ReUpdated SizzlesEra

[sizzle1989]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

The site has a lot of good content but is lacking in website design principals. For example, pages like the sewer quest should only show one screenshot (step) at a time.

You might want to eventually see about working with Nataxo's Era Wiki, or the official Era site (which currently has nothing on it).

I updated the guides now, hope they're a little better now. Check em out.

Any other suggestions you could offer would be great.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by sizzle1989

I updated the guides now, hope they're a little better now. Check em out.

Any other suggestions you could offer would be great.

I'd personally suggest for like the sewer guide, creating a map of the sewers and using that instead to guide the way. A map, with some talking through and occasional screenshots(jpeg serves much better for large screenshots like that, as their filesize are way smaller than PNG, thus load faster) would probably make it a much more streamlined and useful tutorial.

Also, the one page per screenshot thing isn't really all that true. Especially if you use jpeg instead, you could probably have 5 per page, even 10.

[cbk1994]

Looks good

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Also, the one page per screenshot thing isn't really all that true. Especially if you use jpeg instead, you could probably have 5 per page, even 10.

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of a Lightbox-type slideshow (Flash is very bulky). My main concern wasn't so much file size since that's mostly irrelevant on the internet, but instead about layout. By placing one step per "page" you can isolate each step better.

[sizzle1989]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

I'd personally suggest for like the sewer guide, creating a map of the sewers and using that instead to guide the way. A map, with some talking through and occasional screenshots(jpeg serves much better for large screenshots like that, as their filesize are way smaller than PNG, thus load faster) would probably make it a much more streamlined and useful tutorial.

Also, the one page per screenshot thing isn't really all that true. Especially if you use jpeg instead, you could probably have 5 per page, even 10.

Well no, the way I've done it now is a mixture of HTML and Flash I edited from photobucket's Slide show. It's actually pretty nice.

The map idea, thought about it and most likely I'll add it when I get the time because I do like that idea.
But the JPG, as I've got the Slide show now, I don't see much need for it, I'd have to save all the pictures on my computer as JPG, reupload them to photobucket, edit all the HTML to switch to JPG. It's just a large headache that I don't see the need for any longer. But the thought is appreciated.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by sizzle1989

Well no, the way I've done it now is a mixture of HTML and Flash I edited from photobucket's Slide show. It's actually pretty nice.

The map idea, thought about it and most likely I'll add it when I get the time because I do like that idea.
But the JPG, as I've got the Slide show now, I don't see much need for it, I'd have to save all the pictures on my computer as JPG, reupload them to photobucket, edit all the HTML to switch to JPG. It's just a large headache that I don't see the need for any longer. But the thought is appreciated.

Not all pictures(jpeg is not good for fine-quality things like buttons and such), but just screenshots. It doesn't matter if it's a slideshow if you still have to wait for the screenshot to download.

[sizzle1989]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Not all pictures(jpeg is not good for fine-quality things like buttons and such), but just screenshots. It doesn't matter if it's a slideshow if you still have to wait for the screenshot to download.

Oh I see, thanks for the input.