I noticed on your forum that the black arrows next to new posts was an images. You can do this completly by using css.
it's really easy, just some sly CSS coding. I didn't know if you guys have considered using this before or not... but it would be one less image.
Anywho, I have done it on this forum theme that I have been working on:
http://www.thelocale.org/~aiga/forum/
It's a pretty decently modified punbb theme, but anways...
make a 1x1 px div, then add a border to it, solid, however many pixels you want the arrows width to be. Then if you want the arrow to face to the right on a white ground, then make the left border color black, and the right, top and bottom borders white.
Viola, a black arrow on a white ground! :)
Gimme a sec... i'll try to find the exact CSS.
it's really easy, just some sly CSS coding. I didn't know if you guys have considered using this before or not... but it would be one less image.
Anywho, I have done it on this forum theme that I have been working on:
http://www.thelocale.org/~aiga/forum/
It's a pretty decently modified punbb theme, but anways...
make a 1x1 px div, then add a border to it, solid, however many pixels you want the arrows width to be. Then if you want the arrow to face to the right on a white ground, then make the left border color black, and the right, top and bottom borders white.
Viola, a black arrow on a white ground! :)
Gimme a sec... i'll try to find the exact CSS.
DIV.icon {
FLOAT: left;
MARGIN-TOP: 0.1em;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2em;
DISPLAY: block;
BORDER-WIDTH: 0.6em 0.6em 0.6em 0.6em;
BORDER-STYLE: solid
}
DIV.icon {BORDER-COLOR: #ffffff #ffffff #ffffff #000000}
Bam :)
FLOAT: left;
MARGIN-TOP: 0.1em;
MARGIN-LEFT: 0.2em;
DISPLAY: block;
BORDER-WIDTH: 0.6em 0.6em 0.6em 0.6em;
BORDER-STYLE: solid
}
DIV.icon {BORDER-COLOR: #ffffff #ffffff #ffffff #000000}
Bam :)
I haven't looked at all this CSS jazz, but that PunBB theme looks really slick!
I like the theme for the most part, but with it being completely black and white, its hard to follow.
For instance, with ttf, it has a different background from the text boxes so its easy to differentiate from what people have to say and the site features.
For instance, with ttf, it has a different background from the text boxes so its easy to differentiate from what people have to say and the site features.
this was already added to the list about a day ago! thanks for coming to post though, i think some other people will have the chance to appreciate this idea.
dammit, either way, you got it from me on IRC :P
didn't realize i double posted, i didn't think it was posted earlier.
About the colors: It's still a work in progress, we haven't figured out a solid color scheme yet for the site:
http://www.thelocale.org/~aiga/aiga_site <-- very early development, but comments are appreciated, be they hateful or pleasant :P
or the forum. We do know that it is going to be black, white and magenta (or the closest RGB value that we can figure). Were trying to figure out something that will last for a long time since we are not sure when the next group of people with as much php/js/css knowledge as us will come through, or be willing to do a site like that. So we need a content management system and theme that will last for a long time. At the least we will most likely go for an off white so it isn't so blinding. On my macbook pro w/ LED backlight, I get an afterimage when i look away and it's at 100% brightness.
didn't realize i double posted, i didn't think it was posted earlier.
About the colors: It's still a work in progress, we haven't figured out a solid color scheme yet for the site:
http://www.thelocale.org/~aiga/aiga_site <-- very early development, but comments are appreciated, be they hateful or pleasant :P
or the forum. We do know that it is going to be black, white and magenta (or the closest RGB value that we can figure). Were trying to figure out something that will last for a long time since we are not sure when the next group of people with as much php/js/css knowledge as us will come through, or be willing to do a site like that. So we need a content management system and theme that will last for a long time. At the least we will most likely go for an off white so it isn't so blinding. On my macbook pro w/ LED backlight, I get an afterimage when i look away and it's at 100% brightness.
when i say added to the list i mean the mailinglist :D
honestly I have no criticism of that site, rectangular. it looks really nice!
oh, one thing :). I have to scroll horizontally a tiny bit.
oh, one thing :). I have to scroll horizontally a tiny bit.
hahaha
asemi: what resolution are you running? er... mind taking a screenshot so I can see how you browse the site? The 8 column grid I decided on was 115px per column, so therefore 920px width. It was based on what we decided on needed to be on the menu, and how we wanted stuff to be organized. The news for example are 6 columns wide, with the sidebar 2 columns wide.
We do realize that for a lot of people running 1024x768, they will have to run the web browser full screen, and even people at 1280x1024 they will have to have their browser fill a good portion of screen real estate. It was a tough decision with some solid debate, but ultimately aesthetics won. :P
P.S. How do I join the mailing list? I seem to remember hearing about a google code link somewhere...
We do realize that for a lot of people running 1024x768, they will have to run the web browser full screen, and even people at 1280x1024 they will have to have their browser fill a good portion of screen real estate. It was a tough decision with some solid debate, but ultimately aesthetics won. :P
P.S. How do I join the mailing list? I seem to remember hearing about a google code link somewhere...
I'm running 1280x800. my browser window isn't maximized though, it's about 914 pixels wide.
here's a screeny:
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6799/picture2bo9.jpg
aesthetics don't mean much when you have to scroll horizontally :(.
did you consider making the news entries/updates a little narrower?
here's a screeny:
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6799/picture2bo9.jpg
aesthetics don't mean much when you have to scroll horizontally :(.
did you consider making the news entries/updates a little narrower?
Nice macbook and camino. Speaking of camino, I haven't tested it yet (haven't d/led it yet), but I assume everything works considering it runs off of the firefox engine, si? True, we just figured that people would either widen the window a few pixels, or would already be running at that resolution or higher.
Interestingly enough, everyone who is in our art program at this college gets a Macbook from the school, and gets to return it every two years for another new one (we used 14" ibooks before, but their all phased out now). So we did design the site considering that the user would be looking at the site on a computer affixed with a widescreen display. Unfortunately, in your case, you have the window a lot smaller than the full screen real estate. Completely understandable tho, I do the same thing since I usually multitask like a fiend (a.k.a. get distracted). We did consider having the site scale a little bit regarding resolution… but we wanted the site to have a universal look no matter what.
Interestingly enough, everyone who is in our art program at this college gets a Macbook from the school, and gets to return it every two years for another new one (we used 14" ibooks before, but their all phased out now). So we did design the site considering that the user would be looking at the site on a computer affixed with a widescreen display. Unfortunately, in your case, you have the window a lot smaller than the full screen real estate. Completely understandable tho, I do the same thing since I usually multitask like a fiend (a.k.a. get distracted). We did consider having the site scale a little bit regarding resolution… but we wanted the site to have a universal look no matter what.
thanks :). Camino works great, I've never had any layout problems with it or anything like that. plugins and all that jazz work fine too.
that's a pretty awesome deal on the MacBooks. I know of a technology school around here that does something similar with Thinkpads.
that's a pretty awesome deal on the MacBooks. I know of a technology school around here that does something similar with Thinkpads.
For everyone who isn't an art student, they get thinkpads.
our macbooks are 2.0 ghz (updated last year, i think they are upping the new ones for next year)
1gb ram, 60gb hd, and usual other stuff.
Everyone else gets whatever the latest R series thinkpad is with
1gb ram, 80gb hd… forgot what the clock speed was, i want to say 1.8 or 2.0 tho. Has intel integrated tho, but it can play ut2k4, and civ4 just fine at 1024x768.
our macbooks are 2.0 ghz (updated last year, i think they are upping the new ones for next year)
1gb ram, 60gb hd, and usual other stuff.
Everyone else gets whatever the latest R series thinkpad is with
1gb ram, 80gb hd… forgot what the clock speed was, i want to say 1.8 or 2.0 tho. Has intel integrated tho, but it can play ut2k4, and civ4 just fine at 1024x768.
wow sweet deal...
macbooks + tps.
macbooks + tps.
I am just wondering if this ever got put into place?
no
@asemi
whats in place of your Spotlight Icon in the top right on your screen?
whats in place of your Spotlight Icon in the top right on your screen?
hi maple. it's the icon for an application called Tunnelblick. it's an OpenVPN client.
I disabled the Spotlight icon by moving /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle to /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle.bak. this retains the functionality (e.g., through Finder's find feature) but rids the menubar of the hideous icon!
I disabled the Spotlight icon by moving /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle to /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle.bak. this retains the functionality (e.g., through Finder's find feature) but rids the menubar of the hideous icon!
off topic: asemi, how is openvpn working for you. we took a shot at using it at my workplace and i could never get the ethernet level interface to work properly.
it took me literally about six months to get working (not working on it consistently, obviously). I would try to get it working for like a few hours or something and give up for a while. eventually it somehow started working?
once I got it all set up it's been working great. I get a random disconnect like once every two weeks so it hasn't really been worth looking into why. oh, and I only have it set up on my local network between the wireless interface on my laptop and the one on my router. I can post my config files if you want.
once I got it all set up it's been working great. I get a random disconnect like once every two weeks so it hasn't really been worth looking into why. oh, and I only have it set up on my local network between the wireless interface on my laptop and the one on my router. I can post my config files if you want.
yeah, that'd be great
I'm at school right now. I'll post configs when I get home in a few hours.
ok, we're using a utf-8 character instead. but i'd be willing to use this css as well.