Eye
on the Sky has been running for a number of years now, and in that time,
has undergone a number of changes and updates. This page displays just
some of the graphics and functions that have been used on the site between
2001 and the present.
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previous banners
November
2001 - July 2006
The first banner appeared when EOTS went from
a single-page design, to one which utilised frames. The glowing orange
and blue writing (the original colour scheme which remains today) was
overlayed onto a panaramic shot of snowfall in north Wales.
June
2002 - November 2002
Between December 2001 and June 2002, the EOTS
new banner consisted as the above, but without national flags. The flags
were then added for a short time. This banner used the same text as
the 'snowscene' banner, but was overlayed onto a sunset shot near Conwy,
north Wales. The sun was designed to glare through the 'O'.
November
2002 - July 2006
The 'retro' banner combined the latest 'EOTS'
tubular logo text, overlayed onto four individual photographs which
were digitally altered. The 'Cooltext' 'Eye On The Sky' was the layed
centrally on top to finish this rather busy banner release. This has
been the longest-running banner logo to date.
July
2006 - present
The current, and most simple banner to date, uses
the purple-blue tubular text first seen in the previos banner logo.
>side-frames
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July
2006 - present
Between November 2001 and July 2006, EOTS was
based in a framed website. This included a left-frame, where navigation
links were located. Above are two of the backgrounds used in these frames.
The background sunset
appeared in November 2001, but was replaced by the lightning
background in November 2002. The simple blue background then appeared
in the major redesign in November 2002.
>layouts
November
2002 - July 2006
Sporting the 'retro' banner, purple side-bar and
mono-blue flash buttons, this was the layout of the EOTS site prior
to the current. The top and sidebars were fixed in frames, and remained
put, with all other content opening in the mainframe. The Java based
raindrop animation would continue to splash away in the top left frame.
>eots
logo
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In
the beginning, the 'Eye On The Sky' logo was the most graphically intensive
part of the site! It hasn't changed at all since EOTS started in 2001,
although it has undergone some alterations for certain occasions. The
'snow-cover' logo tends to appear around Christmas time, whilst the
'Travel' logo is still used in our travel and outdoor section. The EOTS
logos have regularly appeared as backgrounds in the Java based animations.
>applications
the
eots logo <these
may take a short time to load, and require Java>
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These
Java-based animations have been a regular occurance on EOTS, and the
main logo has taken punishment. Heavy snow has fallen, thick fog has
masked the logo, rain and lightning and pounded away, and the logo has
been flooded and lit up too!
flash
buttons
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The
flash navigation buttons on the site have changed with each revamp.
Here are three from the past five years, in order of issue.
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