Quake4World.com Opens!

Post by **Lenard** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:36 am

By the way, I would have been hella pissed had this been a joke thread.

Also, I really like your colors and style you got going on there. Maybe just a tad more flashy and add some news!!!! What ever happened to q3w news? Sucks...

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:00 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Click to enlarge (warning: certifiably hueg images!)

deliberate, but since it's ambiguous I'll switch it to the right spelling

o'dium wrote:BTW, I hate Wiki's. They are only good if your a mod site. For a game site like this, it should be news, and a few static inforamtion pages. Not to mention the wiki pages take ages to load.

I'm all about trying something new. Think about this:
-The web started off static with no user feedback.
-Then there was small dynamic elements like gifs and DHTML.
-Then forms and other elements of user feedback got big (Contact forms, ordering).
-After that user input directly into the site in limited areas (forums, guestbooks)
-Lately there's been a move towards users being able to input a whole lot more (forums are ubiquitous, guestbooks, comment fields, ratings, submissions)
-I think a content site which is fully open to public contribution is the way forward.

Now, I'm not completely naive. I realise how widely open to abuse the system is. Fortunately, I'm not a business, and I can afford to take that risk without a PR disaster... so I think it's worth a go

BTW with some time spent, I think I can make it look like it's not even a Wiki, and have it almost indistinguishable from the main page.

Post by **Pext** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:12 pm

is there a way to change the board style to the new one for all they guys that come here through the link?

Post by **DRuM** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:21 pm

Very nice foo. I 'll only take 50% profits for bringing the whole thing up :icon26:

Post by **^misantropia^** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:23 pm

o'dium wrote:Not to mention the wiki pages take ages to load.

Easily solved by putting a Squid caching proxy in front of it.

Post by **Zyte** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:25 pm

^mis check teh pm, im counting on you =o

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:32 pm

DRuM wrote:Very nice foo. I 'll only take 50% profits for bringing the whole thing up :icon26:

Split 2 ways with losChunk mate.

But yeah, winner!

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:13 pm

You might want to fix the header, the green glow is cut off on the left right and bottom part of the logo.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:51 pm

Foo wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Click to enlarge (warning: certifiably hueg images!)
deliberate, but since it's ambiguous I'll switch it to the right spelling

i thought so for a second, but everything else was grammatically well done.

nice work so far. *props*

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:02 pm

The Wiki is going crazy right now while I play with its style

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:44 pm

I think I'm going to try and make a new banner for you. :P

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:46 pm

If you're up for making a banner, the wiki badly needs some graphics.

There's the main header image (which I think I might just use the main Q4W banner for), but there's also the sidebar image.

If you're willing to give it a shot, then the style of the wiki is changing right now to white on black, so bear that in mind

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:49 pm

Alright I have nothing better to do today anyways, I'll give it a shot.

Post by **ScooterG** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:03 pm

Thanks, Foo! You da man!

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:38 pm

Okay I just spent a little bit remaking banner.jpg, I thought yours was acctually fine but the glow was coming off and being cut off a little and also I positioned the slogan in a different place.

Quake4 Colors

Your Colors

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:50 pm

One more, bigger glow, the same colors as your site.

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:55 pm

Bottom glow strength, with the top colour. Winner. (i.e. the third one

)

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:59 pm

BTW, the original banner you're basing off is Doomer's work and he rustled it up in no time at all, because he's the man

Those are awesome... as odium said the best look will be the first color shade with extra glow strength.

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:03 pm

alright then I'll make it in a min.

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:13 pm

Bah imageshack is being a bitch, but here.

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:16 pm

That's awesome.

I'll use the third version until someone gets to tweaking the site design, then swap it in for the fourth one.

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:17 pm

I can work on the wiki image but first I need it, because I cannot seem to get it with in source or left clicking.

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:23 pm

shiznit wrote:I can work on the wiki image but first I need it, because I cannot seem to get it with in source or left clicking.

wiki.png 135x135px

BTW come to IRC if you want to chat: irc.quakenet.org #q4w

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:32 pm

I keep gettin glined for no reason, I was able to connect just a few days ago..

Post by **axbaby** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:29 am

me make wiki night last and me wiki can't be found.
help me find my wiki .. reward offered