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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject: IGA New website and forums theme and layout! |
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I recently updated the look for IGA's website and forums. Come check out the new theme and let me know what you think!
http://igahome.dyndns.org/
http://igahome.dyndns.org/forum/ _________________
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madman1337 -
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 182 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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it looks good! _________________
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. I had some of my friends help with the CSS and themes. I think it looks better than the old theme. My old theme was too dark. _________________
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Tom Chapman -
Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 933 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Good looking but your images arnt the slightest bit compressed eheh :) |
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:14 am Post subject: |
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Does it take a long time to load? I can change my images to a different format for faster loading if necessary. Let me know if my server is slow because of my images. Thanks. _________________
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razorsedge -
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 104
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:45 am Post subject: |
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it is a lil' slow but i wouldn't worry bout it to much cuz it is fine... its like a normal website with a lot of images |
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Tom Chapman -
Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 933 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:49 am Post subject: |
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razorsedge wrote: | its like a normal website with a lot of images |
thats very bad then isn't it |
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Does it take long for the homepage to load? I compressed the images like MrWiseOne suggested. The images used to be about 60kb each and now they are at most a tenth of that. _________________
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Tom Chapman -
Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 933 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: |
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Woah! Much better! Good work. :) |
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razorsedge -
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 104
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:23 am Post subject: |
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Great website.. my question is there a way to compress the buttons.. and the banner? cuz now that is the only thing take a while to load... other than that everythign else is GREAT!!!!
Also may i ask what you use to compress them... or what format are you using after you compress them? |
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: |
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I just converted the images to png. The png format is a very nice format for images and it takes up a tenth of what a bitmap would.
Update:
I am playing around with using a CMS such as Joomla or e107 to power my site. Right now, the active site is Joomla based but I am also trying out e107. I still have the original html based site as well. _________________
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hc2995 -
Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 644 Location: Maryland, USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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E107 would be a good choice, i have used joomla and e107 i would recomend them both. _________________ Where have i been? School got heck-tick, had to move half way around the state, then back... and then i had to change jobs, so iv been away for a while :P |
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome! Thanks. I'm not sure of which one is better. I think that e107 is more user friendly and Joomla is more business oriented. I am not trying to run a business, but I am trying to run an online community. What I am most concerned about is server speed. Which one is faster? _________________
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hc2995 -
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:38 am Post subject: |
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e107 is faster, they both depend on size of site. Joomla is a large package so it can be slower if your server is not the faster one _________________ Where have i been? School got heck-tick, had to move half way around the state, then back... and then i had to change jobs, so iv been away for a while :P |
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:52 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. I will try e107 for a while and see what people think. _________________
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hc2995 -
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:32 am Post subject: |
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no problem, hope you get e107 working to your liking _________________ Where have i been? School got heck-tick, had to move half way around the state, then back... and then i had to change jobs, so iv been away for a while :P |
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:33 am Post subject: |
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I've got it running right now with e107. You can let me know how it works for you. _________________
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hc2995 -
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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That it does _________________ Where have i been? School got heck-tick, had to move half way around the state, then back... and then i had to change jobs, so iv been away for a while :P |
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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We now have a domain name www.igahome.org sponsored by Tyler Menezes on IGA. We also have an IRC chat server irc.igahome.org port 6667 hosted by hc2995. You can use your own IRC client or the web client www.igahome.org/irc to chat. _________________
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hc2995 -
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Dont forget, if you are new to IRC use www.ircbeginner.com to learn it ;) _________________ Where have i been? School got heck-tick, had to move half way around the state, then back... and then i had to change jobs, so iv been away for a while :P |
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pcmantinker -
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:00 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. IGA has moved to a commercial server with better bandwidth than my internet and pc can give out. If I can pay for better internet bandwidth, I will make another Abyss powered site. I may make my own site that doesn't require tons of bandwidth or fast download speeds, but that will come in time. I have really enjoyed using Abyss and prefer it any day over Apache. _________________
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