Past Layouts
Version 1.0 // Stars
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Active: July 23, 2002 - August 4, 2003
Type: Frames
Tools: Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Fonts: Edwardian Script ITC, Mistral, Tahoma, Times New Roman
Credits: Made the graphics all by myself (this being the charming star "graphics" in question). It wasn't that hard. Simple dark blue background with Photoshop's star brush to draw the yellow stars. The music featured on this layout was by Julia Hiroko Howe for use in the online RPG "Rubies of Eventide" by Cyber Warrior Inc.
Version 2.0 // Fight
Dates: August 4, 2003 - August 1, 2004
Type: I-frames
Tools: Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Fonts: Black Chancery, Edwardian Script ITC, Mistral, Arial
Credits: The images were from the cover of The Talismans of Shannara by Terry Brooks (no duh), done by Keith Parkinson. I edited it a little to fit the layout. The little images in the circles were either made by me or from various TB books. Again, music on this layout was by Julia Hiroko Howe.
Version 3.0 // Putting My Life on the Line
Dates: August 1, 2004 - June 22, 2006
Type: DIV tables
Tools: Paint Shop Pro 8.0
Fonts: Carpenter ICG, 04b03, Times New Roman, Arial
Credits: The images for this layout were from the cover of The Elf Queen of Shannara by Terry Brooks, done by Keith Parkinson. Used a good deal of Brightness/Contrast and motion blurs to edit the image. Yay?
Version 4.0 // Gone Like the Wind
Dates: June 22, 2006 - July 13, 2007
Type: DIV tables
Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS
Fonts: Garamond, Velvet, Arial
Credits: The drawing of Walker Boh was done by David Cherry, who did the art for The World of Shannara. Personally, I think he has Walker spot on. :D GO ANGST! *Cough* The leaf brush came with Photoshop. The script for the collapsible links came from here. By the way, even though the screenshot is from a 1024x768 resolution, it's still meant to be viewed in 800x600 - it's just that the header's so big I couldn't fit in the whole thing. :P
Version 5.0 // Cintra
Dates: July 13, 2007 - January 17, 2009
Type: DIV tables
Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS
Fonts: P22 Cezanne, Palatino Linotype, Arial
Credits: The image is from the back cover of The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks, done by Steve Stone and edited by me. The faded text in the header consists of a few passages from Armageddon's Children. And though there is no real visual difference, the code, for the first time, is valid HTML 4.01 Transitional! 8D
Version 6.0 // Genesis
Dates: January 17, 2009 - Today
Type: CSS boxes
Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS
Fonts: Garamond, Arial
Credits: The images are from the covers of Armageddon's Children, The Elves of Cintra, and The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks, done by Steve Stone and edited by me. I used this article to help code the hover menus. Also, here is a not-so-subtle Firefox plug? Seriously, Internet Explorer gave me SO MANY PROBLEMS when trying to code this layout because it can't interpret CSS correctly. Anyway, annoyances aside, the code has upgraded to be valid XHTML 1.0 Strict, yay.
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