Forum: Fractals

Subject: Banner Swap

Lenord opened this issue on Mar 12, 2012 · 147 posts

Lenord posted Mon, 12 March 2012 at 1:24 PM

Weez going to change things up with the Banners for the Gallery, the same old Banner staring you in the face when you come to the Fractal Gallery gets old after a bit. So post a Banner of your own design as an attachment here in this thread and we will start changing Banners on a rotational basis every couple of weeks or so. Any type any App, just make sure they have "Renderosity Fractal Gallery" on them with any Font you choose.

Banners should be no larger than 500x125 Jpeg


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Lenord posted Mon, 12 March 2012 at 1:30 PM

First


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CarolSassy posted Mon, 12 March 2012 at 4:16 PM

What measurements?

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

Lenord posted Mon, 12 March 2012 at 4:28 PM

Quote - Banners should be no larger than 500x125 Jpeg


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Feliciti posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 8:22 AM

hi, my first view here in forum and a try for a banner ...hope you like it a bit ?!

Lenord posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 9:10 AM

Yeah, nice one, that will look good on top of the Gallery or Showcase,well done.


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alida posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 10:25 AM

I am glad  to  see this  forum alive!!!I am not  good  at  banners..........just  a way to  contribute!!!

CarolSassy posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 10:53 AM

Here ya go!  Hope this works.  Enjoy! (:

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

Lenord posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:13 AM

I should have added that you can do ones for the Forums and Showcase also. Just instead of "Renderosity Fractal Gallery" use "Fractal Forums" or "Fractal Showcase"

Same 500x125 limits


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CarolSassy posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:31 AM

That's fun.  One for each. (:

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

Lenord posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:33 AM

Quote - That's fun.  One for each. (:

 

Yeah man, were going to clean out the old Cache of Banners and start fresh, it's a New Dawn for Renderosity Fractalists.


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Lenord posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:36 AM

One for the Showcase


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Lenord posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:37 AM

One for the Forums


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CarolSassy posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:38 AM

Why is Forums in plural?  Do we have more than one?  Just curious.

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

Lenord posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:40 AM

And one more for the Gallery

Now I'll stop, this is your Gallery, Forums and Showcase, c'mon Guys make it so, put your signature all over this Fractal Home at Renderosity.


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Lenord posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:41 AM

Quote - Why is Forums in plural?  Do we have more than one?  Just curious.

 

Aagh, you're right not plural. Bad Habbit, I'm a regular at FractalForums.com too

Oops


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CarolSassy posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 11:43 AM

lol, I thought everyone had been hiding a forum from me all these years.

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

CarolSassy posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 12:22 PM

Here's another.  Fun! (:

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

CarolSassy posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 12:50 PM

Last but not least.  More purps. lol

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

KimberlyC posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 1:43 PM

Great banners.. :woot:



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CarolSassy posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 1:53 PM

There are some nice ones here and.....

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

Lenord posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 2:20 PM

Oh snap!, were being Invaded!!!


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CarolSassy posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 2:40 PM

lol, [L@@k](mailto:L@@k) out!!

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

alida posted Tue, 13 March 2012 at 4:54 PM

this  thing is funny!!!

Jennyfnf posted Wed, 14 March 2012 at 5:28 AM

How do I insert a banner? I don't have an url?  Oh - I'll try an attach it. Looks a lot smaller than the other ones..I did it 500x125 too:-(

Jennyfnf posted Wed, 14 March 2012 at 5:30 AM

Hmmm, well that worked.  I had a problem with the writing. I could not make it spread out bigger. Grr.  Oh well, if you don't use it I certainly won't be offended:-))))

Jennyfnf posted Wed, 14 March 2012 at 5:31 AM

Oh poo -

I just read Len's letter as to what should be written on it.........................never mind:-))))

Lenord posted Wed, 14 March 2012 at 8:40 AM

You got it right Jen, it's FORUM, singular

Renderosity Fractal Gallery

Fractal Forum

Fractal Showcase


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Jennyfnf posted Wed, 14 March 2012 at 9:31 AM

Thankyou Len. I don't know what I'm doing, that is half the trouble. hahaha..........the other half is me.

greyone posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 8:06 AM

Here is my first try at this.

 

Hope its okay

 

Jim

Lenord posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 8:25 AM

Looks fine Jim


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KnightWolverine posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 9:44 AM

Sounds cool ...I'll give it a whirl......be back later....(smiles)...

KnightWolverine posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 12:40 PM

One of a few forthcoming.....

I have my own website and create banners all the time so this was fun to create something for someone else for once....more to come....(smiles)...

KnightWolverine posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 12:55 PM

Another quickie....

Jennyfnf posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 1:56 PM

I think you are very clever.  These are good.  Can you tell me the best way to do it please.  I did mine in PI but not happy with it.

Lenord posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 2:17 PM

   it's easy for me since I generally use a 2:1 aspect ratio anyway, it's more just reizing any one I have than cropping, unless I want render one to the aspect ratio fo a 500x125.


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Jennyfnf posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 2:59 PM

Sorry, I do not understand what a 2:1 aspect ratio is Len.  Do I just write on an image and then resize the who thing and what size font is the best to use if I were to resize the image 500px125? Flip me.  I can find fractals and that is about my limit.

KnightWolverine posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 3:44 PM

I use Photoshop Elements 8 for all post work/2D art/banners/buttons ect.....

Really for me it would be hard for me to explain if one wasn't using same program...(not sure what PI is?) ...not familiar with the slang....lol...sorry...

But if you....say .....were using Photoshop then all I do is create  a "new blank image"....in this case....(500 x 125)....and then choose what I'm going to place in the space.Then run it through (sometimes) as many as 25 to 50 variations of different filters until one clicks...save as a jpeg with as much clarity as possible and badda bing badda boom....finished...I know this is probably a weak tutorial and I apologize in advance....but it's basically the way I do it using Photoshop and is the best way I can explain it with what I know....(smiles)....

KnightWolverine posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 4:06 PM

Here's one with a "green theme".....all fractals in the banners are mini versions or "snips" from my fractal factory series inside my gallery here at Rendo...(smiles)..

 

Hey Len!.....

Didn't take long to figure out were I left off from 6 months ago....lol...like riding a bike...I forgot how addicting this program was....I foresee a candle burning well into the night once again....lol..

 

Thanks once again for the link....(smiles)....

KnightWolverine posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 4:08 PM

I'm guessing this would help wouldn't it?....rofl....sometimes when too many ideas crowd ones head there's bound to be conflicts....lol...try this again...here's another for you to use if you feel inclined to do so.....

Lenord posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 4:12 PM

@ KW  PI is probably Photo Impact, it's another Image Editor like PS

@ Jen   Aspect Ratio is the ratio of Width to Height so 2:1 is 2 units of width for every 1 unit of height. The old norm was 4:3 which was the aspect ratio of most Monitors (TValso) before Widescreen or say 1024x768 at 2:1 that would be 1024x512. I just got to like the 2:1 because it's a close approximation of the 70mm Panavision ratio I used in MojoWorld.


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alida posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 5:34 PM

I keep on trying:)

alida posted Thu, 15 March 2012 at 5:35 PM

and another one.Photfiltre is  easy for  banners:)

Jennyfnf posted Fri, 16 March 2012 at 1:12 AM

Thankyou Len:-)))

Yes, PI is Photo Impact  I like many of it's features better than Photoshop.

kareldg posted Fri, 16 March 2012 at 1:38 PM

Nice idea, here is mine.

Jennyfnf posted Fri, 16 March 2012 at 1:42 PM

KnightWolverine, Sorry I missed your helpful message. Thankyou very much.  I'll try it in either PS, PI or PSP and post the result if it is any good.....

kareldg posted Fri, 16 March 2012 at 1:54 PM

And another Apo

kareldg posted Fri, 16 March 2012 at 2:05 PM

And my last one.

KnightWolverine posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 12:49 AM

Just putz'n around....here's a couple more...

1st one....

KnightWolverine posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 12:50 AM

here's the other...(smiles)...

alida posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 9:32 AM

ahh....have a nice Saturday fractal

alida posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 9:33 AM

green for  Irish

alida posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 9:33 AM

one more

alida posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 9:34 AM

two

alida posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 9:35 AM

three,my fave

daali posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 10:16 AM

Hii All :- ))))))

Ok women, let's try
Let's see if we resume life, also with this system

Alida

daali posted Sat, 17 March 2012 at 10:22 AM

Alida

mountmous posted Sun, 25 March 2012 at 10:41 AM

This is fun! Sorry I'm not able to do anything fancy with the text.

Yvonne

mountmous posted Sun, 25 March 2012 at 11:51 AM

Number 2

mountmous posted Sun, 25 March 2012 at 11:52 AM

Forum...

mountmous posted Sun, 25 March 2012 at 11:53 AM

... and Showcase

Lenord posted Sun, 25 March 2012 at 8:08 PM

500x125 is max diminsons jpg


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dochtersions posted Sat, 31 March 2012 at 11:00 AM

Hi guy's!

My first try to make a banner.

I love what I see here, and it really makes fun.

dochtersions posted Sat, 31 March 2012 at 11:38 AM

Nr. two :)

dochtersions posted Sat, 31 March 2012 at 11:40 AM

"All good things in three", they say here in The Netherlands.

And now hoping the 'things' are good ;-)

mountmous posted Sat, 31 March 2012 at 12:14 PM

They are all beautiful, Mies. Hard to pick a favourite.

dochtersions posted Sat, 31 March 2012 at 12:25 PM

Thank you, Yvonne.

It's nice to see you here, and your banners of course  :)

greyone posted Sat, 31 March 2012 at 6:29 PM

Everybody'sI banners are wonderful.  I'm glad I don't have to pick any of them over the others.

Lenord posted Sun, 01 April 2012 at 12:37 AM

All Banners that were uploaded here so far that fit the 500x125 jpg restrictions are now in rotation in the Forum and Gallery Headings, Keep them coming.


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Lenord posted Tue, 03 April 2012 at 9:36 PM

Test for showcase header


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kareldg posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 8:42 AM

Len your showcase header is wonderful.

Is 800x125 px also possible for banners? It looks much better.

Lenord posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 9:29 AM

Quote - Len your showcase header is wonderful.

Is 800x125 px also possible for banners? It looks much better.

Turned out the Showcase Banner was a whole different setup than the others so I had to whip up a special one real quick yesterday when getting the Window together. The 500x125 still holds for the Banners for Gallery and Forum, stand by on Banners for the Showcase for now, not exactly sure how to standardize the size on that one but will let everyone know when a size is settled on.


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Feliciti posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 1:13 PM

try a showcase banner with 800x125px ...looks better i think

used it or not :)

kareldg posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 3:02 PM

Len, because you made the showcase active again, here are some already made banners.

kareldg posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 3:02 PM

And another.

kareldg posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 3:23 PM

And the third.

alida posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 3:45 PM

Lots of nice   banners:)

I have  3  to  show:)thanks for  watching

alida posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 3:45 PM

second

alida posted Wed, 04 April 2012 at 3:45 PM

third

CarolSassy posted Sat, 07 April 2012 at 4:16 AM

Here's a cheery one. (:

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

CarolSassy posted Sat, 07 April 2012 at 4:27 AM

....and one for the forum. (:

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

CarolSassy posted Sat, 07 April 2012 at 4:34 AM

....one for the showcase.  Anyone who knows my work remembers 'little dude.'  Had to stick him in here somewhere! lol q-:

Yea!

Carol aka Sassy
If you can't stand the heat,
Don't tickle the dragon!

alida posted Thu, 19 April 2012 at 3:57 PM

banner1

alida posted Thu, 19 April 2012 at 3:59 PM

banner2

alida posted Thu, 19 April 2012 at 3:59 PM

banner3

spiegel428 posted Sat, 21 April 2012 at 3:43 PM

Here's one from me.

spiegel428 posted Sat, 21 April 2012 at 3:45 PM

And one for the showcase.

Lenord posted Tue, 01 May 2012 at 10:35 AM

Showcase


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Kernel_Panic posted Sun, 03 June 2012 at 7:08 AM

Here is quickie from me.

 

KP

Lenord posted Sun, 03 June 2012 at 9:19 AM

Quote - Here is quickie from me.

 

KP

 

 

That Avatar reminds me of someone I know at DeviantArt with the initals PKB

I would add this to the Banner rotation for the Gallery except it is 12 pixels too wide. The limits for the Gallery and Forum Banners is 500x125 and for the Showcase Window is 800x125. You can amend the image anyime and I will include it OK.

 


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dochtersions posted Sun, 03 June 2012 at 10:47 AM

Hope this will do it :)

dochtersions posted Sun, 03 June 2012 at 11:53 AM

 

Onother one

dochtersions posted Sun, 03 June 2012 at 11:55 AM

** **

Another one, now well-written :D.

Kernel_Panic posted Tue, 05 June 2012 at 5:39 AM

Rezsized as requested. 

 

 

KP

Lenord posted Tue, 05 June 2012 at 9:05 AM

OK dochtersions and Kernal_Panic, your Banners have been added to the Gallery Banner Rotation, Thanks


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spiegel428 posted Wed, 13 June 2012 at 6:04 PM

Here's another from me.

spiegel428 posted Wed, 13 June 2012 at 6:04 PM

And one for the gallery.

Rapesco posted Sat, 23 June 2012 at 7:56 AM

Here's my banner for the showcase:

Rapesco posted Sat, 23 June 2012 at 7:58 AM

One for the form.

Rapesco posted Sat, 23 June 2012 at 8:06 AM

And one for the gallery.

Lenord posted Sat, 23 June 2012 at 11:16 AM

Quote - Here's my banner for the showcase:

 

The dimensions for the Showcase are different, they are 800x125, I can't use this one on the Showcase. You can delete this one and re-upload a Resized version at any time.


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Rapesco posted Sat, 23 June 2012 at 1:41 PM

Oops, here's a resized and reworked version.

Lenord posted Sat, 23 June 2012 at 2:45 PM

OK Thanks, using it now and all the others have been added to the rotation


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dochtersions posted Sun, 24 June 2012 at 1:21 PM

Here one for the showcase, always much fun by making one :)

Many greetings!

dochtersions posted Sun, 24 June 2012 at 3:46 PM

Another one :)

dochtersions posted Wed, 27 June 2012 at 3:18 PM

Hi, I'm sending three banners :)

dochtersions posted Wed, 27 June 2012 at 3:18 PM

No two

dochtersions posted Wed, 27 June 2012 at 3:19 PM

No three

spiegel428 posted Sat, 30 June 2012 at 3:39 PM

This banner thing is addictive. Here's another one from me.

 

dochtersions, I like that one with the bird!

 

spiegel428 posted Sun, 01 July 2012 at 10:33 AM

BTW, Lenord, one of the forum banners ended up in the gallery rotation. dochtersions' red and green one posted on June 3rd.

dochtersions posted Sun, 01 July 2012 at 12:47 PM

Hi Spiegel,

Thank you for mention that little bird, I tried to make the banner a bit happier with it ;-)

Lenord posted Sun, 01 July 2012 at 1:01 PM

Quote - BTW, Lenord, one of the forum banners ended up in the gallery rotation. dochtersions' red and green one posted on June 3rd.

 

Oops, OK I'll get it sorted, thanks for the notice


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KnightWolverine posted Fri, 06 July 2012 at 1:17 PM

Here's a couple new ones from me....(smiles)..

KnightWolverine posted Fri, 06 July 2012 at 1:18 PM

and another....

KnightWolverine posted Fri, 06 July 2012 at 1:19 PM

and another.....

 

This is for the showcase since I haven't submitted one for that yet...

KnightWolverine posted Fri, 06 July 2012 at 1:20 PM

And one more for the showcase...

dochtersions posted Fri, 06 July 2012 at 2:18 PM

Really eye-catchers with those 'cool' color combination, Will.

Lenord posted Fri, 01 February 2013 at 10:25 AM

How about some Fresh Banners to spruce up the place for 2013

Banners for the Gallery and Forum should be 500x125 and should say either Fractals Gallery or Fractals Forum in some fashion on them

Banners for the Showcase Window should be 800x125 and say Fractals Showcase on them

Post your Banner submissions here in this thread and they will be added into the Banner rotation.

 


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Rapesco posted Sun, 03 February 2013 at 4:50 AM

Good idea, Len.

Here's one for the gallery

Rapesco posted Sun, 03 February 2013 at 4:53 AM

 For the showcase

Rapesco posted Sun, 03 February 2013 at 4:54 AM

And an other one for the showcase

mountmous posted Mon, 04 February 2013 at 1:06 PM

These banners are always so much fun to make ^_^

I'll add a couple...

mountmous posted Mon, 04 February 2013 at 1:07 PM

...forum...

mountmous posted Mon, 04 February 2013 at 1:07 PM

...and showcase...

Lenord posted Sat, 01 June 2013 at 9:05 AM

Don't forget about the Banners, keep posting Banners here and I will keep putting them in the Banner Rotation.

Gallery and Forum Banners are 500x125

Showcase Banners are 800x125


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Lenord posted Wed, 01 January 2014 at 9:25 AM

Up Front


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Lenord posted Wed, 01 January 2014 at 9:37 AM

Lets start off the new year with some new Banners, Make and post any Banner submissions in this thread and I will add them to the Banner rotation for the Forums, Gallery and Monthly Showcase.

 

Gallery and Forum Banners should be 500x125 and should contain either Renderosity Fractals Gallery or Renderosity Fractals Forum

Showcase Banner is 800x125 and should contain Fractals Showcase


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Lenord posted Wed, 01 January 2014 at 1:12 PM

Showcase1


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Lenord posted Wed, 01 January 2014 at 1:13 PM

Showcase2


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Lenord posted Wed, 01 January 2014 at 1:14 PM

Gallery1


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Lenord posted Wed, 01 January 2014 at 1:15 PM

Gallery2


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Lenord posted Wed, 01 January 2014 at 1:17 PM

Forum1


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spiegel428 posted Wed, 08 January 2014 at 2:24 PM

Here we go:

spiegel428 posted Wed, 08 January 2014 at 2:50 PM

One for the showcase.

Lenord posted Wed, 08 January 2014 at 4:16 PM

Thanks man, already got them in, tried to touch up the one I misspelled Fractals too.....Doh!


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spiegel428 posted Fri, 10 January 2014 at 11:27 AM

One for the gallery.

spiegel428 posted Fri, 10 January 2014 at 11:29 AM

Another.

spiegel428 posted Fri, 10 January 2014 at 2:49 PM

Is the showcase really 800px wide? Because if I have Firefox maximized, it looks like this, with a grey section. Is there a hard limit to how much the header can expand sideways?

Lenord posted Fri, 10 January 2014 at 4:11 PM

The Page is wider but the space allotted for the Showcase is 800pix, some of it is overlapped by those damn Banner adds down the side at least on my Browser. Most likely how it appears depends on the Browser, also your resolution settings of your monitor, since all the recent updates Rendo is Optimized for Google Chrome (which I despise and refuse to use) and I know when using my IE8 Browser it looks different from when I use my Opera Browser. Here is how the Showcase looks on IE8 which is what I normally use here.

 


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spiegel428 posted Fri, 10 January 2014 at 5:07 PM

Ah, Rendo optimizations, say no more. I noticed the banner overlapping when I shrunk the window too.

I tested it on Chrome and IE11 and it's the same when the browser is using all 1440px I've got available. Who can change the HTML in the Showcase page? I think that if the width="800" is removed from the image, it degrades more gracefully... the banner looks slightly fuzzy if you've seen the original, but it fills the space and doesn't look like the banner-maker messed up.

Lenord posted Fri, 10 January 2014 at 5:33 PM

I can access the HTML but I'm not a coder, all I do is copy/paste the Banner location where the Banner is located. The Showcase is different than the Forum and Gallery which allow for random rotating of multiple Banners, the Showcase doesn't. Here  is the HTML code for how the Showcase is setup for the Banner, if you can code it for what your talking about I can change it and try it out.

Fractal Gallery Guidelines


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spiegel428 posted Sun, 12 January 2014 at 5:39 PM

All right, let's try this:

Fractal Gallery Guidelines

Lenord posted Sun, 12 January 2014 at 8:55 PM

OK, I see what you did, changed from the dimensions to 100%. I changed it and it doesn't make any difference on my Browser, it works fine either way.
Let me know if it works for you

I was wondering if that would make any size Banner fit so I tried one from the Gallery and it didn't fill to 100%


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spiegel428 posted Mon, 13 January 2014 at 1:27 PM

It works for me, thanks Len. It'd be good if other people tested it, too.

spiegel428 posted Sat, 18 January 2014 at 4:41 PM

Another one. :)

Lenord posted Sat, 25 January 2014 at 7:55 PM

Test


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Lenord posted Wed, 01 October 2014 at 8:20 AM

TF


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