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RMRK General => General Chat => Topic started by: Moss. on April 18, 2008, 06:43:03 PM

Title: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on April 18, 2008, 06:43:03 PM
Finally, a design that doesn't suck!

check it out, test it for me, etc...

Let me know what you think, let me know if there's any dead links, etc...

http://ryanleber.com


the about page will have a resume link on it soon enough, and the visual page will have some videos on it soon enough (film scoring projects :D ) so stay tuned for that!

GO NUTS i guess
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Kokowam on April 18, 2008, 07:23:38 PM
YEAH! Lol. Is there a temp page on it? :3 Looks cool~ I don't like the crosshairs, though :\ I think it'd be cooler with something else, but that's my opinion since they're just a bit too thin for my taste.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: modern algebra on April 18, 2008, 09:05:56 PM
The site looks good. And wow, you've written a lot of music
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Sophist on April 18, 2008, 09:43:47 PM
Sometimes I wonder if Arlen was born with a birth defect and sees everything in sepia tone.

This is an awesome site, very compact and clean. :3
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on April 18, 2008, 09:47:15 PM
There are zero sepia tones on this website.

At least look at it if you're going to post in my thread.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Sophist on April 18, 2008, 09:50:27 PM
lol, sepia on the photograph section.

I did look at the site :<

And I typed on how awesome and clean it was, I guess I just deleted it on accident :X

sorry arlen

Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on April 18, 2008, 09:51:24 PM
No. There are no sepia tones in the photograph section. None of those pictures are shopped, they're all natural, so if it looks sepia it's because of the lighting, not because I did anything to it.


edit: There is one shopped picture, but it's blackened, not sepia'd.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Sophist on April 18, 2008, 09:51:59 PM
Oh.

I'm still sorry ._.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Irock on April 18, 2008, 10:29:36 PM
Anski is dumb when it comes to most things.

Neat website, Arlen. I'm not huge fan of having a background image (http://ryanleber.com/design/background.jpg) though. But it's pretty easy to navigate, and I love your music. :3
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Sophist on April 18, 2008, 10:31:15 PM
Quote from: Irock on April 18, 2008, 10:29:36 PM
Anski is dumb when it comes to most things.

how about you just keep sticking things through your dickgap to see if they fit.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Irock on April 18, 2008, 10:34:33 PM
Quote from: King of the Universe on April 18, 2008, 10:31:15 PM
Quote from: Irock on April 18, 2008, 10:29:36 PM
Anski is dumb when it comes to most things.

how about you just keep sticking things through your dickgap to see if they fit.
Oh ho ho~ Like I'm offended by something I've heard a few hundred times.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Sophist on April 18, 2008, 10:45:15 PM
Seeing as your remark was totally unnecessary I will walk away from this the better man.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on April 19, 2008, 01:07:53 AM
Quote from: Irock on April 18, 2008, 10:29:36 PM
Anski is dumb when it comes to most things.

Neat website, Arlen. I'm not huge fan of having a background image (http://ryanleber.com/design/background.jpg) though. But it's pretty easy to navigate, and I love your music. :3

It's long because if you open all the menus in, say, the albums page, it drags below the image, so the grey background matches and compensates.

and there is no internet-friendly hex color to match that shade of grey, so I can't just use bgcolor="#blahbahbah"

Other than that, FU i like that picture lol



but thx guiz :3
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Arrow on April 19, 2008, 01:47:14 AM
nice site arl :3 I would ditch the crosshair cursor over the buttons though.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: SexualBubblegumX on April 19, 2008, 02:52:43 AM
Awesomeness!
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Nightwolf on April 19, 2008, 06:10:23 AM
neateo!

<3
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Leventhan on April 19, 2008, 10:30:01 AM
I think it could use a thicker border and maybe changing the background texture of the site can make it more pleaseing to the eye.
Although, the overall layout IS pretty nice.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Roph on April 19, 2008, 04:25:41 PM
Quote
internet-friendly hex color

interwhatnow?

You can use any #xxxxxx =o. If the visitor's browser doesn't support showing those colors, it's their own fault, seriously. And ignoring that if their browser is SO old to not support that, it likely wouldn't support the javascript required to view your music anyway, making the site pointless ;3
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on April 19, 2008, 06:11:08 PM
The how come the latest versions of photoshop still have a "web-safe colors" setting?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors

it's just less of a hassle to extend the background image, instead of running the risk of a bgcolor="#whatever" not matching up right, I think.
I dunno.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: :) on April 19, 2008, 06:13:28 PM
lol web safe colors :x

great colors: http://kuler.adobe.com/
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Link on April 20, 2008, 01:53:15 AM
:3 love the site.

and the music xD

Nice one arlen
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on April 24, 2008, 02:23:00 AM
UPDATE!

I added a new page for some of the videos/commercials/bumpers I've scored.


Let me know if it's too slow to embed like that. I think the way I have the "opening list" thingies set up, videos won't start loading until you can see them, so if you open the fourth one it'll load that one first, instead of starting at the top and working its way down.

But my connection is shit right now, so let me know if it's fast enough. If it's not, I'll just link and have them open in a new window/tab.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Roph on April 24, 2008, 03:50:26 PM
They work fine here =)

I liked the second one best, then probably first. Not sure if I think the shaver ad one is fitting x_x

[edit] With all 4 videos expanded, your magic background repeats =p

Just change ".oneColElsCtrHdr #mainContent" in your css to this:

Code: [Select]
.oneColElsCtrHdr #mainContent {
height:auto;
width: 800px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background: #B0B0B0 url(background.jpg) no-repeat;
border: 1px solid #000000;
z-index: 2;
}

And us this smaller image instead:

(https://rmrk.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg294.imageshack.us%2Fimg294%2F9220%2Fbackgroundvt8.th.jpg&hash=6a8949cb22ea267157c52ffd96a64e54f3a4ed81) (http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9220/backgroundvt8.jpg)
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on April 24, 2008, 04:17:15 PM
The music's supposed to parallel the transition from rough to smooth, but I don't really like how those synth bends ended up.

It's actually kind of similar to the one I worked from, which was one they rejected from my composition teacher. :p

Oh, and thanks.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Nightwolf on April 28, 2008, 04:01:39 PM
*Open Site-Loading
*Site Opened
*Adding To Favs.
*Added
*Going to Sex Arlen
*Sex'd
*Ghey'd


*End
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on April 28, 2008, 06:26:57 PM
*commencing thx phase
*thx
*thx phase complete
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Malson on May 24, 2008, 03:49:21 AM
something other than quicktime please?! :(

otherwise your music section has been so incredibly inspiring i may just delve back into tabit :)
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on May 24, 2008, 04:29:16 AM
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

It's free. Just download it.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Malson on May 24, 2008, 04:55:58 AM
It's also total BS. Why not convert to flash?
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: SexualBubblegumX on May 24, 2008, 05:19:53 AM
Uh doesn't Arlen have a Mac?
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Malson on May 24, 2008, 05:25:11 AM
Uh flash is cross-platform.

edit: or even better, make a youtube account, upload the videos to that and then embed in your page.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: SexualBubblegumX on May 24, 2008, 05:26:22 AM
I know it is, but the Mac thing might explain why he uses quicktime.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Malson on May 24, 2008, 05:27:30 AM
I'm not questioning why he uses it, I'm questioning why he's not using a more efficient alternative.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Roph on May 24, 2008, 11:00:31 AM
You could resort to quicktime alternative, which supports embedded QT stuff in firefox. Still, would prefer to have my PC clean of anything to do with quicktime, but ;/
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on May 24, 2008, 03:56:51 PM
Quote from: Malson on May 24, 2008, 05:27:30 AM
I'm not questioning why he uses it, I'm questioning why he's not using a more efficient alternative.
The Quicktime format was practically made for internet movies, Malson.
It's only not efficient because you don't want to download a tiny little application to run it.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on May 24, 2008, 04:08:26 PM
LOL Okay, so I just converted the video to flash to give it a try. It killed the quality, first of all, and second of all it won't play because, get this:

I HAVE TO DOWNLOAD A PLUGIN TO PLAY IT.

So either way, you're going to have to download some little program to play it, even if you use flash.



Just download quicktime, Malson.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Malson on May 24, 2008, 04:14:08 PM
Quote from: M. Night Shyamarlen on May 24, 2008, 03:56:51 PM
Quote from: Malson on May 24, 2008, 05:27:30 AM
I'm not questioning why he uses it, I'm questioning why he's not using a more efficient alternative.
The Quicktime format was practically made for internet movies, Malson.
It's only not efficient because you don't want to download a tiny little application to run it.

it's not efficient because quicktime is one of the most intrusive and memory-hemorrhaging pieces of software I've ever encountered, actually. either way I took roph's advice and got quicktime alternative so it's all good now.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Roph on May 24, 2008, 04:23:52 PM
Even back in 1999, the install base of the flash player was 92 percent of all Internet users (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash).

That page doesn't have newer numbers, and I can't be bothered to find them lol. Quicktime's is much, much lower.

You could encode a high or low quality quicktime movie just like you could encode a high or low quality flash movie, and if you encoded a flash movie FROM an already compressed quicktime movie it would be bad.

FLash 7 uses sorenson video, which is shit, but Flash 8's standard video format is Vp6, which is h.264 based. Quicktime is h.264 based also, so they're basically the same.

Flash is pretty much an internet standard, quicktime is not, no matter how much apple wishes it was.

I can't be bothered to write more lol, nor do I care, QT Alternative works ok.

[edit] [17:28] <Ego> Did you make sure to add that QuickTime player doesn't do anything unique?
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on May 24, 2008, 04:25:49 PM
Well I already got rid of my source videos, so it's too late for that, lol.


It's strange, though, that I've never heard of .flv until like 2 weeks ago.

The only 'flash video' format I'd heard of was that, yes, very popular interactive video software thing. Which is not the same as a simple video.


And what unique thing do I need it to do? It's a movie player, I don't need it to be obnoxious and scream at me.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Malson on May 24, 2008, 04:34:02 PM
well it's still intrusive but QT Alternative nullifies that problem so debating is pretty much pointless now. At the very least, note that the videos require QuickTime and post a link to it (or the alternative, or both, lol. it's your site).
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on May 24, 2008, 04:37:45 PM
Fair enough, I'll put a link in the links section for non-mac users.
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Moss. on May 24, 2008, 04:48:28 PM
Quote from: Roph on May 24, 2008, 04:23:52 PM
Even back in 1999, the install base of the flash player was 92 percent of all Internet users (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash).

That page doesn't have newer numbers, and I can't be bothered to find them lol. Quicktime's is much, much lower.

You could encode a high or low quality quicktime movie just like you could encode a high or low quality flash movie, and if you encoded a flash movie FROM an already compressed quicktime movie it would be bad.

FLash 7 uses sorenson video, which is shit, but Flash 8's standard video format is Vp6, which is h.264 based. Quicktime is h.264 based also, so they're basically the same.

Flash is pretty much an internet standard, quicktime is not, no matter how much apple wishes it was.

I can't be bothered to write more lol, nor do I care, QT Alternative works ok.

[edit] [17:28] <Ego> Did you make sure to add that QuickTime player doesn't do anything unique?

Back in 1999, the flv file didn't exist as a standalone video file, it existed as a proprietary file you had to download Macromedia's Flash player to play. Flash Video (FLV) files have a .flv file extension and are used from within .swf files. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash) And websites used swf's not because they used flv's, but because swf's were interactive and provided more options for web designers. These statistics you're pulling are flawed because they're not entirely based upon the popularity of flash video, they're based upon the obvious popularity of interactive flash websites.

FLV became a standalone format in 2007 (December) with Adobe's Flash Player 9 release, which explains why I've only heard of it recently. But as for a few months ago when I was making this website, I wasn't aware you could directly embed flash videos on a website. And for good reason, the format as standalone was only a few months old.

Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: Redwyn on May 24, 2008, 05:48:23 PM
Arlen, I love your "Just Hold My Hand" midi, absolutely love it.

Great job <333
Title: Re: ryanleber.com v.2.0 is up!
Post by: haloOfTheSun on May 24, 2008, 09:37:00 PM
I didn't notice this till now D: Awesome stuff. :3