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Sajag
Posted: Nov 25 2005, 11:32 AM


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Well, I got the urge to redesign khazmodan.net... smile.gif The template system I'm using is not flexible enough and I hate the current raffle page... And the content management has to be dynamic as well. Also I like alternative art options, so the new version will have custom user-selected themes.

Putting all that into the current website code is too much to handle, so everything has to be written from scratch. Well, not everything, but a lot of stuff. Here's a quick peek at the first concept of what I'm going to do.

http://images.saboteurweb.com/wow/new-layo...out-concept.jpg

It's a very rough draft, so don't judge it too heavily yet. Also, sorry, it doesn't work with internet explorer yet (but then again, neither does the current khazmodan.net). Don't worry, I'll do my best to make it explorer-friendly because I know it's a very heavily used browser.

Officers can watch how the site is evolving at khazmodan.net/minisite/.

I hope to finish this by the end of the year, if my inspiration keeps up smile.gif
 
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Xennus
Posted: Nov 25 2005, 12:50 PM


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Wow... that's nice Sajag

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Posted: Nov 25 2005, 09:56 PM


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ohmy.gif well goodluck whit!!!!

i now you can do it!!! laugh.gif


unsure.gif i think

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Samson
Posted: Nov 25 2005, 11:02 PM


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Very nice!

Though I recognize Stonetalon Mts. which is *ahem* not like Khaz Modan tongue.gif Looks great and pretty color scheme regardless smile.gif

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Posted: Nov 26 2005, 05:35 PM


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WOW thats gooooood id offer my help but those who have read my last post ((about thr AGA)) will know my it skills leave alot to be desired of ((ohh and im under guest as i forgot my password XD))
 
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Sajag
Posted: Nov 26 2005, 06:02 PM


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Yeah, Stonetalon is out of place here theme-wise. But I just liked the atmosphere and saw how well it would work as background art.

However I'll make it possible to view the site in different "skins", and make the default one a nice wintery view of Dun Morogh or something like that smile.gif

Thanks for the comments, though it's pretty early in the works... The only issue which I think may cause trouble is how to fit longer paragraphs of text into the window. Scrollbars are ugly and mess with the element positioning... Such texts will probably be divided into several pages. Don't know yet.
 
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Posted: Nov 26 2005, 06:07 PM


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I just notist that the text "khaz modan alliance" is not a part of the background image, and why?

-Night

edit: just to show why i ask:
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Sajag
Posted: Nov 27 2005, 12:42 AM


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Well, it's better if it's not part of the image. It's easy to change it, move it, and such.

And if I can still make it look stylish enough so it looks like it is part of the image... Well that's what I was going for wink.gif
 
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Chii
Posted: Nov 27 2005, 08:16 PM


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Whoa!
This gets me really exited! I can't wait until the site is ready!
This one is good too though but hey Sajag knows these things better then I do
EDIT: Is the outlook only thing that is going to be compleatly new?
 
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Sajag
Posted: Nov 28 2005, 11:53 AM


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The content will be about the same as it is now, so this is really mostly a technical/outlook change. As I mentioned in the first post, the biggest changes I'm considering will be user-selected artwork and "dynamic content management", which means in English that officers will be able to edit and add new pages into the site. However I haven't decided on specifics yet, and I'll have to weigh the usefulness of that feature against the work it takes to complete it.

So, in a nutshell, I'm bored at work since business is slow and I want to make the site prettier wink.gif

EDIT:

Two new screenshots smile.gif

http://images.saboteurweb.com/wow/new-layout-2.jpg
http://images.saboteurweb.com/wow/new-layout-3.jpg

This post has been edited by Sajag on Nov 28 2005, 04:54 PM
 
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