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Without permission from the forum administration (I'll bet they'll let us do this), I present:
The Great Forum FavIcon Competition
►What is a FavIcon?
- It's that little image you see next to the URL. It also appears in the Favourites menu.
►How do I participate?
- Simple: Create an image of 16 x 16 pixels, GIF or PNG format, 256 colours.
- Make it appropriate and representative for the ISketch forum. (Note, this is not for the game itself!)
►Where do I send my entries?
- isketchforumcompo@gmail.com
-There is a maximum of two entries per person!
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:!::idea: The competition closes on FRIDAY JULY 13 <<
So that's plenty of time!
Afterwards, we will have an anonymous poll vote to decide the winner! Do NOT vote for yourself.
Katie.Lemon
14-06-2007, 02:32 PM
Friday the 13th eh
- Simple: Create an image of 16 x 16 pixels, GIF or PNG format, 256 colours.
What if we can create it as a proper .ico file (not just a .gif or .png renamed)?
Well apart from it making whoever does look like a geek :D
Also if needed I would like to offer to convert the winning entry to the proper icon format if you would like.
Well I need it in gif or png because I need to post the entries in a new thread so people can vote for them. I can't display an .ico file on a webpage.
The idea was to then convert the winning image to an .ico. If you like, you can do that (so I won't have to download software for that).
But please sent a .gif or .png as an entry; I don't want to convert everything into an image, upload it and post it.
Thanks for the offer
Katie: Yes, I did that on purpose :twisted:
Outstanding idea Dinnae, i shall get drawing my usual n00b drawings in a second. But first, might i add that before the forum changed servers we had a favicon that was essentially the iS with the isketch letters on them. The favicon that you see now is the one assigned by our current host, I'm not sure it can be changed. Also, if it can be changed, that the winner favicon actually gets used that'd be up to Peter. Also, given that this is a member run competition, nothing special can be given unless Peter decides so. Please, pretty please Peter!
Facey
14-06-2007, 04:24 PM
I remember the old one! Not sure I have the creativity to do one though :(
Outstanding idea Dinnae, i shall get drawing my usual n00b drawings in a second. But first, might i add that before the forum changed servers we had a favicon that was essentially the iS with the isketch letters on them. The favicon that you see now is the one assigned by our current host, I'm not sure it can be changed. Also, if it can be changed, that the winner favicon actually gets used that'd be up to Peter. Also, given that this is a member run competition, nothing special can be given unless Peter decides so. Please, pretty please Peter!
It's Fy and Vik's idea really (from a thread elsewhere in the forum). I just turned it into a compo.
I couldn't think of a reason why it would be a problem to use the winning logo so I just went ahead without asking. It should be changeable, really. Otherwise we can collectively bug the forum's host.
If all fails and it doesn't get used, we'll just print the winning logo and glue it onto our monitors where it's supposed to show up :D
<geek>
http://www.isketchforum.net/favicon.ico <- the file can be replaced in the web sites document root :D
</geek>
<geek>
http://www.isketchforum.net/favicon.ico <- the file can be replaced in the web sites document root :D
</geek>
Question remains, does the host allow this favicon to be changed? I see no reason why they wouldn´t, and i might have just asked the dumbest question in the history of mankind there... but i´m curious.
element212
15-06-2007, 03:11 AM
If all fails and it doesn't get used, we'll just print the winning logo and glue it onto our monitors where it's supposed to show up :D
i wont be glueing anything to my monitor :twisted:
Bad_MaNneR$
15-06-2007, 03:27 AM
Not an entry - but I kinda like this one.
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9273/sketchre3.gif
ele: I'll sneak in at night and glue it to your monitor then!
BM: cute (bit hyper, and 'slightly' too big though ;))
Question remains, does the host allow this favicon to be changed? I see no reason why they wouldn´t, and i might have just asked the dumbest question in the history of mankind there... but i´m curious.
Most if not all GOOD web hosts wont put a restriction on somthing like the favicon. and if they did they would override it server side so even if you added one you wouldnt see yours.
You can also add to the HTML a couple of tags you can put in the <head></head> tags of the HTML if you want to use another file name (the tags I use on my own website http://www.invictachat.net/favicon.ico and yes as I just demonstrated there you can use a proper .ico as an image on a web page.):
<link rel='icon' href='http://www.invictachat.net/favicon.ico' type='image/x-icon' />
<link rel='shortcut icon' href='http://www.invictachat.net/favicon.ico' type='image/xicon' />
A useful site about favicon's: http://www.rw-designer.com/favicon
Also from what I can see on the isketchforum.net's host's web site they allow your own custom favicon :)
Also from what I can see on the isketchforum.net's host's web site they allow your own custom favicon :)
Let the carnage begin!
tasha
15-06-2007, 04:20 PM
Friday the 13th eh
I'm flying that day! :eek:
<geek>
http://www.isketchforum.net/favicon.ico <- the file can be replaced in the web sites document root :D
</geek>
It's a box with a red X in it from where I'm sitting...
The favicon that you see now is the one assigned by our current host
I don't see one at the moment..
However, I shall have a go! Sounds fun!
FairyNuff
15-06-2007, 04:22 PM
Huh?? All I see is technical jibberish. Please decifer into 'mid thirties lady jargon' please!
Fairy: all you need to do for the competition is design the thing (which is just a simple 16x16 pixels image). The rest will be taken care of :smile:
That site basically explains how to implement it in your web page. If you don't already know how to use HTML code, it's gibberish, but it's really quite straightforward. It's a small line of code that you put in the header of your web page's code.
It's actually quite hard to capture this forum in 16x16 pixels, I've noticed. But take it as a challenge! :eek:
MsNerdinator
15-06-2007, 06:23 PM
It's actually quite hard to capture this forum in 16x16 pixels, I've noticed. But take it as a challenge! :eek:
Aye, that is so true! I'm strugging with ideas. It needs to be something that the eye will understand at 16x16 pixels :eek:
It's a box with a red X in it from where I'm sitting...
It looks like the icon circled in red in the attacged screen shot.
Maybe we could give the logo a redesign while we're at it -haha.
Something more unique specifically for this forum (then the Favicon would be a small version or a detail of it).
FairyNuff
15-06-2007, 07:49 PM
Ooooooooh ta Jobe! Penny has dropped, thanks!
tasha
25-06-2007, 03:37 PM
Just logged on today, & up until now I've never seen an icon for this page, but there's one there all of a sudden.
Anyone else seeing something that hasn't been there before, or is my computer just verrrry slow to update it?
MsNerdinator
25-06-2007, 05:30 PM
I can see that square FavIcon. A tiled sort of thing. I've been seeing that for ages though.
Desgining a FavIcon is hard. I can come up with designs and such, but they're far too complicated for one.
/slap things needing to be small.
I might just give up :P
No, you cannot give up.
You wouldn't even want to if you knew what the consequences were! >:)
So far we have 1 entry... and I'll make one or two ('cos you can do two!) before the dead line as well.
Come on people! Anyone can participate because it's a really small logo; you can use the pencil tool in MS paint and it will still look good (and competitive!)
MsNerdinator
25-06-2007, 05:37 PM
No, you cannot give up.
You wouldn't even want to if you knew what the consequences were! >:)
/me gasps!
Is that a threat? :twisted: lol..
tasha
25-06-2007, 06:34 PM
Nope, i don't see the tiled thing - it's something else..can't tell what it is actually it's kind of blue & white though.
I think it's a letter.. looks like a J but probably isn't.
I'll put a picture up.. hold on.
Edit:
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p226/Tashas-bucket/favicon.jpg
Voilaaaa
MsNerdinator
25-06-2007, 06:58 PM
Oh, I'm seeing this:
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8200/picture1of9.png (http://imageshack.us)
I just see the regular IE logo thingy, the blue E on a white paper.
What tasha is seeing is the favicon.ico that ships with vBulletin http://www.invictachat.net/forum/favicon.ico
If you point your browser at http://www.isketchforum.net/favicon.ico then when there press Ctrl+F5 should reload it as the correct icon.
tasha
25-06-2007, 08:09 PM
Pressing ctrl & F5 just refreshes doesn't do anything other than refreshing the page.
Image doesn't change.
Unless you meant the one I can see is the one that should be there?
Tasha, you're seeing the 'new' one... which is a V (not a J) for vBulletin.
See, that's an ambiguous one. You don't know if it's a v of a j. Surely we can do better right -haha
Error
25-06-2007, 09:13 PM
Ifff I make one, can I email an explanation with it?
You can, but the people who pick their favourites won't get the explanation. It has to speak for itself.
Not to... deter you .. or anything
storm
25-06-2007, 09:45 PM
Do we have to draw it ourselves? Or can we edit a pic from somewhere? Is that cheating? lol
Pressing ctrl & F5 just refreshes doesn't do anything other than refreshing the page.
Image doesn't change.
Unless you meant the one I can see is the one that should be there?
See, what I said was at everyone else seeing the old icon, which was the 9 blue squares. the Ctrl+F5 was to show the one you already see...
And it is indeed a V as you can see by the full size logo at http://www.vbulletin.com
Do we have to draw it ourselves? Or can we edit a pic from somewhere? Is that cheating? lol
If it's not in against rules, it's allowed -haha
Have fun using other pictures in a 16 pix² area though
Peter
25-06-2007, 11:41 PM
The blue squares one is just the default host favicon. I did have the 'iS' from iSketch as the favicon before we switched host, must have just not uploaded it on the new host.
I don't have a problem with a comp though, will be quite interesting to see what people can come with in 256 pixels. I might enter the old icon, lol.
That's weird, now I see the V favicon!
Dinnae, my wonderfully professional and original entries will be winging their way to you shortly lol.
I didn't even know what a Favicon was until this competition, so forgive me my newish attempts :P
:eek: haven saw that old icon b4... any kind soul can upload the image of that old "IS" icon?
The blue squares one is just the default host favicon. I did have the 'iS' from iSketch as the favicon before we switched host, must have just not uploaded it on the new host.
It probably got over-written when you upgraded vBulletin.
tasha
26-06-2007, 04:02 PM
See, what I said was at everyone else seeing the old icon, which was the 9 blue squares. the Ctrl+F5 was to show the one you already see...
And it is indeed a V as you can see by the full size logo at http://www.vbulletin.com
Oh, okay, I just wasn't sure who your original post was aimed at.
I'm intending to enter at some point too but haven't got round to it yet.. =]
MsNerdinator
06-07-2007, 07:09 PM
Whooops! Totally forgot about this!
I started a few. And never finished. lol.
Darn.. and there's the isketch weekly quiz to do too :(
/me gets to work..
tasha
06-07-2007, 08:58 PM
Oh poo, so did I.
And I think our trial of photoshop has expired now.. I'd have to make it in paint.
That's me out then! Good luck all!
MsNerdinator
06-07-2007, 09:05 PM
Nay, can I cheat and send in more than one? ;) lol
tasha
06-07-2007, 09:07 PM
and I'll make one or two ('cos you can do two!)
Probably :razz:
►Where do I send my entries?
- isketchforumcompo@gmail.com
-There is a maximum of two entries per person!
Says it all. :razz:
MsNerdinator
06-07-2007, 11:13 PM
I should have made myself clearer.. :razz:
Can I be cheeky and send in a batch?
/me starts creating new usernames
lol!! just kiddin :P
Oh poo, so did I.
And I think our trial of photoshop has expired now.. I'd have to make it in paint.
That's me out then! Good luck all!
I made one in paint, it's doable. It's only a few pixels
Anyway, HURRY HURRY! Time's almost up!
(and I haven't received all that many entries)
If it's an incentive: I can keep all the names of the one that doesn't win anonymous :razz:
"of the one" that implies theres only 2 :twisted:
I bet there was something wrong with my S key :D
There are more, but not many. So... If it's an incentive: Statistically, every entry has a high chance of winning :D
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