Something I've been working on...
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:51 pm
Take a look
I'm new to this forum, so I don't expect much right off the bat. I've been working on that site for the past two weeks, started off as just simple HTML I tossed together in Notepad++.
Still have a lot to do with it.
The basic idea behind the interface is to give the user the exact same header, footer, and set of 'blocks' on each page while giving a contextual 'sub-header' filled primarily with a set of navigation links (Site > Forum > Topic, for example)
The style was just something I worked up in Photoshop to be easily tiled. As it's a set of PNGs, the background can change without damaging the effect. The PNGs don't really do anything to degrade from the usability of the site, as nearly every browser now has full PNG support (I've been waiting sooo long for IE to jump on the bandwagon and get with the program...)
Right now, the forum is mainly for usability, not for style, but I'm going to work on that.
From a release point of a view, the side bar can give new administrators the ability to add links to related sites, small ads, important news information, etc (I'm going to work on allowing blocks that are linked to other php pages like how phpNuke does it).
So, questions and comments about the interface are welcome, as that would appear to be the point of this forum.
Note: The entire site is custom including all images and code.
I'm new to this forum, so I don't expect much right off the bat. I've been working on that site for the past two weeks, started off as just simple HTML I tossed together in Notepad++.
Still have a lot to do with it.
The basic idea behind the interface is to give the user the exact same header, footer, and set of 'blocks' on each page while giving a contextual 'sub-header' filled primarily with a set of navigation links (Site > Forum > Topic, for example)
The style was just something I worked up in Photoshop to be easily tiled. As it's a set of PNGs, the background can change without damaging the effect. The PNGs don't really do anything to degrade from the usability of the site, as nearly every browser now has full PNG support (I've been waiting sooo long for IE to jump on the bandwagon and get with the program...)
Right now, the forum is mainly for usability, not for style, but I'm going to work on that.
From a release point of a view, the side bar can give new administrators the ability to add links to related sites, small ads, important news information, etc (I'm going to work on allowing blocks that are linked to other php pages like how phpNuke does it).
So, questions and comments about the interface are welcome, as that would appear to be the point of this forum.
Note: The entire site is custom including all images and code.