Site Design

[Geostigma]

IDC what happens but you guys better give my my own usergroup and title named Janitor.

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Really quick note.

I went in and reformatted the new FFVII - Remake page so that it matches all the other pages I'm doing stylistically.

And I don't know how to go about this, but I need to know when links are added to the index pages so I can make sure the formating says the same. And not all links are for things that are frontpage articles.

 

[Lex]

Can't we just be mindful of the formatting when adding links?

 

[Pixel]

I was looking at social network icons on my own website, and figured I'd make some for here. Not sure if they could be incorporated into the design. I just want to encourage people to follow us on those platforms.

 

[Starling]

Those look nice.

 

[Lex]

Indeed, they're pretty. Implementaaaation... Yop? Also, how?

 

[Ⓐaron]

Those are beautiful. I should probably make alternate versions for our many different colour schemes. Tomorrow; I'm too fucking tired tonight. Why am I even still up?

 

[Pixel]

Is there a way to have them overlaid on the banner, on the bottom right?

 

[Ⓐaron]

Probably, but my knowledge of CSS isn't enough to do that. (CSS is a black art). I'm sure someone else on staff knows how.

 

[Pixel]

Might be easier to just make a new banner with the icons on there, then map the links. I dont know how.

 

[Ⓐaron]

I don't remember how either. CSS is probably the "proper" way of doing it these days anyway.

 

[Fangu]

Link maps are outdated, aye. CSS is the way to go.

If you end up deciding to place it on the banner, whoever does it needs to take the mobile and pad width of the banner into consideration (including if they should even be there for the smaller widths). You can skip this, but you might end up with three large icons in very odd places.

CSS is a black art

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[Ⓐaron]

CSS is a black art

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100% accurate.

 

[Cthulhu]

For chucking them on the banner, I could probably put them inside the banner's html and use CSS to position them relative to the bottom right corner, or something like that. Remind me to look into it when I haven't been at work until 8 or so.

Personally, I think the glow is a bit too much, which reduces contrast and recognisability of the logos; you'll probably want to reduce the glow, and add a semitransparent background layer of sorts to still make it distinct from the banner if we put it on top of there.

 

[Pixel]

Its hard to gt the glow right at that size, since 1 pixel makes a huge difference.

 

[Pixel]

Bump

 

[Channy]

What if you put those in the bottom right hand corner of the banner? They'd stand out fine without looking gaudy.

 

[Pixel]

That's the plan

 

[trash panda]

Hrm....if I'm not sitting with my face less than a foot away from my monitor, those look like little glowing orbs to me. XD

 

[Pixel]

I'm 2 meters away, and they're clearly defined shape. Maybe my monitor is just better

 

[Flare]

^Or your eyes. Serious though, I can tell what icons they are, but the glow could be a bit much for some people.

 

[trash panda]

I see the world through a soft blur filter. It has its benefits; for one, I feel more attractive when I see myself in the mirror without my glasses on.

I can tell what the symbols are if I'm close enough.

 

[Channy]

I pulled my phone away from my face about a foot and can tell what they are

 

[Flare]

Do you both wear glasses? I need glasses for far away stuff, so I have to wear them pretty much all the time, except when I'm reading.

 

[Channy]

No, my eyesight's perfect