[Coco] New CoCo3.com

[Roger Taylor]

At 02:35 PM 3/27/2007, you wrote:
>Screenshots???

Just imagine the gray border lines that several people have 
mentioned, including myself, because they are there, for whatever 
reason (operating system differences, browser preferences or version, 
etc.).  I see them where IE colors them the color you specify for the 
table cell borders.  I grabbed the latest Firefox last week and it 
did an auto update a few days ago.  Actually, the previous coco3.com 
theme had more of the gray borders, but Nuke's formatting does away 
with a lot of it.

1280x1024) are very slightly _lower_ in IE6. That's the *only* difference I
>can see; and visually both are stunning.

Thank you.  I did receive several requests to improve the header 
graphic because the contrast appears too low for some monitors.  This 
is typical of LCD monitors when you're viewing them from different 
heights (direct head on, sitting too low in your chair, or higher 
than usual, etc.)  I'm working on the new graphic today.


>Which flavor/version? There's more branches to PHP-Nuke then Carter has
>little liver pills... ;-)

The stock version 7.9.  I did this so I can add my own mods, since 
I'm into PHP/MySQL.  Many things are possible, but I want to aim new 
features at helping the CoCo community share files, source code, 
software, and talk.  So expect there to be a push for the programmers 
to develop something new.  I started with CCASM, Portal-9, the 
Rainbow IDE, and I'll now work on adding open-source projects to the 
site that integrates with the Rainbow IDE in a way unlike CVS and the 
pains that go along with some forms of group programming.

You should literally be able to open up the Rainbow IDE, click a few 
buttons to import one of the latest projects being worked on, then 
click Build and SEE the software running within 10 seconds.  Anything 
else is for the birds, and a thing of the past, but I'm speaking from 
the future tense since I plan to make this happen, and happen it will.


> >By the way, like I was telling Mary who commented on the nice rainbow
> >image in the header... the rainbow is actually real, from a detailed
> >photograph.
>
>Very nice. I must say that personally, the 'search' function got a little
>too lost for me with all the alphablended stuff around (I actually noticed
>the white box with "whathaheckizat?" going thru my mind long before I
>noticed the 'search' string above it) =-=-= It's pretty, and I'm not saying
>change it, but _for me_ it gave me a double-take. However, I'm a CLI guy &
>my favorite game is _still_ Rogue...


Can't pleas'em all.  :)


>Also, do we need to rebuild user accounts?

Well, here's the scoop, which nobody will read since it's at the 
bottom of this long message. :)
Currently, there are 3 separate accounts on CoCo3.com.  NO, I don't 
like it, and I'm working hard to integrate everything into one account.
The CoCo Forums, CoCo Gallery, and main site, are separate systems, 
huge packages, and not compatible yet.  So I've pulled a trick and 
just framed the gallery and forums into the site layout.  This will 
cause many feedback messages and headaches.  I realize that and it's 
why I'm working on merging it all into one "Beautimous" site with one 
optional login account.




-- 
Roger Taylor