icedawg
03-24-2004, 12:50 PM
Tomorrow I will be beginning to look seriously for a 'real' job (might as well, seeing as I have a degree..heh...) so I don't know how much more time I'll have to work on this, but...I've been quietly redesigning our site; not the forum, but the actual site that leads into the forum. I'm sure you've all seen the current one (http://www.dreamviews.com) which I threw together over 3 years ago as a project for my Internet class. Anyway, I've completely redone the site and tried to get it to match the forum's new design, to create a sense of consistency. The 'art' (and I use that term loosely, because I don't know what I'm doing) is all done, along with the design and layout. The current text is the old text and needs to be completely rewritten--it seems plagued with grammar mistakes and I know I can make it sound better than it currently does. I just have to find some time now to rewrite it, and I don't know how much time I'll have because of the whole looking-for-a-new-job thing.
You'll notice a "Tutorials" section--the new site will poll our forum's database and retrieve all the tutorials and display them on the site. Thus every time we add a tutorial to the forum, it will automatically appear in the list of tutorials on the new site. (This has not been implemented yet, but will be very easy...I wanted to get the text out of the way first.)
I've also been considering an "Articles" section. I think it would be great if we could offer new content every now and then on the site (besides tutorials). Of course, I'd need volunteers to write articles. I'd imagine I'd set it up just like the tutorials, and store them on the forum but have the new site list them.
Finally, we need a new logo for the new site! I really like the one Lomebririon designed for the forum, but I thought we could try something different for the new site. If anyone is interested in making one, please let me know. I don't really have any insight to provide other than the obvious: the colour scheme is rather clear, and it should say "Dream Views" and "Lucid Dreaming."
Anyway, comments/suggestions about the new site would be great. Keep in mind I probably won't have a whole lot of time to change anything though.
NEW SITE: http://www.dreamviews.com/new_site/index.php (yes, it's now completely done in PHP. this URL is temporary: once the text is rewritten the new site will replace the current site.)
You'll notice a "Tutorials" section--the new site will poll our forum's database and retrieve all the tutorials and display them on the site. Thus every time we add a tutorial to the forum, it will automatically appear in the list of tutorials on the new site. (This has not been implemented yet, but will be very easy...I wanted to get the text out of the way first.)
I've also been considering an "Articles" section. I think it would be great if we could offer new content every now and then on the site (besides tutorials). Of course, I'd need volunteers to write articles. I'd imagine I'd set it up just like the tutorials, and store them on the forum but have the new site list them.
Finally, we need a new logo for the new site! I really like the one Lomebririon designed for the forum, but I thought we could try something different for the new site. If anyone is interested in making one, please let me know. I don't really have any insight to provide other than the obvious: the colour scheme is rather clear, and it should say "Dream Views" and "Lucid Dreaming."
Anyway, comments/suggestions about the new site would be great. Keep in mind I probably won't have a whole lot of time to change anything though.
NEW SITE: http://www.dreamviews.com/new_site/index.php (yes, it's now completely done in PHP. this URL is temporary: once the text is rewritten the new site will replace the current site.)