Nique's Video Game Emporium!

[Nique]

I mentioned this previously but here's the 'official' plug - I am the proud co-founder of Four Heroes Gaming LLC!

As I'm still constructing our site, we were going to wait until after summer to 'open doors'. However we've decided to do some selling on eBay to start establishing ourselves - We've currently got a few copies of inFamous 2 for PS3 (http://shop.ebay.com/fourheroesgaming/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686)up for auction. If that's something you were planning on getting, there's a good chance you'll fetch an extremely fair price for it from us. Our eBay user page is under fourheroesgaming (http://myworld.ebay.com/fourheroesgaming/).

So, first off thanks for tolerating what is mainly just a plug - I hope you'll check us out becuase I think it'd be awesome to be able to do buisness with you guys! I'm rushing to get at least a basic website put togethor for our 'big' launch in the fall, but in the mean time I'd be happy to answer any questions you have, and solicit your opinions about what makes a good game store and how you feel we can sucessfully attract business.

[shiney]

Actually, I was planning on getting that game. Hmmm.

e: Yeah, a fair price indeed. I bet it won't last though. :< Good luck to meeeeee

Congrats on getting your store off the ground. =) I'd offer help with your website but I'm only just learning it myself. At least I'm up to overlapping elements and positioning. Better than the nubs using tables...

e e: one tip would be to learn how to spell business. Herpaderp.

[Nique]

Yeah, a fair price indeed. I bet it won't last though ... Congrats on getting your store off the ground.

Thanks! And yes, sadly we are new sellers so, at least when it comes to eBay, we're bound to take some loss getting started.

Better than the nubs using tables...


Some use of tables can be really good for structure and consistency across different browsers, but I need a serious crash course in CSS to make sure I'm doin' this proper.

[rpgdemon]

DIVs for the win.

[shiney]

Yeah, DIVs are the way to go. www.w3schools.com for some help, though their div positioning information is a bit tough to navigate sometimes. Check the box model for your default layout.

[Nique]

Yeah, DIVs are the way to go. www.w3schools.com for some help, though their div positioning information is a bit tough to navigate sometimes. Check the box model for your default layout.

Trying this with dreamweaver right now. Ugh it's hard.

Here's my layout in case you have any pointers for not letting these boxes float all over the place. not sure how to do this without tables, and honestly it's a pretty basic blog layout.

EDIT: I should clarify that this is a super-rough draft I made in photoshop and not a screen shot of any code I have written... if it was it would like like a Tetris barfed.

[phil_]

As much as the following hurts to type, I feel like I may be stepping on Fifthfiend's toes here when I write

Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrds!

By the way, it wasn't calling you nerds for talking about html coding that hurt; it was referencing something Fifth did a long time ago like it means something that did.

[shiney]

Looks like they all sold! And the one I bidded on went for $42, nice. If that was the case you probably didn't take much of a loss at all on your items.

[Nique]

Not at the prices we're getting new inventory at unfortunately, but we're testing the waters so I consider it an investment in establishing ourselves on eBay with a fairly hot item. We'll probably be running a limited amount of brand new games auction-style in the future, and do more buy-it-now.

[Nique]

Forget it. I'm using tables.

<TABLE BORDER="1" ALIGN="CENTER">
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=3>Cell 1</TD>
<TD COLSPAN=2>Cell 2</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2>Cell 3</TD>
<TD>Cell 4</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Cell 5</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

[rpgdemon]

Don't do it!

DIVs rock. If you want them to not float all over the place, put them into a bigger DIV!

Then put more DIVs in those DIVs! It's DIVs, all the way down!

[Nique]

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