You should still be able to find the content you were looking for by looking at the navigation bar on the left of this page. And while you're at it, be sure to check the new website features! :)

What's new?

a) New Engine

The look&feel of Ryzom.com is kept as is, but the engine behind it changes completely for something more robust and extensible. We use Plone, a content management framework (http://plone.org/), which is already used on the Ring website.

b) Presentation of the Game for New Players

Currently, new players have to really search a lot on the website to know what Ryzom is about. We address this by refactoring the home page to display the key strenghts of the game on top of the news, linked to a features page made more readable and more complete. A small video is also included on the front page, to make it more attractive and entertaining.

c) Community news & content

You will be able to submit your own news and content (videos, tutorials, reports, screenshots, etc.). The content will only be visible once it has been moderated by us, and be published under the FDL (texts) and the Ryzom Fan Art license (others, like screenshots, movies, etc.).

d) Integrated comments

Instead of creating a dedicated feedback thread by hand on the forum every time we publish a news, we'll have comments directly on the news.

e) Open-sourced development

To benefit from open source qualities (external contributions, better integration of the users' needs), we'll use a open-sourced development method; which means:

• The modifications to the Plone engine will be released under the GPL and available from the public CVS
• The development site (nightly build) is open to all
• The developers' bugtracker is open to all

f) Chronicles

The Chronicles articles are moving to Ryzom.com, to make them more easily accessible to everyone, and a fourth section is added.

g) Other features

• Search engine (and LiveSearch)
• Calendar
• News icons
• RSS feeds