Starwolf's Fansite Developer Diaries

Mobidoy’s page, and more developments coming

Starwolf — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:30:54 +0000

Hey, I’ve been away from the site for a while yet again, usual reasons. Over Easter Weekend though, I added a new page, to help raise support for one of the Official Witcher Forum Moderators, Mobidoy. You can see the page here: http://thewitcherworld.com/mobidoy.php . Meanwhile, I am reminded that I STILL haven’t gotten around to fixing the layout issues in IE6, so the site still breaks impressively in places in that browser, and there are still elements that look sucky in IE. Do me a favor. Use Firefox 3 or Chrome. OH… and the layout in firefox on my WORK monitors doesnt layout like it does on my browser at home. . I should have stuck with NOT trying some of the cute under the hood layout tricks.

More under the hood

Starwolf — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:05:30 +0000

Some fairly exciting happiness of late, I got around to checking the google analytics, discovered that I am getting a lot of traffic.

I have decided to add some advertising on the site, to help support the hosting.

Working on a new skin for the background style switcher.

Doing some overdue under the hood cleanup… typo fix, CSS work, that sort of stuff.

Yes it’s been quiet..just a few recent updates….

Starwolf — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:19:07 +0000

Hey,not a lot of updates recently.
I did add a song Anarchos wrote, you can hear it on the home page.

You can also see a new little feature on the homepage, a style switcher that swaps out the background. Right now its in a VERY early version, just a teaser really, watch for it to get shinier and more elaborate over time. Also working slowly on getting some of the under the hood code cleaned up (the site still explodes on some pages in IE6).
other than that not much on the site, due to work gets VERY busy during the holidays up through Valentine’s Day (I work on the websites for a major greeting card company, and Valentine’s Day is our biggest holiday). So, now that the hectic season is over, I’ll be getting back to work on the site again. Thanks for everybody’s patience.

I’ve been working on the Rails…

Starwolf — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:48:15 +0000

More cleanup under the hood stuff today. I redid the ad for the Enhanced Edition, did some minor changes to the appearance of the left rail on the home page, and have been updating content on the rails on a few pages through the site. Nothing exciting or dramatic.

A little work under the hood… nothing to see here…

Starwolf — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:47:33 +0000

Just cleanup work today, going through and cleaning up some of the underlying code. Nothing really visible on the site itself, unless you look closely.

The WitcherVault and The Witcher Weekly World News….

Starwolf — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:52:05 +0000

Hey! Awesome News! Propheet at TheWitcherVault.ign reached out and offered to place our Temerian and Viziman business advertisements on their site! I suggest you check out their site, not only to see our ads up there, but also to check out the extensive new content being added! Since taking over the site management, Propheet has been hard at work!

December Site Updates…. Music, Wallpaper, and More!

Starwolf — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:30:28 +0000

Hey, lots going on this month, and so I did not update the dev diaries even while the site was getting updated. So here’s the quick update: Music and two new pages so far….

The Boston trip was great, the conference was most excellent… and, yes, the food was awesome: I love seafood, love lobster, and the clam chowder was astounding.
The site now has an MP3 player, courtesy of Anarchos! RedFlame contributed several mp3s of “music inspired by the Witcher”, including an unreleased song from the Strands of Destiny project. More songs coming soon.
New PageThe Anarchos Prime Files. Thanks to Anarchos for all your work…In revenge, our Fearless Reporters reveal the truth about who you REALLY are!
Wallpaper!!!! Our Bearded Dragon more or less cooperated in a series of photoshoots. After a wee bit of Photoshopping, we are happy to present the results Geralt Goes Dragon Hunting.

Enjoy!!!!

just a few updates

Starwolf — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:33:21 +0000

some graphics work, updated the “sub-story” image to show the latest game news (RotWhiteWolf). Went on a font hunt.

Thanksgiving Day Updates

Starwolf — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:06:36 +0000

After an eternity, another update to the site…delay due to acquiring a notebook computer and setting it up, plus updating a computer includes installing ALL the software, and rounding up all my photoshop brushes, my fonts…. Long story short: another page added… the start of our travel section! After all, why should a wiki act like a wiki? When it can be tourism information! check out what we have to offer about fine dining at The New Narakort Inn