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First post, by redi

Posted on 2019-12-15, 23:50

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I find the the documentation pages for dgVoodoo really ugly (yellow text over orange, really?), so I decided to take it upon my self to take its content and give them a visual face lift!

The content the same (as of 13/12/2019, v2.63.2), but I completely re-worked the HTML and CSS structure. I also fixed some typos and fixed some instances of poor English that I happened to find.

It isn't 100% done, but I want know if you guys like this before I put more work into it.

Features:

the 4 documentation pages (Quick Guide, General, Glide and DirectX) are all combined one.
click-able links, for navigating the topics.
responsive design, can be viewed on any device.
is something other then yellow text over orange.

Some pics:

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Reply 1 of 4, by Dege

Posted on 2019-12-17, 15:54

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Yes, it's not the nicest in the current form… 😁
I was thinking on changing the color scheme to white-on-black or white-on-blue or sg like that.

Anyway, your work looks really nice. Is is pure html?

Reply 2 of 4, by redi

Posted on 2019-12-17, 17:29

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Dege wrote:
Is is pure html?

Yep, I wanted to keep the files as simple as possible. It uses w3.css which is a CSS library (CSS only, no javascript) and that's as complicated as it gets.

TBH, I've been toying w/ the idea of updating the entire website, but that's would be a lot of work.

Also I forgot to link the source, here it is.

Reply 3 of 4, by Dege

Posted on 2019-12-21, 13:57

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Thanks for your stuff! I really like it.

Though I think I'll leave the docs in its current form for the next release because I don't have time to change it.

redi wrote:
TBH, I've been toying w/ the idea of updating the entire website, but that's would be a lot of work.

Yes… there 2 main problems with the site: I'm definitely not a web developer + it's very time consuming to maintain a decent look.

The original purpose (more than 10 years ago 😁) was providing a sinmple platform for dgVoodoo for downloading.

Reply 4 of 4, by redi

Posted on 2020-01-01, 21:33

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I created a GitHub with all the goodies I've done so far.

As of this post, the website bits are rough around the edges, but it should give an idea of what I wanted to do.

Dege wrote:
there 2 main problems with the site: I'm definitely not a web developer + it's very time consuming to maintain a decent look.

I'm also not a web developer by trade (more of a programmer myself), I have done HTML courses in the past, but I had to do some research for this project. It's been fun honestly 😊

As for maintenance, If you like what you see maybe we could work something out, I really appreciate your work on dgVoodoo and would love to help.

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