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New Celestia site

Posted: 14.02.2005, 21:18
by chris
The Celestia web site on shatters.net is back, and it now has a much improved layout by Runar Thorvaldsen.

http://www.celestiaproject.net/celestia/

--Chris

Posted: 14.02.2005, 21:24
by ElChristou
Great! As a newbie I never been there (was down)... so I go right now :D


.... (5 minutes later)....


Bravo! F?©licitations... We are in the spirit of Celestia, simple, clear, great.

Posted: 14.02.2005, 21:55
by Evil Dr Ganymede
So THAT'S what you've been busy with.... :)

Looks great! Nice work!

Posted: 14.02.2005, 22:00
by chris
Evil Dr Ganymede wrote:So THAT'S what you've been busy with.... :)

Looks great! Nice work!


Kudos should go to Runar--he's the one who did the majority of the work on this.

--Chris

Posted: 14.02.2005, 22:04
by Cham
Yes, I like it too. Beautifull, nice job !

I'm not really sure about the old style map as background, however. It gives an "old" feel. I prefer a pure, clean and modern look and feel, but this is just a matter of personal taste.

Posted: 14.02.2005, 22:09
by Brendan
It's beautiful. :o 8)

Posted: 15.02.2005, 00:53
by Harry
Great! I already was somewhat worried about the state of the Celestia homepage, but this makes up for the long wait. And the combination of the old map and modern technology IMHO fits pretty well for an astronomy related website.

Thanks Runar!

Harald

P.S: There is a typo on the download page in the linux paragraph: "INTALL file" instead of "INSTALL file"

Posted: 15.02.2005, 02:55
by jgrillo2002
Brendan wrote:It's beautiful. :o 8)

Thats what I was going to say. great job you two.

Posted: 15.02.2005, 03:13
by Evil Dr Ganymede
Is that the default hubble model in the picture on the homepage? Looks very nifty :)

Posted: 15.02.2005, 03:18
by Cham
Evil Dr Ganymede wrote:Is that the default hubble model in the picture on the homepage? Looks very nifty :)


I don't think so. I'm sure it is Jestr's model (HUGE one).

Posted: 15.02.2005, 03:35
by PlutonianEmpire
I like the new style! :)

Although, I do kinda miss the old one... :-\

Posted: 15.02.2005, 05:46
by dirkpitt
This brighter design definitely works better for me. More screenshots might make the site even better
(plus accompanying cel urls). Celestia is all about the pretty screenshots. :D

OT, but I was looking at the Hubble on the front page and thinking, gee, NASA kills the Hubble in real life
but at least it will live on inside Celestia...

Posted: 15.02.2005, 12:57
by Adirondack
I just can say "Well done"!
Thanks to Runar.

Probably everybody wants Runar to design their sites too... :lol:

Adirondack

Posted: 15.02.2005, 13:05
by Bob Hegwood
Absolutely beautiful... Especially compared to the old site. :wink:

What an extremely talented group of people exist on this forum. I'm
constantly surprised and amazed as Celestia (and its friends' add-ons)
continue to evolve.

Thanks very much for the improvements Runar.

Take care, Bob

Posted: 15.02.2005, 13:14
by rthorvald
Cham wrote:
Evil Dr Ganymede wrote:Is that the default hubble
I don't think so. I'm sure it is Jestr's model


It is Jestr??s. In my opinion the richest, most beatuifully crafted model we have for Celestia... Have you guys seen the amount of detail in it? Too bad i couldn??t use the screenshot full-size...

-rthorvald

Posted: 15.02.2005, 14:48
by bh
Great job on this...I wish I could get my head around css...oh well!

Regards...bh.

Posted: 15.02.2005, 15:26
by Jeam Tag
Very elegant, sober and practical interface, thank you Chris and Runar for this new ornament for the Celestia site! I am occupied by my work in this moment, but one will need that I make a true site for my catalogue, really... Jeam

Posted: 15.02.2005, 16:09
by Slalomsk8er
Looks great 8O

Posted: 15.02.2005, 19:53
by jdou
It's very impressive 8O
I like the background picture.

Thanks for this great job.

jdou

Posted: 15.02.2005, 20:33
by RND
Loving the new site. Much improved.