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Would you be interested in a PHP Game Design website?

Yes
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43%
No
6
29%
Only if you let me help run it
6
29%
 
Total votes: 21

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Roja wrote:
R4000 wrote:Heh, i don't do validating code... I think its a pointless task when even with 100% valid code it looks different on different browsers.... I code for it to look good on all browsers, not for it to validate :)[/rant]
Well, you just guaranteed I won't ever visit, and neither will the majority of the devs on Blacknova Traders, or the Yahoo blind gamers group, or...

Way to tell a huge potential part of your already tiny audience that you don't care!
To be brutally honest, I agree with Roja. Standards are the absolute minimum anyone should ever consider.
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well you'll never see me using the validator...
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Thats a horrible attitude to have when trying to gain interest from this PHP community...

Not our loss, it's your loss.
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lol, sorry yall. im just drunk and i shouldnt really talk online!1

sry all!
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seriously..quickly losing my support..quickly..hell..might go start my own standards compliant forum to spite you.
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There ya go, the bugs I had to fix were in the navigation system and were NOT easy to fix, but there ya go.
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It has one validation error - the atom feed link is not closed. ;) Would be nice if the site expanded to fill the browser window - I'm on 1024*768 resolution. If any text content is to be added (e.g. articles, news, etc.) a slightly larger font would be more readable. Minor error - URI's contain a double forward slash after the domain.

Just a few comments by way of feedback...


Any plans for a forum? Make it easier to discuss the site and how people can lend some help.
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Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:It has one validation error - the atom feed link is not closed. ;)
Crap how did i miss that? :S (i validated before adding the RSS and Atom links)
Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:Would be nice if the site expanded to fill the browser window - I'm on 1024*768 resolution.
Hmm, ill give it a go, but i dont think its gonna be easy :), i might just make a new 'liquid' site, based on the current.
Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:If any text content is to be added (e.g. articles, news, etc.) a slightly larger font would be more readable.
advice noted, and will be taken.
Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:Minor error - URI's contain a double forward slash after the domain.
dont know why thats happening, but ill look into it
Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:Just a few comments by way of feedback...

Any plans for a forum? Make it easier to discuss the site and how people can lend some help.
yup one coming right up this afternoon (g2g out this morning)
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To start, I like the layout. Now on to business:

* Add a projects "blog" section, like sourforge but without all the complicated links. A simple one page layout should be all you really need. Have an admin section for project developers that can update a news or blog area and also update the downloads section. A ratings section would also be nice (1 - 5 stars?)

* Articles section, this is obvious. Should be sortable by category (login and authentication, database structure, speed tweaks, etc.)

* Demo of the week/month - Once a month install a game on the server that is voted best of the best. Since this is just a developer site it shouldn't matter that everything will be gone in a month/week. This is also a good test of installation programs built for programs :) (i.e. This game WAS going to be game of the month but we couldn't install it, due to bugs in the code!)

* Ranking of inactivity and automatic removal. I'm tired of searching SF or freshmeat for games and finding a ton of games with a high activity rating because people accidentaly downloaded it thinking it was popular but instead hasn't been touched in 3 years. A simple ranking like "active" "inactive" "dead" and "removed" would do just fine I think.

* Searchable downloads (this goes with the idea stated above). I wouldn't mind being able to search on a very small detail list (like name, release date, development stage) like http://www.mpogd.com does theirs. It allows me to see a whole list and quickly sort out genres, release and the like.

* Developer profiles, link to their projects, a small description, etc.

Just a few ideas out of my hat :)
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Moocat wrote:To start, I like the layout. Now on to business:
thanks man :)
Moocat wrote:* Add a projects "blog" section, like sourforge but without all the complicated links. A simple one page layout should be all you really need. Have an admin section for project developers that can update a news or blog area and also update the downloads section. A ratings section would also be nice (1 - 5 stars?)
Hmm sounds like a good idea!
Moocat wrote:* Articles section, this is obvious. Should be sortable by category (login and authentication, database structure, speed tweaks, etc.)
Allready got that done :) just not put it on the menu yet.
Moocat wrote:* Demo of the week/month - Once a month install a game on the server that is voted best of the best. Since this is just a developer site it shouldn't matter that everything will be gone in a month/week. This is also a good test of installation programs built for programs :) (i.e. This game WAS going to be game of the month but we couldn't install it, due to bugs in the code!)
THAT IS AN AMAZING IDEA :)
Moocat wrote:* Ranking of inactivity and automatic removal. I'm tired of searching SF or freshmeat for games and finding a ton of games with a high activity rating because people accidentaly downloaded it thinking it was popular but instead hasn't been touched in 3 years. A simple ranking like "active" "inactive" "dead" and "removed" would do just fine I think.
ya i had that problem too, i will DEFO have this
Moocat wrote:* Searchable downloads (this goes with the idea stated above). I wouldn't mind being able to search on a very small detail list (like name, release date, development stage) like http://www.mpogd.com does theirs. It allows me to see a whole list and quickly sort out genres, release and the like.
it goes without saying that u will get that :)
Moocat wrote:* Developer profiles, link to their projects, a small description, etc.
yup
Moocat wrote:Just a few ideas out of my hat :)
thanks :)
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feyd wrote::roll:
Roger That! Affirmative. Go Go Go!

lol. thats a lil CS keyboard text commands, but what feyd said. I prefer going to validated sites over sites that arent valid
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Heh, changed the style a little.. made that horribly huge thing at the top alot smaller :)

Also the forum is there... has NO style yet. and no content.
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Jcart wrote:Thats a horrible attitude to have when trying to gain interest from this PHP community...
Not our loss, it's your loss.
Please be aware that you're not speaking on my behalf.
That's an insanely snobbish attitude to have.
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Grim... wrote:
Jcart wrote:Thats a horrible attitude to have when trying to gain interest from this PHP community...
Not our loss, it's your loss.
Please be aware that you're not speaking on my behalf.
That's an insanely snobbish attitude to have.
If anyone was offended, I appologize. Your right, I should not have spoken on behalf of others.

In my defence, purposefully not taking into account the mentally or physically challenged, who rely on standards is not the best attitude.
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Post by Roja »

Grim... wrote:
Jcart wrote:Thats a horrible attitude to have when trying to gain interest from this PHP community...
Not our loss, it's your loss.
Please be aware that you're not speaking on my behalf.
That's an insanely snobbish attitude to have.
I don't know that I can completely agree.

While he shouldn't have spoken in the collective sense ("our"), he did seem to be on the right track. Jcart, Maugrim, Charles256, and myself all were in general agreement that the approach of asking for community involvement, while snubbing accessibility wasn't a great attitude.

Further, standing up for accessibility is pretty much the opposite of snobbish. Its defending a minority, while snobbery is being exclusive. If anything, R4000's stance was snobbish, and Jcarts was inclusive.

But I can understand and agree that the tone and the choice to speak for others was non-ideal. That doesn't change the fact that Jcart was dead on, and a large number of community members did agree.
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