[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cyclonezephyrxz7:
Another Update

For starters: I keep finding it rather impressive [based on my standards at least] that each day, this thread gains roughly 1000 Views ... this has been for the past 2 days! I hope that trend continues haha. I would love that!

Okay, on to more important matters:

1) On the website, there is a space on the very top allocated for a Banner. I preferably want a "Slogan" to go in there ... something catchy to remember the Market by. So if anyone has any ideas for Slogans please either submit them here on this thread, or turn them into banner images. Here are the dimensions of the banner (yes, it is absolute): 640px Width x 50px Height

2) I believe I have finished the layout for the Product and Home Pages...basically the two main pages on the whole website. Not even kidding ... I think the whole site may consist of 5 unique pages TOPS. Main, Product, Submission, ... err some other pages too haha. That being said, I will move on to outlining the Submission page. Now, realize I am not, at the moment, going into 100% detail, because I have yet to make up all the features. For instance, I spent the most part of yesterday working on the Product page. And with success! I have successfully made the libraries such that on the Product Page, all that is needed is a Product ID, and it can get the whole page, and at the same time the URL to the product data is obfuscated so that mal-doers / hackers will have a slightly harder time figuring out what is what.

3) I am going to start working on those feature-widgets I have been speaking about ... I will probably start in the next few days. This is the list of things I have on my list, SO FAR, to make:

Rating Voting

The other voting that I mentioned in an earlier post (For filtering)

a ScreenShot Photo Gallery

Featured, Newest, Popular, etc. For the Sidebar

...Some other stuff I don't want to mention yet!

The "...Some other stuff" is actually more than just a few things ... I just don't want to mention them, so that I don't break promises or anything.

I promise though, from just how I feel about this, it will be a totally amazing website! [and I don't feel that way about many websites I make/design]

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So lets have a little one-sided discussion, err ... An Explanation! Just to keep you updated on what I forsee for the structure of the website.

So I have figured out a way to accommodate for Version Upgrades!

The structure of the website will be that the user accesses "http://www.URL.com/product.php?pid="PID"", but product.php is just a skeleton of a page...it is our Template. So behind the scenes, a special URL is formulated, where the information is stored. For the sake of simplicity, let us call it "S_URL" . So the page loads up "S_URL" and parses the data inside...but let us say JoeBob2000 submits Program V1, then a week later submits Program V2 ... now, it doesn't make sense server-side or user-side to have the Product ID change. I mean, it is the same Product, just a newer version. So how can we consolidate and keep the PID the same and keep the old versions too? Well, the website, behind the scenes, will check at S_URL for subfolders. These subfolders will be named based on the version. So JoeBob2000's Program V1 would be located at "S_URL/1" and Program V2 would be located at "S_URL/2" .. This allows, also, for users to have Alpha releases and such easily, because then the user is allowed to place NUMBERS AND LETTERS in the version. So let us say JoeBob2000 releases 2.5 Beta 3, it would be located at "S_URL/2.5b3" and Voila! Problem solved! This is how we plan to make it easier to accomodate for versions.​

I have also figured out how to make server-side access quicker and easier.

While it may seem to the user that everything is just a new folder, I have devised a folder-structure that will allow for programmatic, and manual, access to be more effective and logical. I am not going to reveal this, because giving too much info can lead to people figuring out how to damage the site! And none of us want that :(. Also, I was thinking "People should get TRULY similar program suggestions on pages ... not random crud!" So I devised a plan for that. Lists and Databases! The actual works of these is still in conceptualization, but I am pretty sure i should be able to make it a pretty quick process. I am thinking: Order programs on the list by Total vote score (Thumbs Up = +1, Thumbs Down = -1) , also factor in if someone is paying us to get their program known, Also order programs by legacy (How many versions and good ratings total, how old, etc.). It is still a little fuzzy on details, but it will be pretty darned good at giving you relevant suggestions. Searching is still practically 100% in conceptualization ... we want to figure out a great way to do this with simplicity for the user​

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Ok, all that being said: Check out the banner site, as I am updating it every so often! AlphaDeeto is truly AMAZING with his logo designs. He is sending me 3 full resolution (Vector Art) logos that I particularly enjoyed, and I will be using them to make banners, etc. Eventually I will make normal XDA-Market banners (not Support the XDA Market, since we will be up and running eventually). I would HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY (x100000) recommend asking AlphaDeeto for any of your Graphics needs ... he is truly amazing!

http://www.chicken-eggsolutions.com/Max/XMSS/banners.html

That is all for now ... maybe I will send out some screenshots later if anything major changes.