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Shadow Corp 2 development completed, http://shadow-corp.com
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  Apr 9 2004, 05:40 PM
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http://shadow-corp.com
I suppose I could have just posted a topic asking everyone to review Shadow-Corp.com so I can feel all important and what not, but content-less posts are so overrated anyway. I think I may actually have something to say!  About Shadow-Corp.com is a dedicated forum for the web site, System-Zero.com (our main site) which happens to not be up at this time. System-Zero is a gaming headlines related site, but due to so many server moves I haven't had the time to get it back up and running as I had hoped, instead I left it redirecting to Shadow-Corp as I continue work on it's forums, Shadow Corp. Bit of History Shadow-Corp.com started off on an old Ikonboard, I believe it was Ikonboard 3.0 Beta. I had created my first ever skin (for anything) on that old forum software. Apparently it was a hit since many people liked it after downloading it, and 1 guy even payed me to modify it all to blue for his web site since it fit his theme perfect. I don't have screens of the first Shadow-Corp.com unfortunately. One day when I got an email from one of my fellow skinners at iBhackers.com and he told me about the new Invisionboard and that Matt (creator of Ikon) started it. He convinced me to switch over and to make skins for it, hence the reasons why I am here often. To my surprise it worked very much like Ikonboard did which made skinning easy for me. I was set! Too bad I never really had much TIME to make skins but I did get some running on Shadow-Corp.com. Shadow Corp Reborn This newest piece I dub "Shadow Corp 2". This is technically my 3rd ever skin template since my cousin registered Shadow-Corp.com for us. There are 5 other skins but they are classified as Generation 1 (which you may have already seen before last year), they were the SAME template as the original only multi colors and themes. This new skin up for review is basically the same general design (not templates) only it's in "Generation 2" of skins up for selection to my members. (If you are interested in seeing the past skins you can go to the board using the demo login and Choose the skins you want to view under the "Skinilizer" options at the top left of the forum. [1] are the old Skins and [2] is the newest skin. Beware, if someone else using this account selects a skin you may be viewing that same one!) login: demo pass: demo The URL is: http://shadow-corp.com Little Extras, Mods and Hacks Aside from the skin, I also made a few mini-hacks for myself (and re-did an older one from here), haven't released any of them since I don't think they're significant enough. 1. Bottom of every page displays Forum Stats and Online Users. I wrote a simple MySQL query to pick all that up and format it out. 2. PHP in wrapper/templates. I modified a few lines in "sources/functions.php" to open the entire forum to run PHP code within the wrappers and templates. That's how I got hack 1. (see above) to work on all pages of the forum. I also use this for other special functions within the forums as well. 3. Custom pages. The Skinilizer is using the old Custom Pages mod for iB 1.1, I re-tooled it completely to work under 1.3 and improved the Admin Pages for it. 4. Board Avatars. As you can see every forum has it's own little mini avatars on the index page. This wasn't really a hack but I just put the "forum-id" tag in front of a .jpg extension so it will pick up an image with that same ID and display it. 5. Board Info. When you enter a specific forum you will see another section at the top letting you know of your location. Nothing fancy, nothing to brag about but it's still something I put minor effort into. 6. I used members group IDs to display (in the background of 'Logged in as') specific images for a specific member of a group logged in. As a guest you will be default to "Mutant", when logged in you are shown as "Outlander" or "Citizen" or what other group you are in. I am an "Overseer" which is our name for admin. If you didn't pick it up by now, these are groups named after groups of people in Fallout II. 7. Java Navigation. Nothing special either but I put a site wide Java Navigation Panel at the top right. Back, reload and forward just like browser buttons. In Conclusion I know I may get my butt busted over reviews (since I am typically very critical toward other's skins) but hopefully that won't create a biased review. I look forward to seeing what people may have to say over 6 months of on-and-off work. Thanks a lot guys! -------------------- |
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Apr 9 2004, 06:08 PM
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 BORED!!!! Group: Members Posts: 613 Joined: 10-December 03 From: Home Member No.: 69,085 IPB Version: 1.3.x |
wow, nice forum, i love that skin 10/10
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Apr 9 2004, 06:13 PM
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Too Much Free Time Group: Members Posts: 7,038 Joined: 27-April 03 Member No.: 7,194 IPB Version: 1.3.x |
Look s great, only one problem i have with it is text like
"ADDED: New Skin Pack, Genesis Red" is just a tad to bright. -------------------- I do not do create/support/upgrade modifications anymore.
I am not currently giving out permission to upgrade my modifications either. It's amazing how nobody reads signatures, I bet if I said i'd ban everyone who messaged me for support, they'd still message me and then complain when they got banned. |
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Apr 9 2004, 06:24 PM
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Ize Veteran Group: Members Posts: 1,164 Joined: 19-December 03 From: Hidding in your room ._. Member No.: 70,816 IPB Version: Not Applicable |
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was my idea (kinda) how the hell EEEEEK o.O oh well craps happens i give it a 9/10 o.O -------------------- Moderators sure are a pain :P
Old signature from 3 years ago, behold truth. I'm currently Missing In Action. If I don't respond your messages, just stop trying dammit! |
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Apr 9 2004, 06:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 10-April 03 Member No.: 407 |
QUOTE(Outlaw @ Apr 10 2004, 12:13 AM) Look s great, only one problem i have with it is text like "ADDED: New Skin Pack, Genesis Red" is just a tad to bright. Yeah it seems others have told me the same. Maybe it's because my eyes adjusted to it working on it for months. I'll reduce it down and see how it turns out. Thanks. QUOTE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that was my idea (kinda) how the hell EEEEEK o.O oh well craps happens i give it a 9/10 o.O Hm? :ph34r: This post has been edited by Mina: Apr 9 2004, 06:46 PM -------------------- |
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Apr 9 2004, 07:18 PM
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 AIS Expert Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Liverpool / England Member No.: 85,202 |
Right Im going to start doing tests on these sites (just in case anyone is interested)
W3C: QUOTE Fatal Error: No DOCTYPE specified! I could not parse this document, because it does not include a DOCTYPE Declaration. A DOCTYPE Declaration is mandatory for most current markup languages and without such a declaration it is impossible to validate this document. You should place a DOCTYPE declaration as the very first thing in your HTML document. For example, for a typical XHTML 1.0 document: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>Title</title> </head> <body> <!-- ... body of document ... --> </body> </html> For XML documents, you may also wish to include an "XML Declaration" even before the DOCTYPE Declaration, but this is not well supported in older browsers. More information about this can be found in the XHTML 1.0 Recommendation. The W3C QA Activity maintains a List of Valid Doctypes that you can choose from, and the WDG maintains a document on "Choosing a DOCTYPE". W3 CSS QUOTE W3C CSS Validator Results for http://shadow-corp.com/ To work as intended, your CSS style sheet needs a correct document parse tree. This means you should use valid HTML. Errors URI : http://shadow-corp.com/ * Line: 7 Context : #QUOTE Parse Error - Verdana * Line: 7 Context : BODY Property scrollbar-arrow-color doesn't exist : #dddddd * Line: 7 Context : BODY Property scrollbar-3dlight-color doesn't exist : #111111 * Line: 7 Context : BODY Property scrollbar-highlight-color doesn't exist : #555555 * Line: 7 Context : BODY Property scrollbar-face-color doesn't exist : #333333 * Line: 7 Context : BODY Property scrollbar-shadow-color doesn't exist : #111111 * Line: 7 Context : BODY Property scrollbar-track-color doesn't exist : #000000 * Line: 7 Context : BODY Property scrollbar-darkshadow-color doesn't exist : #111111 Warnings URI : http://shadow-corp.com/ * Line : 7 font-family: You are encouraged to offer a generic family as a last alternative Valid CSS information * .rant { o font-family : verdana; o font-size : 7.5pt; o color : #808080; o text-align : justify; } * #QUOTE { o white-space : normal; o font-family : Arial; o font-size : 7pt; o color : #bcbcbc; o background-color : #383838; o border : 1px solid #000000; o padding-top : 8px; o padding-right : 8px; o padding-bottom : 8px; o padding-left : 8px; } * a:link { o color : #ababab; o text-decoration : none; } * a:active { o color : #ababab; o text-decoration : none; } * a:visited { o color : #ababab; o text-decoration : none; } * a:hover { o color : #ffffff; o text-decoration : none; } * TABLE , TR , TD { o font-family : verdana; o font-size : 7.8pt; o color : #bababa; } * .textinput { o background-color : #a1a1a1; o width : 98%; } * .Xforminput { o background-color : #a1a1a1; o width : 80%; } * .small { o font-family : verdana; o font-size : 7pt; o color : #dedede; } * .memtitle { o font-family : verdana; o font-size : 7pt; o font-weight : bold; o color : #cdcdcd; } * .extra a:link { o color : #ababab; } * .extra a:visited { o color : #ababab; } * .extra a:hover { o color : #ffffff; } * .extra a:active { o color : #ffffff; } * .extra { o font-family : verdana; o font-size : 7.8pt; o color : #ababab; } * .searchlite a:link { o color : red; } * .searchlite a:visited { o color : red; } * .searchlite a:hover { o color : red; } * .searchlite a:active { o color : red; } * .searchlite { o font-family : verdana; o font-size : 7.8pt; o color : red; } W3C Links Too big to post so go Here I've also run a colour blindness test on it , And to my supprise it passed with flying colours  i can do alot more tests if anyone is interested, please pm me if you want them done on your site This post has been edited by paulp: Apr 9 2004, 07:21 PM -------------------- I don't give support via PM, and I dont do free mod installs unless I want to, so dont PM me for them..............
Mod installs done for $$ PM me for details. Custom Skins done for $$ PM me for details. |
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Apr 9 2004, 07:18 PM
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Ize Veteran Group: Members Posts: 1,164 Joined: 19-December 03 From: Hidding in your room ._. Member No.: 70,816 IPB Version: Not Applicable |
ah!
oh well changing my stat i give it 10/10 *sobs* did u did all the grraphics? -------------------- Moderators sure are a pain :P
Old signature from 3 years ago, behold truth. I'm currently Missing In Action. If I don't respond your messages, just stop trying dammit! |
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Apr 9 2004, 07:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 10-April 03 Member No.: 407 |
Because I'm such a rebel I make sure to exclude:
CODE <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> To mess with their systems, they seem to wanna cater to the world, such a liberal stance. I want an exclusive club with beer and games, you know fun!  As for the CSS, its valid and runs in IE6 and since I made it specifically for IE6, that's all that matters. Whats the color blindness test? I'm interested in seeing that one! QUOTE ah! oh well changing my stat i give it 10/10 *sobs* did u did all the grraphics? I was more interested in what you were talking about concerning an idea you had? Peeked my curiousity. I did all the graphics in Photoshop 7. The only images I did NOT create was the Logo background super nova image and the small thumbs next to each board. Everything else was my own creation. This post has been edited by Mina: Apr 9 2004, 07:31 PM -------------------- |
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Apr 9 2004, 07:36 PM
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Ize Veteran Group: Members Posts: 1,164 Joined: 19-December 03 From: Hidding in your room ._. Member No.: 70,816 IPB Version: Not Applicable |
Well i have in production ShadowBlaze doing all the graphics by my own too
*sobs*i try to change some things i dont want anyone calling me a copycat o.o -------------------- Moderators sure are a pain :P
Old signature from 3 years ago, behold truth. I'm currently Missing In Action. If I don't respond your messages, just stop trying dammit! |
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Apr 9 2004, 07:40 PM
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AIS Expert Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Liverpool / England Member No.: 85,202 |
Sorry if i offended you with the post,,,,, im not trying to knock anybody down. just trying to help !!!!
QUOTE As for the CSS, its valid and runs in IE6 and since I made it specifically for IE6, that's all that matters I made that mistake but belive it or not over 40% of the people that view your site will do it in brousers other than ie so you need to make it accessable to them (sorry not accessable but viewable to them) Color blindness test is Here This post has been edited by paulp: Apr 9 2004, 07:43 PM -------------------- I don't give support via PM, and I dont do free mod installs unless I want to, so dont PM me for them..............
Mod installs done for $$ PM me for details. Custom Skins done for $$ PM me for details. |
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Apr 9 2004, 07:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 10-April 03 Member No.: 407 |
QUOTE(paulp @ Apr 10 2004, 01:40 AM) Sorry if i offended you with the post,,,,, im not trying to knock anybody down. just trying to help !!!! I made that mistake but belive it or not over 40% of the people that view your site will do it in brousers other than ie so you need to make it accessable to them (sorry not accessable but viewable to them) Color blindness test is Here Uh... I wasn't offended with anything. I don't see how you came to that conclusion. I'll use more emoticons next time. --> 96% of my general userbase is IE6 according to the latest stats, but since the CSS wont render in other browsers, it doesn't hurt them. That's how I see the tradeoff. I built this on Mac OSX IE5.2 and it doesn't render the scrollbars CSS, but I know on the Windows IE6 it will. It's basically an extra feature I tapped into, even though it's not a fully WC3 support feature. And actually, I am almost prepared to block specific browsers from my server such as Mozilla, Opera and FireFox. I have already forced a dozen people back to use only IE when coming to Shadow-Corp and hopefully more will follow. There is a larger VIP area of the board you cannot see unless you had the "Citizen" status, lots of goodies that keep people going in. Mainly those people have been forced into IE. :ryan: -------------------- |
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Apr 10 2004, 02:14 AM
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 20-March 04 Member No.: 93,108 IPB Version: Not Applicable |
Easily the best looking skin I've ever seen.
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Apr 10 2004, 02:22 AM
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 Can't hold us down Group: Members Posts: 12,850 Joined: 15-March 04 From: SoCal Occupation: Student Name: Steph Mood: Can't hold me down Fact: Ex-CT forever Member No.: 91,991 IPB Version: 1.3.x |
darn, all I have to say is WOW. That is mega-impressive. 10/10.
--------------------  DO NOT PM me for support because your request will be ignored and deleted. My Site · Blog · Last.fm profile · Donate :wub: "Did I mention to you that I'm a genius? Yep, I'm not just another pretty face. I'm almost as smart as I am beautiful. It's scary!" -Bulma |
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Apr 10 2004, 04:50 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 237 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Surrey, UK Member No.: 1,662 |
one of the best ib boards out there ive seen ever, very original graphic intenese and beautiful lol its darn good 10/10
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Apr 10 2004, 05:54 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: 13-February 04 Member No.: 83,545 IPB Version: Not Applicable |
WOW...I absolutley luvit luvit luvit luvit
9.9/10----login was a little difficult to find, but WOW  LOOKS GREAT.... oh and did i mention I luvit luvit luvit. are you thinking of creating any skins to release to the public? |
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