Shattered Kingdoms

Aneira · Mortal Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 1538

I have to say that with the current main page, I turn off page style to read it. Especially when I went through to read the long mythology sections. The black backgrounds and dark pictures make it difficult on the eyes. Just something for those designing to keep in mind.

Viltrax · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

Viltrax · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject:

Rodwen · Mortal Joined: 26 Dec 2008 Posts: 622 Location: USA

uh...bump.

seriously though, we were discussing this not too long ago. plz continue in a flameless(idealy) place and hopefully this time, we can move forward.

ladyjennbo · Mortal Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 1806 Location: Tennessee

haha, an epic thread to rez.

grep · Mortal Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 2965

oh god

who the heck recommended joomla in 2008? no wonder the thread died.

Viltrax · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:16 am Post subject:

We have some good artistry on offer - this might help make up for the butchery I did on Ed's work for backgrounds (I'll again apologize publicly for those watermark images, Ed).

For anyone that's interested there's a few ways you can contribute:

- for artists, I'd prefer the same artist be represented across the different areas of the website showing character/faction imagery. This leads to a consistent appearance of the website; once we select the artwork for the new site, then the option a different artist producing work in a similar style becomes a more viable option. Colour, b/w or ink - all are fine. Hand made and scanned or 100% CGI or anything in between, all are good:

-- as a general art request: we'd need a set of pictures that are in-theme and consistent, to be used across the website (Ed's artwork will still have a dedicated home somewhere though)

-- we're most in need of a full set of tribunal and cabal logos/images. I'd suggest basic, quick sketches first for feedback, review and then finish off accordingly.

- for graphic designers:

-- a mock up in Photoshop would be a good start. I can pull that apart and implement buttons, highlights and whatever PHP / HTML code is required. I can also easily use template PHP methods for identical left / right / top frames or DIVs, tailored using PHP functions and paramters, etc.

- for web designers, we want to avoid flash if possible and use Javascript that degrades gracefully. By targetting Opera/IE6 or even an older browser generation, we should be able to have a site that appears properly to the widest possible audience; remember a text-based game has very few hardware requirements to play, so our website shouldn't lock such users out either.

-- don't get carried away with dynamic content - no AJAX, etc; we need something that is easily maintained by the staff.