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Hello all,
I enjoy this forum, but I cannot help to notice that there is no homepage, or at least some cool front-page images related to DM...
Is the owner MIA?
Mark!
I enjoy this forum, but I cannot help to notice that there is no homepage, or at least some cool front-page images related to DM...
Is the owner MIA?
Mark!
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Bah!! you caught me!!
I really do have plans to do something nice for the front page but I hate.. I absolutely HATE splash pages. I find they are pointless as theyare just an image. Front pages can contain that info while also providing the links to the content within the web page.
So unless someone can think of what else can be stored here or if perhaps that it should lead you also to other websites? collective links?
I was thinking of making a page for loading maps made by users or something.. I dunno. Anyway, I'm not making anything unless it has a purpose.
so if you have ideas......
moo
I really do have plans to do something nice for the front page but I hate.. I absolutely HATE splash pages. I find they are pointless as theyare just an image. Front pages can contain that info while also providing the links to the content within the web page.
So unless someone can think of what else can be stored here or if perhaps that it should lead you also to other websites? collective links?
I was thinking of making a page for loading maps made by users or something.. I dunno. Anyway, I'm not making anything unless it has a purpose.
so if you have ideas......
moo
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IDEA!!
Actually I have an idea. Make a flash portal. Starts off with a dugeon opening and the DM logo pouring out then a animated menu pops out to point you where ever you wish to go. Now where to find such a person to make this? Oooh Ooooh I know ME!!! That would make it pretty and practical.
Cairne-"Did you just kill him?"
Rigel-"Yes."
Cairne-"Why?"
Rigel-"Because he was stupid."
Cairne-"That's not a crime on this planet!"
Rigel-"It's not?"
Cairne-"No!"
Rigel-"Damn, I hate this planet!"
Rigel-"Yes."
Cairne-"Why?"
Rigel-"Because he was stupid."
Cairne-"That's not a crime on this planet!"
Rigel-"It's not?"
Cairne-"No!"
Rigel-"Damn, I hate this planet!"
archive endings?
how aobut expand that, keep an archive for the various DM game endings? both winning, dying and alternate(Open Dungeon Door DM).
or grab the various "intro" forthe DM games and splice them into one logo. Start out with DM, shift into CSB, then like DM nexus, then DM2
or grab the various "intro" forthe DM games and splice them into one logo. Start out with DM, shift into CSB, then like DM nexus, then DM2
That would be cool, i think i can beat that record aswell, with patience. I can avoid getting the keys of b, but i think i would need to find the boots of speed which happens 1 game in 10, and that with nothing else going wrong takes many goes. I enjoy DM and CSB and records are pretty much all that i contibute.
this website or anything?
of course right now there are other sites too and this idea might be good over thereinstread of of the website here.
didn't want to sound like "here or no where".
didn't want to sound like "here or no where".
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I've been thinking about a front page and thus far I've thought that perhaps the one thing this site could best benefit from is fairly simple and based solely on what we do here. We talk about the various versions of DM.
So, I figure the front page could contain quick links to those games and the most popular dungeons. Much like we have out quicklinks to games quick links to the downloads would be a convenient place to send people to download whatever.
So like this.. RTC: latest version.. current website. and so on..
thoughts?
I would make a decent interface with regards to visuals of course but.. anyway that's the idea.
moo
So, I figure the front page could contain quick links to those games and the most popular dungeons. Much like we have out quicklinks to games quick links to the downloads would be a convenient place to send people to download whatever.
So like this.. RTC: latest version.. current website. and so on..
thoughts?
I would make a decent interface with regards to visuals of course but.. anyway that's the idea.
moo
OK people! enough talk, lets see some ideas!
Here's my first shot across the boughs, its in powerpoint for ease (for me). I dunno why, it came across as a newspaper style, so obviously I'm not advocting this as a good or final idea.
http://www.dmjump.net/frontidea.ppt
Here's my first shot across the boughs, its in powerpoint for ease (for me). I dunno why, it came across as a newspaper style, so obviously I'm not advocting this as a good or final idea.
http://www.dmjump.net/frontidea.ppt
Was unable to (permenantly) kill off ian_scho (Haynuus), Ameena, oh_brother (Westian), money (Falkor), raixel (Petal) and Lord_Bones (Aurek) in the DM D&D game Time's Champions!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO MADE THE GAME WHAT IT WAS - GREAT!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO MADE THE GAME WHAT IT WAS - GREAT!
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What about having 3 columns with one including the name of one of the programs and a very short description, the second linking to the respective download and the thrid to additional infos like homepage or dungeons?
DM - link to encyclopedia - link to encyclopedia forums
CSBwin - link to Dianne & Paul Stevens - link to encyclopedia forums
RTC - link to www.ragingmole.com - link to encyclopedia forums
...
+ a little more graphics which I'm not good at ;o)
Still place for the newspaper part!
Regards, PitD
DM - link to encyclopedia - link to encyclopedia forums
CSBwin - link to Dianne & Paul Stevens - link to encyclopedia forums
RTC - link to www.ragingmole.com - link to encyclopedia forums
...
+ a little more graphics which I'm not good at ;o)
Still place for the newspaper part!
Regards, PitD
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I have replaced the empty homepage with a page based on Beowuuf's idea and text. Look at it, make propositions or make changes yourself if you have permissions.OK people! enough talk, lets see some ideas!
http://www.dungeon-master.com/
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You'll need to download it and host an alternate if you have ideas i guess : )
On thing i completely forgot is the skin...I use chronicles or whatever it was by Gambit...but of course, initial people will have the other one! Does that jar...which backdrop do people prefer to use?
Also, i think you can remove the tag line below the dungeon-master.com graphic, especially since it's not even formatted liek the one above now : )
On thing i completely forgot is the skin...I use chronicles or whatever it was by Gambit...but of course, initial people will have the other one! Does that jar...which backdrop do people prefer to use?
Also, i think you can remove the tag line below the dungeon-master.com graphic, especially since it's not even formatted liek the one above now : )
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Very nice start! Like it a lot -- as Paul said, a good balance, and some great summary text.
I've tidied it up and re-ordered, as well as making some minor aesthetic changes and a few text edits. I've also fixed the floats so that it now works in Firebird and Mozilla (I was seeing the content below the sidebar and it looked very odd).
EDIT: I've now changed the "dungeon-master.com" logo at the top of the page to go to the main page, rather than the index page of the forums.
I've tidied it up and re-ordered, as well as making some minor aesthetic changes and a few text edits. I've also fixed the floats so that it now works in Firebird and Mozilla (I was seeing the content below the sidebar and it looked very odd).
EDIT: I've now changed the "dungeon-master.com" logo at the top of the page to go to the main page, rather than the index page of the forums.
Last edited by Gambit37 on Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:05 am, edited 1 time in total.
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I'm happy with the little changes you made. I fixed an issue with a link to the forums that was spanning the whole paragraph.
Gambit, I had similar issues of "corruption" in the past.
I use FlashFXP as an FTP client, and it has options to automatically manage file conflicts.
For example, if you try to upload file and a file with the same name already exists on the server, you can configure what FlashFXP will do (skip the file, overwrite the file, or resume the transfer) based on the file destination (upload or download) and file size (source is larger, smaller or the same size as destination).
Maybe your FTP client has a similar feature.
For example, if you configure the program to automatically resume an upload when the source file is bigger than the destination, then you can have a "corruption", because the program will only upload the last bytes of your local source file, appending to the existing destination file on the server. It will do this, even if the beginning of the two files are completely different! This can surely have weird effects...
The solution is to change the configuration, or to delete the file on the server before uploading a new version, to avoid any conflict.
Gambit, I had similar issues of "corruption" in the past.
I use FlashFXP as an FTP client, and it has options to automatically manage file conflicts.
For example, if you try to upload file and a file with the same name already exists on the server, you can configure what FlashFXP will do (skip the file, overwrite the file, or resume the transfer) based on the file destination (upload or download) and file size (source is larger, smaller or the same size as destination).
Maybe your FTP client has a similar feature.
For example, if you configure the program to automatically resume an upload when the source file is bigger than the destination, then you can have a "corruption", because the program will only upload the last bytes of your local source file, appending to the existing destination file on the server. It will do this, even if the beginning of the two files are completely different! This can surely have weird effects...
The solution is to change the configuration, or to delete the file on the server before uploading a new version, to avoid any conflict.
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Hi Gents, I know this may be (in fact is) really picky but you know at the top of the forum there is the DM shield. Well that used to take me back to the forum list and now it takes me to the new homepage. Not that I dont like the new homepage or anything, In fact I think it is pretty cool to have one there with the information it has on it but shield was kinda nifty for me to get back to the forum list (an old habit)
Dont suppose there is any chance that could be changed back to how it was.
Not a big deal if not mind you. Im probably just tired
Ta
Dont suppose there is any chance that could be changed back to how it was.
Not a big deal if not mind you. Im probably just tired
Ta
Regards,
Andy
Andy