Method's Turf Redesign

Post by **Method** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:32 am

Hey,

I redesigned my website and want to know what you guys think. It's a level design site. Is it easy to navigate and how fast does it load?

http://www.methodonline.com

Thanks,

-Method

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:15 pm

loads fast, good colours, but i don't care for the total left alignment. that's a peeve though.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:47 pm

The menu doesn't show up when JavaScript is disabled. Using document.write to create the HTML for it is a bit pointless (and prone to break across browsers), just include it as plain HTML.

Post by **Method** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:50 pm

Thanks for the heads up on the JS, but my screenshot slideshow uses the script to function. I added a <noscript> tag saying that the user needs to enable JS to use the site properly.

-Method

Post by **4days** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:27 pm

i'd scrap the js entirely apart from where it's really needed (on your slideshows) - or put the header and menu inside the noscript along with the warning.

that alignment thing looks like it's only in ff? you could give that table an id/class or inline style with 'margin:auto;' - that should fix it, haven't really looked/tested.

Post by **Method** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:37 pm

Oh, I get what he was talking about the left alignment. It's actually centered in IE, not sure about other browsers.

-Method

Post by **ALMighty** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:13 pm

I like it. Minimalistic is the shit! Great content too, nice tutorials.
It's also nice to find a fellow Kingpin mapper here. Final Crime was really great, especially the voice acting!

ALMighty - Maps & Stuff

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:02 pm

Method wrote:It's actually centered in IE
-Method

Post by **wviperw** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:13 pm

^misantropia^ wrote:The menu doesn't show up when JavaScript is disabled. Using document.write to create the HTML for it is a bit pointless (and prone to break across browsers), just include it as plain HTML.

Does anyone really browse the intarweb these days with JavaScript disabled (other than paranoid techies)? JS headers/footers save a lot of time if you ever change something in the header/footer and they promote information reuse, which is always a good thing.

Post by **4days** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:34 pm

paranoid techies, people who could be browsing from work, people with whacky browsers and any other tiny demographic - it doesn't matter, there's no sense in relying entirely on js for a integral part of a site.
the time and effort saved by using js for something that occurs on every page is inconsequential, the same result could be achieved in a number of more sensible/practical ways.

apart from that, the site looks nice - and i miss kingpin, that game owned

Post by **Method** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:54 pm

ALMighty, nice site you got. I saw it a while ago and nice maps as well. Your palace level is one of the most popular levels on Hogie's even these days.

-Method

Post by **GODLIKE** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:55 pm

Loads fast, looks clean.. Nice site.

Post by **Method** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:23 am

I fixed the left alignment in Firefoix browsers. Please check to see if it is centered in your browser. Thanks,

-Method

Post by **4days** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:26 am

that's got it, nice one

Post by **Method** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:03 am

Also I fixed the script so it shows the change in the screenshot numbers such as 1/6, 2/6, etc. for people who use FireFox.

-Method