should we create an OS development magazine?

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:35 am

Are you designing a website for preschoolers?

Horrible design for what will be the topic of discussion..

01000101 · Post by **01000101** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:16 am

well that's what happens in 15 minutes and being overtired.

and having no ideas at all for the layout except 'matrix-styled' lol.

dark-themed, light-themed, pastels, modern, compact, all/none multimedia, etc...

sorry, but html and php are not my languages of choice for the most modern flashy designs.

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:59 am

Maybe try an earthy theme, with darker colors. Stay away from pastels. (Like light light blue.) Also, don't use any black. (Substitute black with a charcoal color.)

I like the GNOME Journal's site. It's easy on the eyes, and very simple.

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:37 pm

01000101 wrote:sorry, but html and php are not my languages of choice for the most modern flashy designs.

I don't think anyone was asking for "flashy designs" or bright blue "fisher price" style "buttons".

Yes, I'm talking to you as well os.hacker64..

piranha · Post by **piranha** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:46 pm

I like the GNOME Journal's site. It's easy on the eyes, and very simple.

I agree.

-JL

01000101 · Post by **01000101** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:39 pm

Thank you brynet for being extremely unhelpful.

maybe next time when you knock something, come up with a solution.

I like that gnome sites style as well, so I shall change directions.

Jef · Post by **Jef** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:01 pm

01000101 wrote:sry, you should have spoke up the other day before I posted the poll for it. have you voted?

The name comes in my mind a little after you post the poll.
I didn't saw it.

Anyway, never mind

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:33 pm

Does anyone think that we should do something a bit more like The GNOME Journal? They only have a few articles per issue, keep everything very simple, and don't compile everything into a PDF, but instead keep simple articles on the front page.

It's kind of a low stress environment. Maybe we can do a 'mix' between the two? (ie. our-PDF-style-issue-release-NOW! vs. TGJ's-release-whenever-we-have-something-good.)

01000101 · Post by **01000101** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:43 pm

Somewhere inbetween would be good. less stress on everyone.

the only problem with the gnome-styled way is that they are more like a blog publisher, not really a e-zine.

01000101 · Post by **01000101** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:27 pm

Ok, so for now instead of posting pictures I just took a few minutes and put up the good ol' IIS.

fakeworld.homeftp.org/magazine/
is the link to the test site.
I changed the interface alot btw.

I decided I'm going to use ASP.NET instead of php as I can interface with a database and set things up in a quarter of the time then if I was using PHP. no I'm not flaming it, im just better at C#.NET.

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:57 pm

That's quite nice.

My only complaint is that it doesn't shrink well. It doesn't much matter, but I can see it being an issue for people who don't generally use their browsers in full screen.

01000101 · Post by **01000101** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:00 pm

ok, I'll check that out.

I'll probably find a nice static size to go with instead of percentages.
btw, my screen res is 1280x1024, so I kinda forget that the normal res is below that lol.

01000101 · Post by **01000101** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:05 pm

ok, I think i fixed that issue.

piranha · Post by **piranha** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:29 pm

I like that a lot, easy to see/use...I guess System Call is the name now...

-JL

01000101 · Post by **01000101** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:34 pm

I actually just put it there as a 'placeholder' but i'm pretty sure that is going to be the name anyway, once the poll is over.

btw, asp master-pages are a godsend. =)

if the editor has any compiled articles or tutorials that would like to be put up in the time being, send away.

The page you see, is a template I've made, so putting in actual content is possible now.

I'll start working on a upload page so that I can automate the process for the editors when putting up new articles.

[edit] also, if anyone would like to write up a FAQ's page and a small 'news' update regarding the opening of the site (even though its not yet), please feel free to. [/edit]