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Important Announcements => Announcements => Topic started by: Petrie. on November 14, 2009, 09:18:39 AM

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Petrie. on November 14, 2009, 09:18:39 AM

Yeah, I'm trying to get some autumn color on the board to showcase the season.  I won't be around to decorate for thanksgiving.  I suspect my staff will do something in my absence, but I'm trying to get some basic things up.

Any ideas or suggestions?  Looks ok to me on my laptop and the leaves are only on the top of the page and not obtrusive or all over the place.  That would be overdoing it. :p

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: SouthPawRacer on November 14, 2009, 09:36:59 AM

I like it. It's very relaxing and refreshing to see nice Autumn leaves at the top of the page (especially since down here in Oz we're getting into the Summer months...  :x )

But yeah, it's great to look at, and I'm not experiencing any problems with it. :yes

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Lillefot on November 14, 2009, 09:41:12 AM

The good 'ol GoF. With a touch of autumn magic... Me like!  :yes

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Waluigifan on November 14, 2009, 10:04:34 AM

It looks really nice, I love it!!

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: pokeplayer984 on November 14, 2009, 10:15:56 AM

Looks very nice! :)

Now, here's an idea I think the staff would like to come up with for Thanksgiving.

Okay, you just take the banner and put in place of it a picture that shows The Gang and Chomper around a traditional Thanksgiving spread, and Chomper is about to eat the whole turkey in one bite.

How's that sound? ;)

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Mumbling on November 14, 2009, 12:28:05 PM

I like the autumn feeling, it's nice.

Thankgiving huh? Okay.. Dunno :p

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: 2007excalibur2007 on November 14, 2009, 12:48:26 PM

People with a monitor resolution width of under 1280 pixels might have problems. (resize your browser window, and you'll see what I mean :p)

But, since most people here have big enough monitors, I don't think we need to worry about that. :lol

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Petrie. on November 14, 2009, 03:31:33 PM

I think I'm the one that browses with the lowest resolution/smallest size. :p  Generally if it works for me, it works better for everyone else. :p

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Mumbling on November 14, 2009, 03:50:24 PM

Wow no, he was right. I got 1024x768px and the leaves around the gof banner look seriously messed up, they're just a tiny bit too big o.o. Maybe you could scale them down to about 90%?

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on November 14, 2009, 03:54:27 PM

Perdy. :)

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Petrie. on November 14, 2009, 04:17:21 PM

Shrunk the top leaves from 200x200 to 150x150.  That should compensate for that issue.

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Mumbling on November 14, 2009, 04:22:34 PM

Still isn't perfect, but I'll just block the lower image... :) I'm probably the only one with a small screen/resolution these days so it's alright.

In case you want to know what it looks like right now:

(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4341/gof.jpg)

But don't make them any smaller! They look really nice on a big screen :)

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Petrie. on November 14, 2009, 04:26:32 PM

You really browse at 1024x768?  Thought I had the smallest resolution here.  I could make them smaller still.

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Mumbling on November 14, 2009, 04:28:10 PM

Yes I do, it's usually not a problem and I can live with it.

Don't worry about it, I just blocked the lower/right one and it looks fine now :)

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Malte279 on November 14, 2009, 04:31:08 PM

It looks just the same on my end as it does for Iris and my resolution is 1280 x 800 pixels.

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: landbeforetimelover on November 14, 2009, 04:54:29 PM

To be honest, if I were designing a website I wouldn't make a header that large because of people with 1,024x768 resolutions.  When you design, you MUST design with 1,024x768 in mind.  Of course, I don't care.  I never look at GOF on any less than a 22" monitor.  Looks great from there.

The only suggestion I could make would be to replace the top boarder around the portal and search section with a separate div and shrink those leaves down to make sort of a leaf border.  BTW, here's a screenshot of what GOF looks like on a 1,024x768 resolution:

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa146/tlordame/second%20album/1024768.jpg)

I should point out that this is the ENTIRE screen.  It might be acceptable if you reduced the size of the bottom leaves by about 30px horizontally and if you got rid of those.......things on the side of the banner.  Also, the abrupt end of the leaves is very apparent.  I suggest fading them out like with the banner.  You can do so quite easily by using Photoshop or Gimp (free Photoshop alternative).  

Sorry but I've become MUCH more of a web design critic in recent years.  I'm even finding faults with the things on GOF which I have made including the reply buttons, banner, and background.  GOF already has an enormous header.  Adding more to it just doesn't comply with web design standards.  What else can we do?  I'm not exactly sure.  Perhaps a background/buttons change would be better.

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Mumbling on November 14, 2009, 05:11:46 PM

I already had a screenshot of my resolution up there austin ^^

Anyway, I can live with it like this.

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Kor on November 14, 2009, 05:16:11 PM

Autumn leaves? Nice.  I like the change.  Will there be a seasonal change or just now and then?

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: landbeforetimelover on November 14, 2009, 05:58:36 PM

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I already had a screenshot of my resolution up there austin ^^

Oops. :oops I've been having trouble with my wireless internet lately (it's really slow) and I guess the image didn't come up or I would've seen it.  I don't read every word all the time when responding to topics.  I just skim sometimes to make sure I don't say exactly what the person above me said. :p

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: crazedwriter on November 14, 2009, 06:57:36 PM

What a nice surprise to see the GoF all dressed up in autumn finery. Talk about a spirit lifter!  :smile

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: Petrie. on November 14, 2009, 09:37:12 PM

Designing the GOF is so far down on my list of priorities these days, consider it a treat I managed to do anything at all.  I don't have time for photoshop, gimp, or any of that...I found these leaves with some google searching and some minor resizing.  Resizing I can do.  Editing to make them perfect is not something I really am concerned with.

Just the added color seems to make all pretty pleased. :)

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: landbeforetimelover on November 14, 2009, 09:54:23 PM

Yeah, I understand Petrie.  I don't have time for crap like this either.  I still do it though because it's something I enjoy doing.

Title: I'm havin' fun, can't you tell? :p
Post by: LBTFan13 on November 15, 2009, 09:21:57 AM

I like it! It does bring some welcome color to GOF :D