Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 55751 Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:57:02 pm Post subject: Cemetech Gets a Fresh Look
At Cemetech, we work hard to create an experience that our members can enjoy while they learn, and the look-and-feel of the site is no exception. We feel that our current grey-and-maroon theme, called "Cemetech6", is iconic, and it's not going to change massively in the next few years. We are far too busy to design a new look, let alone overhaul the massive (and growing) codebase that underpins all of the Cemetech features you enjoy. However, we also don't hesitate to listen to member feedback, so when one member suggested that our site header looked stale and old-fashioned, the Cemetech staff sat down and discussed frankly what we could do.
Behold the results of our work. We have replaced the single TI-83+, still my favorite calculator design but seen by many as outdated, with a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition side-by-side with a Casio Prizm. This particular TI-84+SE happens to be property of Cemetech administrator Elfprince13. The "Leading the Way to the Future" motto gained a cleaner, easier-to-read font, while the Cemetech logo itself underwent a significant overhaul. Since I first doodled the logo riding a New York City bus twelve years ago, markers in hand, the logo has stayed conceptually the same. A yellow lightning bolt has always overlaid maroon all-caps text. This newest iteration is the first to use real lightning, decorated with the appropriate glow and shadow, over a thinner and more professional-looking font for the CEMETECH text.
At the same time, various Cemetech features have been quietly overhauled. SourceCoder 2.5 has had a few touchups for ease-of-use, and jsTIfied continues to evolve even in its Release Candidate form. It now has an expanded debugging that includes a disassembly view and a memory pane. We hope you enjoy the new eye candy and functional elements of the site, and our dwindling free time notwithstanding, don't hesitate to share any suggestions or requests.
The old Cemetech site header (top) and new header _________________
Joined: 30 Jan 2011 Posts: 1658 Location: Aufhelperstan, Utopian Republic
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:33:06 pm Post subject:
BrandonW, would the order be more important than the percentage of the calc being seen? _________________ °ᴥ° Get Lucky
<BrandonW> "You don't even want to know what TI Connect does when it's just detecting your calculator...It ACTUALLY ERASES THE SWAP SECTOR on every communication attempt...EVERY SINGLE ATTEMPT...Yes, TI Connect will kill your calculator..What do I have to do to get your attention?!....Such a bloated protocol."
Doctor Who aside, it's a bit of a shock for now, but I'm sure I'll come to love it
although, does it alternate between the two difference logos? It seems to do that for me when I refresh the page.... (maybe chrome is to blame for that?) _________________
Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 5107 Location: SFBA, California
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:39:28 pm Post subject:
I can speak to the overhaul; The mobile site is no walk in the park.
AHelper wrote:
BrandonW, would the order be more important than the percentage of the calc being seen?
Both are uttlery important. We should swap the calculator and the text. So The Casio is on the left, while remaining hidden behind the site name. _________________
Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 55751 Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:57:25 pm Post subject:
tifreak8x wrote:
Sadly it looks as if the circuit board-ish idea for the Cemetech Logo didn't make it :p
Still looks nice, though.
Sadly, in the end I couldn't make it look less amateur. It's my own failing as a graphics artist.
BrandonW, Elfprince, Comic: I chose the positions at random. I actually first had two copies of the same TI-84+SE side-by-side, with the left one showing its number keys. I decided on this format to stress our diversity, _________________
Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 5107 Location: SFBA, California
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:01:32 pm Post subject:
KermMartian wrote:
BrandonW, Elfprince, Comic: I chose the positions at random. I actually first had two copies of the same TI-84+SE side-by-side, with the left one showing its number keys. I decided on this format to stress our diversity,
I'm pretty sure Elf was making light of Brandons gripe, and I was just going along. _________________
Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 55751 Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:03:32 pm Post subject:
comicIDIOT wrote:
KermMartian wrote:
BrandonW, Elfprince, Comic: I chose the positions at random. I actually first had two copies of the same TI-84+SE side-by-side, with the left one showing its number keys. I decided on this format to stress our diversity,
I'm pretty sure Elf was making light of Brandons gripe, and I was just going along.
I know, I'm playing along too. On a serious note, I wish I did have time to overhaul and streamline the backend. Maybe what I actually need is not an army of clones, but an army of employees. _________________
Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 10232 Location: A galaxy far far away......
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:33:00 pm Post subject:
KermMartian wrote:
comicIDIOT wrote:
KermMartian wrote:
BrandonW, Elfprince, Comic: I chose the positions at random. I actually first had two copies of the same TI-84+SE side-by-side, with the left one showing its number keys. I decided on this format to stress our diversity,
I'm pretty sure Elf was making light of Brandons gripe, and I was just going along.
I know, I'm playing along too. On a serious note, I wish I did have time to overhaul and streamline the backend. Maybe what I actually need is not an army of clones, but an army of employees.
Steps for fixing:
a) Make the SQL usage better. I'm pretty sure phpBB is not that good to begin with, and we haven't done much to help it out as far as all of the various addons go.
b) Get rid of dem tables, and go to a single template that works with different style sheets (for mobile and desktop). _________________ StickFigure Graphic Productions || VSHI: Vermont Sustainable Heating Initiative
Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 55751 Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:53:21 pm Post subject:
elfprince13 wrote:
KermMartian wrote:
On a serious note, I wish I did have time to overhaul and streamline the backend. Maybe what I actually need is not an army of clones, but an army of employees.
Steps for fixing:
a) Make the SQL usage better. I'm pretty sure phpBB is not that good to begin with, and we haven't done much to help it out as far as all of the various addons go.
b) Get rid of dem tables, and go to a single template that works with different style sheets (for mobile and desktop).
Great! I volunteer you to do all of that in your copious free time. I know I at least need to trim down the search database again, as posting times are rising. _________________
Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 10232 Location: A galaxy far far away......
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:16:39 am Post subject:
KermMartian wrote:
elfprince13 wrote:
KermMartian wrote:
On a serious note, I wish I did have time to overhaul and streamline the backend. Maybe what I actually need is not an army of clones, but an army of employees.
Steps for fixing:
a) Make the SQL usage better. I'm pretty sure phpBB is not that good to begin with, and we haven't done much to help it out as far as all of the various addons go.
b) Get rid of dem tables, and go to a single template that works with different style sheets (for mobile and desktop).
Great! I volunteer you to do all of that in your copious free time. I know I at least need to trim down the search database again, as posting times are rising.
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On a serious note, I wish I did have time to overhaul and streamline the backend. Maybe what I actually need is not an army of clones, but an army of employees. 
I'm a mess these days, far too many things juggled.
