New SereneScreen Website Design
 

Hi, Guys - (Cliff - Go do something else for a minute) :)

My friend Reichart and his friend, physicist Garrett Lisi, will be the hosts of a new show on the History Channel called Invention USA, starting Dec 9.

MA3 will be highly visible during the show, on most of the monitors in their "lab". In order to take full advantage of the exposure, we are re-designing the SereneScreen website.

If anyone is interested in seeing a non-functioning mockup, here's a link: www.fish-byte.com/NewSite.html

Looks okay.. If I was to be critical.. :D.. I think there are better angles to capture the MA3 than the one you picked. The crystal is worth showing I would think, as well as a list of features.. music, image on crystal, choice of format on clock..

Sweet. I'll definitely watch that show when it airs in Canada in 2013. But wait, isn't the world going to end in 2012? Just kidding, I'll definitely watch it and tell all my friends I know the guy who made the virtual aquarium. And they'll all say "Yeah yeah, Nicki, you just keep on believing that".

:D

Ralph - This page is a Gateway -- we wanted to keep the main page uncluttered. All the things you mentioned and more will be covered on the page that comes up by clicking on the image of the Aquarium. Clicking on either Reichart or me will take you to our bios. Clicking on Garrett will take you to a page where you can buy his E8 T-shirt. Clicking on the History Channel logo will take you to their main website, and the Inventions logo will go to the site for the show.

Many of the items which currently clutter up the SereneScreen site will be on the News page.

Very interesting. Looks good. How the heck did Reichart get his own show?!

He's very well-connected.

I think this is the greatest news, exposure is everything. I was going to suggest a Facebook page for Serene Screen, it's very easy to set up and if friends click like and share the page, there's more exposure and it's free.

There's already a Facebook page. Patrick owns it.

My Serenescreen facebook page is just a fan page (like this forum). Jim, you or your wife, or daughter should make the official Serenscreen Facebook page (like serenescreen.com).

I like it, uncluttered, yes that'll do me, nice.

On the left, I'd rather see Jim with a brush, palette & tripod easel, the easel really being a computer screen that shows the same image as the large screen (or a magnified region thereof), but partly in wireframe mode. The large screen would not have to be so dominant then, and perhaps not tilted so much (if at all).

Very rough and incomplete sketch:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...6/newsite3.pnghttp://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4626/newsite3.png

Just my two (Euro) cents.

Christof

:TU:

I'm still liking the hat. It's really cool :)

Still makes me think of Captain Nemo every time I see it.

I know you still have that sculpture/carving you did of the Nautilus somewhere don't you Jim?

Good idea Christof

Thanks for the suggestion, Christof, but it doesn't quite work for me. The second image of the Aquarium is redundant and adds clutter. The product name is forced into the lower corner where it doesn't fit. I'll stick with the original idea.

Re: the hat -- it's just a cheap Halloween hat that's only good for photos from a distance. It was about $5 online. I'd like to get a nice one that I could actually wear in public.

Michael - Yep, still have the model. It will go in a permanent wall niche in the new Nautilus gameroom.

Jim,

Would this do?

http://www.berkeleyhat.com/captainshat.html

The top part is perfect, but I'd like a plain black bill, like Captain Nemo's hat: http://img.yaboon.com/movie/4162.jpg

I think the central artwork and people are fine. The typography at the top and bottom need some cleanup though. If I have a moment I'll take a pass at it on Monday.

Thanks, but I'll do that. The text at the top and bottom are constantly changing at this point.

Jim,

See if this one is any better...................................

http://www.mineolahatstore.com/Nauti...Size_p_12.html


The main options screen at first shows a white one, but you can click the drop down menu for a navy blue one.

That would have been perfect if it wasn't for the gold braid on the bill.

Here's a link to a promo for Invention USA:
http://www.history.com/shows/inventi...on-usa-preview

Oh my goodness. I'll give this a try, but I doubt if I can stick with it.

I'm sure Cliff will pass. ;)

If anyone is interested in looking at Reichart's show, the first two episodes are now online at
http://www.history.com/shows/inventi...-balls-of-fire

MA3 is shown a lot in the background during the sequences filmed in his barn.

Gives one a new perspective on Reichart and Garrett.. But your SS in the background is nice Jim:TU:

It was good to see the aquarium in the background, but:

I can't say that I would ever watch that show again though.

Once is probably more than enough. I do think that Reichart and Garrett made a mistake by not investing in that exploding bullet thing though. There must be any number of arsonists that would pay handsomely for a gun like that.

Ha, ha - yeah, the whole time I was thinking, "Even if this worked, do we really need flaming bears running around in the woods?"

The inventions in the second episode are much more practical, especially the emergency lowering device.

I've been working on some "Did you know...?" pages for the new website. I've done 5 so far, and have at least 3 more to go. It was always frustrating that I had no good way of telling people about all the features that were added between v2.6 and v3.2. You can see a test by clicking on the button in the lower-left of the new page:

http://www.fish-byte.com/NewSite.html

Looks great. Don't forget, add your own music.

Nice idea :TU: No doubt the next 3 will include.. Did you know, you can add your own picture(s) on the crystal; music playlist; number of fish; multiple monitors; panning speed...
I think it would be a good idea to have a link to those "Did you know" series from this forum as well.

Thanks, Ralph -- make that at least 5 more to go...

Someone once posted a really nice pic of multiple monitors. Anybody happen to remember where that was?

Liking the new site format, the information pages are a useful addition for new customers and perhaps a number of existing users. Jim

I think you are going to need to pick from a few or maybe double up on a few pages, cause if you plan on making a page for all that then I doubt anyone is really going to sit and click through 15 pages.

Just my opinion though.

I'm guessing these are mockup pages and the actual info will be in a javascript panel that you can just use arrows to go left-and-right. At least I hope that's what's done. No need for a pageload for each tip.

The flying music score looks awesome, though unfamiliar. Must be some special notation for Ned Land's turtle shell ukulele. ;)

Ha, ha - either that or free clip art :)

For me I liked it. That phone glove would sell big time around here. People don't want to go anywhere without there phone and it gets cold as a witches elbow around here. I will checkout the other one too.