Snubby Land (2011) on Dec 7, 2010
By Stevie
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SNUBBY LAND (2011)
snubbyland.com

This version of Snubby Land was made with the same framework as the 2008 version, only with a better design and a growing list of new features. Since Snubby Land is my main website, I am constantly adding/tweaking new features, so some of these screenshots are outdated.

• New Design
• Background
• Polls
• Improved Navigation
• Voice Acting Portfolio
• Tutorials
• Site Statistics
• New Admin Tools
• Improved Sidebar Sorting
• Improved Popups

 
New Design




 
Background

I later updated the background to include playing cards (when I started blogging about poker). Some of the other screenshots were taken before the cards were added.



 
Polls




 
Improved Navigation



 
Voice Acting Portfolio

In the voice acting portfolio, you can click a head and it will say a voice, or click a title and it will take you to a page with just that head. The main voice acting page only loads a screenshot of each head, and when you click a head it loads the animation on top; so it loads quickly instead of incredibly slowly (because the audio quality/file size is high). The ability to submit new voices through the administrator page saves tons of time and it works great.



 
Tutorials




 
Site Statistics





 
New Admin Tools




 
Improved Sidebar Sorting

When you click an archive or category on the sidebar, it lists it in chronological or alphabetical order in case there are too many pages to go through. Also, there is a scrollbar after a certain amount of entries so that the sidebar is never too long.



 
Improved Popups

When you popup content to view it larger, there are well-placed link/content ads above/below the content, as well as a nice padding around the edges. Scrollbars are added depending on the contents dimensions. If you are viewing Flash content, after creating the popup you are automatically redirected back to the listing of content that you came from. That way there aren't two of the same Flash file playing at once, causing lag or possibly overlapping sounds. I also made sure that when opening a new popup, any existing popups don't cause any problems.

Coozy McMillan on Sep 2, 2009
By Stevie
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COOZY MCMILLAN
CoozyMcMillan.com

Coozy McMillan is a web comic site. I went for a really simple, easy layout, and decided to make it very thin, so it fits the vertical comics perfectly. I also added in a simple, well-functioning forum that also made it possible to post comments directly under comics.

The site design took a day, and small pieces were added later such as the archive, about page and forum.

Main Page



Comics List



Forum Topic



About Page



Admin



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Snubby Land (2008) on Jan 17, 2009
By Stevie
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SNUBBY LAND (2008)
snubbyland.com

Most of the features of this new version of Snubby Land that I created were present in the old version (which was also very comprehensive). However, there are a few new features in this version that the old one didn't have. Admins are now able to embed images, Flash files, and even Youtube videos with simple BBCODE, and all files embedded in a post are automatically scaled to fit the window (and you can pop up a larger version). On the administrator panel there is also fully operational and comprehensive file upload system, as well and content posting made safe and easy by a solid back-end code. One new feature is that if you messed up when submitting something you no longer have to start over again. It remembers the parts of what you wrote that were right and keeps them, and highlights in red the parts you did wrong and clears them.

For visitors of Snubby Land, finding things is made easier by a search bar, able to search any section of the website with accuracy. Browsing the site is also made easier by a mini-sitemap found just below the header of any page, which tells you exactly where you are and how you got there. There is also a spam-proof, secure contact page where visitors can email us directly from that page. For organization, content in all sections of the site are organized by archive (year submitted), and where applicable category/genre.

Most pages of the website have completely valid code (see the footer of any page for validity-checkers), but there are very few minor errors on some pages, however it doesn't affect how they show up to the visior.