AS
Just my own effort this time, althought of course there was a minor change to the header which Ben originally designed.
Haha, well guessed. There's 14 up now, including a certain Dog ident! It's a largely random choice which image will be shown from 6am each morning so even I don't know what it'll be tomorrow...
Asa
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Did you do it all Asa or did Ben help with it again?
Just my own effort this time, althought of course there was a minor change to the header which Ben originally designed.
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How many have I missed out then
Haha, well guessed. There's 14 up now, including a certain Dog ident! It's a largely random choice which image will be shown from 6am each morning so even I don't know what it'll be tomorrow...
BE
Just my own effort this time, althought of course there was a minor change to the header which Ben originally designed.
Yes, it looks great Asa - the old homepage was looking quite tired. I've always thought that the forum should use more white, and the darker header looks very classy. Good job!
Are you planning on modifying any other pages?
Asa posted:
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Did you do it all Asa or did Ben help with it again?
Just my own effort this time, althought of course there was a minor change to the header which Ben originally designed.
Yes, it looks great Asa - the old homepage was looking quite tired. I've always thought that the forum should use more white, and the darker header looks very classy. Good job!
Are you planning on modifying any other pages?
SL
It shouldn't be that hard to write one. Presumable the first visitor to the page after 6am triggers the script to randomly choose an image, then it is written to the database for the rest of the day?
rts posted:
Did you write the script for the image being on daily rotation. Is such a script available on a website to download?
It shouldn't be that hard to write one. Presumable the first visitor to the page after 6am triggers the script to randomly choose an image, then it is written to the database for the rest of the day?
AS
Asa
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Yep, exactly right Steve. When a visitor visits the homepage, a text file is opened with the current image details and when the image was first shown (i.e. 6am, 02/03/04). If the current time is less than 6am the following day then it does nothing, otherwise it picks a random image from the database and writes it back to the text file for the whole process to happen again.
No plans to alter any other pages at this time but there are loads of sections that'll get a slow sorting out including the help section, search page, memberlist (that poor page has never been touched!) as well as having a working archive forum and sorting out the profile problem with the BBC/ITV regions not being stored...oh, and Profile Xtra which I said I'd sort out one day! I've got some time off at Easter so I may start trawling through some of the above then.
No plans to alter any other pages at this time but there are loads of sections that'll get a slow sorting out including the help section, search page, memberlist (that poor page has never been touched!) as well as having a working archive forum and sorting out the profile problem with the BBC/ITV regions not being stored...oh, and Profile Xtra which I said I'd sort out one day! I've got some time off at Easter so I may start trawling through some of the above then.
BB
LOL, in true TV pres style, when the new day actually starts at 6am instead of at 12am...
Asa posted:
Yep, exactly right Steve. When a visitor visits the homepage, a text file is opened with the current image details and when the image was first shown (i.e. 6am, 02/03/04). If the current time is less than 6am the following day then it does nothing, otherwise it picks a random image from the database and writes it back to the text file for the whole process to happen again.
No plans to alter any other pages at this time but there are loads of sections that'll get a slow sorting out including the help section, search page, memberlist (that poor page has never been touched!) as well as having a working archive forum and sorting out the profile problem with the BBC/ITV regions not being stored...oh, and Profile Xtra which I said I'd sort out one day! I've got some time off at Easter so I may start trawling through some of the above then.
No plans to alter any other pages at this time but there are loads of sections that'll get a slow sorting out including the help section, search page, memberlist (that poor page has never been touched!) as well as having a working archive forum and sorting out the profile problem with the BBC/ITV regions not being stored...oh, and Profile Xtra which I said I'd sort out one day! I've got some time off at Easter so I may start trawling through some of the above then.
LOL, in true TV pres style, when the new day actually starts at 6am instead of at 12am...
AD
Yes. It's very sluggish here. In fact, Freeserve regularly has problems with the site - it just doesn't think it exists often.
nwtv2003 posted:
Congrats to Asa on the new look, as it is very nice and better than the old front page.
But I am on 56K and has anyone else noticed it takes a few seconds longer to load the page?
But I am on 56K and has anyone else noticed it takes a few seconds longer to load the page?
Yes. It's very sluggish here. In fact, Freeserve regularly has problems with the site - it just doesn't think it exists often.
AS
Asa
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A second or two on broadband? That's really bad!! The HTML page, image and Flash animation = around 37kb which is more than the old page but caching should help with the last two. It
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be the opening and closing of the text file that is causing the lag although I can't really see it being much more intensive than connecting to a database. Any expert know which is better?
AD
Yes, but most people aren't on broadband. Today it took 18 secs to load the page (from the address being recognised to the final graphic loading. The PresNews banner is taking most of that time up.
rts posted:
It's a tiny bit sluggish, but for a second or two wait on broadband for a much improved front, I personally don't mind.
Yes, but most people aren't on broadband. Today it took 18 secs to load the page (from the address being recognised to the final graphic loading. The PresNews banner is taking most of that time up.