Author Topic: Help with the Q-gears website. (Read 49070 times)

Covarr · « **Reply #25 on:** 2006-05-20 22:24:12 »

I finally got my RSS reader working. Basically, I got the aggregator (Feed2JS) put into the content of a cutenews post. Now all I have left to do is to replace the links on the sidebar with images, and replace some of the content with something a little less "demo" and it will be just what I'm going for.

You can still access it here.

edit: I just fixed the issue that was preventing HTML in the RSS feed from working.

edit again: Added button images for the sidebar, along with links to project page and forums. These are only temporary, because I don't have Photoshop at home. I will make better ones at school on Monday.

halkun · « **Reply #26 on:** 2006-05-22 03:49:53 »

This is looking good.. ^_^

I hope you do something with the font up on top

HOME
is a little big.........

Covarr · « **Reply #27 on:** 2006-05-22 05:13:20 »

I think I'll make individual logos for each portion. The size was deliberate; I wanted it to line up with the logo on the side. I guess I can just put it lower, though.

Covarr · « **Reply #28 on:** 2006-05-22 20:09:06 »

UPDATE!

I have redesigned the buttons on the sidebar, and the boring text at the top has been replaced by images, based on what part of the site you're at.

Covarr · « **Reply #29 on:** 2006-05-24 00:31:45 »

I got this in a PM from RPGillespie

Quote from: RPGillespie

You should make your buttons (Q-Gears website) do something on mouse-over. Perhaps have a peice of Materia appear next to the button title? To me that makes a site a lot... funner?... to interact with. Kind of like NobodyImportant's site.

The idea is kind of nice, but I feel it adds bloat to the page; it takes longer to create and longer to load, with barely any added benefit. Not only that, but I don't actually know how to do that.

For the record, you don't need to PM me with this stuff.

VincentVal · « **Reply #30 on:** 2006-05-24 00:36:01 »

This is a page I messed around with, its NOT the final product and only one page, but its just for ideas..

http://romzforum.awardspace.com
The domain was origionally for another purpose but that was lost...

I will install a forum, ( im thinking SFM, mabye phpBB ) but it would then need the adress changed to qgears.awardspace.com mabye, if money is put into it, q-gears.com

Otokoshi · « **Reply #31 on:** 2006-05-24 00:44:38 »

Quote from: Covarr

For the record, you don't need to PM me with this stuff.

Couldn't you have just told him that in a PM? The whole point of a private message is to keep it private. Instead you go on and quote it. He was just making a reccomendation directed at you,(a nice idea by the way

) not the forum. I don't really see the problem with PMing you ideas, especially if he wanted to just keep it private.

Just some advice. As a developer, if you go around quoting your PMs people will be reluctant to give you their input or advice. Without those, you may not achieve the best overall product. In the end we all just want a great looking website for this great project, right?

EDIT:
Very nice layout VIN.., oh I mean Abhishek Sukhadia. The color scheme looks great also.

VincentVal · « **Reply #32 on:** 2006-05-24 00:48:37 »

Thank you! ( read my edit )

Sad Jari · « **Reply #33 on:** 2006-05-24 00:50:45 »

Quote from: Otokoshi on 2006-05-24 00:44:38

EDIT:
Very nice layout VINCENTVAL. The color scheme looks great also.

Abhishek Sukhadia, you mean?

Quote

<! This template is designed and coded by Abhishek Sukhadia>
<! http://www.prodencial.net and http://www.clantemplates.com>
<! DO NOT Remove these lines or the images on the design>

...says the source.

VincentVal · « **Reply #34 on:** 2006-05-24 00:53:59 »

Quote from: Sad Jari on 2006-05-24 00:50:45

Quote from: Otokoshi on 2006-05-24 00:44:38
EDIT:
Very nice layout VINCENTVAL.Â The color scheme looks great also.
Abhishek Sukhadia, you mean?Â

Quote
<! This template is designed and coded by Abhishek Sukhadia>
<! http://www.prodencial.net and http://www.clantemplates.com>
<! DO NOT Remove these lines or the images on the design>
...says the source.

What are you talking about?

EDIT: OK! Fine I admit it, It wasn't my template, but I never said it was mine either

Covarr · « **Reply #35 on:** 2006-05-24 00:56:03 »

I like your layout for the most part, Vincentval, but some aspects of it feel a bit redundant. For example, why put the roster both on the side and in a link on top?

Also, I have a smaller version of that logo if you want, so that it doesn't squeeze funny, if you want. Web browsers are not generally advisable for resizing.

Those lines are written in the page source. Didn't you see it?

Otokoshi · « **Reply #36 on:** 2006-05-24 00:57:09 »

Quote from: Sad Jari on 2006-05-24 00:50:45

Quote from: Otokoshi on 2006-05-24 00:44:38
EDIT:
Very nice layout VINCENTVAL. The color scheme looks great also.
Abhishek Sukhadia, you mean?

Quote
<! This template is designed and coded by Abhishek Sukhadia>
<! http://www.prodencial.net and http://www.clantemplates.com>
<! DO NOT Remove these lines or the images on the design>
...says the source.

Oh crap and I didn't even look at that. Edited my post, thanks Jari.

VincentVal · « **Reply #37 on:** 2006-05-24 00:58:19 »

Aww damn, You posted after I finished my edit, aww well.. I did'nt do that, its the pages first design, I am in the process of editing it, and adding pages... The rosters will stay there and the Roster PAGE will be contact info

That is if Halkun approves the page

Sad Jari · « **Reply #38 on:** 2006-05-24 01:02:46 »

Quote from: VINCENTVAL on 2006-05-24 00:53:59

EDIT: OK! Fine I admit it, It wasn't my template, but I never said it was mine either

Don't tell me, next you'll probably admit that you are ButBut?

Ok, I've had my fun. I'll stop spamming now.

VincentVal · « **Reply #39 on:** 2006-05-24 01:03:45 »

ButBut? Who is that?

Otokoshi · « **Reply #40 on:** 2006-05-24 01:06:02 »

Quote from: VINCENTVAL

OK! Fine I admit it, It wasn't my template, but I never said it was mine either

And you never cited the original designer. So does that make it online plagerism.

VincentVal · « **Reply #41 on:** 2006-05-24 01:09:06 »

Quote from: Otokoshi on 2006-05-24 01:06:02

Quote from: VINCENTVAL
OK! Fine I admit it, It wasn't my template, but I never said it was mine either

And you never cited the original designer.Â So does that make it online plagerism.Â

Did i need to? Its in the scource!

EDIT: Small but serious bugfix (clickyclicky)

NobodyImportant · « **Reply #42 on:** 2006-05-24 01:12:38 »

VINCENTVAL, the comments in the source say "on the design".

As for my "entry," the content is now dynamic (found out a cool trick with PHP

, made life very easy) and are controlled from an array and templates.php. Speaking of tabs, a friend of mine said they didn't stand out enough so there's a cool looking gradient.

Up next is finishing the FAQ. Here's my idea on that: It'll have your normal FAQ layout, a table of contents with the questions and links to the answers on the same page. However, to make life easier for halkun, I'll make FAQ "updateable" (after finishing the other sections) by having an administration panel, where you can edit the FAQ by adding sections, questions, answers, etc.. Time to make use of that MySQL database. However, since the FAQ *might* become rather extensive, I'll have that cached as well.

After the FAQ is downloads --easy. The next tab is "releases", very similar to downloads. Nothing too tough. If SourceForge has XML for certain sections, I'll be sure to update from that instead of the (soon to be) inline administration panel. I'm not sure what to put under the "for developers" tab, so I'll need a lot of input on that. The links tab will again have the ability to be updated using the script, with some hit counters for statistics.

Various CSS edits were made and I'm hoping nobody's browser is having trouble viewing the page. PLEASE report errors.

Here it is: http://www.rexyrex.hostmatrix.org/qgears, and remember you can update the news cache at http://www.rexyrex.hostmatrix.org/qgears/?admin=loadnews

EDIT: Boooo, I forgot to upload the most recent additions. The FAQ only has two questions answered, I'm not done copying.

UPDATE: Finished uploading. Please request any source code you'd like.

VincentVal · « **Reply #43 on:** 2006-05-24 01:15:58 »

Small but serious bugfix, the logo, (clickyclicky)

I dion't remember there ever being anything on the design

VincentVal · « **Reply #44 on:** 2006-05-24 01:20:02 »

Whatever, editig now,.,..

EDIT: Its there now, look for it!

NobodyImportant · « **Reply #45 on:** 2006-05-24 01:28:34 »

You're using depreciated HTML.

Code: [Select]


A fix would be:

Code: [Select]


Also, Covarr, I don't like being forced to enable javascript to render the site correctly.

Covarr · « **Reply #46 on:** 2006-05-24 01:31:04 »

Ugh. CSS works best when it's built into the <head> anyway.

VincentVal · « **Reply #47 on:** 2006-05-24 01:31:41 »

Quote from: NobodyImportant on 2006-05-24 01:28:34

You're using depreciated HTML.
Code: [Select]

A fix would be:
Code: [Select]


Nonono, I can't I used that for a reason, because of another script that keeps the font the right size

Quote from: Covarr on 2006-05-24 01:31:04

Ugh. CSS works best when it's built into the <head> anyway.

it IS in the head

NobodyImportant · « **Reply #48 on:** 2006-05-24 01:35:34 »

Yes you can, you're only removing the depreciated > and  tags and replacing them with stylesheet information.
Also, change font-size: 1px; to font-size: 12px;, that was my fault.

I'm trying to help.

EDIT: Covarr is talking about his own stylesheet.

VincentVal · « **Reply #49 on:** 2006-05-24 01:41:06 »

Quote from: NobodyImportant on 2006-05-24 01:35:34

Yes you can, you're only removing the depreciated > and  tags and replacing them with stylesheet information.
Also, change font-size: 1px; to font-size: 12px;, that was my fault.

I'm trying to help.

EDIT: Covarr is talking about his own stylesheet.

That information is already there, but not there in that exact spot