Stargate To Atlantis - Web Site

[Replicarter]

The domain is now working, go here http://www.stargatetoatlantis.com. The site is not yet designed completely, but these are the notes which I’ve jotted down about what the site will look like, can you tell me what you like and don’t like please.

The main page which i had written about below is now designed, and can be viewed here, http://www.2and2.net/Uploads/Images/Stargatetoatlantisdotcom.jpg

Main page

I was originally going to use a splash page similar to my coming soon banner.
this was changed do to people not liking splash pages, so instead we will have a 3rd site.
When you go to the main domain, you end up on a page with a banner across the top, like the coming soon banner, with a page underneath.
This page will be divided into three sections, the left, will be a narrow bar with a pick of sg1 and under it will be an enter link in which you click to enter the Stargate only site. The right, will be a photo of the Atlantis team, also with a link underneath to enter the Atlantis only website. In the middle we will have a welcome paragraph, explain what the site is about, and why there are two separate pages. then underneath that we will have the latest news and spoilers for BOTH shows, so you don’t have to go to the Stargate page to see Stargate news and to the Atlantis page to see Atlantis news you can get the 5 latest news stories from both shows right away at the same time.

Colour Scheme

Main - unknown, probably either blues and greens, or something different such as white.
Stargate - GateWorld blue with extra Grey - Grey borders, blue text.
Atlantis - Aqua - www.scifi.com/atlantis similar colour

Basic Layout - Both sites

Main page
It will just have a header and no navigation bar.

Stargate and Atlantis
Large image full width of site across the top.
GateWorld like navigation directly under Header Image
Left will have sub-links for the sections you go to.

Advanced layout - Both sites

Main page is described above.

Header = 950 x 155
Dhtml menu like Gate world, same width as header image, default height of text.
The rest is undecided but as it will only affect the home page this can be changed later.

Graphical layout

main site
a banner across the top with the MergeGate in the centre with a larger group photo from both shows either side.

Atlantis, either using the wallpapers from Sci-Fi website, covering the whole header with Atlantis in the back ground, which will be similar to www.new-atlantis.net so we may scrap this idea, or, have the Atlantis gate in the centre, with the team infront of it, with ocean and atlantes in the background, with maybe ancient writing on either side,

Stargate, have the Stargate in the centre, with the team in front of it, with photos of alien races in the background.

Navigation

Each site will have a navigation like GateWorld.
Stargate, I’m not sure what all the main links will be yet, but here is what I have so far, feel free to add.

The Show Information Multimedia

[Major Fischer]

I loath splash pages. In most cases they make for a lot slower navigation of a site for me, especially if it's one I want to come back to often.

[Replicarter]

I know, I personally don’t like them, but if we did and Atlantis site and a Stargate site we would need a splash page to link to both pages.

[Major Fischer]

THe problem I usually have is that while really pretty the first time you see them, the second time I just want to go to the site in question, and the splash is just time consuming when you aren't on a high speed connection.

[Replicarter]

:S i know, ok, so no splash, but then how do you know what site to enter stargate/atlantis.

[Major Fischer]

You're site, if you want to use it I was just giving my opinion ;) There is always a graphic map... which can be very pretty themselves.

[youngtusk87]

I like it!

[Replicarter]

Like what? Splash’s? Or being sarcastic meaning you like my site because it forwards itself to GateWorld?

[Replicarter]

Bump, please read first post which has been updated.

[Markey2]

One thing I will ask if you're making a new website, can you make it Mozilla compliant? New-Atlantis.net doesn't display properly in Mozilla properly because of the way it was designed. Apparently it's easy to make sites standards compliant you just need to know how (I don't By The Way).

Oh and the link to your site doesn't seem to work anymore.

[Replicarter]

Yea my server is down so it’s going to be offline for a few hours. I don’t know how to make it compatible with Mozcrap, I’m basing it on iframes and more basic html so if it works it works if it doesn’t get IE.

[Anubis]

Most things work in most browsers, of course nearly everything works in IE. I can use IE 6, IE 5 for Mac, Safari, Mozilla. But I only tend to use IE 6 and Safari. I use Google Toolbar in IE 6 too, so it has everything I need.

[Markey2]

I didn't think Mozilla was that great over IE, then I discovered how great it is now. Fully Skinable. Standard Compliant. Tabbed Browsing. Pop-up blocker. Lots of freely downloadable add-ons. Inbuilt download manager. Sooooo much easier.

ALl of the sites I visit normally work fine (i.e. Gateworld) but some (i.e. New-Atlantis.net) don't. It's rare for things to appear wrong in Mozilla, but apparently with a few lines of simple code a page can apparently look right in any browser. Meh.

[Replicarter]

I like things small and simple, not skinned, and you can get a program to skin IE, tabbed browsing?, I like programs that do everything, not a pop up blocker for popup, a program for spy ware, programs are better when they do everything, and the update for IE has a popup blocker, ad-ons are crap most of the time, and I prefer my P2P program Shareaza which has a built in download manager, so I don’t have to have 2 download programs running. Anyway, here is the Main site, does it look ok?

http://www.2and2.net/Uploads/Images/Stargatetoatlantisdotcom.jpg

[MartoufMarty]

the monitor that is with this computer has a screen resolution of 800x600. everything looks too small when i have it as 1024x768. think that you would have the site as both? not everyone has 1024x768.

my sister uses Mozilla on her laptop. it works pretty well. i don't think that Mozill likes fixed backgrounds. i prefer IE over it, but Mozilla is pretty good.

i don't really like sites with a bunch of fancy crap. takes too long to load. like, intros and splash stuff.

site looks kind of nice btw. except that it's a little hard to see with 800x600 (damn the scrolling!)

[Replicarter]

Well I actually use 1280 x 1024, most people are suing a higher resolution now, and have bigger monitors, and I can read the text perfectly that size and it’s much bigger on 1024 x 768. Making the site 800 x 600 would take time, and would not look right. When you said you don’t like fancy bits that take long to load, were you talking about that? Because all of that there is only 130kb and loads faster than GateWorld.

[MartoufMarty]

Well I actually use 1280 x 1024, most people are suing a higher resolution now, and have bigger monitors, and I can read the text perfectly that size and it’s much bigger on 1024 x 768. Making the site 800 x 600 would take time, and would not look right. When you said you don’t like fancy bits that take long to load, were you talking about that? Because all of that there is only 130kb and loads faster than GateWorld.
i was just talking in general about fancy thing. intros and all that.

[Replicarter]

any more opinions people?

[prion]

I couldn't get past the photos. It's not loaded with splash and java is it??

[Replicarter]

Were you looking at this image? http://www.2and2.net/Uploads/Images/Stargatetoatlantisdotcom.jpg ,or looking at the domain name? Because my servers are down at the moment so the domain will be offline for a few more days.

[Replicarter]

what do you think of the coming soon banner at www.stargatetoatlantis.com ?

[Ace-SG1-]

yo Replicator can i talk to u on
AIM: toofasttokill
MSN: Keawepoo@msn.com
ICQ: 229-395-757
Web Site: Http://stargatesg1.r8.org
THX!!!

[Replicarter]

Yea, sure, i add you to msn, but i always have problems with adding, so incase it doesent work, you ad me also, replicarter@hotmail.com

[Ace-SG1-]

i 4 got to put this on>>LOL<< are u the web master and owner of Stargate To Atantis??

[Replicarter]

Well, yea, but im never gonna get time to do it so looking for someone whos just as good as me or better to continue it.

[samjack4ever]

I know, I personally don’t like them, but if we did and Atlantis site and a Stargate site we would need a splash page to link to both pages.
You could use a cookie that detects if a visitor has been before and skips the splash page...

[Replicarter]

But, skip the splash page, and what? go directly to the stargate site, then how would they get to the atlantis page? thats the reason i even considerd a splash, but i think what i have done now is ok.

[samjack4ever]

But, skip the splash page, and what? go directly to the stargate site, then how would they get to the atlantis page? thats the reason i even considerd a splash, but i think what i have done now is ok.It can be based on what page the visitor viewed... Say the first time they came to your site and click on Atlantis from the splash page. This info is stored in the cookie and the next time they came to your site they would be taken to Atlantis.

From there, if the wanted to they could go the the Stargate - SG1 page...

The design of the website is really good and I love the image at the top :) .

[Replicarter]

Yea, i understod what you ment, but if i went to a site, went to the stargate page, i would probably go to the atlantis page next time, but thanks anyway, glad you like the banner :) but i dont anymore, il probably re make it.

[Elite Anubis Guard]

hows the site coming?
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what sort of progress have you madE?

[Replicarter]

Erm, non realy lol. I realy carnt do it on my own. I gave up after i made the last post, does anyone want to finsih the site and have it?

[Elite Anubis Guard]

i could help u write some content?

[Replicarter]

Even making pages is hard, i did design the atlantis page and the stargate page but i lost the files :(

[Ace-SG1-]

****, ill have it :D

[Replicarter]

You want my site? but you have this wonderful site here http://sore-thumbs.net/sg1/Home_Page.htm , kinda look familiar.

[Ace-SG1-]

:D for i can try and make a SG1/Atlantis fin site ;)

[Elite Anubis Guard]

well being as it appears to be php or something similar, ill just help out wiv content and news cos i only know html!

[Replicarter]

Actualy the whole site is html, not php. I only know html my self. Right now im using the dommain to host files, so i may just delete the site soon if no on can fully take over it, or a group of people who can do parts of it.

[Elite Anubis Guard]

thats a *****, it would have been easier for a group to do it with php.