GDU3.0 Update

[Marked 197]

Welcome to the new GDU 3.0 update.
 
Most noticeable in this update is the design tweaks, which are a fair bit different, but not really. There's a different background and different nav, different buttons. Overall its more of a flat design.
 
A lot of the updates are web dev related things, for example

• The CSS has bee majorly refined without custom layout and style CSS combined into a single file and a ton of old, unused (but loaded) styles removed
• A lot of HTML cleanups and updates to better, cleaner HTML markup
• Cleaned up forum design
• Better forum - website integration (note the footer)

Then there are the features, such as

• New homepage
• Improved search system
• Forums for unity, mobile games and "other"s
• Newsletter / Subscription signups in the footer
• Return of the fixed header
• Improved BBCode editor in the comments systems (and chatroom!)

Here's a look at some new stuff:

 

As always, I'll need to have you guys reporting any bugs you see.

[FranklinX 37]

Thanks for using me as an example! ;)

 

I'm glad for the new updates. The site is better than ever! I am totally digging the Games Section. I'm going to add my game very soon when I get the motivation to do so. 

[Marked 197]

Glad you like :)

 

The Games section is probably what I'm looking to work on most. I only wanted to clean up the site and upgrade our CSS framework (bootstrap) to the new version, which is a big job because all the syntax changed.

 

So I am planning to make the games section better than ever, in particular, removing the GDU header for everyone, and, logos!

[FranklinX 37]

Are you going to remove the game protect forums since we have the Games Section?

[Marked 197]

We'll see how it goes, but for now, I don't think the games section is ready.

[zahraa 26]

Nice updates. I'm so happy to see there is no sign of that orange guy anymore :P It looks more serious now.

[Marked 197]

Haha, yeah :oops: I've never really been a designer, I really just enjoy building websites.

[ShinkuAura 15]

Haha, yeah :oops: I've never really been a designer, I really just enjoy building websites.

 

 You are a designer, you just don't accept to be one.

[Wyzrd 12]

I like the new look Mark.

[Marked 197]

Only that :( I listed so many things.

[FranklinX 37]

This new design is rocking. Do you plan on advertising it? I'm sure a lot of people are going to love the game profiles? 

 

Do you plan on bringing back the project status app? A lot of people loved it. I saw it on many different forums.

[Marked 197]

Nah I duno. It was called project cards and if I ever get a spare day to waste maybe I'd bring it back. All the old project cards should have died in februrary with the expiration of rmxpunlimited.net. I had preserved links until feb2014.

 

I'm not sure re the design, or the advertising. I am thinking about changing the design back to an earlier design. I'm not a designer and it's really hard to get feedback from you guys these days. Not even from a single staff member T.T

 

The games profiles is a good start, but there's a billion things I could do and want to do to make it a lot better. But not sure if its worth it. We can't really get any grip with engines other than XP so we may as well go out before it does.

[Wyzrd 12]

Only that :( I listed so many things.

Well I meant all of the things listed as a whole look good.

[Marked 197]

Oh ok :excited: The trouble is that I see stuff so much that I get bored with it, it slowly looks worse and worse then I wana change it :annoyed:

[ShinGamix 1]

I am really liking the games Section can't wait to see where you take that feature to.

[Heretic86 25]

Grr, sites back to being broken for me again.

[Marked 197]

I haven't any changes since making this topic on april 20 but I intend to make those changes so all assets can be obtained locally. Right now I'm so swamped with work, I won't have much spare time for a few months. But after that at least I'll have my first degree :> Getting a job will probably be harder >.>

[Bigace360 38]

I haven't been on in a while because of class, but here's my feedback. Love the new layout, but that top bar needs a switch. What I mean by that is if you don't want it scrollling down with page I should be able to turn it off. Reason why, it takes up screen space. Evidence:

 

 

 

 

That is my mobile device, don't ask why the screenshot is so big, and as you can see that is hard to even view anything. Plus most of the time my mobile device is the only way to communicate to the site and if that is blocking it there's no way I can do anything.

 

Also, I've said this several times already but the Facebook sign in link still isn't working.

[Marked 197]

That is a really old issue that I fixed up, try refreshing the page. The design is bad, I want to change it ASAP but maybe I don't have time.