IndieBurn 2.0

[Chief 30]

 

So, some of you may remember when I was showing off this site called "IndieBurn"

It was to rival ModDB, and have a center more focused around community. Then, IndieDB came out, and I was kind of crushed. I still had hopes to finish it though, so I slowly worked on it from time to time. I didnt have a php programmer, so I was a bit unorganized and such at the time.

 

Now, I gained the interest of a php programmer to the point where he wants to work on it as an investment, and then own part of the website. We had a long discussion on what IndieBurn needs to be, and the potential it could have.

 

Now introducing the redesigned IndieBurn!

 

 

 

Revised though? Indeed.

Instead of it just being a clone of ModDB and such, we have decided upon something even better. Picture it this way. Facebook + ModDB + Internet Dating.

 

Now, internet dating? Awkward, right? But its not actually dating, its just the same concept that applies. What the new IndieBurn will be, is a community for Indie Game developers, with the idea centered around development/collaboration/recruitment. The dating idea comes in to play with the recruitment/classifieds. When youre on your main page, it will show you suggested matches. this isnt for dating, but it will take your skills, and match them with a project that is seeking those skills, or vice-versa.

 

The facebook idea comes in because I want it to be more of a social experience than ModDB is. I feel that ModDB has always lacked community, and its a great place to start. Then of course, the moddb part of the equation is because its for game/mod development for indie teams.

 

I don't have an estimated launch date, but I have been working diligently on this, and am quite proud of the progress.

[kellessdee 48]

BOOM this is awesome! I love the design, and I love the idea. Keep us posted, I will be definitely following this one!

[Chief 30]

Thanks!

 

Here is a small update. Did some work with user meta, like avatar, and all that if youre logged in. If not, it will say Guest, and login/register or something like that. Then did some small work on the "suggested matches" area.

 

 

 

[Chief 30]

And, for those of you who misplace your trust in Internet Explorer, see why it fails:

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Explorer is and always has been behind the times, since the first release of FF. It doesnt render all CSS properly, including simple background images, so I am forced to show this to users who are slow enough to still use IE, lol

[Bigace360 38]

uh it loads up all my images, maybe its your computer? :huh:

 

Also what language is that, the words on that page isn't english.

Edited September 20, 2011 by bigace

[Chief 30]

Those are screenshots, not live websites, of course it all loads, lol.

 

and I'm talking pre IE 9, which still sucks because its IE, lol

 

 

and those words are latin. Lorem Ipsum is page filler used by designers/programmers, etc

[kellessdee 48]

uh it loads up all my images, maybe its your computer? :huh:

 

Also what language is that, the words on that page isn't english.

 

Yea it has more to do with rendering styles, etc.

 

Do they even have full css3 support? Last I checked it still didn't render text shadows or border-radius correctly (or at all) >.>

It is getting better (finally fixed A LOT of security issues) but it's still behind.

 

 

@chief: Keep up the good work! I'll be signing up as soon as it's available teehee :3

[Marked 197]

IE 9 is actually very good. Its reputation is diminished being IE, it renders things properly including CSS3 and HTML5.

 

What you're supposed to do is design your site in a standards compliant browser then go and hack IE to make it work properly. Either way, good web designers do make IE work, because most people still use it. Check out my recent topic for IE hackz.

 

I already talked to chief about the design on msn :P

[Chief 30]

Thing is, in order to make it work for older IE versions, I would have to rewrite a chunk of the site into a way that I really dont want it to be.

 

I am using multiple background images, and there really is no IE hack for it the way that I am displaying it. I am fine with people getting pissed off at me for not supporting their terrible habits. I have supported old IE far too long. I will no longer.

[Marked 197]

Haha well thats fair enough I guess. In a website I made recently I had multiple backgrounds and to make it work in all version of IE I had to have a separate css file for IE7 and IE8, and I literally had to change the method completely to get it looking similar in all browsers.

 

In my opinion, IE is trash (>9) and its a travesty how many people use it. I think netscape took microsoft to court for being anti-competitive with browsers by having theirs installed on every copy of the OS. The world would have been a much more productive place (because everything has a website these days) had they been successful.

[Chief 30]

Update!

 

This page will show as the main page if you are not logged in. You will have minimal access to the site, and will be prompted to login/register on every page.

 

 

 

[Kiriashi 117]

Thing is, in order to make it work for older IE versions, I would have to rewrite a chunk of the site into a way that I really dont want it to be.

 

I am using multiple background images, and there really is no IE hack for it the way that I am displaying it. I am fine with people getting pissed off at me for not supporting their terrible habits. I have supported old IE far too long. I will no longer.

 

I say drop support completely. I want IE to die. Along with Opera and other lesser web browsers. Firefox and Chrome should be the only ones. Or just chrome.

 

The site looks amazing btw. Gunna post this on rmxpu's frontpage.

[Chief 30]

And another update!

 

Not a whole lot changed. A lot of work though, regardless.

 

 

[Joko 1]

This is pretty sweet ^.^ not going to lie though atfirst i thought this was like imgburn where you can burn "stuff" to a disc and stuff ^.^

[Marked 197]

Update!

 

This page will show as the main page if you are not logged in. You will have minimal access to the site, and will be prompted to login/register on every page.

 

 

 

Looks awesome :D But I'm wondering if it would look better if the world map overlay would look better under, as a background.

 

I say drop support completely. I want IE to die. Along with Opera and other lesser web browsers.

This is why you're not a web designer :P Opera is a lesser browser D: I thought it was pretty decent. Seems to render my CSS fine.

[Chief 30]

Opera can do most things, but if you combine some things, it ends up rendering none of it, lol

[Kiriashi 117]

Looks awesome :D But I'm wondering if it would look better if the world map overlay would look better under, as a background.

 

 

This is why you're not a web designer :P Opera is a lesser browser D: I thought it was pretty decent. Seems to render my CSS fine.

 

 

No, I'm not a websdesigner because I'm not a webdesigner.

[Chief 30]

just a snippet to show how lolsome I am:

 

<body>
<div class="chrome">

<? include("header.php") ?>

<div class="container960">

<? include("user.php") ?>

<? include("subscription_feed.php") ?>

<? include("index_modules.php") ?>

</div>

<? include("footer.php") ?>

</div>
</body>

 

Update!

 

Just a small teaser this time, but enjoy!

 

 

Here is another update! I have ben working on the profile page layout. Its coming along nicely. Obviously all the green icons need to change so theyre not all the same, lol. I'll get to that.

 

http://localhostr.com/file/c54egEi/profilez.png

 

A moderator may feel free to merge my last three posts, lol. I expected more replies on this awesomeness, but thats cool.

 

No, you may visit a live sample of the main page.

http://templateblaze.com/nick/indie-burn2/index.php

 

Keep in mind that it is not functional yet. Only the HTML/CSS is in place. PHP comes last.

 

 

 

 

In IE, it will display a message that says to change to a different browser. I will not offer support for it.

In Opera, there is some errors with the quickbar that will be remedied later.

In the newest FireFox (6 I think), the navigation seems to be having problems.

 

Please report any problems you find. It would be a great help.

[kellessdee 48]

NICE. I like it. It works in all my browsers; although in Epiphany (my default browser for linux) there is a line under the hover effect in the nav bar.

 

Although I dunno if it's worth attempting to fix; I doubt there's a large number of Epiphany users... and I think it's only compatible with linux, so I dunno if you could even test it (and I find out of epiphany vs. chrome vs. firefox, epiphany is the worst at rendering css...or at least the hardest to get looking properly, I just love it's speed xD) I'd be willing to bet that the :hover section of the nav bar item just needs the background-color to be transparent...if the hover effect is an image :/. Just a stab in the dark though.

 

OTHERWISE, looking awesome, and I am still psyched :D

[Chief 30]

Well, I think I am going to redesign once again. After chaning things a couple times, I noticed that the current design does not work that well with my plans, and tweaking it would take far too long, so I think a redesign is needed. I am okay with the new set back, as it happens often to web designers, lol

[FranklinX 37]

The site looks great. The professional look is attracting and will encourage people to join.

[Chief 30]

Might wanna read ALL the posts in a topic you havent visited yet. I just said I was going to redesign it, but thanks! I did work hard on that design, and may want to use some of it on a future project, who knows.

[rgangsta 43]

I totally remember when you first posted this. I hear you're re-doing it so I'll post my thoughts then.

[Chief 30]

Here is a very early WIP of the new redesign. Purple icons are placeholder, and so is the avatar.

I might also rework the search bar.

 

http://localhostr.com/file/POMpyN7/preview.png

[Chief 30]

Well, I didnt like the design in the above post, so I decided to help contract on another designer to help me simplify my ideas. Long story short, he did something, but i never got to see it because he was so busy. I decided to go it alone once again.

 

Here is a preview to my new fully functional css+js navigation.

 

http://fyrware.net/inbu/

 

All links are placeholder, and so might be colours and graphics. I am unsure yet.

 

It should be compatible in latest FF and Chrome, and it should work too in IE, but without the fade and rounded corners.

[rgangsta 43]

I'm liking it so far. The menu looks very slick but I don't like the delay when I choose a different tab.

[Chief 30]

Yeah, that delay is in the javascript. I will have to take a look through it. Shouldnt be too hard.

 

Anyways, here's a preview of the progress being made.

 

Ignore the grey line going down the middle. Its to separate it so you can see the regular drop down for normal links, then show the dropdown for the search.

 

 

http://localhostr.co...zke/navprev.png

 

edit: Also, thats an extremely temporary 'logo' so don't worry about it, lol

[Noob Saibot 38]

Do you have website displaying other works?

[Chief 30]

Well, youve all seen IndieBurn progress into new areas of design, multiple times, and It has been an amazing learning experience for me, even if it never did get finished.

 

However, it is not dead... More like a new paint job... lol

 

Introducing the new name for IndieBurn;

 

 

IndieFolio

 

Instead of it being just for indie game developers, think of it as a job market for IT, artists, programmers, composers, etc..

 

Thats all for now, folks!