Welcome to your planet. Welcome to Seibertron.com. Welcome to our 7th year!
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 9:06AM CDT
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Most of you seem very thrilled with the all new layout for Seibertron.com. This new design has been a work in progress since February. My good friend, staff member and fellow Chicagoan, Paul (aka Starscream), suggested to me that he could come up with a pretty kick ass design for the site (Paul is a professional graphic artist in the music industry). Four months later, after much discussion, instructions and plain out hard work on both of our behalves (probably around 100 hours total), we can now enjoy a slick, cool looking design just in time for ... Seibertron.com's 7 year anniversary on June 26th???
You thought I was going to say "... just in time for BotCon and the release of a little movie we've all been losing sleep over.", didn't you? When I heard last fall that BotCon was going to be moved to the week of June 24th, I was thrilled that they had planned an entire convention right around the time of Seibertron.com's 7 year anniversary, not to mention that many of us around the world would get to see the movie this week. This is the first time that I'll get to celebrate the site's anniversary with so many other Seibertronians. How very exciting indeed.
As I mentioned above, my buddy Paul had worked very hard on this design. He presented a very challenging design which challenged my programming and HTML layout and design skills immensely. I loved every frustrating moment of it. Paul accomplished exactly what I had hoped he would: break the mold, my friend, break the mold. Aside from aesthetics, Seibertron.com has more or less used the same front page design for almost 6 years. While the current design definitely has some resemblances, it is most definitely different than any of the designs I had been creating and/or "borrowing" since 2001. Paul, I owe you some beers at BotCon my friend.
I had originally sought out to write a very long winded message but I think I've pretty much said everything that needs to be said. BotCon is this week. Many of us get to see the movie this week. The new design launches on Seibertron.com. Today is the site's 7 year anniversary. If there was ever a time to celebrate being a fan of the legendary Transformers .... this is most certainly that week.
Thank you for all of your support guys. It's been an incredible past 7 years ... here's to the next 7!
Enjoy the moment my friends! This time is ours.
Your friendly neighborhood website slinging webmaster,
Ryan
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Posted by Sunstar on June 26th, 2007 @ 9:22am CDT
Posted by Seibertron on June 26th, 2007 @ 9:30am CDT
Sunstar wrote:The PNG transparanies are not coming out transparent. It is a nice desgin but it might be better is it worked or even if I can be advised how to get it to work on my system.
IE6 doesn't support PNG transparency. You need to upgrade to IE7 or use Firefox or Safari. The current generation of browsers supports PNG transparency.
Posted by Prowl76 on June 26th, 2007 @ 9:38am CDT
Posted by Cyber Bishop on June 26th, 2007 @ 9:39am CDT
Posted by Milanion on June 26th, 2007 @ 9:40am CDT
Posted by General Magnus on June 26th, 2007 @ 9:43am CDT
Posted by Galaxy_Convoy on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:01am CDT
Let this upgrade stand as a beacon to the turning point in the 20 years of Transformers history. What we've learned, gained and lost upon getting here, along with what we have to look forward to. We are Seibertron.com. We are the ultimate Transformer resource. Stand proud my fellow members and show it!
(On another note, I do realize this does sound like one of those corny Optimus or Rodimus speeches, so just bare with it, I only give these kind of posts once in a blue moon.)
Posted by Vanguard on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:02am CDT
Posted by Bad Wolf on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:07am CDT
// correctly handle PNG transparency in Win IE 5.5 or higher.
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img.outerHTML = strNewHTML
i = i-1
}
}
}
window.attachEvent("onload", correctPNG);
host then add the .js file to your site/page/ etc ..
Posted by Master Shake on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:21am CDT
Posted by Down_Shift on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:27am CDT
Posted by Autobobby1 on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:40am CDT
Posted by Seibertron on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:53am CDT
Autobobby1 wrote:Happy birthday to our community! But was the site also redesigned because of the massive wave of new fans starting next week?
Yep ... that was really the big motivation behind the change. I wanted to have something new and exciting posted for the world to see by the time the movie came out. Getting it up in time for BotCon and the site's anniversary was just the frosting on the cake.
Posted by First-Aid on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:55am CDT
I'll never forget the anniversary date for the site now: it's my birthday too...heh heh. Except I'm a little older than the site...okay, a LOT older...
Posted by TheMuffin on June 26th, 2007 @ 11:00am CDT
First-Aid wrote:Happy Anniversary Ryan! This is, IMHO, the best resource on the web for the bots we love. I would by you a drink if you drank...
I'll never forget the anniversary date for the site now: it's my birthday too...heh heh. Except I'm a little older than the site...okay, a LOT older...
Trust me on this. The man drinks. lol
Posted by Ravage XK on June 26th, 2007 @ 11:01am CDT
Great job.
Posted by Megatron Wolf on June 26th, 2007 @ 11:10am CDT
Posted by Galvatronus on June 26th, 2007 @ 11:26am CDT
Posted by Wheeljack35 on June 26th, 2007 @ 11:32am CDT
I would of joined the message boards back then but it in its "old west" days it looked to me like you were bullied until I learned those were spammers who caused trouble
Posted by jonusjaxon on June 26th, 2007 @ 11:34am CDT
Thanks for being here. You have the best TF site on the web.
Posted by kirbenvost on June 26th, 2007 @ 11:54am CDT
I must admit I was surprised and slightly resistant to the new design, but now that I've gotten used to it, it's cool! Definitely keeps the same feel while being fresh and new. My connection at work's a little slow so the loading's not quite as fast but it's not too bad.
One thing though, I don't know if it's my browser or the forum, I keep getting the top/bottom banner (with the buttons) in the middle of threads, and it covers up some of the posts...not sure if that's been fixed yet, it seems it might've.
But anyway, nice work, I'll be keeping this as my homepage!
Posted by Bad Wolf on June 26th, 2007 @ 12:20pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Unfortunately, the script you posted has a Javascript error. I checked it on your site as well and the error is there. I
I had my moderator check for additional errors.
There is still one .js error on my portal but it is not being caused by the png fix script. The remainder of my site, including the forum index, also includes this script with no errors.
my index page code looks like
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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title>DarkFX | Digital Alchemy</title>
<meta tags>
<style>
my css
</style>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function setopacity(obj, opacity) {
// IE/Win
obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
// Safari<1.2, Konqueror
obj.style.khtmllopacity = opacity/100;
// Older Mozilla and firefox
obj.style.mozopacity = opacity/100;
// Safari 1.2, newer firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
}
</script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.darkfx.z42.us/xsrcpt/pngfix.js"></script>
</head>
please let me know if i can be of any additional assistance
jacquelynn
Posted by dragons on June 26th, 2007 @ 12:47pm CDT
Posted by turbomagnus on June 26th, 2007 @ 12:59pm CDT
Posted by TheMuffin on June 26th, 2007 @ 1:13pm CDT
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.
Posted by Senor Hugo on June 26th, 2007 @ 1:16pm CDT
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.
Posted by Blozor on June 26th, 2007 @ 1:16pm CDT
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.
Posted by JazZeke on June 26th, 2007 @ 1:19pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on June 26th, 2007 @ 1:47pm CDT
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.
Posted by Blast Cannon on June 26th, 2007 @ 1:59pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on June 26th, 2007 @ 2:02pm CDT
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.
Posted by TheMuffin on June 26th, 2007 @ 2:03pm CDT
Blast Cannon wrote:Actually, I think it looks pretty good. Capital show, old boy!
Evenin' BC. What have you been up to?
Posted by Blast Cannon on June 26th, 2007 @ 2:20pm CDT
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.
Posted by trailbreaker on June 26th, 2007 @ 2:31pm CDT
Posted by Bouncy X on June 26th, 2007 @ 2:35pm CDT
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
Posted by King Starscream89 on June 26th, 2007 @ 3:08pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on June 26th, 2007 @ 3:09pm CDT
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.
Posted by Seibertron on June 26th, 2007 @ 3:10pm CDT
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!
Posted by bairdduvessa on June 26th, 2007 @ 3:15pm CDT
Posted by Roboto750 on June 26th, 2007 @ 3:47pm CDT
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!
Posted by kriksix on June 26th, 2007 @ 3:59pm CDT
Happy Birthday Seibertron, a new era awaits you..
Posted by Duo Prime on June 26th, 2007 @ 4:23pm CDT
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Posted by UFO on June 26th, 2007 @ 9:07pm CDT
Lil John wrote:YEA-UH!!
I love this site.
Posted by Dclone Soundwave on June 26th, 2007 @ 9:25pm CDT
Posted by DecepticonRedAlert on June 26th, 2007 @ 10:59pm CDT
*CHEERS*