I think it was a cookie issue, it finally resolved itself Kylin. I like it now that it works properly! Good job.
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Re: The New Hydaelyn Role-Players! |
03-21-2012, 08:02 AM
Ah... I got confused because I've never had a cookie issue on a site before and didn't think it was normal on a site update (I know a bit about coding, but I'm not the most informed about the inner workings of a web browser, mostly because I've never had the reason to look into it)... must be a phpBB thing.
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03-22-2012, 07:20 PM
Okay, it's been a few days now so let me go over a few things now that people are getting better adjusted to the design...
Banner: I'm 95% satisfied with this setup (alternating pic on the left, logo in middle, user panel on right) and it won't be changing in the future. The only changes to be made include a default avatar put in for those who don't have one in order to make the user panel look less bland for them. The green color MAY change as well. Look further below for further details. Rainbow text: Will be removed entirely once I find a decent hover color for links. Overall background: This is the one with the ruins/sylph/paladin. This is pretty well set in stone now and aside from minor tweaks, it won't be changed too much in the future. Scroll background: I've further optimized this by shaving off about 50kb memory from the scroll images. It hasn't seemed to help much in the loading department though sadly. We can either keep this particular scroll background and just make further ninja edits to it or change it to a different parchment type entirely. I actually originally considered using the parchment used on the Avalon forums for the scroll background. It's elegant and snappy/speedy. However, I just didn't want it to seem like I was copying anything (though I'd only be copying myself xD ). Changing to this type of parchment would cause the top forum buttons to not really match too well though. Beige colors for boxes: This beige color is probably here to stay, aside from -possibly- changing the shade slightly. Mossy green: The original purpose of the mossy green was to make it seem like moss was growing off from the ruins in the background onto the parchment in various places. I'm unsure if this intended effect was noticed or not or if it's even liked. I'd like more feedback on this. The green could be changed to red or blue instead (red being the likely best choice color-wise), though it may still be not as good. I'd like more feedback on this. Of course, this would also mean that the green link text would have to change as well. Post borders: The Lodestone-like borders that surround numerous boxes (such as this one that you're reading right now) can be replaced with the universal mossy green (or whatever color is decided on) seen in the forum section list, etc if desired. I'd also like more feedback on this. This would further decrease the number of images needed to load. I should note that all of these changes, if desired, wouldn't come for another month or two. I'm a bit exhausted and need a break from site design right now. And I also have no desire to keep changing things over and over again. So whatever is decided upon will pretty much be final for the next couple years. |
Re: The New Hydaelyn Role-Players! |
03-28-2012, 09:36 AM
Okay, a few things. I'm recoding the template/theme files completely from the ground up. Reason? Too messy due to the insane amount of alterations made. As such, too many file leftovers from the old theme are still floating out there that are a cause for concern. Fortunately, this redo won't be too labor intensive (it's already 50% done after about 3 hours of work) due to me knowing exactly what's needed/not needed as well as using a pre-made template already validated by phpbb. The site will also not have to be down nearly as long this time since I'm simply installing the new template and then clicking a few buttons to enable it when done.
Here's the new proposed design (with tweaks still being made--most of the sidebar is also still missing): Spoiler: show As you can see, the background scroll has changed. It's MUCH snappier and faster with loading since it's (perhaps surprisingly) much less memory intensive. It's also (hopefully) more pleasing to the eye. The buttons at the top of the site have also been removed and replaced with a more streamlined navigation menu. This will also reduce loading stress and be less distracting to the eye. It also enables more room (and a submenu feature) for adding more links if we ever want to. Two things I need feedback on (along with whatever other feedback may be out there): 1. Look closely at the difference between the Links sidebar (and/or the Information Center section at the bottom) and the forum section lists. You'll notice the forum list has the green surrounding the entire thing. The sidebar/Info Center only has it at the top. I'm only going with one, so which is preferred? It's purely cosmetic and has no bearing on loading or anything of the sort. 2. Does a different color other than green seem more suitable to you? I've prepared a red version to compare, though I can pretty quickly put together other colors as well if that's preferred as long as we can settle on one quickly. Spoiler: show If I do not receive any feedback, I'm simply going to go with whatever I like best and ignore complaining that comes after the fact. So speak now or forever hold your peace. Note that other changes will be made within the forums (such as to the borders around posts) to accompany the new template. All present features (gallery, classifieds, etc) will remain largely in tact. |
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03-28-2012, 11:20 AM
Looks much cleaner/crisper from what I can discern. :approve:
I like the red just a bit better, but the green also looks good. That's just my opinion though~ "One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others." Â ~ Lewis Carol
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Re: The New Hydaelyn Role-Players! |
03-28-2012, 09:10 PM
Hello! Forgive me for nbeing to lazy to post up until this point, but here it goes!
The red to me really blends right into the shadows on the paladin, which looks awkward. I also think the metalic border in the top pieces doesn't match the red very well, though I don't know that it matches the green any better. I do think that the red goes better with the gold text in the center box. My biggest issue with this entire site is that top row of boxes, though. To me it just looks awkward to have the three separated pieces sitting on the same background as everything else. Some sort of separate layer for the three of them to sit on might help, but I think a better solution would be to trash that randomly changing picture and spread the other two out /combine them. The center box looks very much like an after thought and it's STUFFED with the title and main info about the site. It should be the primary focus of the top bar. My other big gripe involves the background. I like the basic concept, but the combination of real and concept graphics throws me off. Maybe if you could make the archways either look less realistic or (and I think this is probably more what's throwing me off fix the perspective/proportion of the paladin to the scrolls to the archways. I'm also really amused to see Sunny Dove as a name on that main page. That guy doesn't come 'round here no more! |
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04-04-2012, 12:52 PM
Update:
--A new forum background scroll has replaced the old one. This new design not only gives a more elegant look but a significantly faster load time and less image stress. --A default avatar has been added for those without an uploaded avatar. This can be changed at any time via the user control panel. In the near future, a gallery of avatars may be added. The default avatar does not yet display in the memberlist and this will be looked into at a later time. It does, however, display on posts, your profile, and in the user control panel in the banner. --The navigation buttons have been removed and replaced with a more streamlined version. --Custom titles can now be given a color of your choice via the control panel >> profile section. More colors can/will easily be added in the future. Titles will also now display on the memberlist under the "rank" column. Selecting "none" will hide your title from the memberlist, though it will still display on posts and profiles. --Home page has been properly set up once again, eliminating the need for redirect pages. --The "Location" column in the memberlist has been removed. It can still be found in a user's profile page. --The website column in the memberlist has been made slimmer and will simply display an icon instead of a full link. Hovering over the icon will reveal the link. --Beige panels have been made lighter in order for text to better display. --Numerous background borders have changed in order to lessen image loading and be less distracting. --Numerous text colors have changed to be more pleasing to the eye. --Removing multi-colored links has been delayed. This javascript effect impacts ALL forum links, so removing it caused quite a mess in the different types of links and their respective hover effects. I'll look into this again at a later time. --Bulletin Board forum moved into News section. --Tonberry's Lantern forum moved into Resources section. --Town Square forum moved into General section. --A bug currently exists in the Classifieds section. Sidebar links are all in white instead of the default green. I've looked extensively into this already but haven't found the cause. Due to the fact that the section is never used anyway, I won't likely be in a hurry to fix this. --Identified a bug where a link to a deleted topic will lead you to an error message instead of the default forum message. More tweaks will continue over time. But I figured it was best to get something a bit more stable and presentable up right now ^^; |
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04-04-2012, 01:48 PM
Wow that does look better... and somewhat more professonal-looking, too. Nice job.
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04-04-2012, 06:25 PM
I like the buttons for "forums" "Wiki" etc. it's simple and classy.
and the cactuar is reminding me I need to change my profile pic...thanks! |
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04-04-2012, 07:14 PM
Much easier on the eyes. Good work, Cas!
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Re: The New Hydaelyn Role-Players! |
04-06-2012, 11:42 AM
The Home button from the Gallery doesn't work.
It links to: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/forum/portal.php">portal.php</a><!-- l --> instead of: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/portal.php">http://www.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/portal.php</a><!-- m --> and comes up with an error page... |
Re: The New Hydaelyn Role-Players! |
04-06-2012, 12:07 PM
The button works fine for me. It may have been because I was trying to fix a bug earlier this morning and had to reinstall the buttons menu. You may have clicked on it before I was finished or something. Check it again after a quick refresh and let me know if it's still doing it.
Edit: Oh, I see what you mean...hang on >.> Edit2: Fixed ^^; |
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04-08-2012, 01:17 PM
So far the only buggy thing I noticed, and you may know this, is that when I hit 'delete' on a post, it throws me to a weird page, with a single line of code on it. I have to 'refresh', it brings up a box, hit 'continue' and then check if it's deleted. Any other way, and it wont be, but that seems to do the trick, but it's a process.
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Re: The New Hydaelyn Role-Players! |
04-08-2012, 02:03 PM
Did not know about that bug. Was an easy fix and is taken care of now though ^^
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