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Post by squirmydad on Sept 27, 2013 22:36:19 GMT -9
One Monk.comStill a work in progress, still a lot to upload, but please do come by and kick the tires and tell me what's broken. Thanks.  edit-> front page got frelled, must've kicked the tires too hard..Chimera Brood appears to be in stealth mode, hmm, still lots to do.
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Post by hackbarth on Sept 28, 2013 3:47:54 GMT -9
And everybody rejoiced!
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 28, 2013 4:33:28 GMT -9
Yeah, a few glitches, but it looks good to see the site up again. Do you want us to list glitches here or PM you?
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Post by squirmydad on Sept 28, 2013 6:39:48 GMT -9
Please list here, that gives me a good to-do list and doesn't flood my inbox. Thanks. |
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 3, 2013 10:15:17 GMT -9
Update:
-Bases page finished...
-Trays page finished...for now, I'll be making a few more varieties, any preferences?
-Downloads page at 90%, check it out...
-Home page mostly working, needs tinkering, also needs more links to other game and model sites...
-Forum Hoard pages not up yet, they're next...
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Post by WackyAnne on Oct 3, 2013 13:14:40 GMT -9
The news scroll-box on the front page appears blank. When I highlight it and the text above it, it appears that you've posted white on white? NM, you already fixed it while I was visiting all your links! Every link is working well. A few _very_ minor things: - Can you hotlink the links in the paragraph "One Monk Dot Com back online" - Can you choose another colour for the "Papermodel Showcase Archive" tag than the blue that is the old standard for linkable text? - Similarly, can you change the emphasis for "Under New Management / (please excuse the construction)" from underlined red (another standard clue for linkable text) to bold red instead? - Okumarts' was the only one you had linked to his actual products rather than his producer page (i.e. his forums or his tumblr, etc.). It seems odd, but that might be the way he wanted? - Scarecrows Paper Models links to Wayne Peters' 3D Modelling, Sculpting and Texturing, Next Gen Surfacing, Digital Painting and Illustration, Line Art, but sadly no Papercraft... does he have a more relevant link? Or has he given it up? - In the product pages, you have two nearly-identical images linking to Cyborg Slaughterers when only one is needed There, your/my OCD tendencies are satisfied. See, told you they were minor. One MAJOR thing is... YAY! You _already have_ all the Halloween props I was struggling with! I'd never seen or heard of them before, and am so thrilled!!! Now I can focus on the tileset I was going to do to begin with... too late for the Hoard, but not too late for fun! |
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Post by mahotsukai on Oct 3, 2013 13:23:21 GMT -9
On the home page you need another line space below the hoards banner and the text.
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 3, 2013 16:14:48 GMT -9
Fixed, fixed, fixed...and fixed.
-Scarecrow: that was all I still had for him, I'm happy to add in more links if people find better ones.
-Okumarts: changed at his request
-Hoard: tomorrow...
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Post by okumarts on Oct 3, 2013 16:21:29 GMT -9
Thanks! I've been putting up some reviews on RPGNow of Jim's sets I own and realizing that I don't own some key sets that I think are rad.
Had to change that.
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 4, 2013 8:09:15 GMT -9
Is it just my computer or are things a little screwy towards the bottom?  |
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 4, 2013 9:45:45 GMT -9
Is it just my computer or are things a little screwy towards the bottom? Uhm, hit refresh... It looked goofy this morning on Google Chrome until I refreshed it. I am liking Chrome less and less these days and have gone back to using Firefox. |
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 4, 2013 9:58:45 GMT -9
When I hit refresh, things look 'right' for a split second, and then back to what you see above. That's using IE
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Post by wyvern on Oct 4, 2013 10:27:45 GMT -9
Vermin King: Yeah, I'm having the same problem, also using IE. Squirmy: You did ask... The top line of drop-down menus on the homepage is different to those on the other pages, and not all are functional - so "Heroes" isn't working, "Townsfolk" goes to a page of (selected?) downloads, "Monsters" goes to (I think) the main bases page, "Undead" goes to a page titled "Base size / Formation Width x Depth", "Warbands" goes to a page with a ghoul design tutorial and four template/eyeline sheets on, while "Forum" brings you to the CWF homepage (so at least the really important item's working OK!). All these links except "Forum" are in a smaller blue serif font; "Forum" is in a white sans-serif one. The right-hand column of links looks a bit odd. The heading (?) "Figures & Models" comes after the MiP and F&T links, but above the rest, while the "Finger & Toe" link is very blurred, as if it's a low-res scan. Everything below the heading down as far as Gwindel Figurines seems to be left-aligned, but everything south of that's centred. A lot of the links in the left-hand column seem to be in a too small font that's slightly blurred for everything except the underlined dates listed for "Forum Hoards"; haven't had time to try any of the actual links yet, plus I can't even read a couple of them near the end of the column due to the expanse of orange from the oddity Vermin King drew attention to. Also finding some of the pages are unusually slow to load, though that could be due to the general wip status, of course. Either that or everyone's trying to acces the site together  |
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 4, 2013 13:31:15 GMT -9
I saw the scrambled looking page three updates ago, hit refresh and it should look better.
-added more manufacturer links on right side...
-added links in middle explanation...
-added Terrain section on left...
-added Alien Hunters and High Elf Tower to Downloads...
-added TGN feed to Home page...
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 4, 2013 13:48:11 GMT -9
Actually, when I went to the site this time it looked fine ... until I refreshed ...
It works on Firefox, except for the RSS feeds. I'm assuming that is the mac.com and me.com scripts.
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Post by wyvern on Oct 5, 2013 3:42:14 GMT -9
No improvement, I'm afraid. The page is OK for a brief period after refreshing, two to five seconds max, then it simply reverts to "the orange mess", as if it's somehow inherently unstable. Bottom line is if it was OK, it wouldn't need refreshing at all - especially as when I first go to the page new, it's in its "mess" state. Don't recall coming across anything quite like this elsewhere using this version of IE, so I'd guess it's some kind of basic error in the coding that's easily overlooked.
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Post by cadia134 on Oct 5, 2013 12:54:39 GMT -9
any idea on when the hordes will be back up?
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Post by WackyAnne on Oct 5, 2013 18:35:11 GMT -9
Are you looking for something in particular? I'm sure at least one of us could help you out with a few files...
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 5, 2013 19:14:04 GMT -9
Old Hordes will be completed by this monday, newer ones (105, 108) later in the week, need to take pics.
Front page looks okay on Macs and PC's in Opera, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome, but not Internet Explorer...I think I know what it is and I'll mess with it some tomorrow night.
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 6, 2013 17:43:05 GMT -9
-Hordes 2008-2012 uploaded...
-Front page should look better for IE users...LMK
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 6, 2013 17:50:22 GMT -9
Tried the page for the first time using IE. Looks OK. I'm not a fan of the font you're using for the links. It looks like this:  Yeah - they're that blurry for me. Wait a minute... all those links are... images? Gak! To be honest, ALL of the links (the blue ones on the left, the red ones on the right) make my eyes feel uncomfortable. |
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 6, 2013 18:41:11 GMT -9
Font and color suggestion?
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Post by wyvern on Oct 7, 2013 0:18:46 GMT -9
Happy to confirm the homepage looks fine now with IE!
Agree with mproteau on the general blurriness in places - everything except the "Mayhem in Paper" graphic in both left and right columns looks at least a little out of focus. (I have my reading glasses on too!).
The colours seem likely OK, but perhaps try changing to a sans-serif font, like that used in the central orange scroll boxes. Possibly making the font size larger might help instead/too.
When I clicked-and-dragged the cursor across the page, there are two white-on-white labels "One Monk Miniatures" behind "Tabletop Gaming News", and "Tabletop Gaming News" above the third (lowest) orange box in the centre column. Reason I did this was I could see some odd breaks in the top line of that third box's edge.
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Post by mproteau (Paper Realms) on Oct 7, 2013 1:56:25 GMT -9
Font and color suggestion? I'm OK with the colors. For a font... What's the font used on the bar below the menus and the "Participated" button? That's a nice, small font. Or the font used here on the buttons for posting things - the "Add image to post" and "Add Attachment" buttons. That's a nice font. Definitely something Sans Serif. Oh - Right there on the OneMonk home page - the menus for the different sections. That's a fine font. Just drop it down a couple points. Another suggestion - put some padding inside the orange boxes that link to the One Monk and Tabletop Gaming News. That orange with white text is a bit much, too, for me personally, but it's not something I can offer suggestions on while making breakfast for my kids... Maybe later today... |
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Post by WackyAnne on Oct 7, 2013 10:00:02 GMT -9
Just a couple of things, old squirmydadUnderneath Scenery, you should include a link or two, so it doesn't appear empty. I'd be sure to include the wonderful Halloween set that Jim did - are you able/planning to put it up on OneBookshelf? I think that'd be an excellent entry point for new customers, as I'm sure I'm not the only one planning a Halloween-themed game or two this month. And it'd be an awesome one for OneBookshelf to showcase as their freebie of the week. ( mesper - your pumpkin man too!) "onemonk.com is getting closer to completion; the majority of the free downloads from the skilled hand of Jim Hartman and the Forum Hoards from 2008-212 are up." 1) 2012  2) could you say the "skilled hands of Jim Hartman and the Cardboard Warriors Forum Hoards"? Being somewhat new here, I'm not sure when it was One Monk Forum and then became Cardboard Warriors, but any mention of this forum is likely to bring benefit to all... (Sorry to add to your to-do list - you've been doing a great job so far, despite the persnickty interface you have to deal with website-wise. TYVM!) |
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 7, 2013 15:45:55 GMT -9
Forum Hoard 105, the last Hoard from 2012 is up on the site! Thanks to oldschooldm for putting together the cutting files for this one. Forum Hoards 2012 |
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Post by squirmydad on Oct 8, 2013 13:29:08 GMT -9
...Hoard #60 (Fox Army Banners) is up ...changed up and added pics of six Hoards so they look pretty ...added link to Ranum Graphics on front page ...taking a little break from this to work on other things... |
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 8, 2013 16:13:00 GMT -9
It's looking pretty good, Eric. Everything I'm clicking on works. Take that well-deserved break.
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