Colors:
-not too many different colors
-lots of shades of blue/green as the major color
-balancing for readability, with use of white and mild colors for text backgrounds
-clean background images
-Somewhat colorful/glowy shades/styles for buttons
Style/Layout:
-very clean, easy to use, easy to navigate
-clean logo/header image
-dropdown login box
-get a theme, and stick with it
Content:
-news area on front page, clearly, in the middle. have a link for each news post that can link to a forum topic. it should be in dropdown style, where you click on it to view the full thing. the newest news post should be already dropped down though when you load the page.
-dropdown login box
-download buttons for full and small installer OR 1 installer button somewhere on the main page to link to download page
-a "coming soon" area (possibly a board or sign image), where we can write down what we have planned in the future
-a clock + WoE times + WoE Status (on/off)
-players online, clearly shown
-a button to get to the voting area
-a twitter area which shows the latest 3~6 tweets. not too big though
-register button/area for players who aren't logged in, with an area that explains the server features
Positioning:
-generally even positioning between the left, center and right side of the website.
-bar on the very top of the site for server status, players online, etc.
server status on the left, players online in the middle, dropdown login box on the right
-underneath the bar, have the header and server logo clear in the middle. have the dropdown login box somewhere on the top bar, either on the right, left or middle.
-underneath the server header, have the navigation bar. the header itself should be fairly small in height, so its not a large gap between the top bar and menu
-underneath the navigation, will be rest of the website. in the middle, under the menu/navigation, will most likely be the News area for the main page. in the news, have different icons for News, Updated, Events, etc to distinguish what type it is
-while the news is in the menu, the rest of the content should be on the left and right sidebars.
-the main news area has to be wide enough to fit all the news, as well as all the FluxCP functions. make sure its not cramped.
-on the footer, have an area for a mini-logo on the right corner, some links, and the basic copyright.