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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 15:40 Edited at: 30th Oct 2005 15:45
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Hi

I decided to start doing work again after my long lazy slumber in what some of us refer to as the "Real-world forum". So first order of buisness was to start updating my website again, along with a new layout.

Please note that this is not the complete website as no content is up yet, I merly wanted to get some comments on the design.

Also, I want interested in implementing some kind of Blogging system for dynamic updating, as this is partly a Blog aswell. Suggestions you can make are appriciated, as I'm really noob with that.
Thanks

http://www.seikensteel.com/megaton

edit: Thanks to Jonny for the pixel hand.


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The Nerd
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 15:45
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I like it!
Looks professional to me

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blanky
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 15:47
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Haha, love it

Quote: "
CatStream - Taking over the world one litterbox at a time
"


However, to make it like a *real* professional website, it needs more Flash-based navigation, broken links, lack of contact information, crappy repeating 5-frame animated GIFs everywhere... You get the idea.

[edit]Something more along these lines:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/rgb.php
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David T
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 15:47 Edited at: 30th Oct 2005 15:50
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404 here.

[edit - works now. Hmmm. Looks ok. The footer with view legal could do with a different back colour. Get rid of the best viewed at bit - nobody wants to be told to change their resolution just to see a site ]

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Evil Inside
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 15:50
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Cool website, Megaton! .

VERY well done!


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Sergey K
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 15:56
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nice site dude


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 15:56 Edited at: 30th Oct 2005 15:56
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Thanks for the comments.

blanket: Yeah, logo and cheesy motto will most likly be changed when I get a .com domain.

Quote: "Get rid of the best viewed at bit - nobody wants to be told to change their resolution just to see a site"


It's what every website does. And it's true: My site doesn't look proper in 800x600 resolution. If the people with 800x600 don't like it, maybe they should get with the times.

If I COULD make it work in 800x600, I would have. But it just didn't work out.

(Um...sorry if you're 800x600 person )


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 15:59
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Ahhh the "About" page is now working. Forgot to change that filename that prevented it from reading.


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David T
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 16:03
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Quote: "It's what every website does. And it's true: My site doesn't look proper in 800x600 resolution. If the people with 800x600 don't like it, maybe they should get with the times.

If I COULD make it work in 800x600, I would have. But it just didn't work out.

(Um...sorry if you're 800x600 person )"


It's what the bad ones do

A very small percentage of your audience will be on 800x600 - most will be 1024x768+ - for example I'm at 1280 x 1024 - being told I should view the site at 1024 is just annoying

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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TDP Enterprises
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 16:03
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looks pretty good

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 16:06 Edited at: 30th Oct 2005 16:07
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Quote: "being told I should view the site at 1024 is just annoying"


Ah I see the misunderstanding. I meant to put "1024x768 or above". 1280 x 1024 works just fine.

Sorry again, I'll get on changing that.


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Jonny Ree
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 16:15
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Looking very nice
it views fine in FireFox, but some gaps appear in Expolorer messing up some lines and the logo.

Great work though


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PowerSoft
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 16:33
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Looking nice

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PiratSS
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 16:38
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Actually Megatron, I liked your old design better. This just has too many shades of gray for my taste, and we've come a long way since the black and white monitors


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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 17:00
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Very nice and a very professional look

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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 18:46 Edited at: 30th Oct 2005 18:47
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Quote: " Actually Megatron, I liked your old design better. This just has too many shades of gray for my taste"


See, I like colour too. But when my mood changes, so does my taste for colour. I liked red, then changed it to green, then to light yellow, and finally settled for gray. It's peacful, neutral, and you can't possibly get sick of it.

So can anybody help with the blogging system? I've looked into Wordpress, but have no clue how to deal with any of this stuff.

The first person who recommends a book will be shot on sight.


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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 19:02
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May I suggest this?

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 19:19 Edited at: 30th Oct 2005 19:20
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Is there a "Noob Slap Self" button included with a Mod's control panel?

Click on it as hard as you can.


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David T
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 20:06
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Is there a rule that mods can't have a sense of humour?

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 20:08
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Not usually, but we have to make exceptions

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Posted: 30th Oct 2005 20:24
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Well, I could help! It isnt as simple as explaining. It also depends on what you want. Do you want a blog system that is INSIDE your template, or on the outside, and is something else? You probably will need a DATABASE, preferably MYSQL. added you to msn.

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Megaton - Nice site! I actually like the gray Makes it seem more like print-based media. Keep It Simple, Stupid is the best advice I give and use when it comes to web design. Good job!

Let me know if you need any custom PHP done for your site. If you're looking for an existing blog engine, on my site I use Serendipity because it's open source and free to use: http://www.s9y.org/

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@Megaton Cat
Nice site Megaton really well done. I use Dreamweaver and are actually creating a site of my own right now but I need a good template and have NO money to hire someone .

@Jeku
Could you maybe do some custom PHP for me? Only if you are willing to do it for free though. If you agree you will get credit for it on the site when the site opens.

Data

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@Data - I would if I had more time, but a while back Megaton designed one of my sites for me for free, so he deserves it.

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exactly! He also let me borrow a template! he truely deserves a completely automated site (so he doesnt have to upload new html files)!

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Quote: "Is there a "Noob Slap Self" button included with a Mod's control panel?"


Actually no, we can't slap or ban ourselves nor can we do those things to other mods.


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Aha, obviously to prevent the equivalent of forum nuclear war

@Megaton: Keep the grey. As long as it annoys the mods, keep it. KEEP IT....
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@Jeku
Well, thanks anyway...

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Posted: 1st Nov 2005 02:54 Edited at: 1st Nov 2005 02:55
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Hey, thanks alot for the offer Jeku. I'll let you know if I need anything after I've meddled on my own for abit.

Are you experianced with CSS by the way? I am currently attempting to reconstruct that design only in complete CSS. Kinda getting stuck, so if anyone else here might be able to help, get on MSN please.

Thank you.


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