Crystal Islands Release 2 Beta 1
 

Something of a mouthful, I have finalized the first beta of Crystal Islands Release 2. Its still a major work-in-progress, but it is showed off in the advanced layout (and in the basic one to a lesser extent). The changes include:

• A new, prettier, font-family and a larger overall font (only appears in the advanced layout).
• A dynamic, forum-based style switcher which will change instantly without requiring you to refresh the page (only appears in the advanced layout).
• Basic IE9-pinning support.
• A stretch style that will fill the entire page, instead of having to switch between fixed widths.
• The first of our slow progression to displaying content dynamically from the forum. Sadly this is sorta slow as all the different pages take a while to port, and the anime section will most likely never fully be migrated. It also has other issues, which should be worked out in the next beta.

The next beta will include some additional changes, including:

• Integration with VictoryBattles, something of an adoptables and battling project that is currently at Beta 3.
• Integration with VictoryDex, the second version of the Crystal Islands dex (it will replace the crystal islands dex as soon as it can, but is currently unstable).
• Special mobile/handheld support that will automatic initialize.

Note that Internet Explorer 8+ is required to view the new Crystal Islands. Safari 5+, Firefox 3+, Google Chrome, or Opera 10+ also work well.