Our next topic was a huge one, ladies and gentlemen. The Front Site. Every man and his dog and his dog's favourite bone has an opinion on this (even if your opinion is "don't care, it doesn't affect me"). This is an opportunity for our leaders to really shine and show us all what they could do in charge of EoFF.

The Newbie Party
Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB
The Front Site: Does it need improving? If so, how?
Absolutely. While it still has many basic ideas right and it is certainly a commendable design, it simply has not moved forward as fast as it has needed to in line with the rest of today's internet. It's the time of Facebook, of Twitter, of innovation, opinion and social networking. We have for a long time focused on the black and white of Final Fantasy and now it is time to give EoFF a hell of a lot more colour. This is actually something that EoFF is already working towards - Rantzien, Baloki, Roogle, myself and the rest of the forums staff have all been spending time considering our options for the way forward and it is not far away now. I'm heavily invested on improving the length of time before everything goes live, asking for ways in which we can shorten any estimated timeframes and how we can get the community to contribute. Some key decisions need to be made before everything moves forward on a more public level, but rest assured that forward Eyes on Final Fantasy - and our community as a whole - will most certainly move. Expect all sorts of things to become a little more regular, expect every member to have the chance for their time in the limelight of our frontsite, expect interactivity and forum-site integration. Quite frankly, you should expect a lot.

I personally want to see articles, opinion mattering, comments, polls and all sorts of things on the frontsite. Incentives, too. I wish I could tell you so much more and I hope to tell you all more very soon, but again, it's key decisions which are holding me back from being able to do so at the moment. I hope that some of you are able to get as excited as I am about this, because I feel it's really important to get our frontsite to the next level, and perhaps even more importantly for me, I feel it's time we did it as a community. You know how site staff was recently disbanded? Well, I expect them to be back on a completely new level and people will probably want to be on the 'site staff' (or whatever they become) more than ever before.

Hopefully. I'm optimistic, but I feel it's warranted. On a sidenote, I'm really interested in what the other parties have to say about this because it's a big thing and if there's any debate over the way forward then all the better for EoFF!
The JLI
Quote Originally Posted by Super Delete
2. The Front Site

The front site is the brand of EoFF. The comic shop window. Every group needs a good brand, just ask the JLI's new publicist, Mr. Completely Harmless Man (wait...that cloak...that green skin...that sinister expression...could it be?). The EoFF front site has been there for many years and has done its job well. Many of us came to this great site from it. But, just like a store front needs to change its arrangement every now and then, our front site needs a change.

The first step is to break out of these evil chains that have been keeping us hostage for months. Yes, I'm talking about the shackles brought on by that evil AI, vile Bot 4 (vB4). Once a benevolent supercomputer, vB4 promised to modernize our great site and usher in an era of prosperity. However, she one day became self-aware (don't they all), and halted all progress in order to enslave us into creating more and more skins for her hide her true colors behind*.

Fortunately, we have finally started the necessary steps to fully integrate our front site and forums using into one cohesive unit (much like the JLI Red and Gold Teams). This is and should be the focus project going forward for the next several weeks. Once it is done, the site will have a new fresh look and be easier to navigate and update than it ever was before.

This project will be top priority, and it should have the full support from members and staff. I think the key is to get everyone involved so it feels like a community project and not just a 'BoB-Baloki-Ratzien' project. Perhaps there can be various ways we promote it. Soliciting volunteers or design suggestions, and offering rewards for hard work. The biggest reward, of course, will be having a site and forums we can navigate fluidly and that have a similar sleek and modern design. Much like when Mr. Completely Harmless Man redesigned JLI headquarters. All for free too (though it does look vaguely familiar...).

*see Justice League of the Internet #469-473: Upgrade from Hell
The Poké Party
Quote Originally Posted by Election Booth
Hi, my name is Election Booth, and I am not affiliated with the Poké Party. However, I just thought I'd say, it's a tad sad that the Poké Party didn't submit anything for such an important topic. Is this a sign that they aren't willing to take charge? Who knows.