Redesign

[Mr. Krystal]

I do notice one thing that is consistent across Firefox, Opera, and IE: Visited links are underlined, while unvisited are not unless hover.

... I told them to do that.

[Nysut]

Looks nice. IE 8 seems to like it too. but, since when has "jelly grape" been a part of the Lorem Ipsum filler? (First link under Star Fox Adventures, if anyone missed it.)

[GammaRay256]

Looks nice. IE 8 seems to like it too. but, since when has "jelly grape" been a part of the Lorem Ipsum filler? (First link under Star Fox Adventures, if anyone missed it.)

I see it!  That's funny!

By the way, the design looks great! Can't wait till it goes live!

[Mr. Krystal]

Looks nice. IE 8 seems to like it too. but, since when has "jelly grape" been a part of the Lorem Ipsum filler? (First link under Star Fox Adventures, if anyone missed it.)

It's not. I added it to show off the lower-case hanging characters: ygjp, which when underlined, are crossed out.

[Cardcaptor Stacey]

Gorgeous! Love it! No probs at my end.

[Star Fox Runner]

So how long until this is implemented?

[Mr. Krystal]

So how long until this is implemented?

Don't know. I need to actually get a job in RL, so that takes priority.

[Sylum]

Either way it looks very good. Call me stupid or something but what is that language?

[Fox-Shot]

Either way it looks very good. Call me stupid or something but what is that language?

I call it Powerpoint since that's what they use for the design templates in it.

[DZComposer]

Either way it looks very good. Call me stupid or something but what is that language?

It's a nonsensical version of Latin used as filler text.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

[Sylum]

Ahhh gotcha. Thanks

[Mr. Krystal]

Hey. An update. I haven't done any more on the graphical looks of the site, since that's done (just have to turn it into a wordpress theme). However, I've been working (most of last night) on data redesign. We made a ton of mistakes over the years because we were still learning how to best deal with Wordpress. I made a critical design error at the very beginning, and file organization has been hampered ever sense. I've unified our media location system. I've removed extraneous folders and links to second-party sites (like Odeo and Flickr).

The result is that ALL media files will now be located in different locations. Don't worry, the pages will all correctly link to the new locations (though I'll need you all to do link checking if you don't mind once the new site is up). It's just that any other sites that might have linked to specific pages or files will find that they have moved.

DZ, I'm going to completely remove podpress from our stuff, because it messes stuff up. Don't worry though, I'll reinitialize the podcast in a way that works (the way the KA now does it). I'll also include the old podcast episodes as original episodes. I need to go over with you the changes involved so we don't step on each other's toes anymore.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

Hey. An update. I haven't done any more on the graphical looks of the site, since that's done (just have to turn it into a wordpress theme). However, I've been working (most of last night) on data redesign. We made a ton of mistakes over the years because we were still learning how to best deal with Wordpress. I made a critical design error at the very beginning, and file organization has been hampered ever sense. I've unified our media location system. I've removed extraneous folders and links to second-party sites (like Odeo and Flickr).

The result is that ALL media files will now be located in different locations. Don't worry, the pages will all correctly link to the new locations (though I'll need you all to do link checking if you don't mind once the new site is up). It's just that any other sites that might have linked to specific pages or files will find that they have moved.

DZ, I'm going to completely remove podpress from our stuff, because it messes stuff up. Don't worry though, I'll reinitialize the podcast in a way that works (the way the KA now does it). I'll also include the old podcast episodes as original episodes. I need to go over with you the changes involved so we don't step on each other's toes anymore.

cool! :yes:

[Mr. Krystal]

I've begun the process of creating a wordpress theme. The most difficult parts of the work is over. The rest is peripheral. I've made a list of content modifications needed after the theme is done. I estimate something like two weeks and the site will be completely switch over to the new system and theme. At that time, I'd like anyone who can to go through the site, looking for spelling errors, glitches, missing pages, bad links, missing files, and compatibility with different kinds of browsers.

[Star Fox Runner]

You can count on me to help ya buddy!  :yes:

[Mr. Krystal]

SURPRISE! I'm done with the site redesign AND the content redesign (though there is a lot to add and readd). In the next couple hours, I'll be updating the site to the new theme. whitennerdy898, I've removed your pages, but saved the info. It will be inserted into the wiki (whenever we get that going). I reorganized the podcast stuff so it will all work. After the site is online, I'll make us a new feed so the podcast can work with iTunes and everything else well. The site's media has been reorganized to be more coherent, so that music for Star Fox 2 is UNDER Star Fox 2, rather than under Media. Media itself has been removed. I've created a comprehensive manual for the site, so that all authors will understand how to modify and use it (this is only relevant to DZ, whitennerdy, and me for now).

I've been doing file sorting for all my assets that have yet to be put on the site (far more than is currently online). Hopefully as I work on Sundays, I'll get those files up quickly, now that the site is much easier to work on.

WHAT I NEED FROM YOU!

Once the site is online fully (give it around 3 hours), I need you guys to go through all the pages, looking for missing files, missing pages, bad links, and problems with the look (Firefox appears to show the site correctly, so if any browser makes it look different tell me). I've already tested it on Safari, Firefox, and Opera. And I sorta checked it on the others (Chrome, IE6, IE7, and IE8) a while ago, but things might have changed since then, so be on the lookout. Send any problems to me at mrkrystal@gmail.com.

[Fox-Shot]

SURPRISE! I'm done with the site redesign AND the content redesign (though there is a lot to add and readd). In the next couple hours, I'll be updating the site to the new theme. whitennerdy898, I've removed your pages, but saved the info. It will be inserted into the wiki (whenever we get that going). I reorganized the podcast stuff so it will all work. After the site is online, I'll make us a new feed so the podcast can work with iTunes and everything else well. The site's media has been reorganized to be more coherent, so that music for Star Fox 2 is UNDER Star Fox 2, rather than under Media. Media itself has been removed. I've created a comprehensive manual for the site, so that all authors will understand how to modify and use it (this is only relevant to DZ, whitennerdy, and me for now).

I've been doing file sorting for all my assets that have yet to be put on the site (far more than is currently online). Hopefully as I work on Sundays, I'll get those files up quickly, now that the site is much easier to work on.

WHAT I NEED FROM YOU!

Once the site is online fully (give it around 3 hours), I need you guys to go through all the pages, looking for missing files, missing pages, bad links, and problems with the look (Firefox appears to show the site correctly, so if any browser makes it look different tell me). I've already tested it on Safari, Firefox, and Opera. And I sorta checked it on the others (Chrome, IE6, IE7, and IE8) a while ago, but things might have changed since then, so be on the lookout. Send any problems to me at mrkrystal@gmail.com.

You're back already? I thought you had a thesis to work on.

[sniper]

Nice redesign, man  :cool:

[Fox-Shot]

Agreed. I just checked it after the update, and it looks awesome.  Sadly, I got a new PC and don't have my old Windows 98 hooked in anymore, so I can't test out outdated OSs.

[Mr. Krystal]

I'm not back. I just worked on it during time I had free during travel and such. Other than this, I will only be able to work on it Sundays.

I've finished the site transfer (I think). Begin testing everything!

[Guest Julius Quasar]

It looks great!

[Mr. Krystal]

Podcast feed has been moved and finalized. I will submit it to iTunes and create a "feed ender" podcast to post on Odeo, redirecting all old subscribers (both of them ) to the new feed. DZ, now would be the perfect opportunity to do at least a demo of your Star Fox Radio Drama as a special edition podcast.

BTW, guys, even though we were able to block beeMP3 from hotlinking our other files (such as the soundtracks), we had to leave the podcasts open because anyone should be able to access them (feed readers and such), but not beeMP3, who JUST steals bandwidth. Anyway, I emailed the webmaster specifically, being very clear that I both wanted the current files removed AND to have their web spider blacklist all of our URLS (for my other site too). And he agreed! They should be all gone within 24 hourse, if he wasn't lying to me, so that should be happening anytime now.