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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: The forum is too wide |
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It's also very blue.
But it's too wide for a 1024x768 screen with scroll bar. Could you turn the width down maybe 40 pixels somewhere? _________________ resetbutton.net: videogames for unattractive people |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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i've been arguing with wes about this for the past fifteen minutes. _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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You guys are silly. I just fixed it. I was in the middle of making it so that the banners work when you called.
-Wes _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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I understand!
Now I need someone to tell me if the logo looks too close to the banners.
Also tell me if the front page is scrollbareriffic.
-Wes _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Nana Komatsu wrote: | No, and no.
You know, your monitor can most likely display at 1024x768 too. |
Pshhh. You think I plan ahead? I don't plan ahead. I post and fix.
-Wes _________________
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simplicio .
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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has that weird outer border always been there?
cause it's really weird.
or maybe it's the blue. the darker blue is the weirdest, i've decided. |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 3725
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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simplicio wrote: | has that weird outer border always been there?
cause it's really weird.
or maybe it's the blue. the darker blue is the weirdest, i've decided. |
It's always been there, but we usually don't use such a bright main color. We're bright this time though!
-Wes _________________
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Super Magic Drive
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Ah calming blue... _________________
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Lasa .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 128
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: |
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Looks too professional. |
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a_plus .
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 252 Location: olympia
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: |
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a pleasant surprise! |
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:11 am Post subject: |
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SuperWes wrote: | I understand!
Now I need someone to tell me if the logo looks too close to the banners.
Also tell me if the front page is scrollbareriffic.
-Wes |
I think it's an improvement!
But I think the banners should be centered and the logo shoved in the top left corner... maybe shrink it a bit?
or maybe just put the logo above the banners? but then the top of the screen would be too crowded... _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:25 am Post subject: |
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Mister Toups wrote: | or maybe just put the logo above the banners? but then the top of the screen would be too crowded... |
If you did this, people at 1024x768 (read: me) would not be able to see anything other than those two and have to scroll on every page ;_; _________________ resetbutton.net: videogames for unattractive people |
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:35 am Post subject: |
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Nana Komatsu wrote: | Mister Toups wrote: | or maybe just put the logo above the banners? but then the top of the screen would be too crowded... |
If you did this, people at 1024x768 (read: me) would not be able to see anything other than those two and have to scroll on every page ;_; |
I'm actually using that resolution too!
so yeah, good point. _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:36 am Post subject: |
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Lasa wrote: | Looks too professional. |
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is this bad?
Also, the first (orange) color scheme is the only one I've ever really liked. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:38 am Post subject: |
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Shapermc wrote: | Lasa wrote: | Looks too professional. |
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is this bad?
Also, the first (orange) color scheme is the only one I've ever really liked. |
your opinion doesn't matter! _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:58 am Post subject: |
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Mister Toups wrote: | Shapermc wrote: | Lasa wrote: | Looks too professional. |
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is this bad?
Also, the first (orange) color scheme is the only one I've ever really liked. |
your opinion doesn't matter! |
Calling out the TGQ hivemind itt _________________ resetbutton.net: videogames for unattractive people |
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Winged Assassins (1984) .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 996 Location: Super Magic Drive
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:14 am Post subject: |
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I wouldn't mind seeing the orange one as an additional board skin. _________________
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simplicio .
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:05 am Post subject: |
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Winged Assassins (1984) wrote: | I wouldn't mind seeing the orange one as an additional board skin. |
Yes.
Also, I'm with toups on the idea of centering the banner and shrinking/cornering the logo. At 1920x1200 neither of them are quite centered above the board options, and the logo's overwhelming. |
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Scratchmonkey .
Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:14 am Post subject: |
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simplicio wrote: | Also, I'm with toups on the idea of centering the banner and shrinking/cornering the logo. At 1920x1200 neither of them are quite centered above the board options, and the logo's overwhelming. |
Agreeing with this. It could be helped if the logo were smaller and over to the left more, I think my major probably with it is that it's noticably wider than the banner.
Actually, making it so it's the same vertical height as the banner and then centering the Home | Back Issues etc. link under both the logo and the banner rather than just the banner would be the way I would do it. |
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Cycle Mac daddy
Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:43 am Post subject: |
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I'm sorry, but this blue is seriously hurting my eyes. Especially when I'm writing a post like right here. It's uncomfortable for me to look at and if I stare at it any longer I'll probably get a headache. _________________
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The Great Unwashed .
Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 359 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Guys, ditch the background blue, I think. It clashes with the calming blue. Make it a more peaceful colour, or even black. And it also counts as the table header, so above me now where I'm typing it says "Post a reply" in really dark blue text on a dark grey background, which is impossible to read.
Like the top bit a lot, though! _________________
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Mr Mustache .
Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 167 Location: Queens
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: |
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The banners looked best centered, but overall the changes are nice. _________________ Straight up |
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dark steve .
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:30 am Post subject: |
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The blue against dark grey at the top is pretty hard to read. _________________
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 3725
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:49 am Post subject: |
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dark steve wrote: | The blue against dark grey at the top is pretty hard to read. |
I think I fixed that, but let me know if it screwed something else up!
-Wes _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:50 am Post subject: |
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I'm guessing that because this style is listed as "OrangeHillZone" that you just overwrote the orange and didn't create a copy of the CSS file?
If you did, people can use something like stylish to skin the board any way they want. I'll set up something for it if you have the original CSS file. _________________ resetbutton.net: videogames for unattractive people |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nana Komatsu wrote: | I'm guessing that because this style is listed as "OrangeHillZone" that you just overwrote the orange and didn't create a copy of the CSS file?
If you did, people can use something like <a href="http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2108/">stylish</a> to skin the board any way they want. I'll set up something for it if you have the original CSS file. |
The following post should very clearly be in the secret staff section of the website, but I'm doing it in public so that anyone can weigh in. So weigh in bitches!
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Here's the bunkly written CSS file. The old color schemes are saved for all posterity in the comments section at the top, and switching over is as simple as changing all instances of the current color to whatever past color scheme you liked.
That said, I don't like the idea of letting people choose their color schemes. If we do that it's totally pointless to update every 3 months. It will no longer be jarringly frustrating for people whenever we have a new issue! I say we either choose a good color scheme and stick with it or we can do the update-with-issues thing. If we're going to choose a good color scheme and stick with it we'll go with the art-director approved light-green on white look of the waste-of-money 2005 E3 press kits, otherwise we're sticking with the issue-based single color scheme (unless I can be convinced otherwise).
-Wes _________________
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helicopterp .
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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Wes, I'm all for you just deciding whatever you want. That should come with the caveat that I have little interest in the layout of the site.
I'm more interested in: does the makeover mean that we're going to have a new issue soon? _________________ Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one. |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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helicopterp wrote: | I'm more interested in: does the makeover mean that we're going to have a new issue soon? |
Yup! The only reason I jumped the gun on the layout changin' is that I copied the new css file to the wrong place at the wrong time.
It's looking like it'll be up later today some time.
-Wes _________________
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Pijaibros .
Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 342 Location: Mistake by the Lake
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Guys, I like change.
Change is constant, change is good, change is new.
I like new. |
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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The worst part of this new layout is that the banner identifier no longer works :( _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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You know.... I think who ever said that the logo could be a little smaller was right. Perhaps the hight of the banner top to the text bottom. It seems a bit too large. This would possibly make it feel a little more centered too.
Also, just for the forums. I think the front page looks good. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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D-A-I-S .
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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I thought a minor blasphemy upon discovering what had happened.
At least, I think was minor. It was just taking a name in vain.
TGQ do not lead me down a dark path |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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this banner doesn't work since the new design was put into effect. the banner was uploaded at the same time that the new design went online. _________________
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