New register pages

[Xordan]

Thanks to the good work by Gothi[c] we now have some new register pages

http://laanx.fragnetics.com/register

They're the same style as the ps.it website and have several fixes and improvements to them.

[Caarrie]

Thanks Gothi[c] for all your hard work, the site looks great and is now more secure then it was before.

[zorbels]

Very nice! Good job, and many thanks for your hard work Gothi[c]. Looks and works ten times better. 

[Gothi[c]]

No problem

I'm sure we'll hear about a few issues with it yet, and maybe some rendering bugs maybe with different browsers... (Did any of us actually test it in IE yet? ). 

[Dajoji]

Looking good! Makes me wanna create a new account

Good job Gothi[c]!

[Mathy Stockington]

I do hope it gets used often by many new players. Very nice job Gothi[c] and Caarrie for all her hard work also.

[Prolix]

Here is a question...If the register page is laanx.fragnetics.com then why are all the resources loading from planeshift.it? I suppose it is because you expect people to start at the main project page but if you are publishing just the register page elsewhere it may confuse people. Could you do a javascript check to see if it is coming from planeshift.it and so keep the resources already in memory and if from elsewhere grab the resources from the laanx machine? Alternatively keep the register page local to planeshift.it and just send the data in the background to the laanx database.

The mix of links looks odd to me, otherwise it looks much better than the old page and keeps with the current overall theme.

Perhaps it is not that important...

It appears to work well and that is the main thing.

[Gothi[c]]

Also loads of thanks to Caarrie who initially started redesigning the page, and helped me test each and every little aspect of the eventual redesign. She pointed out all the little things that needed fixing and without her we wouldn't have had a new page in the first place

The mix of links looks odd to me, otherwise it looks much better than the old page and keeps with the current overall theme.

That's because most of the main site is located on a different server. And the register page needs to be on laanx.fragnetics.com because that's where the mysql database for the server is (which the register page needs to manipulate). For obvious security reasons mysql connections from remote hosts are disabled on that server.
And it would be silly to create 2 copies of the site on 2 different servers

[Prolix]

I would think you could load the laanx page into a frame on the planeshift page and not include all the planeshift stuff to the laanx page, that way the laanx page is clean with nothing more than you need to register -- say, everything under "Create an account!" -- and the planeshift page can still access it.

Actually the registration page need not be more than just a web form linked to the main planeshift page as well as the fragnetics page. You click on the link and a little popup window is displayed. It seems to me you are duplicating the planeshift menu system on the registration page now, at least in the html even though the files are still only in the one place.

I suppose it comes down to design choices something that works now is certainly better than something that might theoretically be better if you can figure out how to do it.

 

[Gothi[c]]

I would think you could load the laanx page into a frame on the planeshift page and not include all the planeshift stuff to the laanx page, that way the laanx page is clean with nothing more than you need to register -- say, everything under "Create an account!" -- and the planeshift page can still access it.

http://www.html-faq.com/htmlframes/?framesareevil
 

Actually the registration page need not be more than just a web form linked to the main planeshift page as well as the fragnetics page. You click on the link and a little popup window is displayed. It seems to me you are duplicating the planeshift menu system on the registration page now, at least in the html even though the files are still only in the one place.

I think the menu system is more an attempt at consistency and uniform look with the main page, besides, it's always nice to have all menu links handy.

[Caarrie]

it could also be possible you end up at the register page instead of the main site so this way you can still make your way there and get the useful info that is housed there.

[Prolix]

So your form page has a clickable PS banner and you still get there.
I do not want to belabor this, it looks good the way it is. The menu only adds like 6KB to each page. it is not a big deal.

[Mordaan]

Nice job.  It actually makes you realize the rest of the pages with that design at planeshift.it are a little off center.      

[Gothi[c]]

Nice job.  It actually makes you realize the rest of the pages with that design at planeshift.it are a little off center. 

That would be because the planeshift.it layout is not centered at all
The register pages are a complete redesign with css layout,.. we didn't copy-paste the planeshift.it code

[Prolix]

I am wondering now, my html is kind of rusty, about the overall site and not just the new register page. Is there some way to separate out the navigation menu into a separate html file that can be included in each page? It would seem to be more efficient to do this than to include the same html code (6KB!) in every page. For the new pages this thread is about it represents about 90% of the page. If it were separated out and reused it would only need to be transfered once instead of every time saving 6k per page view after the first. It may not seem like much individually but I am sure it adds up and would reduce the load on the server as well as the total monthly throughput being paid for.