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[dynamically]

Well, that's pretty much the point: I LIKE my graphics. It's very similar to graphics in game.

* I WANT whole page area to be framed. iFrames or not, it looks much better than all "normal" div pages, which have nothing but one-colored box going down to infinity. Might be professional, I say boring.

* Out of gazillion websites and tutorials I've tried, none shows how to link frames to main text box so they'd repeat CSS-given background correctly until the bottom of the content. But only that would eliminate need for middle frame or additional scrolling.

* So unless someone has an idea or usable tutorial on how to actually do this, I won't be ditching iframes.
What I need is portrayed on this picture:



I cannot believe that it would be impossible to force those two DIVs to have vertical height according to middle DIV (dynamically) and repeat their background so there would be no gaps. I found out how to automatically make footer (bottom frame) position correctly though.
But so far, I have no clue how to do this. "Ditch iframes" won't help if you cannot point to a better-working alternative.  

Or maybe it's possible via javascript only, which I cannot code much beyond copypasting.

Well, it'd help to know WHAT your vertical resolution is.

Widescreen laptops - indeed can have even lower v-res than my 768px page would fit into (add browser toolbars etc), I didn't think about it.

So what size would work?

Also, I don't think I'll be using iframe scrolling really. Simply sort longer-than-frame pages into numbered links, 1,2,3 etc

Well, thanks everyone.

I decided to stay with iframe version, although I removed custom scrollbar/mouse wheel support due problems reported (tested it on 4 different machines and had no problems whatsoever, but I'll take your word).

Anyway, while domain routing is still pending, page can be seen here:

www.indrek.org/td/

P.S (facebook like doesn't work yet.)
P.S.S (click "about" to see screenshot of what the hell this thread was all about  )
P.S.S.S (Nope, this isn't neither AGS or Flash game)

Well, that sure doesn't help. Along with unexplained rage against iframe element.



I have no clue how to make different-length content using current layout and window sizes.

Ok... and use what and how?
Be constructive. A link to some page with similar layout but different system maybe?

Because I - most of time - have no idea what I'm doing whatsoever.

[CAN]

Lack of skill to write javacode for this? You CAN use scroll wheel by pushing wheel down and moving mouse up/down.
I don't intend to become a master web maker, simply chop together nice-looking and functional site.

HTML doesn't seem to have cross-browser compatible mousewheel event.

(which is kinda weird. web-based programming languages always feel like 20 years behind compared to "traditional" programming languages)

Well, you totally CAN use mouse wheel now.

Why not?

I find end result quite sexy:
http://www.indrek.org/td/

would have sucked with default scrollbar though.
(click "about" to test scrolling)

To divide blank area better on left frame - in other words - for no reason whatsoever.
Is it bad?

Better? I personally do like menu on the left more.

I'm trying to chop together a website for my tower defense game.

However, I'm quite inexperienced at this... So any help or C&C on elements and placement would be appreciated.



I imagine main content running in large window on left (an iframe) and buttons on right for simple navigation.

However, I'm not quite sure what should be on a game site. Yes, a demo, some screens, a trailer maybe... and forums for support and page for buying.... But what else?

Also, how to improve look?

EDIT: Please move thread to CL, sorry

Um, you do realize this is a joke, right?

Oh.

Still not funny- collegehumor.com already did Minesweeper one

Funny theme - but for some unknown reason, comedies have become worst kind of movies and most frequent source of disappointment. A new thriller, drama or even (!) horror movie might be decent, but comedies tend to fail.

This one will also. Few game-jokes won't save it. Trailer looks SO weak!

Also, most of international audience will skip this one. I don't think Oregon Trail made much farther than stone-age US computer classes.

I'd love some music.
HOWEVER

1) Planning to make it commercial... since it's my first cowardly try to profit from my hobby, meh. Cannot promise riches or even any reasonable fee
2) I imagine music as mix of action-orchestra and jungle/dnb - like during car chases in movies and so I know you are good at orchestra part...

I'm willing to discuss this, however... maybe via PMs

[Enclosed]

Ooh, with all those suggestions, I'd rather have whole series of games to name 

Now, I'm split between two:
Enclosed or Encircled ?

@Lyaer:

Excellent names, but

Incoming - done
Outnumbered! - done
Barrage - done
Barricade - done

are all cool game names taken already? :o
I'm gonna patent every free name, dammit

Different gradient for sky.
done!

There's a tribe that only sees (or rather "classifies") just a few simple colours. For example, brown and blue are treated as the same colour (in some weird tribal speech). Anybody know what this tribe is called?

id Software

Joke of the year! (seriously)

What I meant goes like this:

I'll show you red car and teach that it's red.
There's two sides of this experience, what I say and what you see. You can trust me in saying it's red, but I cannot check if you really see something that I'd agree really is red. Maybe there's a problem with your eye preceptors? So you'd learn that something is red while other people seeing it through your eyes totally disagree on it. You might see green actually!

Neverthless, nobody will ever find out. Because questionable is only what you see, not what you call red. You call this car red, I do also, and both are right. 

But then, scientific analysis of your brain and/or eye might prove that you see it not correctly. I doubt science has evolved so far, but such seeing disorder is unlikely too.

Just a theory

[learned]

* Steven Seagal makes movies
* Traffic light buttons do not work. Sure, I see how imaginary control over traffic keeps me from running red light, but why not make them work for real?
* Anything, and I DO mean anything can and will be played on radio and TV. See next one also...
* Hip-hop & RnB "artists" steal one house classic after another and turn them into steaming pile of shit. Also, that they are not shot nor hanged for this
* Twilight
* Video Game Consoles
* Capitalism, lack of better alternative
* Never-ending commercial breaks on TV... 20-minute episode of Family Guy has 35 minutes of ads between?
* ...Internet

Why can't I have a purple sky and bright blue grass?

How about if I say this MIGHT be so?
Purple is tone what you've learned that is purple. Bright blue also. But it might absolutely be different from tone others see!
Or what if other people see it vice versa? Or what's green for your mind and eyes appears totally blue for others? How can you ever check this theory or be sure? It's not like anyone could switch to your eyes and compare that colors seen from both persons' eyes are exactly same.

Oh, and drop us a line when the game is finished.

I most definitely will...

I like all Crimson Wizard suggested... most of them feel chillingly cool.
Unfortunately, Black Dawn game already exists. Awesome name, though.

Technocrats suggestion is good also... Operation: Black Dawn?

I'm going to think a bit more.