Day 4's Plans

The 100 hour mark is approaching, which sounds like a substantial amount of time, but this number includes sleep, eating, breaks, etc.  I've got a lot of plans today, and there's a good chance I won't get to the whole list, but the goal has always been about progress.

Layout as of yesterday morning...

... and 24-hours later

My database needs a config update since, for the most part, this server has been used solely as a web-server and remote testing server for previous projects.  I'd also like to start putting together a profile system for members, mostly because I'd like to make this experience as social as possible.  In order to allow uploading files to the server, a lot of new security needs to be put in place.  Boring stuff that, when it's done, looks like no progress was made at all, but I'll sleep better at night.

After down-time, I'd like to whip up at least a very basic profile page for members, including a profile image so every display name can have a face.  The code to grab those images and place them in the site is working (I manually added my twitter profile pic last night), all that needs to be done is the secure file-upload script.

One thing is nagging at my mind like a child tugging on my shirt asking "Why, Why, Why?" over and over again, and it's the sites look.  Don't get me wrong, I think I made some pretty good progress in-so-far as readability and making good use of screen-space, but this site is far from one that makes you want to sign up when you first see it.  The issue, for me at least, is that I can't help but feel that just about any design at this point would sway votes one way or another.  That, coupled with the fact that we still have no idea what game we're making, and I can't help but feel like my time would be better spent on other things.

If anyone has an idea or a free-to-use site template that they know of, feel free to let me know.  I am open to any and all ideas, from the site layout to the camera view in the games client.

For now, time to dump a second cup of coffee down the hatch and get to work.

PS.  I really need to mow my lawn...