A modest proposal

[Eureka!]

Hey to the dev team!

I just wanted to ask something concerning the alientrap.org website..

I'm a professional web designer and I thought I'd like to contribute to the team somehow (seeing as you've done so much already with volunteers). I'd more than pleased to re-design the front page of alientrap.org, for free. I realise you probably don't need any help, or need any at the moment ..but I've got a couple of gaming sites behind me and I think I could do a really good job with it. Not to mention I feel I owe something to you guys for making such an awesome game

Cheers, Tom.

[torus]

I hoped this thread would be about eating the children of the poor.

[Fisume!]

Welcome Eureka!

What about references? Which programs do you use? Tell us more please

[Eureka!]

I hoped this thread would be about eating the children of the poor.

What about references? Which programs do you use? Tell us more please

http://www.tombcdesign.com
http://www.tombcdesign.com/mike (under construction)
http://www.diabloboards.net (under construction)
http://www.silentoutpost.net

These are a couple off the top of my head, the other gaming skins + sites (mostly for phpbb) have really obscure URLs but I'll see if I can find them if you need any more convincing haha

I code HTML,CSS, Flash and some PHP (my colleague does the majority of the PHP + Object Oriented stuff). All raw, pure code baby. TextEdit + Safari for the code and layout, LiveQuartz/SeaShore/GIMP for the graphics. I have some skills in Blender/Sketchup/Terragen but only as supplements to the web design. Sometimes I dip into NVU/Dreamweaver for preliminary ideas but the code is too messy and I believe the best work is made from the bottom up. I test with all browsers of course, although the two sites under construction still need a little attention in IE (always a bugger to fix). I have around 3 years amateur experience and a little over 4 months of professional design.

How about I botch up a few ideas in the next couple of days and you let me know what you think?

[[-z-]]

I was just thinking the other day that at could use a makeover. Creating some mockups sounds good . Try to include the "official" logo that's on the Nexuiz homepage: www.nexuiz.com (the alien head).

[torus]

Or even better, use the alienhead idea, and redo the logo too!

[Alien]

Kompozer is updated fork of Nvu. Maybe you would like it better.

[[-z-]]

Geany is my favorite Linux text editor.

[Vermeulen]

How about I botch up a few ideas in the next couple of days and you let me know what you think?

Sounds good to me, the site does really need a redesign

[Eureka!]

I'll use the main logo primarily but I'd be happy to have a shot at the logo too if you'd like. I have a couple of logos I've made lying around my hard drive somewhere.. if you'd like to see them? (my avatar is one I made for a plug-in called Nautica)

So is it just the one page with an about section, and links for Nexuiz, Zymbotic and the Forums? I can add a couple of things like a newsletter system, a mini sort of 'announcements' section on the front page or a bit of info about each game underneath each link kind of thing etc. any ideas please let me know and I'll see what I can do

Looks like I got to get to work