Banners and Common Sense

[ggallagher]

Got mine working now [obviously] .... thanks to all!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: ggallagher

Got mine working now [obviously] .... thanks to all!

OK Gents...I need some hand holding.

I tried uploading to personal webspace..it worked..the pic shows up..in the sample window on the "my profile" page..but it does NOT show up in the sig space. I tried with and without the parameters. I tried taking a big framing hammer to my comp..didn't work either.

[ggallagher]

Cap:

Do you have the FULL URL within the IMG prefix & suffix? Has to include the http:\\ or the ftp info....can't be just the file name....

[kev_uk]

Just testing one I did earlier....

[dwesolick]

Ok, I couldn't resist. Yeah, I know, it's more of a poster than a banner...[8|]

[Primal Fury]

Just made this one...does it look ok?

Fury

[Primal Fury]

Err...try it now...

Fury

[Onime No Kyo]

Looks great from here.

[GBirkn]

Hey, this is fun! (Never mind the Japanese, I know who the real enemy is [;)])

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: dwesolick

Ok, I couldn't resist. Yeah, I know, it's more of a poster than a banner...[8|]

Dwesolick;

Is that Lurch in the lower right corner? [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: ggallagher

Cap:

Do you have the FULL URL within the IMG prefix & suffix? Has to include the http:\\ or the ftp info....can't be just the file name....

ggallager;

I tried everything short of ear wax lavage and I can't get it to work.

If I use this format..

1) http://members.cox.net/...page address.../untitled.gif in the window

2) Enable the "enter URL" flag

The pic can be properly viewed using the picture icon to the right of the "enter URL" window..but does not show in the sig area.

If I try bracketing the url with the [img] brackets, I get the "about blank" message

I should note ...I am hitting "Apply" followed by "OK" after it refreshes?

[Subchaser]

Gentlemen

… I think this banner thing will start causing problems soon… no offence guys.. this is my fault after all

All banners posted above are really good, but some of them are simply too huge, as dwesolick said... these are posters not banners.

Banner should be smaller, (350-500 pxls wide/120-150 pxls high), size of a file should not be larger than 70kb… otherwise, people with slow internet connection will be forced to spend hours loading our banner stuff only, imagine… thread of 30+ posts… all posters have banners… a reader have to load almost 1,5mg of graphics simply just to read a thread that probably does not contain anything interesting...

[Mr.Frag]

Just a note for those with slow connections, I believe there is an option in the forum preferences to turn off the display of such things to speed up your surfing.

[SunDevil_MatrixForum]

Subchaser,

That last banner is amazing, good job.

[52nd Lowland]

What a fantastic banner Subchaser.I had planned to try something with a P38 but that would beat anything i could do hands down.[:D]

[ggallagher]

Cap:

Not sure if this is the problem, but the second tag (at the end of the URL for the file) should have a slash before the IMG


Are you doing so?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: ggallagher

Cap:

Not sure if this is the problem, but the second tag (at the end of the URL for the file) should have a slash before the IMG


Are you doing so?

Yes sir....I just didn't type it that way in my post because the web software turns it into a pic [:)]

[VI66_slith]

Try deleting your old sig and applying that. Wait a bit and then copy in and paste your URL from another source like notepad. After I tinkered I got mine up and running.

Later!

[Cmdrcain]

ORIGINAL: dwesolick

Ok, I couldn't resist. Yeah, I know, it's more of a poster than a banner...[8|]

Liked this one so much I set as Desttop wallpaper [:'(]

[Cmdrcain]

Hummmm



By adding between the http:// etc pointing right to where image is hosted on my Webspace it works ok