IMO: (using FF 1.5, WinXP, 1280x1024)
Flash 
Not against you or the design just don't like flash.
Slick very slick the style is nice and uncomplicatedand no flashing flash which is an immense annoyance.
The loading screen could do with some form of progress bar or similar just so you know that its actually doing something. (Similar to the loading message used elsewhere.)
I like the about box, I'd prefer it a bit larger/wider and rather than a fixed left margin make it dynamic. The box is small so the huge left hand margin is wasted unless its for future use.
The news box is too narrow, it either needs to be wider or the titles need to be made to wrap better.
The family! Undefined? I assume that this is still waiting for data and it looks like it could be quite good, I'll wait and see.
Overall I am extremely jealous as I can't do anything this good.
Well done. 
Im with Lost Ninja on the dislike of flash but if thats what works for you then best of luck to you. Not sure what php is being used to do.
Im using a 1280x1024 res at work but when I resised the browser to 800x600 or 1024x768 (firefox 1.5 on win xp) the flash bit seemed to stay put, in the middle of the screen and if it was designed for a higher res it seems a bit small. I think the flash loading bars got stuck on some of the sections and I had to click the link again to get it to display the information (never seen that before).
I like checking out websites though and have worked on a lot I look forward to seeing a villain counterpart.
Edit: Just tried in IE aswell and the same odd centering effect seems to apply. Checked the source and despite it not being a recommended standard I would suggest replacing the <div id=centered> and the <div align=center> with the simple <center> </center> tags around the flash object, the absolute poitsioning of 25% from top and left don't seem to be having the desired effect.
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Slick very slick the style is nice and uncomplicatedand no flashing flash which is an immense annoyance.
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Thank you
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Actually, it has one, but It's not working quite as intended at the moment due to the animation needing to play to a certain point, but the initial movie loading quite quickly.
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The family! Undefined? I assume that this is still waiting for data and it looks like it could be quite good, I'll wait and see.
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Mmmm, it should have data in there, unless there is a problem with the database when you viewed it. Would be interested to know if it is still a problem.
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Well done.
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Thank you, once again.
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That's probably the best compliment I've been payed about it so far 
All of the content for the site is stored in a MySQL database. The PHP code draws that information out and turns it into variables that can be loaded into Flash. So, to update the site, all I have to do is change the information in the database. Think of it as a very simple Flash CMS.
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Yeah, again, thinking about how to handle this. I've never got the hang of centering content (Horizontaly and vertically) in a window. If anyone has any tips, I'd love to know what they are.
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I think the flash loading bars got stuck on some of the sections and I had to click the link again to get it to display the information (never seen that before).
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No, I've not seen it before either, and it only happened when I put it online. Will be looking into that, and other ways of loading the info in.
Thanks for the feedback
Both your points have been noted and I'll most likely be doing something about all of them Really apreciate the help
Mr's data is still undefined, Miss's is now present.
Centering I hate I nearly always end up using tables with percentage width/height because it gets me semi where I want to be.
Oh and Matt Marvelous is spelt 'Mat' in the about section and 'Matt' in Miss's data section.
That is sweet! Nice one ... slick even... icy slick
COOL!
edit: this is the first time I have said COOL! in capitals..
I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
Union EU player! Pip pip, tally ho, top hats and tea etc etc
LostNinja:
I can't replicate the problem you have with the Family section. I know what's happening. The data isn't being loaded correctly, but without being able to see it for myself, I can't see the reason behind it, and of course fix it 
On the other hand, I have solved the problem of centering the content. This works for me, until I have time to look into it further. Here's how it's done:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>
<div id="container" style="position:absolute; top:50%; left:50%">
<div style="position:relative; top:-190px; left: -385px">
<div style="position:absolute; width:765px; height:360px; top:0px; left: 0px;">
</pre><hr />
And then your content, followed by the closing Div tags. Now, the second Div tag has minus figures for the position. These are modifiers and have to change if the width and height is going to be any different. I've not worked out the formula yet so they are trial and error, but it seams to work.
With any luck; One down
Thinking of reworking the navigation code next. 
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Thank you Might have to quote that somewhere 
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I'm honoured glad you like it.
Wow, Nice site, wish I could do that in Flash O_o
Very nice use of php mysql then, I know someone who did the same for a webmastery project at uni but never looked into it myself.
Congratulations on getting the centering thing working it seems very effective. Still not seen the problem lost ninja was having and the loading issue seems to have disappeared now, maybe because it has already been loaded previously.
Im curious to know if the text would look better slightly larger and with the scroll bars and space around the menu this seems almost achievable until I looked at the power listings which just wouldn't fit if the font was larger
Oh and this may be a little pre-emptive but congrats on 50 
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Thanks It's not hard to do, but you do need to know what you're doing. I built an entire Flash shopping cart once. Now that was complex.
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Congratulations on getting the centering thing working it seems very effective. Still not seen the problem lost ninja was having and the loading issue seems to have disappeared now, maybe because it has already been loaded previously.
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Centering thing I'm really pleased about actually, and I've not heard from anyone else that they have the same problem. The loading issue is actually because you have to unload the previous movie and that takes some time unfortunately. The data though is loaded independantly, so it's fresh every time.
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Yeah, I thnk that's the biggest problem actually. I didn't realise how much info I'd need when I did the original site. I am actually storing all our pool/epic powers as well, but there's no room to store them as yet. I'm going to re-work it when my new copy of Flash 8 comes since they have new, skinable UI componants included.
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Thanks, We'll get there
Which program did you use? do you have a link?
i would like to create a website.
one word:
professional site u got there. all this talk of coding's got my head in a web.
Very nice site Mr M, smooth animations and nice use of flash in general. Worked perfectly on my machine.
Only criticism is I don't like the s from Marvellous overlapping the interface
Nice site, but oooh is that text small
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Well, more than one.
The design was done in Photoshop
The animation was done in Flash pro (not 8, but the next version of the site will be)
The coding was done in Dreamweaver
Making a site is alot of fun but alot of hard work. I urge you to have a go because it's SO satisfying when it's all online.
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Thank you very much I do try.. then I have a rest and 10 minutes later I try again 
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Very nice site Mr M...
Only criticism is I don't like the s from Marvellous overlapping the interface
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Alot of people are doing this now. I think it's because all of a sudden web designers CAN do it.
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Thanks, and yeah. I under-estemated the target audience TBH. The whole thing could have been bigger.
Very nice, although I have to agree on the size front, especially of the text! I run on 1600x1200, and even with my glasses on was leaning right into the monitor to read that. I think if the colouring of the text were different then the size might be less important - tiny, relatively low-contrast text (like the white on the translucent background of the About page) is much harder to read than tiny black-on-white text. Not that I'm saying use black on white, just that the contrast being upped in some way might help it be a bit more readable for those of us with silly resolutions.
Oh, and some toons belonging to Synaesthetix and I might have something to say about the Marvellouses claiming to be "Paragon's premiere superhero couple." 
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Damn skippy.
@Synaesthetix
"Here, take some more bees with you. You may need them."
Union: FU//LoUD
"that Syn is that that" - Mothers Love
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Damn skippy.
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I wasn't gonna mention that but...Stase is tracking you down
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Damn skippy.
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I wasn't gonna mention that but...Stase is tracking you down
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Perhaps we should settle this with a duel...uh, vote?
Hey hey!! Crackin' site there Mr M!
I've been trying to make something similar, but don't have the luxury of fully fledged Flash, instead using SwishMax, which was all my wallet could afford. It's tough going though, so I know what you've been through!
Good job on the PHP stuff...very impressed! And the whole interface design is excellent...uncluttered, clean, stylish...very nice indeed!
Huzzaaahhhh!!!
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I mearly meant premiere, as we are incredably rich and [unpublished backstory allert] fund many extravigant socalite events. All o keep our secret identitys of course - and so Miss has a chance to wear all her shoes
Oh, and I've had people coming up to me asking if I'm 'the guy who always plays with his bird' and others saying 'Wow, I heard about you'. Strangely people used to ask if we were brother and sister. It wasn't until we made the Marvellous kids and were in Atlas last night that people asked us if we were married
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I have to confess, I thought you may have been either brother and sister or even (and perhaps more embarrassingly...) father and daughter .
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Well you would expect that really. It's people expecting us to be married when we're playing our own children that's a little odd.
My god I'll be in therepy for years
Well, I finally finished it. Mr and Miss' website is now online. For those more technical of you, it's flash/php based. I'd love to have some feedback from people because obviously, I can't test it on more than one computer.
There are still a few things I want to do to it, but it's ready to go live, just as we start to push to 50.
Visit the site at:
www.marvellousweb.co.uk
I look forward to hearing your thoughts.