Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. Forum++

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Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. Forum++

Post by Martin Thoresen » Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:53 am

The bad news: Users with screens narrower than 1280 px wide will not be happy.
The good news: Everyone else should be happy, including myself.

http://www.tcec-chess.org/index.php

The whole page is now 100% XHTML 1.0 valid, including the forum.
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Post by Dave Mitchell » Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:08 am

Looks nice, Martin. Two suggestions:
It's too dark - the Black Hole of Calcutta has more light, methinks. :lol:
the contrast between the text and the background is a bit low.

Too wide for my display. This I can tolerate OK. The darkness I can't.

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Post by Martin Thoresen » Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:28 am

Dave Mitchell wrote:Looks nice, Martin. Two suggestions:
It's too dark - the Black Hole of Calcutta has more light, methinks. :lol:
the contrast between the text and the background is a bit low.

Too wide for my display. This I can tolerate OK. The darkness I can't.

<< off to look for a miner's helmet >>
Thanks Dave!

I'm a bit curious as to why it's so dark on your screen.

Are you using a laptop by any chance? And what is dark, exactly? The background?
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Re: Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. For

Post by ernest » Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:26 pm

Martin Thoresen wrote:I'm a bit curious as to why it's so dark on your screen.
I still use a (good: Iiyama) CRT screen, and it's pretty dark there...

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Re: Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. For

Post by Martin Thoresen » Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:35 pm

Okay, seems what people meant as "dark" was the grayish font used throughout the website.

I have now increased the contrast so it should be much easier to read. Let me know!
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Re: Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. For

Post by kingliveson » Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:53 pm

The color is fine, actually very nice! Only thing is the page does not resized, but not a big deal.
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Re: Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. For

Post by Dave Mitchell » Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:27 am

Yes, that looks better. Thanks.

No, I'm not using a laptop. Samsung LED monitor, very nice and bright. LED and plasma screens don't have nearly as many steps of black to grey, however.

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Re: Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. For

Post by Martin Thoresen » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:06 am

I can now happily report that I've coded like mad for the last 24 hours.

Everyone can now choose between "Large" or "Small" version
of the website by clicking on the buttons in the middle of the logo.

The "Large" template is the original 1280px version, while "Small" is 1024px.

Enjoy!

And please let me know of any problems you encounter! :)

PS: You might have to refresh and/or clear the cache for the function to work properly.

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Martin
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Post by Robert Houdart » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:31 pm

Martin,

There is a cosmetic defect in the "small" template: the chess board isn't square.

Robert

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Re: Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. For

Post by Martin Thoresen » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:36 pm

Robert Houdart wrote:Martin,

There is a cosmetic defect in the "small" template: the chess board isn't square.

Robert
Robert,

Yes this was because I actually edited the css in my backup folder instead of in my "live" folder, he he he.
The proper css has been uploaded so it should be fixed now.

Thanks!
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