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 Agamemnon2 wrote:
Man. That's some ridiculous stuff. I'm kind of blown away that there's no introduction to the company and its products anymore. If you don't know what an Eldar is, the website cannot help you one damn bit. If a parent does some googling about the game his kid wants you to buy for him, I guess GW would rather they go to Wikipedia. It's just a staggering kind of uninterestedness.

Err its just like the old site. click army lists then click eldar...

 Kilkrazy wrote:
My take:

No breadcrumb trail. Instead there is a small "Back" link that moves around the page or disappears depending on what type of page you are looking at.

Then good news! In the page source is this:

<!-- TODO: create breadcrumb -->


So the site is not yet finished...

Great. So...why did it take them more than 12 hours if it's not finished?

Bloodwin wrote:

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
Man. That's some ridiculous stuff. I'm kind of blown away that there's no introduction to the company and its products anymore. If you don't know what an Eldar is, the website cannot help you one damn bit. If a parent does some googling about the game his kid wants you to buy for him, I guess GW would rather they go to Wikipedia. It's just a staggering kind of uninterestedness.

Err its just like the old site. click army lists then click eldar...

Nope,
Don't see it

 Kosake wrote:


Also, I assume the red up-pointing arrows inform you about price increases, otherwise I can't explain, why the Big Mek with the SAG gun costs 33€ now. That must be record for any single infantry model without even the bulky USR, even including forge-world.

The red pointing arrow refers to a "web store exclusive". Though it doesn't appear to tell you this anywhere (only found out by right clicking on the image and hitting "view background").

 sarduka42 wrote:

Bloodwin wrote:

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
Man. That's some ridiculous stuff. I'm kind of blown away that there's no introduction to the company and its products anymore. If you don't know what an Eldar is, the website cannot help you one damn bit. If a parent does some googling about the game his kid wants you to buy for him, I guess GW would rather they go to Wikipedia. It's just a staggering kind of uninterestedness.

Err its just like the old site. click army lists then click eldar...

Nope,
Don't see it

Looks like they're basically in the codex descriptions now:

The Eldar embody excellence in the arts of war. Their psychic abilities are unparalleled and their elite armies are without peer. Now seer and civilian alike battle for the survival of the great craftworlds upon which they ply the stars. Led by potent psykers and powerful lords, their armies fight fiercely against the upstart races of the galaxy, determined that their empire will blaze once more into glorious light before fate consigns them to oblivion.

Also, alot of the classes used start "test..." for example

< li class="test-pay-type-visa visa">visa</li> < li class="test-pay-type-mastercard mastercard">mastercard</li> < li class="test-pay-type-payPal payPal">payPal</li>

Hm. Ghazghkull Thraka is also $40. Are they casting models out of solid steel now?

 sarduka42 wrote:

Bloodwin wrote:

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
Man. That's some ridiculous stuff. I'm kind of blown away that there's no introduction to the company and its products anymore. If you don't know what an Eldar is, the website cannot help you one damn bit. If a parent does some googling about the game his kid wants you to buy for him, I guess GW would rather they go to Wikipedia. It's just a staggering kind of uninterestedness.

Err its just like the old site. click army lists then click eldar...

Nope,
Don't see it

Yeah, I don't see it either.

 Grimtuff wrote:

 Kosake wrote:


Also, I assume the red up-pointing arrows inform you about price increases, otherwise I can't explain, why the Big Mek with the SAG gun costs 33€ now. That must be record for any single infantry model without even the bulky USR, even including forge-world.

The red pointing arrow refers to a "web store exclusive". Though it doesn't appear to tell you this anywhere (only found out by right clicking on the image and hitting "view background").

It also tells you if you click the arrow. Would have been better if it appeared when you hovered your mouse over it.

I like it it is the same website easier t navigate and with a modern feel. Simply left clicking the red arrow next to the models picture tells us it is web exclusive... But over all I think it's filter style navigation will make it easier to find what you need.

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:

 Grimtuff wrote:

 Kosake wrote:


Also, I assume the red up-pointing arrows inform you about price increases, otherwise I can't explain, why the Big Mek with the SAG gun costs 33€ now. That must be record for any single infantry model without even the bulky USR, even including forge-world.

The red pointing arrow refers to a "web store exclusive". Though it doesn't appear to tell you this anywhere (only found out by right clicking on the image and hitting "view background").

It also tells you if you click the arrow. Would have been better if it appeared when you hovered your mouse over it.

It also hints pretty heavily in the "Why shop with us?" bar on the top level.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 sarduka42 wrote:

Bloodwin wrote:

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
Man. That's some ridiculous stuff. I'm kind of blown away that there's no introduction to the company and its products anymore. If you don't know what an Eldar is, the website cannot help you one damn bit. If a parent does some googling about the game his kid wants you to buy for him, I guess GW would rather they go to Wikipedia. It's just a staggering kind of uninterestedness.

Err its just like the old site. click army lists then click eldar...

Nope,
Don't see it

Yeah, I don't see it either.

once you click the army list click on a product like the codex or the battleforce box. Then scroll down and theres a lovely little description. If a parent without a clue can find the site then either they are capable of googling about the game or they dont actually care. Every year at Christmas GW do their idiot gift service for relatives that dont give a monkeys what the model is of just that they want to get the recipiant something they really want rather than socks. That's why they have incorporated that gift list thing. Just like Amazon I can make a list and send it to people. Admittedly I am 40 and my family know I have weirder stuff than GW minis but they are still capable of going into GW with an email or text I have sent them and ask the manager for what i want. But then I'm lucky I am in the UK and we have loads of their stores so my family can find the shop and ask. If you aint in the UK thouhgh you're pretty stuffed and are probably ordering from a third party site. Of course if you were being tight on the money youd send relatives to the cheaper online stores that arent GW.

Huh, didn't notice that.
Then again, light grey on a light background isn't really that noticable

bah site has gone down. C'mon GW - put back the FAQs!'

 sarduka42 wrote:
bah site has gone down. C'mon GW - put back the FAQs!'

It's down? Still working for me.

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Huh, didn't notice that.
Then again, light grey on a light background isn't really that noticable

Yeah I didnt see it the first time that's pretty lame design but then this is the company that gave us Warhammer Visions and thought it was a good idea.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 sarduka42 wrote:
bah site has gone down. C'mon GW - put back the FAQs!'

It's down? Still working for me.

doh, it was just the maintenance page cached on my computer. For a moment I hoped they had the FAqs coming back. Thinking about it now - its a Web Store template website - note sure how or where they could possibly upload the FAQs.

 sarduka42 wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 sarduka42 wrote:
bah site has gone down. C'mon GW - put back the FAQs!'

It's down? Still working for me.

doh, it was just the maintenance page cached on my computer. For a moment I hoped they had the FAqs coming back. Thinking about it now - its a Web Store template website - note sure how or where they could possibly upload the FAQs.

By giving them their own paged like WD Daily.

That website is really poorly executed. Do they even have a proper URL for their mainpage? All I get when trying to access games-workshop.com or games-workshop.de are error pages. And if I click on the GW logo I get directed to the main page with a URL like: http://www.games-workshop.com/de-DE/Ziel?_DARGS=/includes/catalogHeaderTagContent.jsp_AF&_dynSessConf=-8134439348337382795

Only good thing about the relaunch is that the Adeptus Astartes Storm Wing kit is back.

Forget the website, top priority is that the Space Marine Commander has enough skulls. At least 38... Oh thank god, I can rest now.

Finally a miniature with a skull ratio of more skulls then .mm in height.

 Breotan wrote:
If the store is being set up by a different company than the previous, then it may be more difficult than it's worth to migrate that customer data.

Export table data. Reformat to suit new database. Import to new database.

For the sake of 15 years worth of sales data? Definitely worth taking the time.

Still not working in China.

 insaniak wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
If the store is being set up by a different company than the previous, then it may be more difficult than it's worth to migrate that customer data.

Export table data. Reformat to suit new database. Import to new database.

For the sake of 15 years worth of sales data? Definitely worth taking the time.

Yep, you know that's the exact t-SQL command and everything...

Data migration is a ball-ache, pure and simple.

Edit: Also "Sales Data" is not the same as "User account"

 SRSFACE wrote:
Also the limited edition miniature is ugly as sin. The hell is up with that sword? Forget the stupid scabbard for a second. What the hell is it even attached to? Is that supposed to be on his belt? It's just kind of floating there on his front. Totally, totally stupid. And the way he's holding his storm bolter is totally awkward and mighty stupid as well.

He's posed the way he is because he's a remake of this guy.

 Koppo wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
If the store is being set up by a different company than the previous, then it may be more difficult than it's worth to migrate that customer data.

Export table data. Reformat to suit new database. Import to new database.

For the sake of 15 years worth of sales data? Definitely worth taking the time.

Yep, you know that's the exact t-SQL command and everything...

Data migration is a ball-ache, pure and simple.

Its ball-ache, but form a business standpoint it should have been factored into the cost of doing the damned site-rework. Anything less is lazy and you can't really pretend otherwise.

Lets face it, the design is kind of gak. I hate session-based websites, because I can't just leave tabs open to specific entries for ease of location. Now if your in for more than 15 minutes w/o activity, it resets you to the main goddamn page, and you have to make your selections all over again.

 paulson games wrote:
Forget the website, top priority is that the Space Marine Commander has enough skulls. At least 38... Oh thank god, I can rest now.

Finally a miniature with a skull ratio of more skulls then .mm in height.

Spoiler:

I count 40 skulls.
It's kind of like "guess the number of jelly beans".

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Would have been better if it appeared when you hovered your mouse over it.

There are few ways to hover a mouse when on a smartphone or tablet.
I don't dare look at it on my phone, as it's so horrible on the PC.

I count 41.

22 21 on sword
8 on cape
3 on storm bolter
2 on back pack
1 on halo
1 on leg
1 on fist
1 on chest
2 (one on each shoulder)
=40

+ The one in his head

Anyone else notice that the little hand thingo comes up when you hover over images meaning the are links, but nothing happens when you click on them... but if (in Chrome) you right click on them and "open link in new tab/window" you get a larger version of the image?

I'm glad they are finally giving decent images of models, but it's a bit odd and annoying the way they've done it.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I count 41.

Damn! Now I have to figure out where I missed one, lol.