Zygomaticus Posted December 7, 2002 Posted December 7, 2002 i think this is their site http://www.swishzone.com/ anyways, it's definitely not gonna be more expensive than flash. There's one for 50 buck and one for 20!! maybe i'll get meself a copy too... And i do think they are the same format as flash, cuz when you right click, it gives you the same drop down menu as a flash file does...
Tie Guy Posted December 7, 2002 Posted December 7, 2002 You can export it to .swf (flash) .avi (movie), or a premade html page with just the movie on it. and it cost $40 when i got it, but it may have changed.
Zygomaticus Posted December 8, 2002 Posted December 8, 2002 well, i'm kinda "copying" tie guy's layout, and beginning making my own. when i say copying layout, i mean, the categories "bio" "avatars" "banners" "hobbies" "why the name?" and "credits" behold... coming soon
Young David Posted December 8, 2002 Posted December 8, 2002 Swish (or Flash) does not page a page look great! It can ... There are very good looking Flash sites, but lots of them are crap compared to html counterparts. Flash is so overestimated. You can do a lot of things with it, so people do a lot with it. When I click a button I don't want to hear some corny music and a bad long animation ... well, maybe once, but not every time! I don't want to wait 5 minutes for a page to load because there's flash in it ... I'd click it away. Flash is an enhancer, not a site builder. Most times when a site is build in flash only it's evil. Flash can be great to make a simple interface where the menu is flash. Or to add some special features (like e-cards) in flash. Flash will never be better than html, Webdesigners can make it look better tough. It's the knowledge of html and the creative picture editing that makes a site look good. Flash is just an enhancer. My €0,02
Tie Guy Posted December 8, 2002 Posted December 8, 2002 To each his own, i guess. To me, the vast portion of HTML pages are repetitive and crap, especially in the hands of amatuers, which most pages are. Sure, HTML can be great, but honestly, i like flash a ton better. As for animations, you're right, long ones are annoying. But i think ones that are a second or less are alot better and more interesting than the load times that HTML has, where the screen is just blank or partially filled. As for load times, they are only bad if you have music or sound. That entire page i made is only 185k, about a 1-5 second load for broadband, and not too much longer longer for 56k. Comparable to HTML really. I do know what you mean about the sounds, though. I hate some of those annoying sounds that play. Music can be nice, but thats where you get the long times, so it not really worth it. I just wanted to add the SW credits music into the credits of my site. Don't worry, i'll never have have lots of little sound effects that are cool maybe the first time, but annoying as sin the next 5000. I also know what you mean about amatuers trying to use it. I haven't made a whole lot of actualy sites, but i have done a couple. At first i was obsessed with just using "cool" effects, as most people are. Then i realized that the best looking sites are the simple ones, the ones that have less load times, the ones that look cleaner, the ones that flow smoothly, not the ones that are crammed with effects. You can put the effects in an intro if you want, as long as its usefull and introduces the site. I just think a site like the one i made is better than me putting up one with an all black background and a blue sidebar with a title at the top and some options at the side. I mean, how else can you really do it? Put the menu at the top? I think Flash just gives you alot more options alot more conviently. Sure, it can be worse, but it can be alot better too.
Zygomaticus Posted December 8, 2002 Posted December 8, 2002 I just think a site like the one i made is better than me putting up one with an all black background and a blue sidebar with a title at the top and some options at the side. I mean, how else can you really do it? Put the menu at the top? direct insult at my way of doing it :( oh well, HERE IS KRKODE'S BIO don't laugh, don't smirk, you can cry if you want though *braces himself*
Sherack Nhar Posted December 8, 2002 Author Posted December 8, 2002 That animated GIF for the credits is one meg, kode... Can't have that.
Zygomaticus Posted December 8, 2002 Posted December 8, 2002 can you host it directly from my site? Like just link it from there? Cuz i know no other way to make things like that, yet and one of the sigs is rather large too (more than 255)...you could hotlink both of these off of my site, couldn't you?
Sherack Nhar Posted December 9, 2002 Author Posted December 9, 2002 I rather like the 255kb file limit. Think about 56kers.
Zygomaticus Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 ok, never fear, i'm still here... How are we going to incorporate all this in the end, into one site?
Sherack Nhar Posted December 9, 2002 Author Posted December 9, 2002 Well I'm SUPPOSED to be working with Eets to make some kind of simple main directory page that would hold all the member 'profiles'... IF ONLY EETS WOULD QUIT PLAYING HIS STUPID DREAMSCAPE FOR FIVE MINUTES!!
Surfnshannon Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 Tie guy - u r gonna make us look bad !! It looks great - your page. It will aspire me to try and make a great web - page too. Except I've never made one before...so it won't look nearly as good as yours. I like the colors.
Zygomaticus Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 I changed the pic, Sherack...it's only 80 kb now Any comments?
Eets Posted December 12, 2002 Posted December 12, 2002 Originally posted by Sherack Nhar Well I'm SUPPOSED to be working with Eets to make some kind of simple main directory page that would hold all the member 'profiles'... IF ONLY EETS WOULD QUIT PLAYING HIS STUPID DREAMSCAPE FOR FIVE MINUTES!! Shup ho! I made you a web site.
Sherack Nhar Posted December 12, 2002 Author Posted December 12, 2002 Yep, thanks a lot. It turned out that the Netfirms' banner screw up the whole design, so we'll have to look for another host. So if anybody is still willing to lend us some webspace (Young David, krkode, Fergie, Clefo) then please say so
Zygomaticus Posted December 12, 2002 Posted December 12, 2002 yep, you can use mine as soon as i get home (i'm at school now) i can make you guys a http://something.altusuniverse.com/ and whoever needs it can get ftp access PM me with the details as to what that something must be if you're interested
Rogue Nine Posted December 12, 2002 Posted December 12, 2002 Yay, kk's actually doing something constructive with his time!
Zygomaticus Posted December 12, 2002 Posted December 12, 2002 I always do constructive things with my time... look at all the spam i've constructed in TUIW And in other ways too
Fishflesh Posted December 12, 2002 Posted December 12, 2002 this forum is not boring you know whats boring? this Thread!
Havoc Stryphe Posted December 12, 2002 Posted December 12, 2002 Originally posted by NL_Ackbar this forum is not boring you know whats boring? this Thread! And again, NL Ackbar becomes so bored he goes looking for a fight! What's with you Ackbar? Do you want to make enemies? Perhaps, you should just stick to the threads where you can add valuable input, otherwise you're mouth (or fingers as the case may be) seem to get you in trouble.
Havoc Stryphe Posted December 12, 2002 Posted December 12, 2002 By the way, I've just started my online profile. Here's but a small taste of what glorious pages are to come! Havoc's Online Profile (Alpha)
Havoc Stryphe Posted December 12, 2002 Posted December 12, 2002 Originally posted by Eets Holy dinky, Stryphe! Did you make that menu?! I had a hand in it's development, but most of it was not done by myself. I had a little help. Do you like it?
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