Version 765 of the EoFF Front Site is now LIVE ~^_^~

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08-24-2008, 11:12 AM
Baloki

Version 765 of the EoFF Front Site is now LIVE ~^_^~

We the peons at Eyes on Final Fantasy Site Staff are pleased, nay, proud to present to you, the faithful membership of EoFF Forums, a brand new front site design. That's right we have a front site!

This new design has been brought to you by much hard work from all the Site Staff and one or two of the Senior Site Staff so remember to congratulate them!

Oh you've forgotten the url? Well I can help you there, the address for our prestigious site is Eyes On Final Fantasy - Largest Final Fantasy Resource Online, so what are you waiting for? Get ya ass over there, marvel, then come back and write some content for it, we're waiting :D!

Oh wait, did I insult BoB? If I didn't pretend I did else this won't sound like it's an official SS announcement :D
08-24-2008, 11:15 AM
Blue Harvest

It matches the awesome new skin. I approve.
08-24-2008, 11:25 AM
Old Manus

You're meant to advertise your website in your signature
08-24-2008, 11:26 AM
NeoCracker

You should so make that banner the new Skins Banner, cause it kicks so much ass.
08-24-2008, 11:29 AM
Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoCracker

You should so make that banner the new Skins Banner, cause it kicks so much ass.

It is the new default forum skins banner...
08-24-2008, 11:30 AM
NeoCracker

Oh, I had it on 3.0, not 3.1.

Ignore me and my silly self. :p
08-24-2008, 11:55 AM
Parker

Requesting Fluffy Puff main site.
08-24-2008, 12:11 PM
Shauna

Looks awesome. :D Thanks Site Staff guys!
08-24-2008, 12:27 PM
Blue Harvest

Quote:

Originally Posted by Parker

Requesting Fluffy Puff main site.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh, you were serious? :tongue:
08-24-2008, 12:29 PM
Hambone

I heartily disapprove. I always went to the right side of the page to access the forums. :(
08-24-2008, 12:38 PM
Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hambone

I heartily disapprove. I always went to the right side of the page to access the forums. :(

I guess going to the top right of the page and also seeing your number of Private Messages will have to do?
08-24-2008, 12:53 PM
Sir Lancealot

Why is there an ad in the middle of the banner:(, or am I the only one with that?
08-24-2008, 12:55 PM
Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Lancealot

Why is there an ad in the middle of the banner:(, or am I the only one with that?

It's not displaying for me so I'm having trouble forcing it to align, could you screenshot for me?
08-24-2008, 01:10 PM
Yar

There's a frontsite!? :eek:
08-24-2008, 01:23 PM
Marshall Banana

To be honest, it's not very eye pleasing; the banner is colorful and pretty, but everything below it looks dull in comparison. =(
08-24-2008, 01:32 PM
Big D

I like it. Simple and Clean, but eye-catching enough to scream "hey you, Eyes on Me!" at all who see it. It promises a Sanctuary of ff info - Isn't it Wonderful? A picture is worth 1000 Words, and this new banner evokes Real Emotion.

So, the rest of you can Kiss Me Goodbye while I embark for The Promised Land of our shiny new frontsite:)

...ok, that was all a bit silly. But I do like the new frontsite, and hopefully it'll keep on growing and expanding, so we can keep on being a trusted and respected FF resource.
08-25-2008, 12:14 AM
Sir Lancealot

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Lancealot

Why is there an ad in the middle of the banner:(, or am I the only one with that?

It's not displaying for me so I'm having trouble forcing it to align, could you screenshot for me?

Once I get home, if you tell me how.
08-25-2008, 12:22 AM
XxSephirothxX

Quote:

Originally Posted by Parker

Requesting Fluffy Puff main site.

DENIED

Also, direct all mad props to Baloki since he did about 95% of the work for this all by himself. Also, black orb for the smurfing amazing piece of artwork he did especially for us.
08-25-2008, 12:35 AM
Baloki

I couldn't have done it without my supporting cast, thaat's for sure and also peoples replies to those annoying "what do you think of this design" threads :p
08-25-2008, 01:17 AM
Momiji

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marshall banana

To be honest, it's not very eye pleasing; the banner is colorful and pretty, but everything below it looks dull in comparison. =(

Agreed.

Also, someone spelled 'Crystal Chronicles' as 'Crystal Chronicals'. It requires fixing~
08-25-2008, 01:28 AM
Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Momiji

Also, someone spelled 'Crystal Chronicles' as 'Crystal Chronicals'. It requires fixing~

I'm sorry, this point has been discussed rather alot in the SS forum and you're all still wrong, the current spelling stays!
08-25-2008, 01:29 AM
XxSephirothxX

. If you don't change it I'll find someone who will or do it myself. :p
08-25-2008, 01:30 AM
Momiji

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Momiji

Also, someone spelled 'Crystal Chronicles' as 'Crystal Chronicals'. It requires fixing~

I'm sorry, this point has been discussed rather alot in the SS forum and you're all still wrong, the current spelling stays!

*smack*

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...72/FFCCbox.jpg
08-25-2008, 01:32 AM
Baloki

I honestly don't think you guys understand my position...
08-25-2008, 01:46 AM
Coma

Also, new front site is . I like the new banner, and the hand selection icon. But what I don't like is having a link for every page for every game we talk about displayed on the left. It makes the page 10 million feet long. I think thats a terrible design decision. I love the rest of it. But if we put the links to the content back to how it was, I think it'd be great. Also, whoever did the banner art is a god.

EDIT: The above post is irrelevant. For some reason when I loaded it initially, all the menus were expanded. I know approve, since the front page is neat and clean, but he content is now available without sifting through ten pages to get to what I want.
08-25-2008, 01:48 AM
XxSephirothxX

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coma

Also, new front site is . I like the new banner, and the hand selection icon. But what I don't like is having a link for every page for every game we talk about displayed on the left. It makes the page 10 million feet long. I think thats a terrible design decision. I love the rest of it. But if we put the links to the content back to how it was, I think it'd be great. Also, whoever did the banner art is a god.

All the game menus are minimized by default. What browser are you using?
08-25-2008, 01:49 AM
Coma

Read the edit. It had to do with my privacy software messing with it. Also, Firefox 3.
08-25-2008, 01:51 AM
XxSephirothxX

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baloki

I honestly don't think you guys understand my position...

You can have your British spellings and work in some webmaster quirks if you want, but not the deliberate misspelling of a game's title that makes us look like retards!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coma

Read the edit. It had to do with my privacy software messing with it. Also, Firefox 3.

:up:
08-25-2008, 02:23 AM
Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baloki

I honestly don't think you guys understand my position...

You can have your British spellings and work in some webmaster quirks if you want, but not the deliberate misspelling of a game's title that makes us look like retards!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coma

Read the edit. It had to do with my privacy software messing with it. Also, Firefox 3.

:up:

My comment tags are much more of an abomination then ye olde spelling errors :)
08-25-2008, 02:31 AM
Jessweeee♪

I like the stuff on the top and how the side menu expands! I think it would be a little nicer if there were a little space on the left, everything looks a little bunched together S:
08-25-2008, 10:33 AM
Rantz

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When I view any game page, the "Latest threads" section in the menu shows a tab-like graphic of the name of the current game. (Attachment)

Also, nitpicky me would like to have "Welcome Rantzien space space space You last visited on date" changed to: "4px margin Welcome comma [link]Rantzien[/link] dot space You last visited on date dot" (Attachment 2)
08-25-2008, 01:03 PM
Baloki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rantzien

When I view any game page, the "Latest threads" section in the menu shows a tab-like graphic of the name of the current game. (Attachment)

I'm slowly fixing this, if ya notice it doesn't appear on pages in FF1 thru 4 atm :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rantzien

Also, nitpicky me would like to have "Welcome Rantzien space space space You last visited on date" changed to: "4px margin Welcome comma [link]Rantzien[/link] dot space You last visited on date dot" (Attachment 2)

No probs :D
08-25-2008, 01:48 PM
Rantz

Awesome. :excited:
08-25-2008, 02:06 PM
Aerith's Knight

I knew there was a reason we kept you around Baloki. :)
08-25-2008, 03:16 PM
Baloki

I'm not just a pretty face :)
08-25-2008, 04:00 PM
Lawr

I prefer "Welcome Master Sagensyg." But you peons did Ok. For now.
08-25-2008, 04:41 PM
Roto13

IT'S SO PRETTY!

Though the whole "largest resource for Final Fantasy blah blah blah" is probably a lie. xP
08-29-2008, 10:48 PM
black orb

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Originally Posted by Baloki

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Originally Posted by Sir Lancealot

Why is there an ad in the middle of the banner:(, or am I the only one with that?

It's not displaying for me so I'm having trouble forcing it to align, could you screenshot for me?

>>> There is your screenshot..

>>> So you guys liked the banner art.
lucky me.
08-30-2008, 08:32 PM
Leeza

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Your artwork is the best, black orb. However, this is what I see when I clicked on Baloki's link. The ads ruin all of the artwork. It looks horrible. I don't know why I'm even seeing those ads because I never see them here anywhere else.
08-30-2008, 11:58 PM
Loony BoB

Yeah, I seriously hate that ad.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roto13

IT'S SO PRETTY!

Though the whole "largest resource for Final Fantasy blah blah blah" is probably a lie. xP

Of the sites based on the FF series, I wouldn't be surprised if it still is, actually. Most of the 'big' sites stopped updating with content a while ago, and a lot of the FF sites out there don't have FFI-VI.
08-31-2008, 12:43 AM
Big D

The FF Wiki is probably bigger overall, but that stands to reason, with it being a wiki and all.
08-31-2008, 02:47 AM
Iceglow

Eyyy! Whats this about english spelling of chronicles being chronicals Sorry but the bold spelling there is completely wrong no matter what side of the pond or side of the north/south divide (be it equatorial or just north of birmingham) you are. Since the singular would be Chronicle not Chronica that means the plural would be Chronicles....Loki why are you trying to make us english people look like tards who can't spell?
08-31-2008, 03:15 AM
Dr Unne

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The frontsite looks very nice. Good work. The banner is amazing. I like the javascripty menu, it's smooth. But the ads are absolutely ridiculous. See my attachment. I have adblock but it doesn't stop this crap. No one in their right mind is going to use EoFF if they have to scroll down 600 pixels to find the site content under an ad.
08-31-2008, 03:51 AM
Jojee

I agree. How did this stuff get past my adblock? o_o It looks even worse on my screen, Unne. You're missing an ad or two ;)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/sukifruit/eoff.jpg

Good layout though, Baloki. :D
08-31-2008, 09:58 AM
crono_logical

Lack of prominent breaks in the text flow of the news items make it harder to read and looks more dull and offputting :p It almost looks boring now, since there's no pictures to break up that text wall either :p
08-31-2008, 10:07 AM
Loony BoB

I had no idea we had ads that large going up on EoFF. It's probably something the Site Staff should talk to Warren about immediately.

I don't think the place looks dull, personally, although I do agree that it could use a bit more mixed in with the left-side menu.
08-31-2008, 10:35 AM
Baloki

Ads are not my fault and there's very little I can do about them, as for the other things, I'm going to try and right-align the top banner ad so it covers less of the detail in the top banner as well as play about with some of the content design too, although this is going to take a few weeks to get everything sorted cos slow fox is slow ^o^
08-31-2008, 10:52 AM
Moon Rabbits

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yaridovich

There's a frontsite!? :eek:

No kidding.

I haven't looked at the front site in forevers . . . I like it a lot better now.
08-31-2008, 11:44 AM
Loony BoB

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baloki

Ads are not my fault and there's very little I can do about them, as for the other things, I'm going to try and right-align the top banner ad so it covers less of the detail in the top banner as well as play about with some of the content design too, although this is going to take a few weeks to get everything sorted cos slow fox is slow ^o^

An interesting idea for the banner problem would be to do the same thing they did back in the early days, having a seperate area for the 'banner ad'.
Eyes on Final Fantasy Naturally it would require some further effort in design but it might be doable. Not sure if it would look much better, though... as I said earlier, talk to Warren and see what he says.
08-31-2008, 04:40 PM
Leeza

I agree with BoB. If an ad is necessary it should in no way interfere with any artwork. That is just so tacky. If that can be fixed it would be 100% better.

Those huge ads though are the utmost of tacky. I can also see our registered member list dropping if we continue having those. What are Warren and Co. thinking?
08-31-2008, 05:11 PM
Remulak

There is a fabulous thing called Adblock for Firefox.
08-31-2008, 05:12 PM
Leeza

Yes, and if you've read the thread you might have noticed that we have Adblock and we still see the ads on the front site.
08-31-2008, 05:14 PM
Remulak

It might be because ads get recycled. Same thing happens when I visit sites regularly with new ads. Just keep adblocking and sooner or later they should stop appearing. Edit- Only if you can adblock frames or images.
08-31-2008, 07:37 PM
Tavrobel

It doesn't always work, since half of the time, the ads don't appear as an image, but text links. Some are in frames, some are not. Depends on the roll.

Two cents: color scheme got an upgrade, but the general layout and viewer friendliness dropped (more than one grade, too). I suggest Sephiroth spam in order to lure all of the stupid sheep. Ads need to be moved around as to not to interfere with content; having a whole section on the side the whole page down would probably be much better than a big giant thing at the top. Alternatively, you could just stick a couple of picture of the FF girls and great tentacle rape, and watch the money pile up, but that probably wouldn't be the best of ideas.
08-31-2008, 09:37 PM
Baloki

Seriously, I have no control over the ad placement, this was discussed when I first started and trust me my language in the discussion about it all was not something I could repost in the public part of the forum, but I was flat out told they cannot be moved and must be worked around so I've tried my best. If you would like to see an altertion to the ads I would recommend PM'ing Warren and Co and speaking to them about it. As for the other suggestions I'll try my best to get them added and sorted.

Also in reply to the fact people think the site is less usable and less user friendly, reasons and examples please so I can fix or ignore as nessary :D
08-31-2008, 11:19 PM
Miriel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big D

The FF Wiki is probably bigger overall, but that stands to reason, with it being a wiki and all.

That's cause wikis are the the way of the future!

Black orbs banner is fantastic. The ad placement sucks balls. Not much I can say about the general layout that I haven't said before.
09-01-2008, 12:32 AM
Tavrobel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baloki

Also in reply to the fact people think the site is less usable and less user friendly, reasons and examples please so I can fix or ignore as nessary :D

It's because you were involved. Please rectify this situation.

It certainly isn't as interesting as before. Simple solution, change the spacing between items, a few fonts here and there, or even the color scheme. Of course, the ideal setting is not quite as simple to explain. It's less user friendly because when you hover over the links on the side, you can't actually tell that they are links unless you were paying attention (I also work under the assumption that people are idiots). Okay, so they aren't links and are drop-down menus, I can certainly imagine someone not knowing what just happened when they do something stupid or their browser starts going haywire.

Of course, those are my justifications for my feedback. I have no real solution, so you can just go ahead and ignore me; it's not like I use the frontsite.
09-01-2008, 03:36 PM
Vyk

We don't want those kinda idiots here anyway :[ (j/k)

I like it. Matches the style I'm using on the forum :]

I wonder why you can't just have the ad placement similar to the forum though. Right below the banner. A long short one above the content. The one ad I see isn't obnoxious except that its right over the banner. But its the same banner on this forum skin. The ad here doesn't do anything to it here
09-11-2008, 08:14 PM
smittenkitten

It's much better than the one before. I think the imvu ad makes the banner look terrible though. :( If it could be moved it would look much better. =/
09-30-2008, 07:59 PM
Markus. D

I don't like the ad placement.

Feels sorta like I'm going to a site for that advert's product :0!

only for a sec though, looks great otherwise :D
10-21-2008, 01:27 PM
KoShiatar

The last piece of news is from July... é_è

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