Yes, Márk did a great job himself. Even though we haven`t chose his banner, we all greatly appreciate his good will to help when we needed it, and his time and effort he involved into creating a banner. It surely won`t be forgotten.
Static image banner has been replaced with its dynamic, flash version (almost twice smaller in KB size). We`ve been trying out a few versions over a past couple of days, and I guess the current one is the one we`ll stick to... at least for a while, lol.
Trying to keep it simple, there are a few non-irritating animations - pulsing globe (3 intervals) + dark glow text (on 3rd globe pulse), then it has 2 intervals delay. On mouse moving over the banner its background appear as rippled water surface - though the waves are small and should settle down pretty fast, not to attract too much attention and annoy users.
We hope you`ll like it. To remind you, you can always post your ideas, comments and suggestions about AoCZone here, in the "General Discussion" » "Suggestions" subforum.
Hey, banner is awesome, there is realy cool thing-water efect... But I realy like more blue than gray.... Dunno, looks more positive to me if rays are blue :D Tell me if u maybe like this modification: maybe can give u an idea http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1694697/aoczone%20mod.jpg
Yea I like this one better. But if you don't mind saying it, the colors and the texture on the rubric somehow looks like a horror theme. I think you should try some less dark colors, and maybe an another texture for the rubric.
COBL_Olof, of course I don`t mind, each opinion is a valuable one. The point here was to represent dark, medieval ages, that`s why those cracked letters, banner edges and tribal shapes. No many flowers and brightness in those The main color is blue (to match the site), with elements of black - to make some contrast, but because those are pretty faded, black became gray. The whole banner is semi transparent, and bottom fades into the site background. It was an attempt to unite modern, simple looks, and atmosphere of old times. If it was successful, that`s another thing :P
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