Game display

Post by **Mogri** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:06 pm

Check out the games forum! There is now a new layout for viewing games. Hopefully this is more pleasing to your eyes. You can still access the normal view with some URL hackery.

I plan on changing the forum layout soon enough, too. Post your game list suggestions here!

Uncommon · Post by **Uncommon** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:36 pm

Aside from the reviews now being built into the game page, I don't see much difference.

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:38 pm

So who has to manually attribute reviews to games?
The game-submitter, the reviewer, or the forum mod?

[edit] Also, link reviews from other sites, possible please?

Post by **Mogri** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:44 pm

There are other differences, but they're minor. Generally, it's just a subtle shift away from looking like a forum post.

My hope, though, is that the embedded reviews will encourage people to write more reviews -- even if they're short ones. The current review count is hovering right around "pathetic."

Of course, if you have any suggestions about how the game page itself might be improved, suggest away.

[edit] Mods have to link reviews to games. I could cross-link reviews. I'll think about it.

misterj · Post by **misterj** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:45 pm

you should move the screenshots to be above the reviews part. this is easy so go do it.

Post by **Mogri** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:46 pm

Monochrome's Last Stand wrote:you should move the screenshots to be above the reviews part. this is easy so go do it.

Err... can you explain that? You mean display them horizontally over the reviews?

misterj · Post by **misterj** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:20 pm

Post by **Mogri** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:41 pm

That's really not as straightforward as you think. What if the game has 20 screenshots? You're looking at one of:
- an enormous horizontal scrollbar
- a complete rehaul of the code
- an unacceptably low attachment limit

misterj · Post by **misterj** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:54 pm

so.. make it so every 2 screenshots adds a linebreak?

Post by **Mogri** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:04 pm

Unfortunately, even something that simple falls under "complete rehaul." The code is designed to display one attachment per line. Putting them into a right-hand column was a simple fix; putting them into a table like that gets messy really fast.

I'll see what I can do, though.

Meatballsub · Post by **Meatballsub** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:54 am

I like the change.

Keep up the good work.

Inferior Minion · Post by **Inferior Minion** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:03 am

Mogri wrote:Unfortunately, even something that simple falls under "complete rehaul." The code is designed to display one attachment per line. Putting them into a right-hand column was a simple fix; putting them into a table like that gets messy really fast.

I'll see what I can do, though.

Wrap each attachment in a div that's floating left with margins? They will line up on the same row and wrap to fit the the browser window as needed.

Post by **Mogri** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:03 am

My HTML fu is clearly not up to snuff. I'll see how that looks.

Post by **Mogri** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:05 pm

Okay, awesome. Here is The New Look, complete with bonus features.

Escape From Darkavern: See how lots of images roll onto the next line.
Customer Service Robot: See how a superlarge image is thumbnailed.

Images in reviews will continue to be displayed on the right, which is sort of the next-best thing to inlining them.

Only One In All · Post by **Only One In All** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:25 am

Did you create a smaller thumbnail version of the picture and upload it, or did you do one of those code things where the actual image loads while showing the smaller picture, whereupon clicking on the shrunk down image just shows it at its original size? I hope that makes sense.

If it's the second way, I was wondering what HTML code allows you to show the same picture except shrunk down.