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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 12 Jul 2003 :  21:38:06
I thought it would be fun to start a bit of a community fun. Every week I am going to try and put a different frontpage to www.68kmla.org. You can go and check out this week's front page.

Have ideas for this? Then post away and heck, maybe you could design next week's intro page as long as it's mac orientated and funny.

:)

maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 12 Jul 2003 :  22:26:09
Heh, that page is 0\/\/|\|3D.

But yeah, very nice.

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 12 Jul 2003 :  22:32:24
cool! I love the MLA and all the people here, it takes a creative mind to do something spiffy like that to a redirect page for a forum huh?

the sad thing, is that I'll probably forget to go and look...

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 12 Jul 2003 :  22:32:57
Too much cafiene today?

Or has someone not taken thier l33t naps?

:P

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 12 Jul 2003 :  23:08:47
No, i just thought it was a good joke.

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 13 Jul 2003 :  01:30:40
So come on people, think of ideas for alternate splash pages.

I can't keep thinking of them all. It will get stale quick. ;-)

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Commodore64
Starting Member


Sweden
47 Posts
Posted - 13 Jul 2003 :  16:14:34
Different 68k macs images and/or specs or something?

No creative thinking at this time of the day

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G4from128k
Full Member


USA
873 Posts
Posted - 13 Jul 2003 :  16:44:19
How about:
1) A picture of a bunch of 30-pin SIMMs that spell out 68kMLA
2) A working, randomized 68k-of-the-week feature ("The page sponsored by kastigir's Powerbook 180"). It could even be randomly drawn for each page view to make it the 68k-of-the-visit.
3) ID that Mobo: weekly (or daily?) contest with a picture of a 68k Mac mobo and a discussion thread on which machine it is.
4) More slogans:
"68k Macs -- Still insanely great"
"Long Live 68k Macs because they really do live long"
"68k Macs -- from the days before bloatware ruled the Earth"
"Never send a PPC Mac to do a 68k Mac's job"
"68k Macs do it without RISC:"
"Live long and compute long with 68k Macs"
5) More complex feature: read the visitor's name (from the 68kmla cookie), look up the name of one of their 68k's in the DB of member's computers, ask them how their 68k is doing today, if they don't have a 68k in the DB then insist that they liberate a 68k Mac right away!

Sorry if some of these are carp, I went for quantity, rather than quality.


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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 13 Jul 2003 :  17:21:47
System 7.1: Because Windows are a pane.

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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star


USA
1559 Posts
Posted - 13 Jul 2003 :  20:02:13
"Hell no! Oh-Four-Oh!"

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 13 Jul 2003 :  22:31:54
Good ideas!

I actually made a fun picture making fun of the iMacs and making 68k's seem better.

The title says "iMac" and below is a row of some of the colors they used. Then below it says: "Even enough candy will make you puke all six flavours. Stick with the basics."

It's not complete, but it is sending the message that while Apple is making fancy colors and eye candy, we have machines that are simple, robust and do the job.

I'm going to update the pages in a few days to show you all that one. And, no flames on the fact that a 68k mac is making fun of a iMac.

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 14 Jul 2003 :  07:32:48
This week's winner is.....

Fire Is Fast! Combining an earlier idea with his, we now have this week's splash page. Check it out at www.68kmla.org.

Also this week we are testing a new frame page which will alow you to access most 68KMLA functions on the forum with a bit more ease. So, it's not 100% finished but as I work on it, it can only get better. Why?

Let's put it this way as per this week's splash page. It's no Microsoft, no brainer.

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G4from128k
Full Member


USA
873 Posts
Posted - 14 Jul 2003 :  09:12:07
Excellent work! Reminds me of the slogan "I don't do Windows" and "Friends don't let friends use Windows."

BTW, I wonder if frames are a good thing? I noticed that when I clicked on "active topics" on 68kmla.org, I get the forums with both the black top buttons of 68kmla.org and the forum function links. Also, frames hide the URL that one is going to. I'm not saying its a problem, just something to ponder.

Keep up the great work!

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 14 Jul 2003 :  10:31:21
Yes, this is true. Sadly I can't filter out what is passed from the forums to the browser, so probably I will replace some function buttons on the top 68kmla.org to be something else more 68kmla.org specific.

We'll see. It depends on what limited technology I can use in the jump point. Don't want those 68k browsers to have a heart attack.

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geekwurkz
Junior Member


USA
156 Posts
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 :  00:04:41
I don't know if you'll accept image submissions, but here's one anyways.
http://www.jsellnau.us/geekwurkz/68kmla.jpg
Fonts used: Ashby Light (free from http://www.hardcovermedia.com/lab/)& AGaramond Bold Condensed

BTW... I've got a poster sized scan (~35 MB GZipped) of the rainbow apple from the Apple II days. If you want it, then let me know.

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 :  02:27:47
I like it.

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 :  10:32:49
I will use that for nest week's page. I will do the image up fresh, because JPEG has too many artifacts, PNG is a nice quality format, and renders text good.

JPEG is known to not handle text properly, must be a side effect of the commpresion technology. But it's ok the image will be exactly as it was.

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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star


USA
1559 Posts
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 :  18:46:03
quote:

This week's winner is.....

Fire Is Fast! Combining an earlier idea with his, we now have this week's splash page. Check it out at www.68kmla.org.


Yeah!

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geekwurkz
Junior Member


USA
156 Posts
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 :  22:20:52
How's this?
http://www.jsellnau.us/geekwurkz/68kmla.png

nick

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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms


USA
4679 Posts
Posted - 15 Jul 2003 :  22:51:28
COOL! "oh four oh"

howwabout this MLAgazine advert...

MLAgazine - - - I remember the beige...

something with "I remember the beige"

or "Remember the beige... MLAgazine"

I'll make a JPEG of the MLAgazine logo tomorrow or something

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 16 Jul 2003 :  01:07:30
G4from128K, I redid the frame thing, hope it's better now. Some of the links won't work till I install various extras on the server. But the idea is that soon more stuff can be on that site as long as it's just simple stuff not complex. I added the Close Frame button should folks want to close the frame and see where they are going. That button doesn't work 100% yet as I need to create a custom page, like a mirror of the Site Map, which doesn't contain a reference to the frames.

But I think so far it is ok. And I am getting the new splash pages ready. I'm digesting some code to see if I can iether do some random splash pages or if I can just make a http refresh for that splash page..

We'll see.

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 17 Jul 2003 :  00:51:45
Yes!

I did it!

The splash page now is random! So, all you mac fans, submit your splash screens today and it will randomly be shown!

For those who have submitted files, as soon as I can they will be added.

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 17 Jul 2003 :  04:52:04
Ok, have fun with all the new splash pages.

There are 17 in all so far. And yes I'm still recovering from that crash, I'll get those others up asap. (geekwurkz, your site was down today? any idea on that, wanted to get pic)

If you want to view the splash screen in order, type in http://www.68kmla.org/img/1.png and then replace the 1 sequntially untill 17 to get all images.

Enjoy!

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 17 Jul 2003 :  05:39:55
Fun stuff, indeed.

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alphamatrix
New Member


USA
60 Posts
Posted - 17 Jul 2003 :  15:36:25
Heres my attempt.
http://homepage.mac.com/alphamatrix/aux.png

The pic is from the AppleFritter A/UX page and the text is from a Original Mac brochure, and yes, I turned off the anti-aliasing.

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 17 Jul 2003 :  16:53:52
I like it.

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 18 Jul 2003 :  02:07:30
Next chance I get they will be added.

Thanks for the ideas.

More!

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geekwurkz
Junior Member


USA
156 Posts
Posted - 18 Jul 2003 :  16:07:46
I've been having some problems with my hosting...
Please try http://wave.prohosting.com/gwcforum/68kmla.png instead.

Nick


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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 18 Jul 2003 :  16:42:27
Yes, you have been. That gives me a 404.

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alphamatrix
New Member


USA
60 Posts
Posted - 18 Jul 2003 :  17:10:59
quote:

I've been having some problems with my hosting...


If you can't get it worked out just email me the png and I'll put it on my .Mac.

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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 :  07:03:00
Sorry I have been busy lately, trying to get a whole mess sorted out, I will be adding those new images and the ones people sent via e-mail.

Life is just hectic and well, kinda odd right now.

Plus the heat is killing me, I hate weather this warm. I prefer ice cold storms with thunder and lightening and LOTS of rain.

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~tl
Junior Member


United Kingdom
312 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 :  08:03:06
one small thing ... if you change

quote:
<frame src="splash.php" name="mainFrame" scrolling="YES" noresize>

to ....

quote:
<frame src="splash.php" name="mainFrame" scrolling="auto">

then the scroll bars work right when you go to the forum from the top button

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redrouteone
Junior Member


USA
226 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 :  10:41:37
Here is my entry for a splash screen.

http://www.redrouteone.net/68kmla/rhapsody_in_blue.PNG

--edit Should work now.


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alphamatrix
New Member


USA
60 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 :  13:47:04
Fixed

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 :  17:34:31
Very nice, redrouteone.

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geekwurkz
Junior Member


USA
156 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 :  20:38:42
quote:

Yes, you have been. That gives me a 404.

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Just refresh at the 404 and it'll give you the image, or, cut & paste the link into a new window.

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geekwurkz
Junior Member


USA
156 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 :  20:56:56
Here's yet another mockery of the yum ad.
http://www.jsellnau.us/geekwurkz/68kmla2.png

Or, if that doesn't work...
http://wave.prohosting.com/gwcforums/68kmla2.png

Nick

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redrouteone
Junior Member


USA
226 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 :  23:15:01
Thanks to the help of a couple of board members I was able to get ahold of the the font that apple uses. I redid my splash screen. I think it looks much better.

http://www.redrouteone.net/68kmla/rhapsody_in_blue_20Jul03.PNG

--edit link should work now. Helps when I spell things right.

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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder


Australia
5830 Posts
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 :  05:08:07
Very nice, geekwurkz. Leftovers...i like that.

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~tl
Junior Member


United Kingdom
312 Posts
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 :  08:33:26
quote:
Thanks to the help of a couple of board members I was able to get ahold of the the font that apple uses. I redid my splash screen. I think it looks much better.

http://www.redrouteone.net/68kmla/rhapsody_in_blue_20Jul03.png



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The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member


Ivory Coast
1006 Posts
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 :  11:21:51
If you want to, e-mail things to me, my e-mail has a decent quota and can handle these files.

BoJ

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