we forced to view all sorts of game's mods now and scroll out mouse-wheels off because of the large pictures so people can use their fingers to surf the web?
/rantoff
Flag mods we want to monitor the activity for?

p.s. since I have no influence whatsoever, this is meant funny but also as feedback ;)

pps. so I just read you answered to another comment, we will get a mix of mods now and cannot switch to a specific game. This is very bad imho.

I mean how many games should I mod and support or even play at the same time to even be interested in the mix?

I need option to show only specfic game that i'm modding.

[electrophil]

In response to post #41268610. #41268860, #41289960 are all replies on the same post.

BlindJudge wrote: It’s been a little while coming, but today I’m pleased to give you all a little glimpse into the labour of love that is the newly redesigned Nexusmods.com.

Please take a watch of the video below and let us know your feedback.

Like I mention in the video this is a very early version and certain things are not fully functional as yet, we are looking at changing certain aspects of our framework to make continued development easier, but this means that our time-frame has slipped a little.

Breaking down the video I’ll run through certain parts of the site, firstly the look. We tried many designs, some more ‘radical’ than others, and ran them past the staff and focus group to determine which would serve you all the best in being both aesthetically pleasing while also retaining the high level of functionality that you are used to. The design also had to work with the numerous break points that we wanted to implement and we are really pleased with this end result.

The navigation needed to be easier than what we currently have and be well laid out, responsive to the mouse, able to be used on touchscreen devices and intuitive. I think we have truly nailed all of these. The site functions just as easily on a tablet as it does a desktop and this makes browsing the site while out and about or laying in bed a pleasure.

At the top of the homepage we have the games. This is keeping inline with what we have on the existing site and should make people feel more at home. We have dropped the portrait boxart images and have replaced these with landscape images that can show more iconic and recognisable images from the games we host. To enable users to reach the games that they are most interested in quickly and easily we have also included the ability to add games to a personalised favourites menu. You can have up to 8 favourites at a time and these can be quickly and easily managed from within the menu.

Underneath games, we have gone with the news and articles. This may be a little controversial, but we have discovered through extensive research and heat-mapping that this part of the site is often skipped over and our users jump straight into the game of their choice. We’re hoping that having the news and articles close to the top of the site will interest enough people to take a look. In the same vein, we would like to offer more compelling content in this section, , creating our own as well as having guest contributors get involved. If you have any ideas, then please feel free to drop me a PM or email me at [email protected].

Next, we come to the mods section of the page. This is the front page so you will see mods from each and every game on the site. This will be a great place to see what has just been added to the site and also check out the new ‘random’ tab which will provide you with a totally random selection of mods from our repository. This will also be a feature on a per game basis, allowing users to get their fix of ‘hidden gems’.

At the bottom we have the footer, this is as exciting as a footer gets. It sits there with lots of links on, each of which will host a redesigned page. Feel free to to take a click through when it’s released.

I’d like to mention that what I don’t show is how responsive the site is for different screen resolutions. It doesn’t matter if you have a 4k screen, a 1080p screen or a smartphone, the site will look and function fantastic on all of them.

Profile and collections are going to be introduced at a later date and I’ll be sure to get a post out in the near future covering these in depth.

So what do you think? Please let us know in the comments. We welcome constructive criticism!

disi30 wrote: Sooo, only the front page changes and we can still switch to a "Skyrim" or "Fallout4" only page? Looking for the Top 200 or the recently added files/new/videos/images?
/ranton
Or are we forced to view all sorts of game's mods now and scroll out mouse-wheels off because of the large pictures so people can use their fingers to surf the web?
/rantoff
Flag mods we want to monitor the activity for?

p.s. since I have no influence whatsoever, this is meant funny but also as feedback ;)

pps. so I just read you answered to another comment, we will get a mix of mods now and cannot switch to a specific game. This is very bad imho.

I mean how many games should I mod and support or even play at the same time to even be interested in the mix?

azzendix wrote: I need option to show only specfic game that i'm modding.

It looks great! But then, this is one of my favorite sites. It's always looks great.

For us simple guys that mod and play one game only, will we still be able to go straight to that game?

[Plummsmods]

Looks great! Stoked for this!

[marmotte]

The success of nexus is linked to its content... i believe. The presentation is not very important for me, but if the navigation is better and quicker, it's good.

 

however, i don't understand why the staff keeps black bars on the left and on the right of the screen. Why not a fullscreen website? More place = more informations

Edited August 10, 2016 by marmotte

[pops58]

I very rarely comment, but....

 

When I see "We're redesigning our site!!!!!! It's gonna be reel good!!!!" I shudder and think to myself "well, here comes another horrible mess that will be impossible to find anything on and will look like it was done by a retarded three year old."

 

You simply can't imagine my shock when I looked at your video. My immediate reaction was "This looks great and was designed by adults who actually know what they're doing and what their clients both want and need. MY GOD!!"

 

Dark0ne, you absolutely MUST sack the designers. This sort of heresy is simply not allowed on the modern Internet.

 

[Trasher54]

The design looks neat. It's okay with me.