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01-22-2012, 10:41 PM
Yay for more Lounge spam!

The RPC site overhaul is slowly coming together. I've been mostly tied up with the graphical overhaul in this moreso than anything else at this point (although the graphical overhaul is far more intense than anything else and is the most important aspect of Part II). However, I'm reaching some points where my graphic skills are hitting a brick wall and need a tiny bit of assistance.

The assistance largely just includes optimizing a few images (transparency tweaks, fancy text creation, editing lightness for better picture to picture transitions, and a tiny detail regarding an animated gif). If anyone is confident that they can help with any of this, please post here and I'll be more than happy to go into more details and send the images in question (plus, you'll get an exclusive sneak peak at the new site concept!).

As for technical stuff...I'm running into roadbumps with the following things: Eorzean clock and carousel news block. Should anyone be experienced in php/html/css/javascript coding, please help! I have the basic code for the clock thanks to one of our wonderful members, but I'm at a loss of what to do with it (php? js? html?).

Finally, we'll also be up for domain name and web space renewal in not too long. I'll create yet another spam thread for this in about a week or so but donations are the only way we'll be able to keep the site for another year. So if you want to get a jump on it, please navigate to the main page and then to the Paypal donation sidebar box to donate some funds to the cause. Make sure you select the proper payment type (dollars, euros, etc). Currently, we have a whole $3 toward the cause Laugh . I don't know yet the full amount we'll need until I do the official calculation, but I do know it'll be over $100.

On a semi-related note, here's a mini-report of where I'm presently at in regards to the redesign just so everyone knows that I'm not sitting back doing nothing XD.
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*A completely new background has been created and is ready to go, although I intend to still add one more element to it in order to give it more of an Eorzean feel.

*A completely new secondary background has been prepared, save some needed optimization. By secondary background, I'm referring to the stone-colored background you currently see.

*The new button concept/mockup (those buttons above the banner) is complete and is my present main priority. I think most of you will really like this! I expect to have this completely done within a couple days time.

*The new banner concept is complete, save for some optimizations. With this will also come a slight rebranding. While people are free to continue using the "RPC" if they so wish, the banner will officially refer to us as "Hydaelyn Role-Players."

*The login/user panel box up in the banner has been optimized/altered so that everything is a bit more compact, yet still appeasing to the eye.

*All guildleve borders (save for one needed instance) have been totally removed from all pages and those files are ready to go.

*A brand new forum specific cursor is being prepared and is mostly ready, save optimization.

*New sound effects for the buttons are in the works (in which match up with the new cursor!)

That's about where I'm at right now. Once I finish all of that (which isn't too far off now), I'll be moving on to the actual physical colors. The blue will be gone, though I haven't decided what to replace it all with it yet and it will likely require some experimentation to find the right shades. I can tell you that instead of just one color, the current blue boxes will instead be comprised of two colors this time around. I may go the extra mile and create fancy FFXIV backgrounds for each forum section. Text colors will also be changing with this and links will stand out more. Once all the new colors are ready, I can move onto the more technical stuff (such as a gallery sidebar widget, the forum title system, etc). I also wanted to make it known that I have no plans to overhaul the look of the wiki, as that's pretty satisfactory I think save for a few overly light colored texts here and there. The wiki, however, is constantly being worked on in terms of category cleaning and organization. If you have something specific you'd like to see changed/added anywhere in the site, be sure to speak up!
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Graphic and Technical Assistance (RPC Update Stuff) - by Kylin - 01-22-2012, 10:41 PM
Re: Graphic and Technical Assistance (RPC Update Stuff) - by Eva - 01-23-2012, 12:47 AM
Re: Graphic and Technical Assistance (RPC Update Stuff) - by Kylin - 03-12-2012, 07:17 PM
Re: Graphic and Technical Assistance (RPC Update Stuff) - by Aysun - 03-12-2012, 07:36 PM
Re: Graphic and Technical Assistance (RPC Update Stuff) - by Kylin - 03-13-2012, 06:26 PM
Re: Graphic and Technical Assistance (RPC Update Stuff) - by Eva - 03-14-2012, 11:30 AM

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