Design Archives

This website has been through many changes since 21 August 2007 when it was first launched.

It started off as a fan site for Dragonfable and Mechquest, then I added AQ Worlds and Cysero's Defenders and WarpForce. I've changed layouts and colour schemes, and added and removed features such as forums and comment boxes which no one used. It has been a great opportunity to develop my web design skills and share my interests with others.

One of my biggest problems has been not having enough time to work on my site. There's so much more I'd like to do! However, Sunumbrella's Sircle contains over 70 pages and hundreds of images, and is currently written by hand. I'm working on building a content management system to make it easier to look after and update.

Website Development Plans

This my website improvement to-do list. Crossed out items have been achieved.

• Version 5 - Improve content, presentation and performance
• Version 5.0 - Add WarpForce Sircle
• Version 5.1 - Improve footer and rearrange navigation
• Version 5.2 - Improve file structure and add caching
• Version 5.3 - Make new backgrounds and buttons
• Version 6 - Implement a content management system
• Version 6.0 - Use database to manage news
• Version 6.1 - Use database to manage page content
• Version 6.2 - Add website search engine

Website History

Web Design 1 (2007)

The original design for this came from Open Source Web Design. I mainly just changed the colour scheme and designed the galleries.

Web Design 2 (early 2008)

I wanted to design the site layout from scratch and use the full screen width. I used the black background because of AE and Cysero's Defenders. eventually though, I decided this design lacked colour and was probably not the easiest to read.

Web Design 3 (late 2008)

Again I designed it from scratch with colour and circles in mind. Each section has a different colour theme which is something I really like. I've used a wider range of web technologies in this design. Biggest problem is that some things load rather slowly.

Web Design 4 (2009)

I just made some minor changes to the design - new backgrounds, prettier navigation menus and behind the scenes I rewrote everything to fit into templates so that there is no more cutting and pasting when I want to add a new page.

Visitors History

Originally based at a free webhost, I moved the website to dfsunumbrella.net in February 2008. I'm grateful for all the visitors who have come from all over the world and I hope they enjoyed their visit.

Old Visitor Map