darkSpyro

That looks cool!

EDIT: I suppose it would look a little better if the articles were in full boxes

Looks amazing! Where are the polls gonna go? Do we have to go all the way to the topic to vote or will it still be somewhere around the page?

I like it!

I think it looks very good!! I think it's about time for change as well.. Thanks Dark52!

Ah, ok.

Oh yeah, looking at that again I noticed that all the game logos at the top are for the USA. Will there be an option for the European logos?

Awesome new layout D52, love it.

AWESOME!!!

AND SAME COMMENT FOR KEEPING THE OPTION OF CURRENT LOOK!

looking forward to it <3

Quote: dark52

Yep, that's what I meant by the game links being customisable.

By that I thought you meant just the border that says DarkSpyro on it.

This looks very good!

i love it!.

Awesome-sauce.

looks good

Here is some feedback. Mostly positive.

+ The header is smaller and the advertisement is not covering it.

+ The purple gem background seems fitting for a Spyro website. Not only that, the grey background is rather dull so changing it to purple definitely makes the website look more vibrant.

+ The 'Home', 'Games', 'Guidebook' and 'Forum' links are at the top of the page along with a search bar underneath. I like them up there where they can be seen easily rather them all in a small box.

+ I also like how my account stuff is at the top as well.


- The Spyro logos on each of the game links seem too small. You can hardly read the subtitle for each game. I can identify the game easily enough but will everybody else? If they were made bigger they would cover the background of Spyro. Hmm I don't know.

- I don't like the yellow banners coming from the two sides of the game links.

Quote: InsomDog

Here is some feedback. Mostly positive.

+ The header is smaller and the advertisement is not covering it.

+ The purple gem background seems fitting for a Spyro website. Not only that, the grey background is rather dull so changing it to purple definitely makes the website look more vibrant.

+ The 'Home', 'Games', 'Guidebook' and 'Forum' links are at the top of the page along with a search bar underneath. I like them up there where they can be seen easily rather them all in a small box.

+ I also like how my account stuff is at the top as well.


- The Spyro logos on each of the game links seem too small. You can hardly read the subtitle for each game. I can identify the game easily enough but will everybody else? If they were made bigger they would cover the background of Spyro. Hmm I don't know.

- I don't like the yellow banners coming from the two sides of the game links.

I like those Yellow bars O>O

I wouldn't mind those bars if they were transparent (or darker, or with transparent Spyro screenshots the same size of the logos). I like the idea of them and I absolutely adore the new little menu with links and stuff.

Also adore the smaller main banner and the idea of being able to change the background colour around. I like the user panel stuff up there, and the fact that your avatar would be in it. 83 Love the curvy borders, too and the shadows. <3

I wouldn’t mind it, it’s really the kind of layout I’m used to.

I would love to see more previews as it progresses.

I'm fine with any kind of change really. Love how the account stuff is up top like others have said.

Are you going to make the site all widescreen or is that going to stay an option for that lay out? o.o My internet won't load it correctly on widescreen and it's a pain. D8

Just wondering about the borders and such, I'd like to see previews too so we can see what other pages would look like as well.

It's looking pretty good. Change is nice after having the same layout after a couple years.

I agree with Adria on the optional widescreen, though. It doesn't like to load on my computer either.

I wonder what the forum would look like, has anyone tried using the alternate layout for the forums before (View Vertical)?

I wonder if the forum will have fancy curvy borders. 8D -currently large fan of that style, but not when overused, of course-

And yeah, I'd like all the options we currently have to remain, as well. I'm pretty sure they will...

Quote: Wild

I wonder what the forum would look like, has anyone tried using the alternate layout for the forus before (View Vertical)?

Yes... Don't like it at all.

I like it. Will this new design fix the large text bleedthrough issue? (I've never been able to read any text that winds up by the side menus or click any links when they overlap with forum posts.)

Do want

the user profile looks a bit cramped in the corner but still awesome

I love it.

daaku-sama, while thou are at it, please think about making the "NEW!" dragon picture in forum part bit BIGGER, only other thing I know being neat unclickable are like 1 pixel wide edges of windows in some linuxes

Random thought when I was looking at the golden bar, is it going to stay the same through out the sparx levels or are you going to make the color of it match the level? Along with the background behind all the account stuff so it the bar would change with it as well.

I think it would be neat if it did. xD Just wondering, the idea just came to mind.

D'8 That's beautiful, dark52. I can't wait.

D'aw. Oh well then. xD

Not too bothered to be honest.

I thought that the front page looks overly purple. I know that's Spyro's color, but there seems to be a lack of visual contrast in the color department. Also, for something a little different, perhaps make a different background than the gems pattern we already have?

I like the Spyro games represented as individual icons in the yellow navigation bar.

There's waaaay too much empty space on the sides of the page, but hopefully this is just because the preview is a w.i.p.

I like the profile box on the top with a more obvious notice of receiving a PM.

The main navigation links on the very top left honestly appears rather hidden. Move them elsewhere or change the font to make them look more noticeable.

I don't know about this one, but could the ad banner be placed elsewhere?

It sucks.

I have no objections

Nearly looks as if it is something the official forum would be! So, what's still being worked on at the moment?

MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm. Purple website. *drools*

Hello dark52, there has been some time since I last posted here, I see things are going gold with the site progress. I really liked the new layout (aiming to the new-web style, it's about time) and I think it couldn't be better. I suggest you release the new layout for testing, so that people can test and leave feedback (there is not much need to "prepare it for people", just let them opine)

Quote: ElectricDragons

It sucks.

Well, you're awful blunt about it.

Quote: Dragon Lover

Quote: ElectricDragons

It sucks.

Well, you're awful blunt about it.

rofl.

I really like it. If you don't mind suggestions, though, I'm not really a big fan of the solid color yellow and purple header extending across the entire page. I think it would look better if the header ended at the banner like it does now.

Quote: Stormy

I really like it. If you don't mind suggestions, though, I'm not really a big fan of the solid color yellow and purple header extending across the entire page. I think it would look better if the header ended at the banner like it does now.

Wild suggestion bound to be denied, but why not have a CSS Uploader/Editor? That way you can configure to your liking easily.

I love the idea Dark but if it were me, I would make the purple header a darker purple just to add some contrast to the purple gem background. I would also either give the gold bar a colour gradient, make it semi-transparent or cut it so that it stopsat the game icons banner like what Stormy suggested.

How about the main page (below the banners) be scrollable, but the top always stays there? Similar to what MAWS does (minus the side bar)

Quote: dark52

Right then. It's been a good long while since I last updated the site's look, January 2005 in fact, so I reckon it's about time. I'm still working on it, aiming for early next year, but below is a link to a preview of the front page with what I've done so far. Constructive feedback and criticism is welcome, thanks.

Large image, 900 KB.


A few notes; the header image will again be customisable, the game links will as well, and the gem background colour will probably be too. The old (current) skin will also still be available for those who hate change.

Liking it, can't wait for an update.

It looks great! :3

But I feel that the purple should be a couple shades lighter....

I think it looks good. DS has always looked the same to me, and to a lot of other people too. It'll be nice to see some change around here.

Quote: ElectricDragons

It sucks.

You don't exactly say why. It's better then the grey background we have now. (No offense towards teh site layout now intended.)

So that's where you've been...

I think there should be a background to the front page (Updates and such), it's quite blank compared to the rest of the page. I would probably put the old grey gem background on it, though a few shades lighter as not to distract. I would also put the "Home, Forum, etc" In a box, it looks rather, er, plopped there. And as someone said above I would make the Spyro logos bigger and perhaps the background pictures just little more noticable.