New Site!

New Site!

Re: New Site! Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 4:13pm
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www.kungfusquirrel.net

Say hello to my new portfolio :smile: Let me know what you think.
Re: New Site! Posted by KoRnFlakes on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 4:16pm
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really nice m8, But im not keen on the shot in the header image. I personally would use a different shot. Great otherwise m8. Good font, eclipse electric shot has nice vertical interest & colours seems fine. Just that header shot is wrong imo.

One more thing m8, Add an image preloader for your rollovers. Its dodgy on 56k cos you have to hold above them for them to load.
Re: New Site! Posted by Leperous on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 4:37pm
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Something should be done with the text font/size/colour in the central frame, it doesn't seem right to me for some niggley reason? Otherwise looks great, good to see you finally found some PHP goodness :smile:
Re: New Site! Posted by Sim on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 4:41pm
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The blue-whiteness of the scrollbar seems a bit out of place. Maybe if you changed it to fit the grey theme?
Re: New Site! Posted by DocRock on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 5:07pm
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Site looks great. Real easy to browse through.

I really like your mapping style and always look forward to your new releases.

Good job!
Re: New Site! Posted by matt on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 5:12pm
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Its all right.
Re: New Site! Posted by Gollum on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 6:21pm
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Nice site :smile:

Your games collection is a bit frightening! And do you really own a car with the number plate "LVL DSNR", or is that just a cheap PhotoShop joke?
Re: New Site! Posted by OtZman on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 7:17pm
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It really looks nice, man.It?s easy to find what you are looking for. :smile:
Re: New Site! Posted by Finger on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 7:37pm
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The link from the newspage was dead.

I thought the site was very nice - simple and easy to navigate. I hate sites that try so hard to have these complex, creative, artsy designs...and leave you wondering where the instruction manual is. One of these days, I will be posting a link to my site, which has been in development forever :rolleyes:
Re: New Site! Posted by Monqui on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 7:42pm
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I like it... but that random pic on the right seems a bit too random. Mabye some header saying "Map of the moment" or "lookee what I made, ma!" or something.

Right now it just seems like its floating over there for no real reason...

Also, there is a slight layout-error on the left, just below the "Links" link button.

Other than that, I really like the layout/color theme.
Re: New Site! Posted by KoRnFlakes on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 7:44pm
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oh yeah, forgot to mention, the random image needs a 1px black border imo.
Re: New Site! Posted by Campaignjunkie on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 8:22pm
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Gollum said:
Your games collection is a bit frightening! And do you really own a car with the number plate "LVL DSNR", or is that just a cheap PhotoShop joke?
He really, actually, owns one. ph34r!! :dorky:
Re: New Site! Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 9:26pm
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Yep, those license plates are real. :smile: Thanks for the memo about the typo... Fixed it. Though you gotta admit, there's something funny about "LungFuSquirrel" ... :smile:
Re: New Site! Posted by Gollum on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 10:50pm
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I can't decide whether owning a car with "LVL DSNR" plates is cringefully geeky or amazingly cool.
Re: New Site! Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Fri Oct 31st 2003 at 10:55pm
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I like to think it's both :smile:
Re: New Site! Posted by gimpinthesink on Sat Nov 1st 2003 at 8:12am
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Thats one nice looking site kfs and I agree with korn on the 1px black border for the random images.

and the number plates could be amazingly geeky.
Re: New Site! Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 1st 2003 at 11:28am
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i love the sites "ease on the eyes" concept, but IMO it is just too sterile.

for instance(and i realize this is just a niggle of my own) all the sections are alphabetized, when they should be prioritized.

the maps you created should be best to worse, or at least newest to oldest.

the links page, "valve" your main reason for existing should be at the top, not the bottom..

snarkpit might not be your main reason for being, but it belongs closer to the top as well.

i love the grey theme, but it dilutes its background images way to much, if you could get the images traced in black to accent the grey, that would help i imagine.

with all things you do andrew, you do them well, you have a fine site indeed.. :clap:
Re: New Site! Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sat Nov 1st 2003 at 8:04pm
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the maps you created should be best to worse, or at least newest to oldest.
No, just the sections are alphabetized, the maps themselves are by order of release.
the links page, "valve" your main reason for existing should be at the top, not the bottom..
snarkpit might not be your main reason for being, but it belongs closer to the top as well.
The thing is, when it comes to mods and individuals, I can't just arbitrarily put one person or project ahead of the others - alphabetizing it is the fair way to do it, and as the links section is all handled through one interface, it's all alphabetized.

Glad you like it overall :smile:
Re: New Site! Posted by Orpheus on Sat Nov 1st 2003 at 8:15pm
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KungFuSquirrel said:
the maps you created should be best to worse, or at least newest to oldest.
No, just the sections are alphabetized, the maps themselves are by order of release.

you're right, i dunno how i saw it otherwise this morning :sad:
the links page, "valve" your main reason for existing should be at the top, not the bottom..
snarkpit might not be your main reason for being, but it belongs closer to the top as well.
The thing is, when it comes to mods and individuals, I can't just arbitrarily put one person or project ahead of the others - alphabetizing it is the fair way to do it, and as the links section is all handled through one interface, it's all alphabetized.

i could, few people would be upset because they made less of an impact upon you being farther from the top (if they did/do they do NOT belong in your webpages) i know if my name were on there someplace it wouldn't be up top anyways, so i can see it my way, and not be offended... but i understand your reason none the less. fair, is always preferable.

Glad you like it overall :smile:
no prob andrew, you do fine without my silly comments bud..
Re: New Site! Posted by ReNo on Sat Nov 1st 2003 at 10:34pm
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I like the site, nice and simple and yet interesting enough at the same time. I really need to get around to remaking mine sometime, I tried a few things but none of them looked right. I'll almost certainly be dabbling in some web coding stuff next time around as well, having to do all your news posts and things in HTML really puts me of bothering.