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Old 05-11-2009, 02:22 PM
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Halflife2.net Site Layout Update

With the soon to be released Left 4 Dead 2 and upcoming
Episode 3, we at Halflife2.net thought it was about time we had a change. Our
pages were beginning to look stagnant and we needed something to give us a
little lift. Many thanks go to
Yorick who
designed this latest layout. I'm sure you will agree it is a lot clearer
and is probably our best yet. I've gone through a lot of pages updating their content
but there is still a lot to do. Over this weekend you will find a large bulk of
new Left 4 Dead 2 and Episode 3 content being added so check back then.



One new feature we have added to the site is our
mod listing which is
integrated into our forums. The idea of this is for mod teams to post their mods
to the listing and be able to update their content page and allow the community
to give feedback through comments.
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Old 05-11-2009, 02:25 PM
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Nice one Yorick, though I actually preferred your earlier design
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Old 05-11-2009, 02:35 PM
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Don't tell him that, it's nearly impossible getting him to stick with one design.
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Old 05-11-2009, 02:42 PM
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Episode 3 ....
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Old 05-11-2009, 02:50 PM
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Nice. I think I'll be using this one over the others. Quick reply box seems to be broken though.

Edit: Actually it's there now. Maybe it was a problem on my end.
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Old 05-11-2009, 02:58 PM
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This is awesome. Good work
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:01 PM
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I would of thought a darker theme would be the wrong route to take, but its looks a lot better than the old theme. Great job Yorick.
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:03 PM
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:38 PM
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Can we have a tacky .gif banner with a firework display on for today please? :0)
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:40 PM
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And sorry for being picky, but I notice the new banner seems to be lacking L4D2 artwork, although this may be deliberate? Still, the overall site looks great, and I've been hanging around here on/off for years. It's the best it's looked in ages. Well done guys.
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:56 PM
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Munro has a different color name ?
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:59 PM
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Very nice site design! Much easier on the eyes too.
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Old 05-11-2009, 04:00 PM
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Cool! Looks a bit like the steam design. - which is good.
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Old 05-11-2009, 04:11 PM
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Lol, I just woke up, and when I signed in I just stared for a second thinking I had somehow stumbled into another site. Great Work Yorick, looks fantastic!

Edit: Shiny new buttons oooooh
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Old 05-11-2009, 04:15 PM
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As I said before to Yorick when he first previewed this design to me, I think it looks too much like Steam that it's a bad thing. I liked that HL2.net had grown into its own style/theme with the blue/tan. Throwing that away for a copycat type style that looks much simpler (not in a good way.. just looks like less work was put into it) just seems pointless to me, I don't get why we had to do it.

At the very least, can we get some soft curves on those rounded edges? They're all pixelly.

The forum theme also looks pretty bad, the buttons need to match more.
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