Looks awesome! It's probably lined up correctly but because of the weight it looks as though the search bar is slightly to the left. You could solve this by maybe making the bar longer?
Well, they're both as centered as is technologically possible (a la CSS styling.) Now that you've said that, though, I'm going to think it, too.
Also the white text on pale yellow at the bottom is hard to read. Are you going to update this for D3? You could be getting a lot of traffic soon.
I agree. I'm thinking of scrapping that altogether. The information that they force the reader to see is kinda good for advertising different features, though. It's just a color issue that I can't think out. I don't want the background to be white, but if I go with the color of the rest of the text (non-white text), the yellowish-orange background won't go well against it (because it's not true black, it's similar in color to the background of the site.) It's tricky...Hrm...
That is invaluable advice that I'm considering.
- It was a tool tip sort of thing... it might not always appear.
Yeah. If you click "don't show this again," it will save a cookie on your computer that will prevent it from showing up until you clear your cookies or the cookie expires. If you just click the "x," it will reappear every time you search or visit the index (home) page.
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
Thanks man! I'm really glad you liked it. If you'd like I can hook you up with some High Res versions when I get home. Also: I think I have a fix for the centering thing.
@ Seth - The pale yellow in the tooltip could be a vibrant red/orange seen at the bottom of the main logo, the What's New box could be white with black font inside, and the main font could be white. For links I am uncertain, but black would probably look ok. The logo in the left hand corner could be white.
@ Jet - Maybe making the search bar centred just for the logotype could work? or you could centre it based on what looks right no worries if it's technically incorrect. The flames higher up should go over the bar but all the rest should sit on it IMO.
@ Seth - The pale yellow in the tooltip could be a vibrant red/orange seen at the bottom of the main logo, the What's New box could be white with black font inside, and the main font could be white. For links I am uncertain, but black would probably look ok. The logo in the left hand corner could be white.
(And Don and DaeDae and Caniroth.)
I'll tinker with it and post my results in a bit.
@ Jet - Maybe making the search bar centred just for the logotype could work? or you could centre it based on what looks right no worries if it's technically incorrect. The flames higher up should go over the bar but all the rest should sit on it IMO.
I think what would fix the optical illusion would be to put the flame in the font somehow.
I can use the same font with some handy new cross-browser specifications in CSS3. I'd only use it for titles, though. Everywhere would look...annoying
Fixed the pop-up, it looks much better now. Thanks guys. Working on multi-game support atm.
------------------------------------
Multi-game support almost finished, along with some other neat surprises Remodeling the link submission page before I upload the latest build.
------------------------------------
Holy shit, this is annoying. I had Diablo II classes stored as keywords, but that won't work structurally if I need to dynamically add games and mods. Now I have to redesign not only the submit page, but the script (validation, insertion), and every point someone searches through guides, which includes four other scripts and all of their interworking GET and POST variables, as well as passed parameters to functions and objects. *sigh*
PlugY for Diablo II allows you to reset skills and stats, transfer items between characters in singleplayer, obtain all ladder runewords and do all Uberquests while offline. It is the only way to do all of the above. Please use it.
Supporting big shoulderpads and flashy armor since 2004.
My apologies to anyone that has used the database in the last few days and gotten strange error messages. I've had to restructure the database and then write new code, as well as adjust old code, to fit the new data structure. Everything should work much more smoothly now that we have arrived at...
Version 1.0 Site-Wide Graphical Update New Features Update
Searching
+ Searching now gives the option to specify a game. As more guides are added for different Diablo games, this will help the system quickly bring you the guides you're looking for.
+ Search results also display the game the guide is stored in, as well as provide a link to the game's profile* (see below).
+ Graphical changes.
Guide Profile
+ Guide profiles now only show the top ten results under Explore.
+ Clicking the Back to Your Search link will take you back to your last search.
+ Below the guide title is the game the guide is stored under. Clicking it will take you to the game's profile* (see below).
+ The primary bar (the orange bar just under the game link) contains the number of hits the game has received through Firebolt.
+ The primary bar (see above note) includes all the keywords associated with the guide. Clicking on any of them will take you to a new search window displaying results for that singular keyword.
+ Graphical changes.
Game Profile
+ Game profiles added.
+ If you were referred from a search, clicking Back to My Search will take you to your last search.
+ If you were referred from a guide, clicking Back to Guide will take you back to your last guide.
+ Displays coverart of game title and a short description of game.
+ Clicking Go to Official Game Site will take you to the website of the publisher/producer/game.
Submit Guide Link
+ Now provides option to specify the game the guide is for.
+ Structural update.
+ Graphical update.
Menu
+ Smaller, cleaner, and more logical layout powered by jQuery.
+ Structural update.
+ Graphical update.
Control Panel
+ New game and mod support can now be added with the click of a button.
A big thanks to everyone that gave feedback so far, and to everyone who has made use of the database. This is an exciting benchmark for the project because it finally includes all the features I originally planned for it, thus making it the first "complete" version.
If you encounter any odd behavior or error messages, please do not hesitate to tell me. (Note: No Diablo I guides have been added yet, so searching for guides for any of the Diablo I characters will yield no results yet.)
Alright, I changed it for search results and guide profiles. How's that?
Edit~~
Were PvM and Sorceress your only two search keywords?
Edit~~
That is quite odd. I'll look into it. I wasn't getting this yesterday... I must've changed something by accident >.>
Edit~~
Interesting... It works fine on my local build. Hrm...
Edit~~
Lol, nevermind. I bet it's because I don't have any keywords with ID's over one digit long on my smaller testing data in my local build. I probably need to change a preg_match() parameter.
Or perhaps it's this stupid loop that's firing preemptively... Hrm... Well, I've run out of time, I have to get to work. Hopefully, I'll have this fixed tonight.
-
View User Profile
-
View Posts
-
Send Message
Wise ElderWell, they're both as centered as is technologically possible (a la CSS styling.) Now that you've said that, though, I'm going to think it, too.
I agree. I'm thinking of scrapping that altogether. The information that they force the reader to see is kinda good for advertising different features, though. It's just a color issue that I can't think out. I don't want the background to be white, but if I go with the color of the rest of the text (non-white text), the yellowish-orange background won't go well against it (because it's not true black, it's similar in color to the background of the site.) It's tricky...Hrm...
That is invaluable advice that I'm considering.
Yeah. If you click "don't show this again," it will save a cookie on your computer that will prevent it from showing up until you clear your cookies or the cookie expires. If you just click the "x," it will reappear every time you search or visit the index (home) page.
@ Jet - Maybe making the search bar centred just for the logotype could work? or you could centre it based on what looks right no worries if it's technically incorrect. The flames higher up should go over the bar but all the rest should sit on it IMO.
-
View User Profile
-
View Posts
-
Send Message
Wise Elder(And Don and DaeDae and Caniroth.)
I'll tinker with it and post my results in a bit.
I think what would fix the optical illusion would be to put the flame in the font somehow.
I might be able to do that. What's the font you used, Jetrall?
(Also:
High res versions would be awesome, Jetrall
Fixed the pop-up, it looks much better now. Thanks guys. Working on multi-game support atm.
------------------------------------
Multi-game support almost finished, along with some other neat surprises
------------------------------------
Holy shit, this is annoying. I had Diablo II classes stored as keywords, but that won't work structurally if I need to dynamically add games and mods. Now I have to redesign not only the submit page, but the script (validation, insertion), and every point someone searches through guides, which includes four other scripts and all of their interworking GET and POST variables, as well as passed parameters to functions and objects. *sigh*
Ah, yes. I'll do that. Hopefully, it won't lose too much of its quality being shrunken to 15x15 pixels...
Version 1.0
Site-Wide Graphical Update
New Features Update
+ Searching now gives the option to specify a game. As more guides are added for different Diablo games, this will help the system quickly bring you the guides you're looking for.
+ Search results also display the game the guide is stored in, as well as provide a link to the game's profile* (see below).
+ Graphical changes.
+ Guide profiles now only show the top ten results under Explore.
+ Clicking the Back to Your Search link will take you back to your last search.
+ Below the guide title is the game the guide is stored under. Clicking it will take you to the game's profile* (see below).
+ The primary bar (the orange bar just under the game link) contains the number of hits the game has received through Firebolt.
+ The primary bar (see above note) includes all the keywords associated with the guide. Clicking on any of them will take you to a new search window displaying results for that singular keyword.
+ Graphical changes.
+ Game profiles added.
+ If you were referred from a search, clicking Back to My Search will take you to your last search.
+ If you were referred from a guide, clicking Back to Guide will take you back to your last guide.
+ Displays coverart of game title and a short description of game.
+ Clicking Go to Official Game Site will take you to the website of the publisher/producer/game.
+ Now provides option to specify the game the guide is for.
+ Structural update.
+ Graphical update.
+ Smaller, cleaner, and more logical layout powered by jQuery.
+ Structural update.
+ Graphical update.
+ New game and mod support can now be added with the click of a button.
A big thanks to everyone that gave feedback so far, and to everyone who has made use of the database. This is an exciting benchmark for the project because it finally includes all the features I originally planned for it, thus making it the first "complete" version.
If you encounter any odd behavior or error messages, please do not hesitate to tell me. (Note: No Diablo I guides have been added yet, so searching for guides for any of the Diablo I characters will yield no results yet.)
-
View User Profile
-
View Posts
-
Send Message
Wise ElderWhat would you think of just making it the standard orange that the links are? Maybe grey...
http://firebolt.seroha.net/index.php?searchKeywords=43K,3C,&game=1
Edit: In fact, I'm getting errors for any search
Edit~~
Were PvM and Sorceress your only two search keywords?
Edit~~
That is quite odd. I'll look into it. I wasn't getting this yesterday... I must've changed something by accident >.>
Edit~~
Interesting... It works fine on my local build. Hrm...
Edit~~
Lol, nevermind. I bet it's because I don't have any keywords with ID's over one digit long on my smaller testing data in my local build. I probably need to change a preg_match() parameter.
Or perhaps it's this stupid loop that's firing preemptively... Hrm... Well, I've run out of time, I have to get to work. Hopefully, I'll have this fixed tonight.