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mook said:
I'm actually trying to take my design cues from the Blazers' own site. Not ripping it off, but giving it a similar feel.

Please do come up with some of your own designs if you'd like--I certainly won't be offended.
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I think you're on the right track. I just think that some more color might attract the eye to the banner. It's much smaller than what we're used to seeing.

I'm definitely NOT a photoshop guy. I'm tempted to take a class though. It's a skill that's becoming ever more in demand.
 
Denny Crane said:
Not sure. I think we have a PSD around somewhere to make the images from that has the right background.

The powered by sportstwo needs to be left aligned or it will look "dangling" (dunno how to describe it better) on wide browsers.
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Gotcha:

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#1_War_Poet_ForLife said:
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One of the things I've noticed about the Blazers' graphic designers is they never use a red gradient or screen, mostly because it comes off as pink (kinda un-manly).

Not meaning to pick apart your work--I like it. Just explaining why I avoided those.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think you're on the right track. I just think that some more color might attract the eye to the banner. It's much smaller than what we're used to seeing.
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That's cool. It probably would attract the eye more to the banner, but I'm not sure you necessarily want that.

People are going to be posting in this board thousands of times. They probably don't want something too far out of this site's color palette, because it'll be too distracting. Kind of like banner ads.

My own preference is to stick to the color scheme already established here (and by the Blazers).
 
I'll put up whichever banner that there's a consensus for. It can literally be on the site within a few seconds after one is chosen.
 
mook said:
That's cool. It probably would attract the eye more to the banner, but I'm not sure you necessarily want that.

People are going to be posting in this board thousands of times. They probably don't want something too far out of this site's color palette, because it'll be too distracting. Kind of like banner ads.

My own preference is to stick to the color scheme already established here (and by the Blazers).
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No, I understand what you're saying Mook. The only reason why I would suggest something that would attract the eye is because ripcitytwo.com will not be synonomous with this forum right off the bat. It would be a good way to get the word out.
 
BTW--that reminds me, somebody might want to buy up RipCity2.com and also point it here. That way you don't have to tell people to spell out "two". It will work either way.
I'm $10 into this (and far more time than my wife would like) :) so I probably won't buy it. Just saying....
 
Natebishop3 said:
No, I understand what you're saying Mook. The only reason why I would suggest something that would attract the eye is because ripcitytwo.com will not be synonomous with this forum right off the bat. It would be a good way to get the word out.
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I dig.

You know, what might be kind of cool is to do what Google does--have a basic graphic that never changes, but modify it based on current news.

So if somebody gets arrested for heroine use you could have a needle poking the logo. Or put Oden's ROY trophy on there in the background. Or his hottie in the pink dress.

You could change it maybe monthly....
 
mook said:
I dig.

You know, what might be kind of cool is to do what Google does--have a basic graphic that never changes, but modify it based on current news.

So if somebody gets arrested for heroine use you could have a needle poking the logo. Or put Oden's ROY trophy on there in the background. Or his hottie in the pink dress.

You could change it maybe monthly....
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Haha.. that sounds like something I'm not qualified for :grin:
 
If this goes on through, say, the weekend, I could turn my hand to it. I used to do web design professionally and did some work on banners and such, plus Photoshop work has always been a hobby (I recognize the number of jokes that admission can spawn).

I probably won't have much time prior to the weekend, though. So if it needs to be decided prior to that, no problem.
 
mook said:
I dig.

You know, what might be kind of cool is to do what Google does--have a basic graphic that never changes, but modify it based on current news.

So if somebody gets arrested for heroine use you could have a needle poking the logo. Or put Oden's ROY trophy on there in the background. Or his hottie in the pink dress.

You could change it maybe monthly....
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I like the idea of a Halloween one and a Christmas one for those times of the year
 
Minstrel said:
If this goes on through, say, the weekend, I could turn my hand to it. I used to do web design professionally and did some work on banners and such, plus Photoshop work has always been a hobby (I recognize the number of jokes that admission can spawn).

I probably won't have much time prior to the weekend, though. So if it needs to be decided prior to that, no problem.
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We can always put one up now and if people want a newer one after the weekend, switch to that.
 
barfo said:
That would be great.

barfo
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Heh.. I almost regret suggesting it. It's a huge amount of work setting up 400+ forums for one day. This might be something I could do site-wide a lot easier.
 
Denny Crane said:
Heh.. I almost regret suggesting it. It's a huge amount of work setting up 400+ forums for one day. This might be something I could do site-wide a lot easier.
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No need to do it site-wide. Just Blazers and Blazers OT forums. :devilwink:

barfo
 
Denny Crane said:
Heh.. I almost regret suggesting it. It's a huge amount of work setting up 400+ forums for one day. This might be something I could do site-wide a lot easier.
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Is there a way to give a mod here permission to just modify the banner? That way it's not your job to manage it.
 
Denny Crane said:
We can always put one up now and if people want a newer one after the weekend, switch to that.
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Why not throw up #1 Poet's graphic today, put mine up a few days from now, Minstrel's a few days after that? Let people get to see them actually realtime (a lot of us have a hard time visualizing what it'd look like in the context of the whole site just from the graphic on its own).

Then we take a vote and call her done. At least for a while....

Assuming, of course, you'd be ok with the work to do that?
 
mook said:
Is there a way to give a mod here permission to just modify the banner? That way it's not your job to manage it.
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I think so, using Drupal. I think it makes sense for everyone to get settled in here first, then I can get interested people involved on the Drupal side.

mook said:
Why not throw up #1 Poet's graphic today, put mine up a few days from now, Minstrel's a few days after that? Let people get to see them actually realtime (a lot of us have a hard time visualizing what it'd look like in the context of the whole site just from the graphic on its own).

Then we take a vote and call her done. At least for a while....

Assuming, of course, you'd be ok with the work to do that?
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It's really simple to do. I right click on the image in the thread, save to my hard drive and upload it to the server and it's live on the site. All I have to do beyond that is make sure the file has the right file name. Of course I'm OK with it.
 
Denny- Since there doesn't seem to be a huge stirring of opinion one way or the other, would you mind throwing one of the two banners (Poet's or mine) up there now? Up to you to pick which one for now, I suppose. I'm less concerned about which particular art than I am in publicizing that there's an easier way to get here.
 
mook said:
Denny- Since there doesn't seem to be a huge stirring of opinion one way or the other, would you mind throwing one of the two banners (Poet's or mine) up there now? Up to you to pick which one for now, I suppose. I'm less concerned about which particular art than I am in publicizing that there's an easier way to get here.
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I put yours up since it was in jpg format, easier to deal with (filename issue).

You may have to shift-reload to see it, since the old image may be in your browser cache.
 
I'll just knock one up using the template I used for the rest of the banners, just so it can be compared
 
Denny Crane said:
I put yours up since it was in jpg format, easier to deal with (filename issue).

You may have to shift-reload to see it, since the old image may be in your browser cache.
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Nice! Thanks.
 
Can someone explain to me why Portland is referred to as Rip City?
 
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