Cool dynamic sig (my own)

[Landiin]

With the .htaccess tag Drums posted you can still use options on the end of the url. You just need to put somthing like null=.gif and the end to fool the forums checking code.

This is my normal url to my sig
http://www.crusadersvalorous.org/lan.../sig/toran.gif


and here is one I use for soe restricted site
http://www.crusadersvalorous.org/lan...=soe&null=.gif


and here is one I use sites that have odd ball size restriction
http://www.crusadersvalorous.org/lan...=300&null=.gif


Yes I am still working on the transparency when the image gets resized:/ Other then that it works pritty good.

[Landiin]

Ok whats up with IE? In Firefox the back ground is tranparent like it is coded to do but when I look at it with IE it has black (10,10,10) back ground I used. Does IE blow that bad it can't even display graphics right? /sigh

[0ctavius]

Hi guys, I have been 'offline' for some time, but started getting a bit of nostalgia so thought I would look in to see how the progress os going. Feel free to bounce ideas off me if you need. I don't intend to pick this script back up again, as it would not be fair to anyone else who has made progress with it, nor would it be fair to anyone if I picked it up, and dropped it again later.

I can at least offer my experience and knowledge on how I originally wrote the script, for those of you wishing to adapt it to your own needs. Good work to those who have made changes for the better.

And no, I have not returned to Eq2, now I doubt will I ever. Just not in the cards right now. The web features I see have not made the move to live xml feeds, which is unfortunate, and part of the reason I am glad I am not a part of that community anymore. XML feeds would have made this script SO much easier to design / manage for more of the community.

[0ctavius]

Originally Posted by Landiin

Ok whats up with IE? In Firefox the back ground is tranparent like it is coded to do but when I look at it with IE it has black (10,10,10) back ground I used. Does IE blow that bad it can't even display graphics right? /sigh

IE does not support transparent PNG (yet, supposedly IE7 will). Unfortunately this is one of the most contested, and angrily sought after features that MS failed to add to IE to date, and may be one of the reasons PNG has not become the defacto image format of the internet yet (replacing JPG and GIF).

For more information you should read these articles, as they cover it in great detail. From these you might begin to see why so many people consider the IE browser(despite being the most prominent) to be the worst browser in terms of compatibility and standards compliance:

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/PNG/Inline-img.html
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/PNG/all_seven.html
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/PNG/inline-alpha.html

Also go here, and scroll down to "Internet Explorer" in the list of supported browsers. This page is the official home of the PNG image format.
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngapbr.html

[Khimaira]

I have no idea why, but this script is no longer working on my site (long delay and then finally just the ole red x where the sig should be) - I know I made no changes that would cause it to break. Anyone else having a problem?

Probably is my host (bravenet) but curious if anyone else experienced this - maybe a change at EQ2Players?

Any ideas on what I can do to figure this out? Pretty much at a complete loss.