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PNF Beta site Update
« on: December 17, 2008, 07:51:43 pm »
Greetings fellow Hunam's! 

I've been working on the beta site some more, I have a working page now that I can easily edit, using php includes and I have a nifty working random header image php script.
 So what I need from you is header images for my random image script, I could simply make them myself but I figured why not get the community involved!
Arne, of course did the original, so let's see what you've got. They can be in jpg, png or gif format's, thought I would prefer png.
The File name can also be whatever you want, but for the sake of organization, if you can stick to header_"whateveryouwant" .
Obviously this is the website header image so it should contain the name "The Pages of Now and Forever" and optionally "All About Star Control".

Here's Arne's original header image
http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/beta/Images/header/header_wide2.jpg

Here is a blank template image for you to use
http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/beta/Images/header/header_blank.png

The beta site can be found at
http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/beta/

I'm going to start working on getting the actual content pages setup now, look for those soon!  ;D

UPDATE: The beta site now contains 4 separate working pages, "news", "get sc" , "faq" and "about pnf" , also a number of links are now active namely the UQM and forum links.

UPDATE: FEB 12 - I created a quick page for the SC2 introduction page, contains just the sc2 logo image for now
             FEB 17 - Added in a quick page for SC1 intro page based off original SC1 page, however menu disappears on loading?.
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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2008, 10:24:42 pm »
The front page could certainly use revamping. I'm looking forward to the end result.

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2008, 01:37:34 am »
Revamping? How?

Looking good to me :D
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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2008, 02:30:29 pm »
Update: I have the menu setup pretty well the way I want it now, just have to fill in the full list of races and such. If there's any suggestions for stuff that should be in the menu let me know.

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2008, 06:58:56 pm »
  What's with the different shades of blue along the menu?  It looks a bit weird to me.

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2008, 11:38:45 pm »
It's to give more definition to the different sections, thought it can be changed very easily

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2008, 02:10:07 am »
Maybe a small gradient to transfer from 1 color to another would look better... I kind of like your idea Scott... I'll agree it looks a little 'off' as it is now though.
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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2008, 05:28:36 pm »
I could do a small gradient thought it would require use of images for each section or the menu as a whole, taking away from it's dynamic coding. It's possible to do CSS gradients but they take allot of excess code, I will try adjusting the colors so they are closer together, or possibly making them different colors all together.

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2008, 02:08:24 am »
  I think that the problem is that the dividing lines don't go all the way across or something.  It's like you have the orange dividers, but you also have the color changes.  I go with one or the other, or make the lines go all the way across the menu bar.  If you get rid of the lines altogether, you should make the different colors contrast a bit more, IMO.

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2008, 03:01:02 pm »
Do you want to know about broken links on the current site?

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2008, 06:29:48 pm »
Sure, they'll be replaced with the new site but couldn't hurt to know.

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2008, 09:54:41 pm »
  The link to the "links" page doesn't do anything.   ;D

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2008, 02:08:33 pm »
Hello again, after some (haha! quite long I would say!) break I'm back here! I will continue making of *juicy*, I think... Well I if have enough time.

Here is my thing:
Afternoon I got bored and opened Photoshop, so I created these
http://juicy.net63.net//piczures/pnf_headers/

Use them if you want!



















On most of them I used fan art from PNF, so thanks for those who have made them  ;)

EDIT: so this is *juicy* > http://juicy.net63.net/
« Last Edit: December 26, 2008, 05:59:29 am by zarren3 »

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #13 on: December 25, 2008, 08:04:40 pm »
  I like the one with the slave-shielded planet.

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Re: PNF Beta site Update
« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2008, 06:07:39 am »
I made new version of header #2 beacuse I think that those syreens doesn't look good in it.