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Offline IceCold

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Website Design for Wii
« on: December 19, 2006, 06:06:53 AM »
In preparation for the Opera browser, which is to be released in three days, here is a great source on how to make your site compatible with surfing on your TV. It isn't comprehensive, but it's a good start, especially with the interface design.

I'm curious as to how PGC will look on there; is there a special redesign in the works? I know we have PGCPocket, which apparently works with the DS browser, but any plans for Wii?

You can also post more guidelines or help regarding this.
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RE:Website Design for Wii
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2006, 06:21:32 AM »
As I mentioned in the other topic, when I revamped VGMaps.com on January 1, 2006, I had no idea that the Wii would have Wii channels.  By coincidence the Wii interface and the pages on my site are white, and on my front page in particular I have clickable rectangles with rounded corners, just like the Wii Channels!    I look forward to clicking away with my Wii Remote!

However, some pages (like my map directory) have small text.  Due to the resolution it will probably appear bigger on a TV screen but I could probably optimize it a lot more.  More big clicky things!

The thing is, I've noticed that things look different in some cases between different browsers (between IE and Opera, for example).  I haven't really made an effort to ensure uniformity across browsers.  But if my site looks a particular way in a PC Opera browser, will I expect it to look the same (just bigger) on a Wii Opera browser?

I guess it would be helpful to know the Wii Opera browser's resolution to get an idea of what an ideal width should be, for images and tables and the like.
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RE: Website Design for Wii
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2006, 06:27:30 AM »
I've been working on a updated theme for my site that will make it Wii friendly.

This was ripped from the Wii Store page when people were able to run it in Firefox a couple weeks ago:
/* Limit page to 640 by 480 (NTSC TV resolution) */
/* Note: PAL resolution is 640 by 528 */
body {
/*width: 608px; height: 456px; */
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RE:Website Design for Wii
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2006, 06:30:22 AM »
Doesn't Opera for Wii have a navigation bar on the bottom? Is it always there when browsing pages? If it is, then the height will have to be reduced since 480/456 pixel measures are based off a full screen.

Of course, that only matters if you don't want your page to have a scrollbar.
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