As this is going to take a few weeks to get finished and I want to launch the next comp before then I have put the new front page live.
Over the next few weeks there will be 3 more options added to the navigation in the top, the three options will be;
1: Showcase
This one will enable to search by author or competition and each author will have thier own page to show how many challenges they have won.
You'll also be able to rate entries.
2: About DBF
This second bit is mainly an excuse to stuff a page full of SEO
3: Links
There will be a proper links page. If your link was on the original page, don't worry it will be back!
Order of completion..
Firstly there are a load of html errors I need to fix to make the page standards compliant, that will be the first task.
tutorials *may* be placed back on the front page somewhere... Dunno yet, depends on the SEO and our position in Google,
Secondly, the About page will be added.
Thirdly the links.
Fourthly the showcase.
Plus I need to make an interface for the moderators to mod the shoutbox.
Please allow me a couple of months, say 8 weeks to get this all done :)
Cheers and thanks for all the help and support on this, particulalry the mods and especially Benny.
Thanks!
And check it out!!
http://www.dbfinteractive.com/
Hope you like it.
Bloody Amazing and Love those Starfields 8)
Cool flash demo :D
Maybe we are showing too much posts from the forum ... I am saying that because we can see multiple times the same thread in the list which I think is more than annoying (for the visibility)
Or maybe, use multiple colors (let's say the nicknames in a different colors and the title with a colour which alternes line by line ... ( https://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/queue/ like these tables ;) )
Would be cool to have Alien Breed Music on your Front page? :)
Can always listen to Nectarine while you browser DBF ;)
Quote from: LittleWhite on April 25, 2011
Cool flash demo :D
Maybe we are showing too much posts from the forum ... I am saying that because we can see multiple times the same thread in the list which I think is more than annoying (for the visibility)
Or maybe, use multiple colors (let's say the nicknames in a different colors and the title with a colour which alternes line by line ... ( https://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/queue/ like these tables ;) )
There are 40 recent topics shown, it's easy to change the number, but perhaps as you say, alternating the colours is a better idea than reducing the amount of topics. I will try that out and see how it looks.
The new front page is a lot less cluttered than the old one though and I've avoided having a huge visible list by putting the content in scroll boxes.
Yeah ... really good work, Shocky. The layout is much cleaner ... Thanks a lot for your hard work!
You designed the template Benny :)
Mine was a mess!
K+ mate.
nevertheless, you did all the CSS/HTML/PHP work. I can just imagine how much work that is ...
So, K++ to you :P ;-)
Nices stars, not to flashy so as to detract from the rest of the front page but interesting enough to make you look at it :)
Quote from: TinDragon on April 25, 2011
Nices stars, not to flashy so as to detract from the rest of the front page but interesting enough to make you look at it :)
Thanks for the kind words. I have to admit that Shockwave gave very good feedback on the flash banner that make
it what it is now. And I totally agree with you - the header is
not meant to be an intro!
That new Flash banner is really eye-catching. It captures the essence of what the site is about, while not being "in your face" like so many other banners can be.
Great co-op guys! Love it and looking forward to the final version. :clap:
Looking mighty fine
Nice work guys :cheers:
I think it looks really good Shockwave. Only thing I'd prefer is maybe a slightly smaller font size. The flash starfield banner is really nice :)
Hmm, yes, the font size on the forums is smaller.. Perhaps that's not such a good match. I'll see how it looks with slightly smaller text.
Great work on the new frontpage
K+
Thanks effecto, glad you like it!
Wicked new front page mate really nice idea :updance:
incase you weren't aware, as I mostly browse with Internet Explorer 9 the formatting is a tad weird.
12 out of 10 though for the top work to all involved - it's wicked in FF!
Thanks Clyde,
I recommend (especially with Internet Explorer) to do a CTRL + F5 refresh as IE seems to be more determined to cache CSS style sheets than other browsers.
If it's still looking broken can you post a screen shot please? I can take a look at it on the weekend then.
Here you go Dude, captured sraight as is with ctrl + PrtScn.
Thanks Clyde.
I think it's the stylesheet because a CSS rule is not being applied to the link buttons properly.. I really hate IE!!
Just for the record, the buttons look the same in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows CE. Not that many people will have that browser, but still... :whack: @ Bill Gates
I'll have to see if there is a fix for IE users.
Quote from: Shockwave on May 05, 2011
... I really hate IE!!
Fortunately, it loses more and more its monopol position. But still, way too many ppl are using it.
If fixed a couple of the bugs in the front page when it's loaded in IE (and conqueror should look different too now Hellfire).
The CSS sprites should now work without displaying any of the bottom image - that one was my fault.
The top where the flash banner was stretching the div has been fixed - Fuck you internet Explorer.
Things that remain unfixed - borders in top and bottom divs.
Horizontal Scrollbar on shoutbox in IE needs to go.
Page is not centering properly in IE.
I never realised how possible it is to absolutely hate a web browser but I really do hate Microsoft and thier refusal to follow standards. Unfortunately about 28% of our visitors still use this useless piece of shit.
I just gave Google Chrome a try and, I don't know if you knew all-ready, it has the page centering, but the top banner is has the same problem with IE9.
Quote from: Shockwave on May 08, 2011
Unfortunately about 28% of our visitors still use this useless piece of shit.
I'm still using IE8 from work, though I'm using FireFox 4 from home. Flash compatibility in Chrome is a little off, but I'm told "We're working on it".
Quote from: Clyde on May 10, 2011
I just gave Google Chrome a try and, I don't know if you knew all-ready, it has the page centering, but the top banner is has the same problem with IE9.
What a nightmare.. I can't get this to happen in my copy of Chrome :(
I can see me having to re-write this.
i had a small brainwave - when I was on pouet net ( my first time ) and bitfellas, they have news about various scene related material, would that be possible on the news area here. may make more demo people come over and utlized.
Good idea :)
As long as the sites have some XML feed I can get them - I'll see what I can do.