GE-Games! What do you think?

[jimmynewguy]

i'm (by the way) trying mysql but i really need to know if there's something i can start doing now. I'm kinda bored and when i get bored i work harder, so anything i can start working on would be great, even site layout, i just need to know what to do, or what tool would i need for the site layout? Cuz i really want to see this get-a-going thanx

[jimmynewguy]

i followed a tutorial on logins for mysql and php, but i don't know what to use to make .php's so i made them with note pad and saved them as .php's so you know what to put in the correct .php can you check if these work? Thanx

Read the readme please!!

[asmodeus]

http://www.whenpenguinsattack.com/2006/10/31/storing-passwords-in-php-5/
http://phpsec.org/articles/2005/password-hashing.html

i think the second one is 10* better though so check it out first

Thank you very much for those links.

i followed a tutorial on logins for mysql and php, but i don't know what to use to make .php's so i made them with note pad and saved them as .php's so you know what to put in the correct .php can you check if these work? Thanx

Read the readme please!!

Well, some of the php code is even a bit unknown to me . However I think everything that is done there I now already can write myself. I've learned MySQL .

i'm (by the way) trying mysql but i really need to know if there's something i can start doing now. I'm kinda bored and when i get bored i work harder, so anything i can start working on would be great, even site layout, i just need to know what to do, or what tool would i need for the site layout? Cuz i really want to see this get-a-going thanx

I decided to do most of the php and sql parts myself, but if there's anybody else who can sql (such as you maybe), then it would help me when I get problems somewhere, because I'm not very experienced in MySQL.
If you can (learn) HTML and CSS, you could help designing the pages. If so, I will tell you later what to do. In addition, it would be cool if somebody here is quite experienced at JavaScript, because I don't really get it.

[asmodeus]

As for buttons, here's two that would rather match our style:

button1.png

button2.png

It's my impression it should be silver since GE sort of is.

I've done a dynamic php image where I can put any text on the buttons. But I'm not sure about the font and colors, so can anybody give me some tips?

pressed

And I know the text isn't really centered, but I will fix it.

In addition, if anybody knows how I get the background transperency in php, please tell.

[DST]

The color should be determined by the rest of the site. Only some colors fit with other colors.

You notice how there are almost no orange, purple, or brown websites? Its not just because of what looks good;

Its because they rely on compound colors. Compound colors require more than one rgb component to achieve; therefore, websites in those colors won't look the same from monitor to monitor because all monitors are different.

In this forum, the background is a bright blue, which, while a compound color itself, its not dependant upon that. If you turned all the red out of your monitor, you'd still be able to use this site.

Take all the red out of your monitor while looking at a deep purple site, and you will not be able to use it.

Perhpaps this is why so many websites center around white, black or grey. Since monitors usually have brightness/contrast accessible, people can easily adjust for that (like trying to look at my superdark site). A laptop can be brightened by taking it into a dark room.

But when the colors are off, the average person doesn't know how to correct them. So most web designers simply stay away from 'iffy' colors. Brown is by far the worst of all of these, as its a combination of all three colors.



As a side note, those pill shaped buttons look really good; I don't know what backdrop they will end up against but they look nice as they are.

As another side note, your comze site has an oxblood link color against green text; what this says is 'here's a link, but i'm not that thrilled with it." I've made more than a few websites, and i can tell you, that if you don't present your links like they're awesome, we'll assume they aren't. Links ideally should pop against text, whether by being brighter (i. e. yellow links against green text) or by being more saturated (the standard blue links against black text). Just a suggestion.

[Kalladdolf]

With DST's suggestion(s) in my mind, I thought it would be cooler (probably) to let GEgames have a simliar design as this forum.
Now, asmodeus, with that dynamic text, I think it would probably look better if we had our own text on the buttons.
That way it can also look much fancier.
Here's what I mean:

normal

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pressed

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I still have the source files for those, so I can add any text with any autofill you request.

EDIT: Though the background is transparent on these, I realize there are black lines around them. I'll fix that when you want more.

[asmodeus]

I still have the source files for those, so I can add any text with any autofill you request.

What kind of source is that? PHP or an image file?

[Kalladdolf]

No, I mean for the image(s). It's a GIMP .xcf file.

[asmodeus]

No, I mean for the image(s). It's a GIMP .xcf file.

Could I have that xcf file?

[Kalladdolf]

That file in itself isn't complete.
In order to still be able to edit the text, you can't fill the object. It would be hard to explain these steps to you right now.
I guess the best thing to do, tell me what buttons you need and I'll take care of the rest.

[asmodeus]

That file in itself isn't complete.
In order to still be able to edit the text, you can't fill the object. It would be hard to explain these steps to you right now.
I guess the best thing to do, tell me what buttons you need and I'll take care of the rest.

Okay, I will do that. At the moment my keyboard of my laptop (where I have my data) doesn't work so I currently can't go on working on GE-Games.

[Kalladdolf]

That's bad! I wish it recovers soon XD
Try connecting a USB keyboard to it (if you have one).

[Kalladdolf]

Oh, and I had another idea for the main navigation buttons.
What about this shape?

Home

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Home; highlighted

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Home; pressed

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[asmodeus]

Oh, and I had another idea for the main navigation buttons.
What about this shape?

home.png

home_highlited.png

home_pressed.png

Yeah, maybe we should try to design GE-Games more futuristic ^^.

[Kalladdolf]

Well, we can start by using those buttons. I made them.