Forum Aesthetics

Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:34 am

if you can link give me an quote and a good image to use (i was looking for some in the archives and then started reading them..... i was up at 8 and its now the afternoon opps) ill work on some for ya.

im also about to have a fiddle with some buttons. ive gotten the 'mookiebet' from the stripslay thread and see what i can make
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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:37 am

Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:58 am

theres a fiddle.

edit: and heres an example of my 'character banner' idea

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Shivering Isles Resident Joined : 27 Mar 2007 Posts : 9494

Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:32 pm

which one?

the button or the banner?

edit: heres another banner

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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:23 pm

im making more banners as i come across images in the archives.

and i shall work on some buttons later too then ^_^
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Shivering Isles Resident Joined : 27 Mar 2007 Posts : 9494

Oh yeah, about the banners; try to keep a relatively equal amount of the major characters. Even though Donovan has a lot of funny sayings, it wouldn't doo to have ten of him and only one or two of Dominic.
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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:29 pm

im trying hehe

feel free to throw any quote you want used at me
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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:47 pm

give me a server with PHP support, and I'll tell you how to set up the random banner.

How it basically works, you put a folder on the server with all the images you want in it. Then you put a PHP script in the same directory as that folder.

For the url of the topbanner image, you insert "http://www.server.com/directory/randomimagescript.php" and the script will randomly take images from the folder for the image.

Here's the script
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<?
$logo= scandir(logo);
$logo= array_slice($logo, 2);
shuffle($logo);
$ban= fopen("logo/$logo[0]", "r");
header("content-type: image/jpeg");
fpassthru($ban);
?>
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unless you want to edit the script, name it "logo.php" and name the folder you put the images in "logo" as well.

that should do it for you.

Neochick--you're ripping the characters from the background really cleanly. Any particular tricks? I usually do a rough by-hand cutout, white out the surrounding pixels, then smudge the edges of the character to blend them to whatever background I put them on. It works pretty well, and most people can't tell, but yours look a bit more crisp than mine.
<?
$logo= scandir(logo);
$logo= array_slice($logo, 2);
shuffle($logo);
$ban= fopen("logo/$logo[0]", "r");
header("content-type: image/jpeg");
fpassthru($ban);
?>
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unless you want to edit the script, name it "logo.php" and name the folder you put the images in "logo" as well.

that should do it for you.

Neochick--you're ripping the characters from the background really cleanly. Any particular tricks? I usually do a rough by-hand cutout, white out the surrounding pixels, then smudge the edges of the character to blend them to whatever background I put them on. It works pretty well, and most people can't tell, but yours look a bit more crisp than mine.
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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:58 pm

i do mine by hand on photoshop CS2, with the added help of my wacom.
i also find it helpif i make the backround 'bright green'so i dont miss anything

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Neochick, you rock.

Shivering Isles Resident Joined : 27 Mar 2007 Posts : 9494

Okay you guys, we need to start coming up with buttons for the themes. I don't mind changing the look of the forum, but I won't leave it half finished; the old look was better than this bland generic look we have now. I don't mind changing the forum aesthetics, but you guys need to meet me halfway. I'm giving a week before we go back to the old look, at which point you guys will have to come up with buttons and such on your own (and without the benefit of having the right forum colors for comparison).
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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:55 am

I like this much better than the old look; keep it as it is, please. Less it more.

The forum doesn't need anything too fancy (see other popular forums); the rotating banner is fine, but the previous forum was too gauche (all those graphics...).

Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:14 am

I disagree, but the point is moot. This forum layout is the preferred one, and it's here to stay.
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