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Title: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 15, 2011, 04:15:20 PM
Hey, Aetherbyte looks different now.

Its a better layout, I hope.

What do you all think
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on August 15, 2011, 08:30:36 PM
Looks good me thinks
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Black Tiger on August 16, 2011, 04:31:44 AM
Very nice and easy to navigate. :)

Honestly though, the Catbus pic alone makes it epic. 8)
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: SuperPlay on August 16, 2011, 05:18:24 AM
Like the layout and +1 for the awesome cat bus ;-)
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: sunteam_paul on August 16, 2011, 05:33:48 AM
You need to post your updates on your Facebook page as well, so I can reshare them via the Homebrew page. Spread the word!


Also, the Facebook logo on the About page is not displaying correctly.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Necromancer on August 16, 2011, 05:59:55 AM
Meet catbus, the little brother of cattank.  Catbus is strong!  :lol:
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 19, 2011, 08:58:45 PM
You need to post your updates on your Facebook page as well, so I can reshare them via the Homebrew page. Spread the word!


Also, the Facebook logo on the About page is not displaying correctly.

I always forget to update the FB page.

and whats wrong with your logo? :D  It looks ok here.  Screenshot?
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: nodtveidt on August 20, 2011, 08:11:06 AM
The new site looks much better. :)
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 20, 2011, 05:35:13 PM
yeah I ditched the GeoCities homepage layout and had a friend help me get the layout in question to work right.

I had the idea, tried to get it to work, realized i f*cking hate webdesign/trying to diddle tables and layouts, and had him help out. :)


Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: nodtveidt on August 20, 2011, 05:39:05 PM
Most people will bite your head off for using actual table tags these days anyway... for that reason, sometimes I use them for the express purpose of pissing off said people. I love their reactions. "This looks so Web 2.0! Nice job!" (looks under the hood) "This looks so 1997! You idiot!" Yep...
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: spenoza on August 21, 2011, 04:56:25 AM
Well, using tables is a great way to avoid having to learn to use CSS for layout. That said, good CSS is a lot better than using tables.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: nodtveidt on August 21, 2011, 08:22:55 AM
Most of the time though, you can accomplish the same look and effect using table tags as opposed to divs+css. Most of the time. It's always funny as hell to watch the geek shit hit the fan when your layout and design is flawless and then they find out that you did it with tables... the praise immediately turns to scorn. I love that show of hypocrisy. :D
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Keranu on August 21, 2011, 08:53:41 AM
Hell I prefer 90's style websurfing! Less bandwidth, more simplistic!
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 21, 2011, 01:17:27 PM
Hell I prefer 90's style websurfing! Less bandwidth, more simplistic!

Well, the sites the same, but the dumb button menu is above rather than on the side...

I ain't puttin no gay flash crap on my page.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on August 21, 2011, 01:50:08 PM
Hell I prefer 90's style websurfing! Less bandwidth, more simplistic!
Hell I prefer 90's style websurfing! Less bandwidth, more simplistic!

I ain't puttin no gay flash crap on my page.

Here here!! :D
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: spenoza on August 21, 2011, 04:07:20 PM
Most of the time though, you can accomplish the same look and effect using table tags as opposed to divs+css. Most of the time. It's always funny as hell to watch the geek shit hit the fan when your layout and design is flawless and then they find out that you did it with tables... the praise immediately turns to scorn. I love that show of hypocrisy. :D

Hey, a good looking page doesn't look good because of the code used to build it, necessarily. It looks good because of the design ethic that went into it.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 21, 2011, 06:03:22 PM
tables are cooler than stupid ass flashdoodlercsscrap
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: DragonmasterDan on August 22, 2011, 02:18:11 AM
Is there a reason for the picture of the Catbus on the front page?
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 22, 2011, 04:10:34 AM
Yeah, I put it in my blogpost update because I felt like it.  :)


The news update on Aetherbyte pulls the latest 3 posts from aetherbyte.blogspot.com
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: sunteam_paul on August 22, 2011, 06:51:54 AM
You need to post your updates on your Facebook page as well, so I can reshare them via the Homebrew page. Spread the word!


Also, the Facebook logo on the About page is not displaying correctly.

I always forget to update the FB page.

and whats wrong with your logo? :D  It looks ok here.  Screenshot?

It seems to be working now so don't worry. Must have been them.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 22, 2011, 06:56:48 AM
LETS KILL THEM.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: sunteam_paul on August 22, 2011, 07:13:31 AM
(http://lumiere.ens.fr/_alphapsy/blog/images/21701757_them_lg.jpg)
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 22, 2011, 08:56:24 AM
exactly.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: spenoza on August 22, 2011, 11:10:47 AM
tables are cooler than stupid ass flashdoodlercsscrap

I agree about Flash. Not about CSS. But again, I have nothing against tables. They are as robust as they are because there was a time when that was the only tool.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: roflmao on August 22, 2011, 03:10:26 PM
Yeah, Flash has it's place, but it's way too overused in websites that shouldn't use it.  But I *LOVE* CSS.  Once you get the hang of it, it kicks tables' ass.

This book:
http://www.amazon.com/CSS-Missing-David-Sawyer-McFarland/dp/0596802447/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314065334&sr=1-1
helped convert me.  Bet training book I've ever read (and I've tried a lot).

EDIT: Of course, tables are still the best for putting, y'know tables on the web. :)
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: nodtveidt on August 22, 2011, 03:30:12 PM
EDIT: Of course, tables are still the best for putting, y'know tables on the web. :)
Of course, I've seen people even get *that* wrong. :)
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: roflmao on August 22, 2011, 03:36:13 PM
Yep, everyone thinks they're a web programmer. Probably because it's so easy to learn the basics... and it's so easy to learn poor habits that work for simple sites but don't scale well.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 22, 2011, 05:27:06 PM
I think the whole term "web programmer" is kind of retarded sometimes.  It's cool if you're actually programming, but somehow it ends up applying to people that sit and make webpages in dreamweaver without ever coding anything. 

Drag + Drop != programming!

I also find CSS to be really annoying.  Not that I find HTML to be any better.  Its all annoying/boring to me.  I like tables though. Even though I suck at them.  Arranging visuals isn't my strong suit.

HTML5 might be awesome though.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: roflmao on August 22, 2011, 05:56:09 PM
I hear ya.  While Dreamweaver's auto-complete feature can come in handy, I often found DW's "Drag + Drop" code to be much too long winded and css to be too non-descriptive; I prefer to hand code my work these days using a text editor (Notepad ++).  Can people that rely on software such as Dreamweaver to do their coding for them actually be considered "web programmers"?  I don't think so. 

Of course with awesome open source frameworks like Wordpress and Joomla available, php is really where it's at.  :)
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: nodtveidt on August 22, 2011, 05:57:15 PM
WordPress is hackable and Joomla is craptastic... hehe. :)
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: roflmao on August 22, 2011, 06:02:29 PM
WordPress is hackable and Joomla is craptastic... hehe. :)


ANY site is hackable and Jooma sites are often craptastic thanks to how easy it it to put one together out of the box. But with a little creativity, some nifty sites can come out of them. :)

EDIT: http://www.web3mantra.com/2010/12/03/20-fresh-and-awesome-websites-powered-by-joomla/

HTML5 looks crazy-awesome.  From what I've heard Windows 8 will be heavily integrated with HTML5 (maybe taking a cue from Google's OS?).  This whole cloud thing bothers me. :P
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 22, 2011, 06:13:57 PM
Joomla is the best word ever though.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: nodtveidt on August 22, 2011, 06:14:18 PM
The cloud can kiss my non-ethereal ass.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: roflmao on August 22, 2011, 06:16:28 PM
Joomla is the best word ever though.

So is Moodle.  Why do CMS/LMS's have to have such bizarre names?  I love the absurdity of it.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 22, 2011, 06:18:21 PM
Joomla is the best word ever though.

So is Moodle.  Why do CMS/LMS's have to have such bizarre names?  I love the absurdity of it.

whats the other one?  drupal? lol

JOOMLA DRUPAL MOODLEEEEEE

sounds like f*cking spells.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: spenoza on August 23, 2011, 05:46:31 AM
whats the other one?  drupal? lol

JOOMLA DRUPAL MOODLEEEEEE

sounds like f*cking spells.

Let's hope if these projects ever merge they don't merge the names, too. Drudle, or Moomla, or Joopal sound even worse.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: roflmao on August 23, 2011, 06:29:34 AM

Hey Ark, nice site, btw. ;)

So looking at the code of your site, it uses css, not tables.  :-"
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: sunteam_paul on August 23, 2011, 06:54:10 AM
I gave up trying to understand CSS after about 17 minutes.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 23, 2011, 08:29:26 AM

Hey Ark, nice site, btw. ;)

So looking at the code of your site, it uses css, not tables.  :-"

you're damn straight it does.  Where do you think I developed my hate for CSS? lol.

I made it happen once and went "wow this is dumb",

tables are better.

PCFXTOO is tables.  Thanks to sunteam_paul.
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: roflmao on August 23, 2011, 09:08:35 AM
Well, to each their own. :P
Title: Re: New Site!
Post by: Arkhan on August 23, 2011, 09:17:50 AM
tables are better! You can't eat off of a CSS!