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Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:05 am
by admin
I made a series of new subforums here and there, according to the several requests:

Rulings
Game Theory
Pokemon

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:57 am
by Sasky
Hi, I would like to design a new banner for this forum. Could you give me the size specifications of the banner? Will it be just a logo on the side, or would it fill the entire banner space?

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:28 am
by admin
the current banner is 300x100, but practically there are no limitations on the size, whatever you feel is the appropriate size and format...

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:49 pm
by Sasky
I don't think I am allowed to use copyrighted images? So I used my very limited drawing skills to draw a Chandra lol.

Banner:
Image

How it would look like on the blue banner background:
Image

It's fine if you don't like it. :) I'm just playing around with photoshop.

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:49 am
by imopen2
I think it's cool

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:22 pm
by Azrael
I don't think I am allowed to use copyrighted images? So I used my very limited drawing skills to draw a Chandra lol.

Banner:
Image

How it would look like on the blue banner background:
Image

It's fine if you don't like it. :) I'm just playing around with photoshop.
It's not Chandra. It's just a girl with goggles and a flame on her finger. Absolutely no relation to WOTC intellectual property.

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:58 am
by zemanjaski
I don't think they would have much of a trademark claim FWIW.

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:24 am
by Kazekirimaru
That banner is quite spiffy. ^^

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:50 pm
by Aesnath
My 2 cents: I like the not-Chandra Banner.

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:20 pm
by Azrael
I'm thinking we should add a hitler-mustache, just to be in the clear.

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:49 pm
by redthirst
That would be amazing.

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:31 pm
by ExarionUniverse1
I don't think I am allowed to use copyrighted images? So I used my very limited drawing skills to draw a Chandra lol.

Banner:
Image

How it would look like on the blue banner background:
Image

It's fine if you don't like it. :) I'm just playing around with photoshop.

Some of best works I seen in a long time after Zionite and Krackshot respectfully, great job man.

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:37 pm
by Second Harkius
i like it but it doesn't represent what this forum is going for

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:12 am
by Sir Sapphire the 3rd
i like it but it doesn't represent what this forum is going for
I would say its going in the other direction. I think we need a very non-anime styled banner.

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:17 pm
by Col. Khaddafi
It's one of the best banners we have had insofar tho. Also someone give her that 'stache!

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:33 am
by admin
Our good friend ( G_R ) has given it another go for the deck tags. You should have noticed some improvements! :)

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:24 am
by ( G_R )
Next up: fixing multicolumn for those EDH decks! (My Battle of Wits deck needs it too)

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:54 pm
by redthirst
Our good friend ( G_R ) has given it another go for the deck tags. You should have noticed some improvements! :)
They're very pretty now in the CA Black format.

Since you're working on tags, I have one issue: in that format, anything in spoiler tags is white print on a white background - which is impossible to read without highlighting. Any way to change that?

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:15 pm
by windstrider
I just wanted to say that the new deck tags look fantastic.

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:18 pm
by windstrider
As for images, would we be able to contact WoTC and get permission to use the actual artwork? Alex might know who to contact.

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:28 pm
by Kaitscralt
I was keeping this info with admin for Dragon's Maze, but I'll make it public now the spoiler season is over. I got in contact with WOTC about receiving possible a possible spoiler for this website and they responded to me in an optimistic manner. We did not however reason a spoiler for Dragon's Maze, nor did I expect to with our website having only a forum currently.

Perhaps we can make it a goal to have the front page at least in layout design by the next set, so when I talk to my contact again we can move higher on the list of prospects to receive a spoiler. We need ideas for what we want the website to be. We've discussed writing articles and promoting streaming as well as maybe deckbuilder programs. Captain Murphy had an imaginary friend to make the website for us but he never surfaced.

Go!

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:35 pm
by Azrael
I've been god-awful busy running an insanely aggressively deadlined project. There's also sorts of things we previously discussed for the front page that we should be doing, such as RSS feeds, event calendars - the list is kicking around here somewhere.

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:44 pm
by admin
I think we have a few articles that have been done and are just lying around in PM's (Checkbox made one on cubing) for lack of a properly structured frontpage.

Anyone of our new members can/want to help with making a contemporary and attractive frontpage design?

ftr, this is what we currently have: http://diestoremoval.com/frontpage

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:22 pm
by ( G_R )
Deck tags re-updated (thanks admin). Still a work in progress, and with some known bugs, but they are better now!
Our good friend ( G_R ) has given it another go for the deck tags. You should have noticed some improvements! :)
They're very pretty now in the CA Black format.

Since you're working on tags, I have one issue: in that format, anything in spoiler tags is white print on a white background - which is impossible to read without highlighting. Any way to change that?

I hope they are fixed now.

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:02 pm
by Blackhound
I was keeping this info with admin for Dragon's Maze, but I'll make it public now the spoiler season is over. I got in contact with WOTC about receiving possible a possible spoiler for this website and they responded to me in an optimistic manner. We did not however reason a spoiler for Dragon's Maze, nor did I expect to with our website having only a forum currently.

Perhaps we can make it a goal to have the front page at least in layout design by the next set, so when I talk to my contact again we can move higher on the list of prospects to receive a spoiler. We need ideas for what we want the website to be. We've discussed writing articles and promoting streaming as well as maybe deckbuilder programs. Captain Murphy had an imaginary friend to make the
website for us but he never surfaced.

Go!
Nice try anyway, im curious though, if someone came to this site with unofficial spoilers (leaks) would it be allowed ? Or would you rather have official spoilers from WOTC.

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:22 pm
by Neo Metal Sonic
I don't think I am allowed to use copyrighted images? So I used my very limited drawing skills to draw a Chandra lol.

Banner:
Image

How it would look like on the blue banner background:
Image

It's fine if you don't like it. :) I'm just playing around with photoshop.
I like it. Just the white eyes are a little weird.

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 7:09 am
by imopen2
i wonder what it would look like if they were black

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 5:56 am
by Sasky
I could try and fix it up and also give her a mustache when I'm home. Or do up a completely new one.

No offense meant to the person who made it, by why do we still have the garish black and green text banner? I'm not sayng mine should be used, but I am kind of hoping to see a nicer banner. Even plain text looks better.

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 6:30 am
by ( G_R )
No offense meant either but no one has provided a non-gay alternative. :ramon:

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 6:33 am
by ( G_R )
BTW, [mana] tags!

[Mana]wubrg[/mana]

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 6:54 am
by Second Harkius
We should have a banner that reflects our goals (relaxed moderation, a more welcoming community, better deck advice, etc).

Like a sun rising over a kingdom or Kelly Divine's huge ass.

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 6:55 am
by Second Harkius
We should have a banner that reflects our goals (relaxed moderation, a more welcoming community, better deck advice, etc).

Like a sun rising over a kingdom or Kelly Divine's huge ass.
Image

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 6:57 am
by Second Harkius
That is Anor Londo from Dark Souls but it looks like A) a new beginning and B) professional.

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 7:00 am
by imopen2
i think there should be something dying. preferrably to removal

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 7:01 am
by Second Harkius
oh shut up

you are my least favorite gimmick of mine.

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 11:49 am
by Kaitscralt
I personally find the Chandra thing a bit cartoony and off-putting, no offense. It reminds me of something that would be in a bad MTG web comic.

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 2:50 pm
by Sasky
Indeed. No issues, I agree with you.

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 3:40 pm
by Azrael
i think there should be something dying. preferrably to removal
Yeah, I was partial to the multi-banner rotating images idea that was floated.

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 3:48 pm
by Sasky
New attempt:

Image

With your default blue banner background:

Image

Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 3:54 pm
by Sasky
And as viewed on the website:

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