The Energon Pub

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:13 pm

turbomagnus wrote:I'll be honest, the new layout is so graphic-heavy that it slows down the load time to the point of being plain out-and-out annoying. If you're going to have a layout-selection option, mind adding the classic Seibertron layout for those of us who don't care to wait five minutes for something that used to take less than two to load?

I assume you're using 56k? I'd just like to say that I truly feel for you if that's the case.

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:16 pm

7 year anniversary...

Jesus jumpin' flapjacks, I can' believe it's been that long.

Happy Anniversary Ryan, you've made a damn good site, and only made it better.

News Credits: 1 · by **Blozor** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:16 pm

I like the Decepticon version, thank you very much, and I think I'll be sticking with it. Let's face it — the Decepticons always had cooler colors than the Autobots. Purple, black, gray, silver, slight touches of red.

It's hard to believe Seibertron had been around for seven years now. I've been a loyal fan from pretty much the beginning, even though I spent a good number of years lurking because I got burnt on the early message board drama. It's so awesome to see Ryan get so successful with his site to the point of winning awards and Hasbro officially recognizing him as a driving marketing force.

I still think this is the best site out of all of them, and that's what keeps me coming back. I'm not even subscribed to the other sites' forums.

Congratulations to Ryan and the Seibertron team and all the forum members who make the website shine.

News Credits: 10 · by **JazZeke** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:19 pm

Seven years is kickass. Congratulations on managing such a successful, awesome website, Ryan!

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:47 pm

TheMuffin wrote:
turbomagnus wrote:I'll be honest, the new layout is so graphic-heavy that it slows down the load time to the point of being plain out-and-out annoying. If you're going to have a layout-selection option, mind adding the classic Seibertron layout for those of us who don't care to wait five minutes for something that used to take less than two to load?

I assume you're using 56k? I'd just like to say that I truly feel for you if that's the case.

I have a simplified version of the homepage that I created last night to help those of you who aren't interested in all of the cool things on the homepage. It's basically just the subsection homepage ... for the homepage content.

At-A-Glance
http://seibertron.com/ataglance.php

For those of you who want the At-A-Glance page, please feel free to bookmark the above link. It'll be staying on the site because I don't have to do any work to maintain the above link. It just reuses the function that makes the section homepages display for the Comics, Events, Movie, People and Media sections of the website.

by **Blast Cannon** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:59 pm

Actually, I think it looks pretty good. Capital show, old boy!

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:02 pm

Here's some interesting stats from the past week to give you guys a better idea of why I made some of the decisions that I made with the site's design and structure. These stats are from the past week ... they're basically the same as the past 6 months. I make changes like I do after careful consideration of real, hard data that I have available to me about the people who visit the website. I also made some technical choices that will force some people to change or upgrade their browser if they want to keep visiting the site.

IE7 has been out for over a year, even longer if you count the Beta and Alpha versions which I used. Firefox is an incredible browser that's been out since the fall of 2004. The all-new Safari browser that's been ported over from Macs to PC at last works just fine for the most part as well. The best part is this ... they're all free to download and install. There's no reason that I should really be trying to make my website work with a browser, namely IE6, that has been available for almost 6 years. At some point, you've got to upgrade.

I am still looking for a PNG solution for IE6 but it's not at the top of my priority list.

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:03 pm

Blast Cannon wrote:Actually, I think it looks pretty good. Capital show, old boy!

Evenin' BC. What have you been up to?

by **Blast Cannon** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:20 pm

TheMuffin wrote:
Blast Cannon wrote:Actually, I think it looks pretty good. Capital show, old boy!

Evenin' BC. What have you been up to?

Oh, y'know. Insulting the French, sipping tea, eating crumpets, taking over boards...

Same old, really.

by **trailbreaker** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:31 pm

Okay, I came in late. Happy 7th Seibertron! You guys are the best.

by **Bouncy X** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:35 pm

i just have one complaint....and this might just be a problem with my settings or computer so you tech folk, feel free to lemme know..lol

but i never see the images in the "featured spotlight" section...its a small complaint but yeah everything else rocks

sorry if someone else is experiencing this and mentioned it and got help but i didnt wanna read through 359875968 posts..lol

by **King Starscream89** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:08 pm

Dude the sites new look is about 7900000 levels of awesome!!!!!!

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:09 pm

Bouncy X wrote:i just have one complaint....and this might just be a problem with my settings or computer so you tech folk, feel free to lemme know..lol

but i never see the images in the "featured spotlight" section...its a small complaint but yeah everything else rocks

sorry if someone else is experiencing this and mentioned it and got help but i didnt wanna read through 359875968 posts..lol

Which browser are you using? If you're on IE6, time to upgrade to IE7 or switch to Firefox or Safari.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:10 pm

Blast Cannon wrote:
TheMuffin wrote:
Blast Cannon wrote:Actually, I think it looks pretty good. Capital show, old boy!

Evenin' BC. What have you been up to?

Oh, y'know. Insulting the French, sipping tea, eating crumpets, taking over boards...

Same old, really.

It's good to see you BC. Go easy on the French!

by **bairdduvessa** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:15 pm

congrats!

by **Roboto750** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:47 pm

Love the new look! ;)^

Keep up the excellent work and congrats on 7 years!

Btw, you have my vote for best website and/or forums at Botcon this yeat!

by **kriksix** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:59 pm

Its me and my girlfriend's Seven Year Anniversary on the 07/07/07. How weird is that? We're planning on killing each other to celebrate, or go out for dinner or something.

Happy Birthday Seibertron, a new era awaits you..

by **Duo Prime** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:23 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEIBERTRON.COM!!!!!!! New layout looks awesome, and i'm very much looking forward to the Autobot design too. Cheers!!!!

News Credits: 1 · by **jgilkinson** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:24 pm

pretty cool ryan, course im still partial to the one where you could choose your own bot to display

by **Nemesis_Apoc** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:57 pm

Awsome job, guys! Congrats, and have fun this week!

News Credits: 28 · by **Jedi Kermit** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:36 pm

Having been here since almost the begining and seeing all the different versions of the site, It is still IMHO the best Transformers fan site out there. Happy 7th Ryan! :grin:

by **Uncrazzimatic** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:40 pm

Seven years! Congratulations!

by **lamartherevenger** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:49 pm

Happy freakin burfday. now go have some fun. play with your transformers

by **UFO** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:07 pm

Lil John wrote:YEA-UH!!

I love this site.

by **Dclone Soundwave** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:25 pm

Decepticons Forever!! Love the new layout Ryan. I'm gone for 3 days 7 we have a new desgin! Terrific! I remember it like yesterday, we were all celebrating the 6th year Anniversary. Where does time go? It's like when I remember that the movie countdown was still in the 800's! How time flies.....before you know it, we'll be at 10 years! Cheers all!