FOFC Front Page Redesigned.

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 03:35 PM

http://www.sportplanet.com/fof

In the next few days, www.frontofficefootballcentral.com can be used as well. KUDOS to Blackadar for undertaking the redesign. I'll be adding some additional content as well, and Blacky is going to be writing/coordinating some regular features. We'd LOVE to hear your feedback. Thanks!

--Ben

KJDelaney · 11-06-2004, 03:36 PM

Very nicely done.

JeeberD · 11-06-2004, 03:37 PM

You should probably add TPB and TDCB to the basketball sim list...

fantastic flying froggies · 11-06-2004, 03:37 PM

As I mentionned in the first non-official thread

, it looks great! Nice work!

One comment though, home of the Ice Weasels???

fantastic flying froggies · 11-06-2004, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

You should probably add TPB and TDCB to the basketball sim list...

And no love for the Mogul series?

Peregrine · 11-06-2004, 03:38 PM

Quote:

One comment though, home of the Ice Weasels???

Our trout feed on a steady diet of ice weasels, apparently.

JeeberD · 11-06-2004, 03:40 PM

Yeah, I thought the ice weasels were replaced by first the colossal squid and then the rectal trout.

Ah well...

Senator · 11-06-2004, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantastic flying froggies

As I mentionned in the first non-official thread

, it looks great! Nice work!

One comment though, home of the Ice Weasels???

A beautiful October 2000 reference.

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 03:43 PM

Added TDCB and TPB.

JeeberD · 11-06-2004, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

You should probably add TPB and TDCB to the basketball sim list...

That was quick...

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

That was quick...

Actually I noticed it before I saw your post.

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantastic flying froggies

One comment though, home of the Ice Weasels???

"Sometimes at night, the ice weasels come."--Jason Tobias IV

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantastic flying froggies

And no love for the Mogul series?

Unfortunately, I completely forget about them. I miss dem monkeys.

Blackadar · 11-06-2004, 03:50 PM

Just a couple of things:

1. Links on the front page are at Ben's (or mine, if he lets me) discretion. So will be the games listed on the "other favorites" page. We aren't playing favorites so much as giving our opinions on "best of breed". For what it's worth.

2. It's still a work in progress. The "Ice Weasels" thing was just something funny for old timers. It's more of a placeholder that can change from page to page. If we get some great QOTM material, we may link that to replace the Ice Weasels.

JeeberD · 11-06-2004, 03:52 PM

What is the first HFL that is listed? The link to it doesn't work...

Blackadar · 11-06-2004, 03:53 PM

Good catch, Jeeber. That should have been removed. It's the Historic Football League, which is listed below.

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

What is the first HFL that is listed? The link to it doesn't work...

Fixed.

wbatl1 · 11-06-2004, 03:57 PM

Very nice guys. I especially like the stadium pics when you go to another screen besides the home screen. Very cool.

Tigercat · 11-06-2004, 03:57 PM

Oh the horror. Teasing me by having a picture of the Saints outdoor stadium that will never be built.

sovereignstar · 11-06-2004, 03:59 PM

Well done, fellas.

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sovereignstar

Well done, fellas.

All credit goes to Blacky. I just edit text.

Cringer · 11-06-2004, 04:05 PM

yup, thats nice. although you can't really say that no favorites are played when the IHOF link is at the top of the MP leagues list....elitist bastards...

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cringer

yup, thats nice. although you can't really say that no favorites are played when the IHOF link is at the top of the MP leagues list....elitist bastards...

When did we say that no favorites are played?

Draft Dodger · 11-06-2004, 04:32 PM

a couple comments:

1) love the look and layout, especially the screenshots (although I'd center them over the text)
2) FOF4 was not distributed by EA Sports
3) the Title Tag for the FOF4 page indicates "FOF1"
4) the html for some of the stadium pics is not only screwed up, it tells me Blackie's real name (of course, I already knew this...)
5) at work, I am in 800x600 layout, and the entire right third of the screen is gone. if you guys are serious about this site being an often used text sim portal (and I hope you are), you might want to scale the layouts to different resolutions. Looks good in both IE and Firefox, btw.
6) especially since Jim uses a similar layout and color scheme for his site, I think I'd probably have the link to his site open up in a different window to make it clear the two aren't part of the same site.

there's more "negatives" than positives on this list, but, truly I love the site - it adds a great deal of legitimacy to this community.

Blackadar · 11-06-2004, 04:42 PM

Thanks to Ben for letting me help. This is still his site - I'm just glad I could lend a hand.

Also, thanks for the suggestions. To be perfectly frank, this is my *ahem* 1st ever web page design. I added the content on the old site, but that wasn't my design. I was going to use a template, but I finally just decided to build it myself. So I'm fairly happy given that I created it from scratch and I'd never done one before.

I was a *very* happy camper when I realized I had the old Sideline banner still on my old 'puter. I thought that might have been lost forever.

I may be overstepping my bounds here, but if you want to add some content or be a regular writer on the front page, you probably should give Ben a shout. We'd like to have more going on than just the forums.

Ben E Lou · 11-06-2004, 04:44 PM

I addressed 1, 2 and 3 on DD's list.

Draft Dodger · 11-06-2004, 04:45 PM

very nice work for your 1st attempt.
just the fact that there's no scrolling text or flashing gifs is a huge step over most first-timers!

McSweeny · 11-06-2004, 04:46 PM

i think that all the links should open up into a new page, not just Jim's. That's just my personal preference of course, but i hate when links open in the same page and i've got to click back all the time

Blackadar · 11-06-2004, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McSweeny

i think that all the links should open up into a new page, not just Jim's. That's just my personal preference of course, but i hate when links open in the same page and i've got to click back all the time

I probably should have done that. I'm just so used to FireFox - I right click the link and it opens in a new tab - that it didn't occur to me to open all external links in a new window.

Draft Dodger · 11-06-2004, 04:50 PM

btw, to make a link open in a new page, you just need to add target="_BLANK" to your href tag.

for example
a href="http://www.solecismic.com/index.php" target="_BLANK"

Draft Dodger · 11-06-2004, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackadar

I probably should have done that. I'm just so used to FireFox - I right click the link and it opens in a new tab - that it didn't occur to me to open all external links in a new window.

my favorite firefox tip:
if you have a scroll mouse, you can click a link with your scroll wheel to open in a new tab too.

Danny · 11-06-2004, 05:10 PM

As another option, you can include this code taken from Grey Dog in the head section of the code(I don't think the webmaster will mind

).

This works for Grey Dog, but if you decide to use it, I would make sure to give the links a check manually. If there is a problem, you can manually set the link like Draft Dodger suggested.

Draft Dodger · 11-06-2004, 05:16 PM

where do I find the little check mark thingy on my keyboard?

Karim · 11-06-2004, 05:17 PM

Very nice. It was time for a new look and it comes nicely after three weeks of downtime.

Danny · 11-06-2004, 05:19 PM

Argg, the forum is applying the code for me. Hang on, I will give you a link to a text file with the code.

Danny · 11-06-2004, 05:22 PM

Here you go http://www.greydogsoftware.com/mptest/new_window.txt

SunDancer · 11-06-2004, 05:40 PM

What about the newly released Football Manager series? With Marc, here, and his support, I think it would be nice.

ShaqFu · 11-06-2004, 05:55 PM

Very nice. Thanks for some helpful information on other sports simulations. What is my best bet for a Miami Heat w/ Shaq roster?

Cringer · 11-06-2004, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyDog

When did we say that no favorites are played?

here by Blackadar.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackadar

We aren't playing favorites so much as giving our opinions on "best of breed". For what it's worth.

but i think he was talking more about other Text sims and not everything else. But i just wanted to be a jealous smartass....

cuervo72 · 11-06-2004, 06:01 PM

To the best of my knowledge, the Ice Weasels now reside in Indianapolis.

Poli · 11-06-2004, 06:17 PM

I'd like to see a link to Hattrick, but I won't hold my breath.

Draft Dodger · 11-06-2004, 06:20 PM

speaking of Ice Weasels, what ever happend to that wacky Tobias?

duckman · 11-06-2004, 06:54 PM

This is the big deal? A fucking new frontpage? I thought you guys were going to be announcing Jim's new game!

Flasch186 · 11-06-2004, 08:21 PM

well done

Passacaglia · 11-06-2004, 11:20 PM

Looks very nice. Can I get the FCFL linked in the multiplayer leagues section (the link is in my sig)?

Thanks!

Senator · 11-07-2004, 12:18 AM

No links for wrestling sims? What is an idiot to do?

Ben E Lou · 11-07-2004, 05:11 PM

Bump. Un-stick.

heybrad · 11-08-2004, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyDog

"Sometimes at night, the ice weasels come."--Jason Tobias IV

"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." ~ Matt Groening

korme · 11-08-2004, 06:05 PM

Jason Tobias has been taking credit for that quote for like 5 years without a peep.

SOLID WORK, HB

Ben E Lou · 11-08-2004, 09:18 PM

First weekly feature added...

11-06-2004, 03:37 PM	#3
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	You should probably add TPB and TDCB to the basketball sim list... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

11-06-2004, 03:37 PM	#4
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	As I mentionned in the first non-official thread , it looks great! Nice work! One comment though, home of the Ice Weasels??? __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

11-06-2004, 03:40 PM	#7
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Yeah, I thought the ice weasels were replaced by first the colossal squid and then the rectal trout. Ah well... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO Last edited by JeeberD : 11-06-2004 at 03:40 PM.

11-06-2004, 03:43 PM	#9
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Added TDCB and TPB. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-06-2004, 03:50 PM	#14
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	Just a couple of things: 1. Links on the front page are at Ben's (or mine, if he lets me) discretion. So will be the games listed on the "other favorites" page. We aren't playing favorites so much as giving our opinions on "best of breed". For what it's worth. 2. It's still a work in progress. The "Ice Weasels" thing was just something funny for old timers. It's more of a placeholder that can change from page to page. If we get some great QOTM material, we may link that to replace the Ice Weasels. Last edited by Blackadar : 11-06-2004 at 03:51 PM.

11-06-2004, 03:36 PM	#2
KJDelaney High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Lewisville, TX	Very nicely done.

11-06-2004, 03:52 PM	#15
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	What is the first HFL that is listed? The link to it doesn't work... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

11-06-2004, 03:53 PM	#16
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	Good catch, Jeeber. That should have been removed. It's the Historic Football League, which is listed below.

11-06-2004, 03:57 PM	#18
wbatl1 High School Varsity Join Date: Jun 2003	Very nice guys. I especially like the stadium pics when you go to another screen besides the home screen. Very cool. __________________ wbatl1

11-06-2004, 03:57 PM	#19
Tigercat College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Federal Way, WA	Oh the horror. Teasing me by having a picture of the Saints outdoor stadium that will never be built.

11-06-2004, 03:59 PM	#20
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Well done, fellas.

11-06-2004, 04:05 PM	#22
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	yup, thats nice. although you can't really say that no favorites are played when the IHOF link is at the top of the MP leagues list....elitist bastards... __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

11-06-2004, 04:32 PM	#24
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	a couple comments: 1) love the look and layout, especially the screenshots (although I'd center them over the text) 2) FOF4 was not distributed by EA Sports 3) the Title Tag for the FOF4 page indicates "FOF1" 4) the html for some of the stadium pics is not only screwed up, it tells me Blackie's real name (of course, I already knew this...) 5) at work, I am in 800x600 layout, and the entire right third of the screen is gone. if you guys are serious about this site being an often used text sim portal (and I hope you are), you might want to scale the layouts to different resolutions. Looks good in both IE and Firefox, btw. 6) especially since Jim uses a similar layout and color scheme for his site, I think I'd probably have the link to his site open up in a different window to make it clear the two aren't part of the same site. there's more "negatives" than positives on this list, but, truly I love the site - it adds a great deal of legitimacy to this community. __________________ Mile High Hockey

11-06-2004, 04:42 PM	#25
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	Thanks to Ben for letting me help. This is still his site - I'm just glad I could lend a hand. Also, thanks for the suggestions. To be perfectly frank, this is my ahem 1st ever web page design. I added the content on the old site, but that wasn't my design. I was going to use a template, but I finally just decided to build it myself. So I'm fairly happy given that I created it from scratch and I'd never done one before. I was a very happy camper when I realized I had the old Sideline banner still on my old 'puter. I thought that might have been lost forever. I may be overstepping my bounds here, but if you want to add some content or be a regular writer on the front page, you probably should give Ben a shout. We'd like to have more going on than just the forums. Last edited by Blackadar : 11-06-2004 at 04:44 PM.

11-06-2004, 04:44 PM	#26
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	I addressed 1, 2 and 3 on DD's list. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-06-2004, 04:45 PM	#27
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	very nice work for your 1st attempt. just the fact that there's no scrolling text or flashing gifs is a huge step over most first-timers! __________________ Mile High Hockey

11-06-2004, 04:46 PM	#28
McSweeny College Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somerville, MA	i think that all the links should open up into a new page, not just Jim's. That's just my personal preference of course, but i hate when links open in the same page and i've got to click back all the time

11-06-2004, 04:50 PM	#30
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	btw, to make a link open in a new page, you just need to add target="_BLANK" to your href tag. for example a href="http://www.solecismic.com/index.php" target="_BLANK" __________________ Mile High Hockey Last edited by Draft Dodger : 11-06-2004 at 04:51 PM.

11-06-2004, 05:10 PM	#32
Danny General Manager Join Date: Jul 2001	As another option, you can include this code taken from Grey Dog in the head section of the code(I don't think the webmaster will mind ). This works for Grey Dog, but if you decide to use it, I would make sure to give the links a check manually. If there is a problem, you can manually set the link like Draft Dodger suggested. Last edited by Danny : 11-06-2004 at 05:20 PM.

11-06-2004, 05:16 PM	#33
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	where do I find the little check mark thingy on my keyboard? __________________ Mile High Hockey

11-06-2004, 05:17 PM	#34
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	Very nice. It was time for a new look and it comes nicely after three weeks of downtime.

11-06-2004, 05:19 PM	#35
Danny General Manager Join Date: Jul 2001	Argg, the forum is applying the code for me. Hang on, I will give you a link to a text file with the code.

11-06-2004, 05:22 PM	#36
Danny General Manager Join Date: Jul 2001	Here you go http://www.greydogsoftware.com/mptest/new_window.txt

11-06-2004, 05:40 PM	#37
SunDancer College Benchwarmer Join Date: Sep 2002	What about the newly released Football Manager series? With Marc, here, and his support, I think it would be nice.

11-06-2004, 05:55 PM	#38
ShaqFu H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South Florida	Very nice. Thanks for some helpful information on other sports simulations. What is my best bet for a Miami Heat w/ Shaq roster?

11-06-2004, 06:01 PM	#40
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	To the best of my knowledge, the Ice Weasels now reside in Indianapolis. __________________ null

11-06-2004, 06:17 PM	#41
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	I'd like to see a link to Hattrick, but I won't hold my breath. __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

11-06-2004, 06:20 PM	#42
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	speaking of Ice Weasels, what ever happend to that wacky Tobias? __________________ Mile High Hockey

11-06-2004, 08:21 PM	#44
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	well done __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

11-06-2004, 11:20 PM	#45
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Looks very nice. Can I get the FCFL linked in the multiplayer leagues section (the link is in my sig)? Thanks! __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

11-07-2004, 12:18 AM	#46
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	No links for wrestling sims? What is an idiot to do? __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

11-07-2004, 05:11 PM	#47
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Bump. Un-stick. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

11-08-2004, 06:05 PM	#49
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Jason Tobias has been taking credit for that quote for like 5 years without a peep. SOLID WORK, HB

11-08-2004, 09:18 PM	#50
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	First weekly feature added... __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

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