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New Domain

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:43 pm
by Zacariaz
New Subject
Zacariaz wrote:I have done a browsercam and these are the scenarios which caused me trouble:
  • Linux (Fedora Core 4):
    • Konqueror 3.4.0-5
    • Netscape 9.0b2
    • Opera 9.21
  • Macintosh OSX (10.3/10.4):
    • Opera 8.5.0
    • Opera 9.21
  • Latest Versions (not tested):
    • Opera: 9.23
    • Netscape: 9.0b3
    • Konqueror 3.5.2 (3.5.4)
This new site, when completed, is suposed to be used alot, by various people with various setups, and if anyone is able to test these specific scenarios (or simular) it will be greatly appreciated.
The only trouble so far is with the footer/copyright, which are misplaced or not displayed at all. This is not a huge problem, but still, as the perfectionist i am i would hate for anyone to think: "Man! This site sucks..."

Here is the link and if in doubt there is a link to a sceenshot on the site.


Regards
Early Subject:
Zacariaz wrote:I have desided, now that i am about to actually use my webserver for something usefull, that it is time for be to get meself a new domain as the old one "zacariazdisciples.net" is enoying to say the least.

So, what should i get?
My favorit so far is:
g33kzinn.?
or
g33kz-inn.?
sadly i cant get
g33kz.inn
g33kz.net
or simular.

i allso though about geeksheaven, geeks4life, etc.
The rules are as follow.
1. It has to be easy to remember.
2. It Has to fairly short and minimun 3 letters
3. It Has to say something about the content of the site, as the above.
4. It has to be availible ;)

All ideas are welcome.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:29 pm
by Dex
www.sheek2bgeek.com or RUAcodeMonkey

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:04 pm
by Zacariaz
ok suggestion but i was thinking something more simple...
Thanks for the reply though, they are rare in these dark times :roll:

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:49 pm
by Kevin McGuire
http://www.SunLovingGeeks.com

Since there is a split between an indoor and outdoor type of geek, or:

http://www.DeveloperGeeks.com
http://www.HackerGeeks.com

"The word geek has recently come to be used to refer to a person who is fascinated by knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. "

http://www.ElectronicGeek.com
http://www.KernelGeek.com

I like the sun loving geek since it is fairly hard to enjoy geek type things outside although recent technology improvements in displays have made this more possible.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:51 pm
by OrOS
/me buys kernelgeek before a troll bot does...

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:53 pm
by Zacariaz
There has been alot of good suggestions, but im more interested in... well... Like a generel geek domain, eg. fx. kernelgeek doesnt work.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:28 am
by Solar
Most of the suggestions above are a bit too much in-your-face for my tastes.

I really loved it when, back then, it turned out that rootdirectory.* was not yet taken. I took rootdirectory.de, because I had this feeling I wouldn't be able to fill it with anything worthwile anytime soon (and boy, was I right). In the meantime, the rest has been taken by cybersquatters.

Try to come up with something that doesn't say "geek", but implies geek. www.system-call.net is free, for example. ;)

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:18 am
by Zacariaz
No i havent bought my new domain yet, but i couldnt sleep so i started making a layout for my new site.
However i 10:8 screen format and would therefor be gratefull if someone would take a look at it in 4:3 and maybe even 16:9 format to see if anything is screwed up. Various screenresolutions would allso be nice, but it shouldnt make any big difference enless you get below 800*600.
http://www.zacariazdisciples.net/G33kz%2DInn/
thanks

edit:
Im using javascript you fix the know png problem and it works, howevr in my browser it acts kinda weird.
When you have first loaded the site, the logo will seem very small and you will have to load another site and go back again in order to get the expected result.
Please report if that is happening to you allso, cause then ill have to find another solution.

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:36 am
by Solar
What makes people believe other people are running their browsers full-screen all the time?

Looks good here (IE 6), but you seem to have a bug in your vertical layout: When I make the window bigger, I get "dead space" at the bottom of the page (first screenshot), when I shrink the window the bottom vanishes and the scrollbar hangs in limbo (second screenshot).

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:10 am
by Zacariaz
yes i am aware of that problem. its a question of relative and absolute width and hight definitions. I can use absolute (pixel fx.) because peoble are running in different screen resolutions, and relative (%) allso has drawbacks.
Ill figure something out, my gratest worry was about the menu and the logo.

thanks for the screenies.

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:19 am
by Zacariaz
well, it was a tough one, but it should work as expected now. :lol:

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:37 am
by Solar
It does. Good work!

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:50 am
by Zacariaz
thanks.
it is not a prety solution though...

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:51 am
by frank
It looks good to me!

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:54 am
by Zacariaz
glad to hear