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Feedback on new level/file pages
2007-07-23, 12:14 PM #1
I have been working on the file system a bit to make things easier to post, and I made some improvements (I consider them improvements) to the look of the level pages. Here are two screenshots, I am interested in reading your feedback. In the process of generating all the thumbnails, I have been going through and fixing all the screenshots that were broken or malformed (a lot of them were BMPs with a JPG extension, a lot of them had character case issues in the database which worked fine when we had a windows server but don't work fine since we moved to linux, and some of them just had missing shots for some reason). I have about a dozen more to fix before I re-run the thumbnail generator and make the changes live, so let me know what you think.

http://www.massassi.net/etc/old_level.png
http://www.massassi.net/etc/new_level.png
2007-07-23, 12:17 PM #2
Oh yes, much better. Being able to see the screen shots without having to click to view them is much better. However, the title should be smaller. It looks funky for them to be so big and act as links.
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2007-07-23, 12:18 PM #3
The title is kind of huge.

I like being able to see the screenshot thumbnails on the page itself; however, the formatting on the right hand side doesn't look too organized.
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2007-07-23, 12:22 PM #4
Goodie.
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2007-07-23, 12:27 PM #5
I think having the title use a format like this would look better:

Remnants of the Empire
[URL="#"]Massassi Temple[/URL] > [URL="#"]Jedi Knight[/URL] > [URL="#"]Single Player[/URL]
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2007-07-23, 12:41 PM #6
I like the idea for screenshots showing.

But would be possible to keep banners for the Level Info and Level Ratings? It's was a bit easier, atleast for me, to distinguish level info and ratings from the rest of the text due to the green leaf banner instead of large font.
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2007-07-23, 12:42 PM #7
definitely like the new look better, but i agree that the title is a little overwhelming.
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2007-07-23, 1:41 PM #8
Okay, here is a newer one with suggestions regarding the title.

http://www.massassi.net/etc/newer_level.png

Echoman: I understand your concern about the banner. I put some more cellpadding/spacing in there to hopefully clear things up. I really don't want to put the banner back because it looks funky w/out the full border/centered title, and I'm trying to get away from centered titles. I've been going through reading this book, "The Non-Designer's Design Book" which is helping. I could revisit this later if others find it annoying :(
2007-07-23, 1:42 PM #9
That looks much better now. I like it. :D
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2007-07-23, 1:52 PM #10
Those changes look great, Brian. It's great to see Massassi moving forward again.

The current formatting on the right side might be more distinguishable and work with a solid dark green background. A la: http://www.sorrowind.net/imagecorner/146/131185224461.png
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2007-07-23, 2:03 PM #11
I like having the ability to see the screenshots now. I missed doing that when I played JK.
2007-07-23, 2:11 PM #12
Originally posted by Bobbert:
Those changes look great, Brian. It's great to see Massassi moving forward again.

The current formatting on the right side might be more distinguishable and work with a solid dark green background. A la: http://www.sorrowind.net/imagecorner/146/131185224461.png


Hrm, that looks really odd to me.
2007-07-23, 2:15 PM #13
What about something like this: http://www.massassi.net/etc/newer_again_level.png

I think the green makes it look odd... I'm not convinced it's hard to discern even w/out any added color or borders, the titles are big enough that it's set off.
2007-07-23, 2:23 PM #14
me likey!

edit: i take that back. i like the black background better. the bright green is an eyesore.
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2007-07-23, 2:52 PM #15
I like the plain black background the best so far with the latest title/links change. Perhaps, try a dark gray or a dark green for the info on the right.

:)
2007-07-23, 3:00 PM #16
I don't like the green behind any of it, even the breadcrumbs under the title.

Definitely better than the current one though :D
2007-07-23, 3:01 PM #17
I like the one with black background from post #8. Good job still putting work into Massassi!
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2007-07-23, 3:15 PM #18
But what about this little guy?

[http://www.massassi.net/images/cellbg.gif]

I demand more cell background! :ninja:

Looks great otherwise. :)
-Hell Raiser
2007-07-23, 3:17 PM #19
Originally posted by Hell Raiser:
But what about this little guy?

[http://www.massassi.net/images/cellbg.gif]

I demand more cell background! :ninja:
REQUEST DENIED.
2007-07-23, 3:48 PM #20
It looks good, I like the screenshots feed since several files had two screenshot links but either no or one screenshot.

Also, please keep the old comments and ratings, they are very helpful.
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2007-07-23, 3:53 PM #21
Yeah, after looking back at it the green does look kinda strange.
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2007-07-23, 4:28 PM #22
Originally posted by F-Body:
It looks good, I like the screenshots feed since several files had two screenshot links but either no or one screenshot.

Also, please keep the old comments and ratings, they are very helpful.


All the old info will stay.
2007-07-23, 4:32 PM #23
Originally posted by Brian:
http://www.massassi.net/etc/newer_level.png


That is deliciously sexy. Use it.

(Make a poll)
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2007-07-23, 4:46 PM #24
the newer pic is the best I think, did think about the green behind the level info but...uumm...not really sure.
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2007-07-23, 5:24 PM #25
I think both are a change for the better, and prefer the "newer" edition.
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2007-07-23, 5:33 PM #26
What do you think about a light grey behind the level info, as before?
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
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2007-07-23, 5:34 PM #27
Can somebody confirm this for me?

In the following table:

Jedi Academy Capture the Flag Levels 3
Jedi Academy Duel Levels 23
Jedi Academy FFA Levels 30
Jedi Academy Mods 24
Jedi Academy Official Releases 1
Jedi Academy Siege Levels 0
Jedi Academy Single Player Levels 14
Jedi Academy Skins 26
Jedi Knight Arena Levels 2
Jedi Knight CTF Levels 32
Jedi Knight Mods 530
Jedi Knight Multiplayer Levels 1278
Jedi Knight Single Player Levels 84
 Jedi Outcast Capture the Flag Levels 28
Jedi Outcast Mods 126
Jedi Outcast Multiplayer Levels 182
Jedi Outcast Single-Player Levels 42
 Jedi Outcast Skins 200
 Massassi Madnesss 2
MotS KFY Levels 3
MotS Mods 55
MotS Multiplayer Levels 171
MotS Single Player Levels 103
Total Levels/Mods: 2959
Total Downloads: 4038872

The ridiculous number on the bottom is a counter, right? It's not saying there's 4,038,872 files available or anything like that...
-=I'm the wang of this here site, and it's HUGE! So just imagine how big I am.=-
1337Yectiwan
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2007-07-23, 5:46 PM #28
No it's not... as you can see, 'total levels/mods' is right above it, foobar.
2007-07-23, 6:28 PM #29
Originally posted by Brian:
REQUEST DENIED.


:psyduck: :gonk: :suicide:
-Hell Raiser
2007-07-23, 9:33 PM #30
Originally posted by saberopus:
No it's not... as you can see, 'total levels/mods' is right above it, foobar.


I know, I was pointing it out in case it also indexes the massassi programs downloads and is totally screwed up. :awesome:
-=I'm the wang of this here site, and it's HUGE! So just imagine how big I am.=-
1337Yectiwan
The OSC Empire
10 of 14 -- 27 Lives On
2007-07-23, 10:03 PM #31
Originally posted by Yecti:
Can somebody confirm this for me?

In the following table:

Jedi Academy Capture the Flag Levels 3
Jedi Academy Duel Levels 23
Jedi Academy FFA Levels 30
Jedi Academy Mods 24
Jedi Academy Official Releases 1
Jedi Academy Siege Levels 0
Jedi Academy Single Player Levels 14
Jedi Academy Skins 26
Jedi Knight Arena Levels 2
Jedi Knight CTF Levels 32
Jedi Knight Mods 530
Jedi Knight Multiplayer Levels 1278
Jedi Knight Single Player Levels 84
 Jedi Outcast Capture the Flag Levels 28
Jedi Outcast Mods 126
Jedi Outcast Multiplayer Levels 182
Jedi Outcast Single-Player Levels 42
 Jedi Outcast Skins 200
 Massassi Madnesss 2
MotS KFY Levels 3
MotS Mods 55
MotS Multiplayer Levels 171
MotS Single Player Levels 103
Total Levels/Mods: 2959
Total Downloads: 4038872

The ridiculous number on the bottom is a counter, right? It's not saying there's 4,038,872 files available or anything like that...

I'm more amazed you went through and found all those #s!
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2007-07-23, 11:05 PM #32
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
I'm more amazed you went through and found all those #s!


Um he just went to our files page:

http://www.massassi.net/levels/
2007-07-23, 11:17 PM #33
Haha!
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2007-07-23, 11:20 PM #34
Well I just finished fixing all the broken screenshots. I'm going to d/l them all and run the script locally to ensure that all the screenshots turn into thumbnails properly. Wish me luck.
2007-07-23, 11:37 PM #35
good luck!
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2007-07-24, 12:57 AM #36
Well, I fixed them all. The script found one other issue that I fixed this time. There are 388 levels without screenshots, but the other 2571 files have screenshots. I'm going to sync the admin scripts and then run the script on the server tomorrow night. Now bed time.
2007-07-24, 12:29 PM #37
Well, I did it. Everything went well with ONE exception. I have this code that was supposed to not only generate thumbnails, but also rename and convert all files to JPGs, but the conversion code was busted so now there are a bunch of GIF files with JPG extensions. Opera and firefox don't seem to care, so I'm going to leave them for now. Later I'll make a script to go through and reconvert them. Anyway, the new levels section is now live, let me know what you think.
2007-07-24, 12:43 PM #38
Oh yeah! It looks great. See for yourself... </plug> :D
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
1473 for '1337' posts.
2007-07-24, 12:53 PM #39
it works just fine for me in ie 7 and firefox. i love the way it looks now. i think it's a much needed change for the better.
Current Maps | Newest Map
2007-07-24, 12:54 PM #40
Very cool! Is the text on the new pages intentionally smaller than the size for the menu on the left side and the rest of the site?
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
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