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Just Wondering
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Just wondering, how much bandwidth a month does Sumea.com.au go through. I would think it would use a fair bit. Also have you thought of upgrading the forums to something like VB, but I doubt there would be a converter for Snitz to VB.[^]
forum/thread links not updateing
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hi
the links for the forums and threads dont update. once ive clicked on a link it perminitly stays that colour even once a person has replyed to that thread.
soes anyone know a fix for this problem
thanks.
Submitted by Barry Dahlberg on Sat, 27/03/04 - 1:27 AMPermalink
2d Art suggestion - Read please Souri :)
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Hey souri, a few of the guys and i mentioned something along the lines of setting up a 2d like workshop, whereby some guidelines were set ie DWARVEN CLERIC ( like matias's recent entry in the exhibition ) and anyone who felt like drawing would be able to depict the creature / class / race, as they saw fit.
I thought it would be quite a cool thing to see how everyone depicts their own idea given a single strict guideline.
Kinda a good basis for ideas and learning, just thought id put it out there to see if we couldnt set something up like that, a few of the members have already expressed their interests, maybe we could add it to the quick activities area, or even if it gets big enough maybe we could have a concept art challenge at one point, like we do for the programmers and modellers.
What say you ? [:D]
yeah i was thinking paticularly along the lines of character concept section only ( ie break up the concept into things like Character / creature - architecture - environmental etc etc ) - where someone sets a race and class & those are basically the only guidelines. whether or not people want to take it further and make a comp out of it, like you said weel just have to gauge enthusiasm and take it from there. Id DEFINATELY be keen for it tho.
this is my idea of this thing
this would go along the same lines as sumea pixel town me thinks. Cept not so... communal. A set concept (like the dwarven cleric) and everyone (with their unique styles) draws their own rendition. It could be contained entirely within one thread. Its not a competition like the modeller comp but more a fun activity like pixel town.
yup for sure MoonUnit, i reckon we should get it crankin as soon as the model comp is over :) give us all a bit of a break from modelling , time to work on the concept side of things..
How many people are going to be interested in this ?? if you are say so in this thread so we can get a gauge to see whether its going to be worth while [:D]
I AM!![:D] and my fiancee will be in as well, she kicks my ass in the concept department [:(]
Submitted by Pantmonger on Thu, 25/03/04 - 7:06 PMPermalink
Submitted by Barry Dahlberg on Thu, 25/03/04 - 11:12 PMPermalink
I'd be keen, assuming I can sort out some way of getting art to the computer. I'm sure it would be good for me to build on my almost non-existant art skills!
I'd like to see something quite informal, maybe a topic each week and people are free to submit sketches or concepts for discussion, not necasarily finished works.
cool well someone needs to take the helm and set the topics like malus and Jkerr did for the modelling comp - else i reckon it will just turn into a whole bunch of people submitting random pieces of art which would make it just another exhibition thread ...
Or we could just have a vote on what the first character class could be... suggestions ?
Submitted by hobonation on Thu, 01/04/04 - 4:10 AMPermalink
Ok, I think now would be a good time to get this started. Would any of you like volunteer to make a post on the subject matter in the Sumea Draw Club section? People can post their work in the thread, so it's all contained in one thread as suggested.
Now before it turns into a confused thread of constant update posts and mess, we should make a few rules.
- You make ONE post only, and you re-edit your posts to include your updates.
- 3 pictures maximum in your post at any time. Perhaps show the concept, midpoint, and final piece when you're done..
- maximum of 800x600 pixel size per picture (you can use smaller than this). And for the love of god, please do use good jpg compression so that the pages don't get too bogged down with loading times. You can get a decent picture a lot of times at 800x600 pixels at 80k (depends on the picture, yes). I don't wanna see 250k images! If it's a basic concept piece, it should be really small in size.
- I recommend you use your sumea profile member account to upload your images to Sumea. That way, the images are preserved on the site for good. So whenever someone views this thread a year from now, they won't see a thread full of broken image links.
We'll make a companion comment thread so we can actually make comments, critiquie, suggestions, compliments etc on the work submitted.. Any comments on the rules or any suggestions most welcome.
So basicly were just following those guidlines and alternating between subjects (like the orc engineer).
If people can only make one post theres no room for discussion, and some point in this was to discuss different drawing styles, as it was partially created because people who have different drawing styles are sometimes disinclined to participate in other activities.
errrr im not sure if that past paragraph made any sense or not.... heh
yeah i think it did - my understanding of it was the following,..
That there be a thread for each creature / design idea , and everyone post there concepts to that thread - we create a new one for each monster etc.
we could conduct it like the modelling comps, weherby someone sets a template and everyone posts in there own thread - that would also work and i think thats what souri is reffering to.
Either way works for me [:)]
Ok, I think I'm getting misunderstood atm. You should definately re-read what I wrote on the first page. I will explain the reasoning behind my suggestions.
quote:If people can only make one post theres no room for discussion, and some point in this was to discuss different drawing styles, as it was partially created because people who have different drawing styles are sometimes disinclined to participate in other activities.
From the previous post - "We'll make a companion comment thread so we can actually make comments, critiquie, suggestions, compliments etc on the work submitted.."
quote:we could conduct it like the modelling comps, weherby someone sets a template and everyone posts in there own thread - that would also work and i think thats what souri is reffering to.
That's not what I was suggesting at all.
No individual threads. It's nothing like the challenges. Yes, there are rules - the rules are just about where to post and image dimensions/file sizes.
Why a uniform image canvas for everyone?
So we don't get people submitting 1500x300 pixel images stretching the forum page horizontally, while others post 300x1000 pixel images etc. One uniform canvas for everyone makes a neater presentation of all the work on the subject which will all go in the submitted works thread. And please keep the file sizes down. That's all that is.
Why 2 threads only?
Yes, there will be 2 threads ONLY in the draw club section on this. Why only two? Because I don't want the section to have so many individual threads like the Sumea challenges have. The draw club section has other threads like Sumea Pixel Town and the VS threads.. These are still ongoing, and a mass of individual threads is going to swamp the section. It's ok for the Sumea challenges since all the old challenge threads etc should be pushed off to the next page.
The first thread is where ALL OF YOU submit your work. I had this new idea where you just post ONE picture there - your latest picture. The second thread is where EVERYONE posts their progress pictures, comments, suggestions on each others work. Yes, it might be messy, but I prefer this than everyone having their own individual thread for the reasons mentioned earlier.
I'm not sure how you guys exactly want this activity to be formatted - you're more than welcome to post what you're after since it is for you guys..
ok, I dont know them inside out but they're basically dragon spawned. I think they were created magically in like the distant past or something so they a like humanoid dragons almost, with the wings and the scales and the snouts, with the biting and killing! ahem... I think they come from the dargonlance realm... I'm sure someelse will be able give you a more complete run down
Anyway, you can find what he look like on the d&d pages at wizards.com (a reat resource for fontasy illos!!!)
Here is a link to a image of them on the wizards site;
[url]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dlcs_gallery/DLCS_PG35.jpg[/url]
and here is the dragonlance gallery;
[url]http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20030808a[/url]
check out the different types, like Baaz, Bozak, Sivak... theres a heap and they all have diferent abilities and stuff, like one of them explodes when they die.. I can't remember which but yeah anyway, man do I have spare time or what![:p]
I am thinking tho if enough people haven't heard of them it might not be the best idea to do one....
Next plan 4 Sumea-making uploading images simpler
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I'm aware the image uploading procedure on Sumea for our members is something that needs to be simplified - in fact, it's quite possible to make it extremely simple and failsafe, but it comes at a cost. It's going to require me to purchase an asp component - something like [url="http://www.aspupload.com/aspjpeg.html"]this would be ideal[/url] (costing $150 US or $205 AUS). I may have to see if anyone is willing to sponsor us for it (unfortunately I don't have Visa, MasterCard and American Express to pay for it either [:P]), but basically with this component installed, it'll make image uploading so much easier. All you would have to do is upload your large images then write your news. The component will make the thumbnails for you, and you won't have to worry about the naming conventions, file sizes, and image dimensions.
Also, I'm pretty sure there are already components installed which can check images for their width and height details, so basically we wouldn't need members sticking to 800x600 images either (although I do like that size for consistency).
Anyway, that's the plan. [:)] I'm also planning to make the Sumea Calendar a bit more flashy. You know, like a proper calendar graphic showing the current month and days with events marked etc..
Submitted by J I Styles on Mon, 15/03/04 - 7:20 PMPermalink
first of all I like the idea of making the whole process more streamlined and easier - even with the step by step process it confuses a lot of people and is very cumbersome. Two points I'd like to raise:
1)As an asp component it's a small little chunk of money but would be easily integrated into the existing scheme. However, have you thought of installing PHP and embedding parts to that through the asp pages? Reason I ask is because there's free thumbnailing and image manipulation code floating around out there and well... it's always cheaper if its free right [:)]
2) People upload their stuff to get a little exposure, they want to present themselves in as best as possible way. Personally I'd prefer to have the control of image compression, cropping and scale of content in the thumbnail, to direct its quality by hand instead of relying on an automated thumbnailing generator - probably because the ones I've seen don't sample down, but come out all aliased and choppy.
Anyway, I like the idea, just wanted to raise those 2 points [:)]
1) Is that possible (using PHP components on an ASP server)? I haven't looked into it. I'm organising some extra sponsorship at the moment so just paying the once-off cost of this component would seem the easiest solution to everything.
2) I can leave the step-by-step option in there if people want to do their own thumbnails. A better solution though would be to just reupload the thumbnails.
Sumea on the radio
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A friend just told me that Sumea was mentioned on the radio the other day.. 2SER FM in Sydney. Woot.
http://www.2ser.com/on_air_grid.php3
could hav been thursday .. (Artichoke 9:00-10:30 arts, culture and trash )
Sumea Chat
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Just got this up, will make it look nicer and make a post on the front page about it, but you can get straight onto the Sumea Chat on this page..
** Ok, I've made it all nice and pretty, and it's open for public use! Go nuts!
You need Java to run the chat
You can download it here:
If you have mIRC (http://www.mirc.com/) here are the server details:
irc.uq.edu.au
#sumea
that big green box up the top right 'FREE DOWNLOAD' 'GET IT NOW'
or just click on this link:
http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_automatic.jsp
(thats where the big green box links to)
Submitted by J I Styles on Mon, 15/03/04 - 12:20 AMPermalink
Submitted by Happy Camper on Sun, 28/03/04 - 6:22 AMPermalink
Logging into Profile
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Hi Souri, i cant seem to login to my profile to upload pics - it just keeps coming back to the home screen instead of going through to my profile page??
Searching for Sumea volunteers
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There are tonnes of things that I'd like to see on Sumea which I would love to do but I'd seriously have less of a life than I already do. I'd love to have volunteers for:
1. Interviewers - to do a small amount of research on the interviewee, and send some appropriate and interesting questions for them to answer..
2. Reviewers - Not your typical game reviews like on common game websites. I'd love to give independant game developer products more exposure, so reviews of their games would be *awesome* here.
We definately need more content on local developers for Sumea, and we're just the place to be hosting that kind of stuff, so if you're interested, give me a yell please!
I am all up for interviews *reminds me to get the sony one to you* :) I already have some ideas for some interviews!
One idea I had was trying to get in contact with some of the local female dev's and start a women in games interview series (I could get quite a few overseas ones like Sheri Ray etc as well)
Submitted by Barry Dahlberg on Thu, 04/03/04 - 7:36 PMPermalink
id be happy to help out
i used to be news editor for australias no. 1 gaming site gamebiz (i think the owner, rob has posted here a few times), ive interviewed people before (like the PR Manager of Nintendo Australia some time mid last year...) and written a few game reviews :) oh and done plenty of news ofcourse :P
Well, you're free to start thinking on who you would like to interview. If you like, you can post a thread for others to contribute some questions to your list (I'm sure I can add a few in to top up your list).
I know of some local female devs, so yeh, I can see if they'd be interested in something like that!
Souri i've got a prob
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My posts keep going before the previous post. So if i reply to a topic, my reply goes before the last one what's happening.
Where'd U find out about Sumea?
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Just curious and there have been a lot of noobie's lately ;), so where'd you find out about sumea?
I heard about it on Conrtol Freak's. They said something like it was vital for any wannabe game developer. Soon as Control Freaks finished i came on to sumea and now i'm addicted :).
Hence my permanent Sumean Presence
Submitted by Barry Dahlberg on Fri, 27/02/04 - 8:36 AMPermalink
Submitted by JonathanKerr on Fri, 27/02/04 - 11:19 AMPermalink
Submitted by Wizenedoldman on Sat, 28/02/04 - 1:19 AMPermalink
Through the DLF mailout ([url]http://www.dlf.org.au[/url]), that was some time back, but only recently have I immersed myself in the site. Anyone else around here subscribe to the DLF? It's a fantastic resource, recommend it to everyone here.
Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Sat, 28/02/04 - 4:11 AMPermalink
I posted that I was seeking fellow local game artists about a developer related site on Polycount's forum about a year and a half ago. Everyone was like "where is it? I wanna see it!". If you search the forum for "Sumea", you might find it there still.
I posted a similar message on the Urban Terror and Quake forum, and that was all I could be buggered doing. [:)] So all our new visitors come mostly from google searches and word-of-mouth. Sometimes lecturers tell their students about it, some of from weblinks from Multimedia Victoria's webpage, the GDAA website, the ABC website etc and then there are special cases like that Control Freaks episode. Sumea was probably one of the first websites to post about that show (before it aired its first slot from its first season), and I kept on posting about what was coming up in the next showing etc, so we gave them some decent coverage. If you look through the forum memberlist, someone from that program (a producer I think) registered here, but they didn't post a message.. bah! [:)]
Anyway, it's interesting to see how you all managed to find this place. I remember when I first put the forum up and started seeing some regular visitors. I was like "holy crap, people are actually coming back!" [;)]
I think there less than 2,000-4000 people in the industry + people who want to get in the industry at the moment [:)]. I don't mind the relatively low numbers of visitors here. We don't depend on banner ads or anything, so it doesn't matter if there is a huge increase in visitors. We're not a general gamewebsite regurgitating the same game news as everyone else, so we don't attract the larger numbers of gamers out there. Sumea is catering for a niche of a niche group of people.
Massive volumes of visitors isn't needed, but I do prefer the quality of people here. That's why I appreciate the industry people posting their comments and advice, such as J.I Styles, Malus, Red 5, Pantmonger, Smeg, Doord etc and Zaph, Gaffer, SpaceCaptainSteve etc when they pop in [:)]. There's plenty of other industry people lurking as well. (I also appreciate a lot of you too, of course. Aven and his extremely helpful Maya advice, the moderators, everyone [:)]).
haha, a friend at Uni told me about it then just before I signed up my mum told me to get onto it, I never questioned how she found out but now I am confused... Ahem, ok so I might of had a sheltered childhood, but I have left home and now am...oh... living with my sister, crap! oh well at least I'm in a different city now! hhah
Sumea admin section offline for a bit
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I'm doing some maintenance, and adding some functionaliy (AIM,ICQ, MSN etc details for sumea profile members, indie developer profiles etc), so the admin section will be offline and you won't be able to add any news and pics until it's all done. Could possibly take a couple of days or more.
So yes, the admin section is offline again for a few days. I have the unenviable task of fixing, adding, and testing everything at the moment. I've added some things to Sumea so it'll be even more useful, like the Sumea calendar where we'll have a list of the events and conferences that are coming up, their dates, a count down to when the day it starts etc... and hopefully we'll get some more interest from educational institutions with providing enrolment dates. There are plenty of other things that can go on the calendar, development kit deadlines etc, so it'll definately be useful.
Plus there's the Independant Developer section, and admin support so they can log in and edit their profile, games info, add news etc. In fact, any developer/developer service etc can have an account so they can do that too if they like.
Sumea members can have ICQ,AIM, and MSN contact details. If there's any other functionality, srevices or ideas you'd like on Sumea, let me know and I'll see about putting it in.
I've just had to fix some important things with the new changes today which worked on my personal web server, but for some reason didn't work online. Seems to be fine now. I'll get onto msn stuff asap (it'll display whether you're online or not etc) - I just have to look into how it's done first [:)]).. it's probably pretty simple.
There are people still having trouble with the step-by-step guide on uploading pics for their news (I noticed someone had a 100k image for their thumbnail picture on the main page - it's not possible to upload more than 4000bytes for thumbnails, so they actually had to redit their news and place the 100k image there *shrugs*), and the naming convention has baffled a heck of a lot of people, so I'm thinking of updating the whole procedure so you don't even have to name your files (the offside being the pics would be renamed to some number).. of course, it'll require me to go through the current 800 or so members news entries to fit the new method..
Sumea Fonts
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Hey,
I just wanted to know what font was used on the Sumea logo in the text "The Premier site for Australian and New Zealand game developers". Or any fonts similiar to that one [:)].
I used to have the font but i lost it and forgot the name, i swear it was bit 8 or something.
Anyhow thanks as usual!
www.wantedfonts.com be careful, they are a shadow of their former self anf have popups all over the joint.
Submitted by J I Styles on Mon, 26/01/04 - 1:15 AMPermalink
Yeah Joel is right they're pixel fonts. I used to be a bit obsessed with them... some good sites are
[URL]http://www.orgdot.com/aliasfonts/[/URL] - has a cool interface where you can type in all downloadable fonts. links as well.
[URL]http://www.wpdfd.com/mini7.htm[/URL] - some commercial fonts
http://www.1001fonts.com is a good font site which is just full of fonts of all categorys
http://www.blambot.com is a great comic and graphic novel font site.
Thanks for all the replies. I found the font (well a similiar one anyway) linked off the site jacobt supplied ([URL]http://www.orgdot.com/aliasfonts/[/URL] - The site jacobt supplied. The site where i found the similiar font [URL]http://www.04.jp.org[/URL] - Font 04B-03).
/me wonders why Souri hasnt replied, is he too busy at the big day out. I know my brothers at the one in melbourne but what about Souri [;)].
Some of my friends went, but I didn't go, unfortunately. I would've just stayed at the boiler room all the time though. [:D] My friends went last year where I think they had New Order and Underworld. Would've been great to go to that one.
And yeh, the small font is a pixel font. It's called 04b08. The larger font is Univers Condensed (bold).
have been unable to 'add news' for last few days
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has anyone else been having difficulty adding news latly, keep on getting "The page cannot be found" on any subpage from my login screen (ie, 'change profile /add news/ edit news')
don't know if it is due to recent activity on the site or my v.slow conection? ... or something far more sinister....
Sumea down on Saturday
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Ahh... Just a day after Sumea was posted on that Half Life 2 website, I've been getting alerts that someone out there is trying to hack/deface sumea.com.au. I guess that explains why the site wasn't functioning that well yesterday..
I'm not sure if it's worth boasting about hacking a small, non-profit website like this.. but some people get off on it for some reason.
If anyone sees pages defaced or anything out of the ordinary, please let me know.. thanks.
quote:Originally posted by Souri
Deleted the other thread.. I'm sure they're reading and getting off on it all, so we'll just ignore it and hopefully they'll go away.
Yeah i noticed that, smart thinking in a way. I was wondering if it was going to be deleted [:p]. But who knew if they were seeing that thread? Anyhow good job on such a quick fix of the '0wned' page [;)].
Im guessing the reason they hacked this site was because they probably have contests or set tasks for one another. For example "Your job is too hack an Australian non-profit game based site this week".
Overall i hope they just dont do it again.
Cheers,
Tom
uploading news...
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hi, can i get a walkthrough on how to post some news?
i attempted numerous times the other day, but my thumbnails would always point to a non-existant file. So, you'd see a tn shot on the front page... but you click on it and that picture browser just shows 'X's for the big pics.
I followed the instructions (which are basic enough) "Upload thumbnails here... " Ok.. "Upload images here..." Ok..
This has also happened to Daedalus' post, I was keen to see those shots! :P
I had a look at what you uploaded, and it looks like you've named your larger images incorrectly. This is what you uploaded.
9_ctf1_01.jpg
9_ctf1_01_tn.jpg
9_ctf1_02.jpg
9_ctf1_02_tn.jpg
9_dm01_25.jpg
9_dm01_25_tn.jpg
the naming convention goes like this... your larger image should have an L.jpg at the end, but otherwise should be named the same as the thumbnails So with, say, house.jpg thumbnail, the larger image would be called houseL.jpg ... so with your thumnails called
9_ctf1_01_tn.jpg -> larger image should be named 9_ctf1_01_tnL.jpg
9_ctf1_02_tn.jpg -> 9_ctf1_02_tnL.jpg
9_dm01_25_tn.jpg -> 9_dm01_25_tnL.jpg
And if your news post doesn't turn out quite right, please don't delete it and forget about it - just let me know. It's pretty easy to fix..
** I've just renamed your files correctly, so if you would like to make a news post now, go to the "edit/add news in your journal" link, and write your news.. and just put 9_ctf1_01_tn.jpg, 9_ctf1_02_tn.jpg, 9_dm01_25_tn.jpg in the pic boxs... no need to reupload the pics..
Old Sumea website pictures
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Just looking around on my hard drive, and thought I would post these.. I wonder if people remember what Sumea used to look like [:)]
[url="http://www.sumea.com.au/simagesmisc/SumeaV1.gif"]Version 1[/img]
Version 1, only a few people got to see the site like this I think.. It went public around June 2002. It was at it's barest state, no design, lots of test text in there, and still fixing up a lot of things. The site had essential file links - I think I was heading towards the site being more mod friendly (provide news about tools etc). Thumbnails in news posts are there, and the site is still capable of them. It's just not worth making thumbnails for news posts when they usually fall off the main page after a few days. I was happy to get 5 visitors a day at this stage. [:)] Chilloutroom was the name for the forum. It's a long story.
[url="http://www.sumea.com.au/simagesmisc/SumeaV2.gif"]Version 2[/url]
Version 2 had lots of unecessary javascript code and graphics for rollover navigation icons - it looked nice but who wants to download all the icons and their rollover images everytime they visit. Picturepad was supposed to be a "pic of the week" thing, and a link to Digital Media World when we were talking a bit with them. I still prefer the current design - it's extremely slimmed down, and looks much cleaner I think. And hey look, here it is. [:)]
[url="http://www.sumea.com.au/simagesmisc/SumeaV3.gif"]Version 3[/url]
sumea has gone through a lot of transformation for the past year and a half [:D] the second one is kick arse although the first one i still found it was good and served its purpose.
If it wasnt for this site and souri i wouldn't be where i am right now. Great job.... and thank u [:D]
can't wait to see the next design..... [:)]
Submitted by Happy Camper on Wed, 07/01/04 - 12:46 AMPermalink
quote:Originally posted by Aven
Haha. I know what you mean. I have been working on a website for myself for the last two years :) It just comes down to a point where you just have to shove it out and hope for the best. Besides, you can be like most netbased design groups and have a site re-design every 2 weeks.
That's the thing with design portals or design-related websites. A lot of them are heavily influenced by the design fad of the moment (previous ones include a mish mash of grunge/collage, pixel type/borders/art, 45 degree angles, arrows everywhere, chunks of 3d blocks/models sprayed from a distant point). Soon everyone does the same thing, it gets old quick, and it's time for another redesign.
I think if you do something simple, clean, uncluttered, it'll last a hell of a lot longer..
Remember, if you can't even load all the images on a dial up connection then you are cool.
It just annoys me that so many flash users dont even use the vector aspect of it any more. They just load up bitmaps and now movies :/
I agree completely with the simplicity side of it. Loads quickly, doesnt date as quickly, easier to navigate around, and doesn't overshadow the end product. Although I do like the 45 degree designs, it did become way overused, yet only a handfull of designers could do it well.
You missed out on the otherone that is starting to gain momentum now. Pasting tattoo designs all over the place. I saw it here (www.endeffect.com) a few years back, and now everyone on DeviantArt is doing it.
I have to admit that the more I look at the v.2 design for this site, the more I like it. It is just so clean and simple :)
Just a note on what I'm currently working on for Sumea, I'm actually going ahead and redesigning the whole site. The current design has lasted a few years, and it's a simple and clean design. Sumea's had so many features added since that went up and the new stuff was either tacked on top of it or nudged in there somewhere. The new design layout will have everything fitted in and the entire look will be more cohesive. Anyway, here's a [url="http://www.sumea.com.au/simagesmisc/SumeaV4.gif"]early look[/url] at the new deisgn.
Anyway, I'm going to take it relatively slow with it and making it the best designed website I can, and hopefully it'll up by June.
You will have to wait and see [:o]
quote:Originally posted by MoonUnit
sumea got wings! i feel like a old time member now :P ive seen it through a design faze >.< Looking cool souri (btw whats the font used on the large "sumea launchpad" title.. i think i have that one somewhere)
You're definately an old timer around these parts, MoonUnit [:D] The font is Rosewood std (standard). It's bundled with any Adobe CS product.
Sumea IRC, where did the love go?
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umm, where is everyone hiding?
Recently there has never been more than about 3 people on sumea irc, which means we've been losing the regulars.
It's really friggin sad, pathetic and not to mention humiliating when the auranjet irc has more people on it than sumea.
you know the drill [url="irc://irc.uq.edu.au/sumea"]#sumea @ irc.uq.edu.au[/url]
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Posting Pics
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Hi i'm just wondering how to post a WIP pic up in the forum. I click the insert image button then it just adds some text in the message box.
Submitted by J I Styles on Tue, 16/12/03 - 7:06 AMPermalink
i think what hes talking about is that some forums allow you to attatch a image to your posts. Sumeas not one of them so you have to host it somewhere else and then put the URL between the tags. i think its www.photobucket.com or something that people tell me they use, so if you dont have your own website or something you could try that
Troubles uploading pictures for member news
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Just wondering how to fix this...
I can upload the thumbnailes ok. I go to the news add that. Then I went to upload the large pictures and had troubles.
I found that if I uploaded 5 images that the page would give me a 505 error.
If I uploaded 4 images it said it was uploaded and complete. But when one of the thumbnails was clicked on it would not display the corrosponding large image - just the friendly little red x.
Also, Joel helped me get the images the right size etc so I do not think its an issue with the images themselves.
Just checked out what you uploaded:
70_TIME_in-game01.jpg
70_TIME_in-game01_L.jpg
70_TIME_in-game02.jpg
70_TIME_in-game02_L.jpg
70_TIME_in-game03.jpg
70_TIME_in-game03_L.jpg
70_TIME_in-game04.jpg
70_TIME_title-menu.jpg
70_TIME_title-menu_L.jpg
The larger images shouldn't have the "_" characters in there.. the correct way to name them would be:
70_TIME_in-game01.jpg
70_TIME_in-game01L.jpg
70_TIME_in-game02.jpg
70_TIME_in-game02L.jpg
70_TIME_in-game03.jpg
70_TIME_in-game03L.jpg
70_TIME_in-game04.jpg
70_TIME_title-menu.jpg
70_TIME_title-menuL.jpg
btw, these thumbnails were over 3k, so were truncated..
70_TIME_in-game02.jpg
70_TIME_title-menu.jpg
Not sure what the 505 error is - did it say antyhing about a script time out error? That might happen if you upload a tonne of large images with a dialup modem.. the asp code would actually time out if the upload takes too long. You can always go back and reupload what's missing.
Submitted by J I Styles on Thu, 11/12/03 - 11:47 PMPermalink
Sumea Member Spotlight coming soon
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I've been meaning to do this since the beginning, but just never got around to it. I'll be selectively choosing and sending a set of questions to profile members with outstanding levels of work on Sumea every month or two. The answers will all be compiled and linked at the Sumea Member Spotlight page.. just more exposure and coverage, and a chance to get more of an insight into some of you.
Post your queries in the forum please!!
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Ok, I seem to be spending quite a bit of time responding to queries sent to me from the Contact Sumea page. General questions on the industry, work experience, publisher enquiries etc.. everything! These questions would most likely be better answered (and answered faster) if they posted here in the forum.
There are also a fair few questions which are Sumea website specific (avatar uploading problems etc), and I'm kinda getting tired of answering the same problem 10+ times, so for the sake of my sanity, please check the faq first, or post your query in the forum here.
And nothing gets my goat more than having to answer queries and problems in detail, only to have the message bounce back because the enquirer didn't put a correct email address... [:(]
(Anyways, I'm guessing people/new Sumea members who do write to the contact sumea form don't browse the forum at all, so it's probably pointless of me to post about it here. I'll have to do add some more text to the contact sumea page.)
avatars (ill bet this has been asked before...)
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sorry and i know this has probably been asked before but how do i get a avatar on the forums,
in my pro ive put in a URL for a (was it..) 64x64 jpeg in the picture box but that didnt seem to do it... what should i be doing
Submitted by Anti Gremlin on Mon, 14/06/04 - 4:02 AMPermalink
Hey want to add the Avatar for me! I just did a search for this topic, and was lazy to like send an email and such, so ill just post it up here... 64x64 keeps me rather limited but moh..
[img]http://www.grems.org/database/misc/gloomy-64x64.jpg[/img]
Submitted by Anti Gremlin on Mon, 14/06/04 - 12:17 PMPermalink
The bears name is Gloomy...
here is a 800x574 version of my avatar.. its a photo i toke of my postcard from when i was in Japan...
[img]http://www.grems.org/database/misc/gloomy-800x574.jpg[/img]
Submitted by Anti Gremlin on Mon, 14/06/04 - 12:19 PMPermalink
best place to display artwork
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I posted a few things on the website, then found the forum section.
Should I post them there as well ?
Ash
Studio Pumpernickel
Bitmap background of the forum...
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I see in this bitmap the text:
Sumea Launchpad: Destroy them my robots
Is this a tribute to this fabulous game Impossible Mission ??? [;)]
It's the name of a really old Amiga demo that I liked.
And yeh, that line is from Impossible Mission [:)] - although I think I got it a bit wrong.. It should be "Destroy him my robots", since there was just you versus them. Why did I think it was so memorable? Well, it was the first time I heard realistic kinda speech on a computer, and it blew me away. [:)]
Do not remember this demo at all... If you like old C64 and Amiga demos and intros head to:
http://www.docsnyderspage.de/flash.htm
You're right, it's "Destroy him my robots". For me the first game to have good speech was the second game I bought back in 84: Ghostbusters, by David Crane... Still playing it today [:D]
Wow.. that guy must really like those C64 intro/cracktros! He seems to have put some *serious* effort in it. I mean, you'd have to rip all the graphics, sprites, fonts, music etc as well as replicating the routines. Sinus scrollers and copper bar effects aplenty!!
And the best place to get Amiga demos, by far, is www.back2roots.org !
sumea account full?
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image/pjpeg-
SoftArtisans.SAFile.1 error '80020009'
Error occurred when moving cached file to final destination. Please check the NTFS permissions for the directory "d:homesumeasimages2" and the directory containing the file "d:homesumeasimages27_gd3d_prev01.jpg". These directories require Read, Write and Delete permissions by the anonymous user ( NT account: IUSR_computername ) and/or by your authenticated users.
/admin/membernewsupload.asp, line 14
has anyone else been getting this error message on trying to load images? about to email souri to delete all my images so i can start afreash...
I don't know how much bandwidth the site uses. My website logs haven't work in months and it never showed how much bandwidth was getting sent anwyay. My hosting plan is "unlimited bandwidth" so it doesn't really matter unless I seriously abuse that condition (e.g open up a porn site which would use a million times more bandwidth).
I think Snitz is adequate enough for a forum. I can't think of anything more that's *really* needed, except maybe the function I've seen around lately where forum members can directly upload pics through the forum and have it displayed in a post.