Hidden Magic
Saturday, June 08, 2002
Ugh, I dun feel good. =( I mean, I feel really bad. But anyway, I made a class list and e-m@iled it to you. So I'll probably work on that and maybe the FF/Dining Hall/Chat rooms, etc. while you're at camp. I liked your plotline, it sounds good. And, as you already know, I made an inline frames for the RPG update. I'm beginning to think that it might take less time to get this site up and running that it's been taking for Emelan. Ugh. I'm tired of doing everything for Emelan. But I'm also in a bad mood because I dun feel good and we might have to move to Colorado and..yeah. 'nuff said. I think I'm going to go to bed now.
Laura 11:50 AM
Friday, June 07, 2002
Urgh, I tried to post and this stupid thing wouldn't. The ppl are finally re-doing our roof, but it's loud and I have a really bad headache. *grouchy*
I linked the Common Room message boards, the Quidditch Field, and the Quidditch Practice Field to the Common Room links. I also added a link to this page in the Common Rooms. And I edited the class list page (History of Magic was out of order).
Should we have a link to the "RPG" info page and rules on the main page? Just wondering. And where are we going to explain how the RPG works? when they first sign up? Because I was thinking that could have the intro/rules pages (where they sign up), but we could also link those to the main page. But I dunno. We also need to decided on "lessons" and homework, and make a list of all of that stuff..
I think I might go work on Emelan now. I've been neglecting it while I've been working on this site. But I dun care. Minna never does anything. *complain* It's the truth! I've done over 3/4 of Emelan. Hmph. :P O well, I have a really good idea for the fan art header piccy, but we'll see if I can do it. But, then again (knowing me), I might do something else...like make "inline" frames for the RPG updates on the main page? And how are we going to decide what the "guided" plot line is? (any ideas?)...anyway, answer my ?s and read my updates below! And YOU need to post an update...lol..or get online so I can talk to you...preferably both, tho
Laura 11:28 AM
Thursday, June 06, 2002
Don't know why I'm using this font, I just felt like it. =) Anyway, I made more forums, changed the colors of all of the Common Rooms, and added passwords to the Common Room and Quidditch Practice forums. The "Quidditch Field" is currently "administrator posts only"...should everyone be allowed to post unless there's actually a Quidditch match (ie, should that be part of the RPG plot line?)
Common Rooms
Gryffindor -
Slytherin -
Hufflepuff -
Ravnclaw -
Quidditch Practice
Gryffindor -
Ravenclaw -
Hufflepuff -
Slytherin -
Hint:Also, I changed the order of links on the main page/common rooms. And I sent you an e-m@il. I also linked this to the main page..maybe I should have waited until you deleted the pws? Oh well. If you can think of more forums to add, or if you want to change/delete some, please do. =) I think that's all I did.
Laura 2:29 PM
Wednesday, June 05, 2002
Well, I made all of the common rooms. And I made the headers for all of the common rooms. And I linked them to stuff. And now..I'm going to do something else. Yeah. But I don't know what that something else is...maybe forums? (or maybe not?)...or maybe I should make the "classes" page tables? I dunno..I'll update this later (after I do something).
Later... Okay, I *gasp* did something. I made a table thing for the classes, which you can view here (and please do!). Read the "info" part (middle table) and tell me if I left anything off/made any mistakes (no! It's not possible! lol). Do you like the table layout better than not-table layout? I dunno..I just wanted to try it. Now I'm going to start creating the forums, I think. I would get a counter, but it's best if you wait until the site is open because otherwise you get a million hits because you keep viewing the main page. lol Hmm...maybe I'll get a guestbook, too...? Again, updates will follow.
Even Later..Okay, I went to http://www.ezboard.com and created an account and forums (which has virtually nothing on it, of course). Our username is (of course) hogwartshallhidden, with the "usual" password. And the info is in our mailbox if you ever needed it. You can view our community here. Of course, it only has one forum and that one doesn't have pretty colors, but we can fix that later. Also, I made a geocities guestbook but I don't have time to link it to any page except the main one. I'll try to do that tomorrow (or you can). Oh, remind me to fix the order of the links on the main page. Because they're in no order and it's bothering me..lol..okay, that's all for tonight.
Laura 5:20 PM
Okay, we needWhere are we going to post the "guided plot" story line? On a separate page? Or should we have a "plot updates" thing on the main page? (it could be an inline frame so that people could scroll down and read from the beginning of the plot line).
- to get a counter
- to get a guestbook
- to make the forums
- to register for the on.to/ address
- to fix the signup sheet and rules
- to make the common rooms
- To make chat and message boards for the common rooms & shops
I like your "classes" header. =) And the music on the enterance page. For classes, should we have Photography (wizard photography that moves) *and* magical painting (paintings that move)? Or just one or the other (if so, which)? They would both be "animation" classes (ie, make the frames for a basic animated flying dragon-or actually make the graphic if you have an animator), but I was thinking one could be people vs. objects/animals/etc? And where are we going to explain how you get class points/etc. I was thinking maybe we could do another table, with the list on one side, basic info in the middle, and another side with class points/etc? And then when you clicked on "art" the first side wouldn't change, but the middle would have the info for all of the Art classes and the far side would have the actual links. Or we could just take off the far (right side) table and just have a side bar and the page, and the links for Art I, Art II, etc. with their descriptions? (confused yet?)
Anyway, that's just my idea. I like the link colors in Gryffindor, I think I'm going to update the side bar and then try to do Ravenclaw/Slytherin/Hufflepuff. And maybe I'll even get to making the headers for those. Maybe. I'll update again later when I've actually DONE something. lol
Laura 11:06 AM
Tuesday, June 04, 2002
Okay, I partially made the Gryffindor common room, some of the links need updated, and we need stuff to write in the middle, but other than that it's pretty good. I made animated "proud to be" buttons for each of the common rooms and for link-to's (=D), I made an animated header for the main page (I'll probably change it sometime, but that can wait), and I made several headers for Gryffindor, because I had trouble finding one I liked. So, I'm going to upload them to geocities, and make a "which do you like best?" page. I made one to begin with, then decided I didn't like it, made a second, really didn't like that, made a third, which is okay, but I dunno if I like it better w/a transparent bg or a black one, or if I like it animated or not. So. Click here to see the headers.
Oh, and I also made a "golden snitch" piccy (I dunno why, I felt like it), and put that in the Gryff common room because I wanted to put it somewhere. The "gold" text at the bottom of the piccy is really cool. =) And I suppose I might do at least a little bit on the classes thing..do you wanna use the really pretty sparkly-star bg or just black or ??? And I also made a frames layout, 'cuz I was curious. Go here to see it. It's kind of odd, but at least you can see all my pretty CR piccys! =)
I also added valign=top to all of the tables, it makes the text go to the top intead of being centered. And I tried to adjust the frames to make them more even, I think it helped. A little.
Now I'm going to add a "style sheet" to all of our pages with hover things. Hm..maybe I'll change the cursor on the index? Or maybe not? Eventually I think I want to make a want cursor for the Great Hall, but that can wait until later. Definatley. Oh, and what are we going to put on the middle tables (ie, the ones with "welcome to our in progress site", etc.) on them? News? Stuff??? lol Neway...that's all (all?).
Laura 6:21 PM
Sunday, June 02, 2002
Okay, I like this font, but which color? Either this color, this color, or (last but not least), this color? Which one do you like best? Hmm..maybe I should change the orange header? Y/N/M? Oh well, not important. I'm going to..uh..play with tables. Yeah.
Laura 5:29 PM
Okay, I'm testing out fonts and colors here. Which do you like best?
Lilac and I "worked" on Hidden Hogwarts this afternoon....we deleted all the old files and added "requirements" and "version" on the index, and edited the main page. *cracks up* Hello, operator? My phone isn't working..
And now I'm going to experiment with stuff. Um. What do you think the Header for our site should look like? (comments? suggestions? colors? etc?).....
(i'm running out of good colors, since Lilac has green). Anyway, should I change my "headmistress" name from Odietta to something else? Because Odietta is really an Olde Ones thing..so I kind-of think I need a diff. name. (any suggestions?) Maybe...Arielle or Isabelle or Josefina? Suggestions, comments, something please!!!! lol
And 'lanna hasn't been online tonight yet..grrr...I wish she would get on!
Laura 5:25 PM
The updates blog for Hidden Hogwarts (yes, I finally made one).
