Hawk & Badger Railroad Forum

I'm trying to figure out a way to make adding maps to the archive easier for me. I think I've come up with a solution.
Getting the new pages together is a pain but once that's done adding new maps should take me about 1/4 of the time from what it takes me now.
Anyway, here's a link to what I'm working on. Let me know what you think about visitor friendliness and ease of use and appearance.

Check this thread

That has to be your best work ever.

My opinion is a good one. I love it! I like the change and it's easy, too.

Agree 100%. Looks good works good. Go with it.

The new display is just simply the berries

Looks really cool! I like the local/regional flavor of the background, a lot!

I was hoping it would be acceptable as it will make adding maps a lot easier.
I still need to do a little work on the basic textures but for the most part I have the basic layout done, although there are a couple tweaks I want to make. I'd like to find a better track image. Believe it or not, the one I used came from a screen-shot from Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. I couldn't get a decent image from the screen-shots I took from RRT3 or MSTS. I still don't like the one I used though. I'm on the lookout for a better image.
It will be a few days before I get the whole RRT3 section redone but I must say-I like the new style better myself.
The RRT2 section will follow after I get the RRT3 section done.

Let me know what you think about visitor friendliness and ease of use and appearance.

You've got my vote! Really nice page. I've had a little trouble finding the maps that you used to have in your old archive, but have managed to find a few.

-- Cliff in Virginia

I'm still in the process of refining it some. I deleted the track across the bottom (left the track across the top).
Changed a few things that y'all would never see but makes it easier for me.
Moved spaces around and such. Just trying to make it as small as possible, byte-wise. It still looks basically the same though.
Have a look see. Same link as above.
Made a little better track image too. Still the track from Rollercoaster Tycoon III

I clicked on the site and found it very easy to use, and with my eyes not being the best. it was great to click on and enlarge each one. It gets my vote.Merlin 7

I just got finished with Asia.

Oh, WOW!!! That's fantastic...

Asia looks fantastic Hawk, are you going to have a different image behind each country or area ? It will look great.
Merlin 7

My plan is to grab a screen-shot from one of the maps from each continent.
I'm working on Australia right now.
Did you notice the world in the upper left hand corner? Each continent will have a shot of that location from the satellite.

Hi Hawk, I hadn't noticed so went back and had a look, I had seen the world in the corner before but didn't notice the change of the view. Well done, will check out Australia when it is ready,
Cheers Merlin 7 :P

Progressing along nicely. Been busy trying to optimize the pages for screen res. of 1024 and above as well as all browsers.
Africa has had some changes. Click on the link in the first post and offer opinions please.
I'm also adding links to reviews and strategies but there were none for the Africa maps.
I changed the size of the background image so it would look better in 1024 res. and also set it so it wouldn't scroll with the text.

Edit 1: After posting this I see it starts the second page so instead of having to go back to the first post for the link, here it is.

Test Page

I clicked on Africa and it looks very crisp and clear. Easy to use and looks great.
Merlin 7