Pocket Plane Group

Miscellany, Inc. => Ensign First Class Blather => Topic started by: jcompton on April 06, 2004, 11:13:57 AM

Title: PPG Website is live!
Post by: jcompton on April 06, 2004, 11:13:57 AM
A proper site portal is now live at http://www.pocketplane.net . Special thanks to Gospelcat and Kish for carefully combing through the site and finding a bunch of broken links last night.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Alarielle on April 06, 2004, 11:15:32 AM
thank god - shiney and pretty and not at all yellow :D
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: jcompton on April 06, 2004, 11:43:16 AM
Well, the color scheme is STILL EXCEEDINGLY TEMPORARY. We're currently having a "that navy blue is too dark!" argument in private, but I will exercise insane overlord powers and impose my will shortly.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: discharger12 on April 06, 2004, 11:46:18 AM
Yes, it looks much better. Might I add that alot of the read-me's still say  forgottenwars on them.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Alarielle on April 06, 2004, 12:12:48 PM
Well, the color scheme is STILL EXCEEDINGLY TEMPORARY. We're currently having a "that navy blue is too dark!" argument in private, but I will exercise insane overlord powers and impose my will shortly.

good, good.  Insane overlording will definately do the trick
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: jcompton on April 06, 2004, 12:52:48 PM
Yes, it looks much better. Might I add that alot of the read-me's still say  forgottenwars on them.

Am aware, we'll be going about the tedious business of updating that in the coming days and weeks.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Echon on April 06, 2004, 03:14:07 PM
The layout is infinitely better. I am also glad the colours are still temporary. :)

-Echon
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: melora on April 06, 2004, 04:18:13 PM
wow, the home page is looking good !
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: cliffette on April 06, 2004, 05:53:34 PM
The FAQ section is very cute.  :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: lsperzel on April 06, 2004, 06:12:26 PM
Here's my vote for a new color scheme, but like the design quite a bit!   ;D
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: jester on April 06, 2004, 08:09:42 PM
The website looks much better now, but the logo on this page is somewhat cropped in the shadows. Perhaps moving it a bit upward would include the whole shadow or moving the shadow closer to the words and thus leave less space to be cropped to the right and below. :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: jcompton on April 06, 2004, 09:18:33 PM
That's currently part of the logo, but yes, we know, certain things will get finalized after other things.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Andyr on April 07, 2004, 11:47:38 AM
I actually quite like the grey and orange scheme. :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: AkashaCatBat on April 07, 2004, 12:33:32 PM
I think it looks nice. And I am not normally a fan of orange-ish stuff.  :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Dark Raven on April 07, 2004, 07:15:37 PM
Much prettier.  8)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Kate on April 08, 2004, 01:45:50 PM
OMG I'm such a yutz ::sighs:: sorry Jason, I'll have you a pretty mock banner as soon as I get home.  I guess my only questions is what would you like on it (Just Baldur's Gate stuff of lots of bioware stuff) and what font was used for the current banner?

I love it, it looks so much more organized now, though I'm having a hard time with the grey and orange.  ::hides from ugly stares::  I'm not saying it's hideous, just it looks somhow familiar ::shrugs::  Anyway really nice job guys ::thumbs up::

Oh yea, and if you need any more mirror sites let me know and I can toss everything up on one of my servers ::friendly smile::  I have too much space and not enough stuff on it anyway.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: jcompton on April 08, 2004, 02:03:04 PM
It's okay, Kate. I think we're pretty happy with the direction Bons is taking us.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Galactygon_unloghed on April 08, 2004, 02:16:13 PM
The color scheme is... undescribable. Gray and Orange together.  :-[  Anyways, I'm glad it is only temporary. I prefer blue to black or gray to black (like bioware.com).

-Galactygon
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Kate on April 08, 2004, 02:37:56 PM
It's okay, Kate. I think we're pretty happy with the direction Bons is taking us.

Okie then ::smiles::  You will let me know if you need something thou right?  Mirror site, link banners, etc.  ::stares at feet:: it's just I don't like feeling useless lol ^_^
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: discharger12 on April 09, 2004, 10:38:15 AM
JC, are you messing with the stars? I took quite some pride knowing I was one of the few to have 2.. not so special seeing that everybody has 5.

Fighting for equality?  ;D
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: jcompton on April 09, 2004, 10:48:15 AM
Kate: Absolutely, I'll remember your name.

disc: Yes. All users are now 5-star Planewalkers.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: icelus on April 09, 2004, 10:52:10 AM
Stars and post counts should never be equated with importance.  People tend to over-spam forums in the hopes that they will earn that next star or the next rank. 

We are all a bunch of happy, 5-star rated Planewalkers.  :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: discharger12 on April 09, 2004, 10:53:41 AM
Stars and post counts should never be equated with importance.  People tend to over-spam forums in the hopes that they will earn that next star or the next rank. 

err. of course I'm not one of those people..  :P
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Perdita on April 09, 2004, 06:49:53 PM
At the risk of garnering a response from the Insane Overlord of, “Do you see a poll here?”, I vote for dark text on light background as it is now.  Very clean, easy to read, easy to navigate.  Thumbs up to designer.  No navy blue, please.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Cybersquirt on April 09, 2004, 09:30:25 PM
I think disabling the post count should come next.  ;)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Mongoose87 on April 10, 2004, 11:01:37 PM
Didn't notice that little counter there. *commences coding spamming program*
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Alarielle on April 25, 2004, 04:36:05 AM
(sorry to bump this up) Just wanted to say that the new colour scheme is much nicer ;D
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Andyr on April 25, 2004, 08:35:34 AM
I'll be awkward and say I preferred the grey and orange. But the new colours are quite nice, too. :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Tinuviel on April 25, 2004, 08:57:40 AM
While I like the new color scheme, I'll be awkward with Andyr in preferring the grey and orange.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: jcompton on April 25, 2004, 10:21:40 AM
It was pretty unpopular in the break room, but it's nice to know that at least it appealed to/grew on some people.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: discharger12 on April 25, 2004, 11:56:43 AM
It was pretty unpopular in the break room, but it's nice to know that at least it appealed to/grew on some people.

I dont care what color it is, as long as I can read the words on it  :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Galactygon on April 25, 2004, 12:03:55 PM
I dont care what color it is, as long as I can read the words on it  :)

I can see it on your own forum. :D

-Galactygon
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: discharger12 on April 25, 2004, 12:58:06 PM
I dont care what color it is, as long as I can read the words on it  :)

I can see it on your own forum. :D

-Galactygon

That was meant to be a compliment. I'm still trying to fix my own problems, and if you could stop pestering me I would be very thankful.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't mean to snap, it just seems like your out to get me.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Andyr on April 25, 2004, 05:52:36 PM
While I like the new color scheme, I'll be awkward with Andyr in preferring the grey and orange.

Heh, so if I'm branded tasteless at least I'm not tasteless in solitude. :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: Alarielle on April 25, 2004, 05:55:33 PM
not tasteless, just idiosyncratic
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: cliffette on April 25, 2004, 10:15:06 PM
The new colour scheme is more cute and energetic if less elegant. :)

My two beefs are that
i) The title graphic no longer matches the rest of the site
ii) Not enough gratuitous Chairman Kaga overall.  ;D
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: melora on April 25, 2004, 10:19:34 PM
just throwing in my 2 cents worth... i like the new colors alot. now if i can only figure out how to change the color on my posts, ill be fine.
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: cliffette on April 25, 2004, 10:27:38 PM
Melora, when you go to the reply page, there's a 'Change Color' pulldown menu to the right of all the smilies and buttons :)
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: melora on April 25, 2004, 10:30:05 PM

thanks, Cliffette..... did it work?
Title: Re: PPG Website is live!
Post by: melora on April 25, 2004, 10:30:58 PM
      ok, how is this?       

Edit by Ghreyfain: I fixed it.  Click the modify button on this post and you'll see how it works.