Revamped WoW Allakhazam Site

Allakhazam · 06-02-2008, 02:37 PM

Been a while since you visited Allakhazam? Check out our completely new site at World of Warcraft :: Allakhazam.com and you may win some cool stuff.

We have completely revamped the Allakhazam World of Warcraft site and are kicking off the revamp with a month long celebration of our community. Check out our new look and all of the new features and then join in the fun for a chance at some great prizes. Every addition to our wiki, forums or comments this month could make you eligible to win one of seventy-two sixty day game cards we are giving away, or one of three Wii Galaxy Bundles, or our grand prize, a gamer friendly Laptop Computer.

This is not just a graphical update. We've added a pile of new features as well to make your experience even better.

New Profile System. Want to know how to improve your character? Upload your profile using our armory importer or through using wowreader and then pin your character. Afterwards, check out our profile upgrade search. This is a complex search that lets you tailor your upgrades to exactly what you want and then see how to get them. Pinning your character also adds your equipped item to every item page on the site and tells you exactly how your stats will change were you to upgrade to that particular item. And for sheer coolness factor, check out our 3D model viewer which shows you exactly what your character will look like in whatever set of cloths you want him or her to wear.

Newly Flexible Wikibase Pages. What do you get when you combine the searchability and stability of a database with the flexibility and editability of a wiki? A wikibase! All of our old database pages -- quests, items, mobs, zones, and more -- have been individually redone with a sleek new look that makes the data easy to find and easy to use, and gives you the community the ability to add your own content. Unlike other wikis, our wikibase updates directly from the game and is thus guaranteed to be up to date. Unlike other databases, our wikibase also gives you the ability to add and edit content directly to the wikibase page. This type of sleek, flexible, community driven content is meant to provide everything you could want on a subject all in one place.

Find More Content. Tired of clicking pages deep into searches hoping to find what you want? As part of our new flexibility, our users can add their own tags to pages to narrowly specify the content on that page for our search engine. This means it is more likely than ever you will find exactly what you want on the very first search. In addition, every wikibase page links directly to Wowhead and Thottbot, so if you don’t find what you are looking for here, you are just one click away from two more incredible sets of resources. Imagine looking up a quest and being able to access all three sets of comments with just an easy click back and forth.

Expanded WoW Coverage. We’re not just a database any more. You may already have noticed our new user created blogs. We also offer a full wiki, complete MMO gaming news, an MMO game list, our great forum community and much more. Check out our expanded menu system, look around our new front page, and be sure to visit every day to not miss any of our exciting additions. Combined with our sister sites Wowinterface, Thottbot and Wowhead, we offer you everything you ever need to know about the World of Warcraft.

krozman · 06-02-2008, 02:41 PM

Digits · 06-02-2008, 02:58 PM

Holy shit, this is too blatant for sarcasm. Come on, thunder and lightning!

r3probate · 06-02-2008, 03:01 PM

It's like, week of the shills, or something.

Presarc · 06-02-2008, 03:03 PM

Hey Allakhazam,

Doing this makes you look like an ass hole. At least personalize it somehow, not post like a fucking corporate shill.

Thanks,

Presarc

Allakhazam · 06-02-2008, 03:04 PM

The rebuild is fucking awesome! Our new profile stuff kicks ass.

Personal enough for you?

Lefazz · 06-02-2008, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allakhazam

The rebuild is fucking awesome! Our new profile stuff kicks ass.

Personal enough for you?

That kind of language is offensive, sir!

Jenison · 06-02-2008, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allakhazam

The rebuild is fucking awesome! Our new profile stuff kicks ass.

Personal enough for you?

winner

PS - like the new look

Jait · 06-02-2008, 03:11 PM

Other than the left side of the page being totally empty, it's a really nice job.

I used to hate Alla because of the pop-ups. But this seems much nicer. Thumbs up.

edit: Nvm. It loaded/centered fine the second time. /boggle

Allakhazam · 06-02-2008, 03:12 PM

Ok to be a little less reactionary. Sure it's a promotion. We spent months working on this and think it is pretty cool. We want people to know about it. How do we tell people about it? Posting on forums like this obviously.

If you don't want to look at it out of some sense of moral outrage, so be it. I'm not forcing anyone to look at our site. I personally think you will like what we have done with it. Take it for what it is worth.

Gid · 06-02-2008, 03:14 PM

The new look is pretty nice. I think you might have too many results on each page though - it takes ages for the tooltips to load and in that time I've already gone to another website.

Also I was wondering, since the Zam Network involves Allakhazam, Thottbot and Wowhead how does it work with each site competing with the other? I just went to Allakhazam to look at shields, the tooltip was taking ages so I opened another tab and went to the same page on Wowhead and it loaded instantly. What gives?

Agraza · 06-02-2008, 03:16 PM

I wanted something like this when I played WoW. What's the next project?

WarderX · 06-02-2008, 03:17 PM

One time I used allakazham to see how much I could sell my dagger of the ykesha for

Jait · 06-02-2008, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarderX

One time I used allakazham to see how much I could sell my dagger of the ykesha for

Heh. That's what I used it for too. Price checking.

Everlore was always my main site back in the days of vanilla eq.

Sunder · 06-02-2008, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allakhazam

Ok to be a little less reactionary. Sure it's a promotion. We spent months working on this and think it is pretty cool. We want people to know about it. How do we tell people about it? Posting on forums like this obviously.

If you don't want to look at it out of some sense of moral outrage, so be it. I'm not forcing anyone to look at our site. I personally think you will like what we have done with it. Take it for what it is worth.

Aside from the profiles, WoWHead owns you. You know this to be true.

06-02-2008, 02:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Allakhazam Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7 +1 Internets	Revamped WoW Allakhazam Site Been a while since you visited Allakhazam? Check out our completely new site at World of Warcraft :: Allakhazam.com and you may win some cool stuff. We have completely revamped the Allakhazam World of Warcraft site and are kicking off the revamp with a month long celebration of our community. Check out our new look and all of the new features and then join in the fun for a chance at some great prizes. Every addition to our wiki, forums or comments this month could make you eligible to win one of seventy-two sixty day game cards we are giving away, or one of three Wii Galaxy Bundles, or our grand prize, a gamer friendly Laptop Computer. This is not just a graphical update. We've added a pile of new features as well to make your experience even better. New Profile System. Want to know how to improve your character? Upload your profile using our armory importer or through using wowreader and then pin your character. Afterwards, check out our profile upgrade search. This is a complex search that lets you tailor your upgrades to exactly what you want and then see how to get them. Pinning your character also adds your equipped item to every item page on the site and tells you exactly how your stats will change were you to upgrade to that particular item. And for sheer coolness factor, check out our 3D model viewer which shows you exactly what your character will look like in whatever set of cloths you want him or her to wear. Newly Flexible Wikibase Pages. What do you get when you combine the searchability and stability of a database with the flexibility and editability of a wiki? A wikibase! All of our old database pages -- quests, items, mobs, zones, and more -- have been individually redone with a sleek new look that makes the data easy to find and easy to use, and gives you the community the ability to add your own content. Unlike other wikis, our wikibase updates directly from the game and is thus guaranteed to be up to date. Unlike other databases, our wikibase also gives you the ability to add and edit content directly to the wikibase page. This type of sleek, flexible, community driven content is meant to provide everything you could want on a subject all in one place. Find More Content. Tired of clicking pages deep into searches hoping to find what you want? As part of our new flexibility, our users can add their own tags to pages to narrowly specify the content on that page for our search engine. This means it is more likely than ever you will find exactly what you want on the very first search. In addition, every wikibase page links directly to Wowhead and Thottbot, so if you don’t find what you are looking for here, you are just one click away from two more incredible sets of resources. Imagine looking up a quest and being able to access all three sets of comments with just an easy click back and forth. Expanded WoW Coverage. We’re not just a database any more. You may already have noticed our new user created blogs. We also offer a full wiki, complete MMO gaming news, an MMO game list, our great forum community and much more. Check out our expanded menu system, look around our new front page, and be sure to visit every day to not miss any of our exciting additions. Combined with our sister sites Wowinterface, Thottbot and Wowhead, we offer you everything you ever need to know about the World of Warcraft.

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06-02-2008, 03:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
r3probate unprincipled Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 433	It's like, week of the shills, or something.

06-02-2008, 03:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Presarc Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 864	Hey Allakhazam, Doing this makes you look like an ass hole. At least personalize it somehow, not post like a fucking corporate shill. Thanks, Presarc

06-02-2008, 03:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Allakhazam Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7 +1 Internets	The rebuild is fucking awesome! Our new profile stuff kicks ass. Personal enough for you?

06-02-2008, 03:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jait Irritable Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 3,513	Other than the left side of the page being totally empty, it's a really nice job. I used to hate Alla because of the pop-ups. But this seems much nicer. Thumbs up. edit: Nvm. It loaded/centered fine the second time. /boggle

06-02-2008, 03:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
Allakhazam Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7 +1 Internets	Ok to be a little less reactionary. Sure it's a promotion. We spent months working on this and think it is pretty cool. We want people to know about it. How do we tell people about it? Posting on forums like this obviously. If you don't want to look at it out of some sense of moral outrage, so be it. I'm not forcing anyone to look at our site. I personally think you will like what we have done with it. Take it for what it is worth.

06-02-2008, 03:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
Gid Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 77 +0 Internets	The new look is pretty nice. I think you might have too many results on each page though - it takes ages for the tooltips to load and in that time I've already gone to another website. Also I was wondering, since the Zam Network involves Allakhazam, Thottbot and Wowhead how does it work with each site competing with the other? I just went to Allakhazam to look at shields, the tooltip was taking ages so I opened another tab and went to the same page on Wowhead and it loaded instantly. What gives?

06-02-2008, 03:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
Agraza Full Retard Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,489	I wanted something like this when I played WoW. What's the next project?

06-02-2008, 03:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
WarderX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,593 +1 Internets	One time I used allakazham to see how much I could sell my dagger of the ykesha for