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Hopefully I can get some of your thoughts on this site in terms of function and design.

Starbase41.com
Currently Broken for Older Versions of IE - Use Firefox - I'll fix it soon.

So, I've actually been having a lot of fun making this, so much in fact that I've kind of bailed on the whole head start thing. Though I did hit level 6 :P

Take a look at the site and tell me what you think. I am really hoping Cryptic is going to give us some kind of text based data dump so I don't have to keep transcribing this TRIBBLE and can actually make it a lot more robust. Current I have many of the features already implemented, I am just severely lacking in the data. I only have a small subsection that has data and even that data isnt complete because you have to HAVE the ability on your toon to be able to get the 1-9 rank details.

Literally all I need is tabular data to dump into this thing and it would be useful. Sure it has some bugs, but it's a decent start for something to do during down time.

Thanks for your time.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    PS I recomend a broadband connection :P Let me know if you have an issues with load times. Haha I totally forgot to check this in anything besides Firefox too! Oh well, it's a work in progress.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Reminds me of an old RP forums I use to post at. Star Base 49

    anyway I like the site, good job, adding it to book marks.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Nice work that looks very good - i will give it a nose.
    *Bookmarked*
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Ty for the bookmark :D
    i am sure i will need it often haha.
    10 / 10
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Thanks for the feedback so far, let me know if you can think of additional things that would be beneficial to have on the site so I can start thinking about how to implement them.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Site looks great. If you're doing information on the various ships available, one thing I've found many sites lacking in screenshots of those ships. I'd love it if you could add this!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I would love to have ship screenshots as well, Cryptic doesn't even have image on their site yet though which makes it difficult, especially when the provide no method to get any information.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Looks great! I am unable to navigate in the site, but looks very nice. Look forward to the ship listings!

    PS I still don't even know what the starter ships are! They don't even list them on the main site! (besides the Miranda)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The MIranda is the only starter ship, you can customize any ship to a degree, but for the first 10 levels all you get is the miranda class. Are you using IE?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Using I.E.? Yes IE 8

    As far as Starters, if you choose Tac officer, you get a different ship. Similar to the Miranda, but yet different. And I have seen a third ship that again, looks similar, but is thinner and must be the Science ship. Don't tell me all three are the Miranda....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I realized only after I posted this thread very late last night that I had done no cross browser CSS yet so I will be working on that today and tomorrow, then it "should" work :) Sorry about that.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Really good site! Some (hopefully constructive) comments:

    * Add a background image (like a very light translucent starfleet symbol or something)
    * I don't care for the pagination of skills. I'd *like* to see them all at once, especially since you have the filters in there. Or maybe instead of just pages, there could be one page per rank?
    * Oh yeah, they are referred to as skills in the game, not abilities. I just noticed that last night when I was talking to the skills trainer in Sol (where you get all the skills text in one spot!)

    Anyway, very cool. I hope you keep it up!

    --Monkey
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Those comments are great, I'll make the changes to the wording. I will also be adding an option to display more than the 7, so 10, 15, all in a little list box so the user can select their own preference. Great thoughts though, let me know if you have any more!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Bump for Feedback. If anyone is interested in contributing to a site like this send me a PM to discuss.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Bump for bug fixes and small added features. Most things should be working in both browsers.
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