New Dgrin Header and New Style!

Art Scott

Andy wrote:

And here I thought you liked using yellow

I do LOVE YELLOW as long as it doesn't remind me of changing diapers...:D

So no grey poupon (poop on) for me sir ......

I like really bright bold colors or really dark colors.....

Jeffro

Andy....I asked about updating the banner awhile back, and was happy to see it finally happen!

However I have looked at every photo linked to the banner, and none of them are mine! I find this to be a terrible blow to my ego! I was sure you would be posting one or more of my images! But nooooooooo! Oh well, I guess I'll just have to live with it!

Andy

Jeffro wrote:

Andy....I asked about updating the banner awhile back, and was happy to see it finally happen!

However I have looked at every photo linked to the banner, and none of them are mine! I find this to be a terrible blow to my ego! I was sure you would be posting one or more of my images! But nooooooooo! Oh well, I guess I'll just have to live with it!

Right now, the banner images are drawing from the Dgrin Challenge winners gallery, and the last two photographer of the year galleries.

Of course, you can enter in our Contests and the best of the images could be chosen for header images, too

rutt

Switched to "sand" and love it.

I also love the new banner shots, and I especially like the fact that you used the submissions to the Photographer of the Year contests. This is a new take on selecting these shots because everyone chose his/her favorites.

Was there some automation in the square cropping?

David_S85

I would like to propose the new "Sand" theme be renamed Creamy Buttered Pasta.

DoctorIt

rutt wrote:

Was there some automation in the square cropping?

They're all BZT'ed, so yeah.


If I may, one comment about sand creamy buttered popcorn pasta: I dig the colors, but I don't dig that it stretches everything out vertically. The title bars are bigger, and each post box is bigger. Even on my 15" macbook screen, it only fits about 2 posts; dgrin black fits 3 (all posts shorter than the avatar stuff).

cabbey

Dee wrote:

In your screen grab the type looks much more readable than what I see in FF on my Mac. Is there an option to make the type larger?

Andy mentioned the temporary cmd-+ option to increase it, if you want to permanently adjust it for everywhere, see Preferences, Content, Fonts & Colours. The Advanced button will bring up a great screen that has a "minimum font size" section. I have mine set to 10 on this machine, 18 on my high res disaplay at work.

Dee

Thanks Cabbey!

cabbey wrote:

Andy mentioned the temporary cmd-+ option to increase it, if you want to permanently adjust it for everywhere, see Preferences, Content, Fonts & Colours. The Advanced button will bring up a great screen that has a "minimum font size" section. I have mine set to 10 on this machine, 18 on my high res disaplay at work.

I'm not so sure I'm grokking this "skin" theme at all. But then, I'm really fussy. Think I'll go back to white. The only problem with white is that many people will choose white or yellow as their text color and I can't see it unless I highlight it.

It was interesting to see the other wild and crazy "skins" or themes, the creator of this skin or theme had on the site.

I wonder how many others are out there that might be professional, yet easy to read and with prettier colors?

Dee

White theme, or whitewash...
Wow, I can read again, without having to command + to make the text larger. Thank heavens someone is kind to aging nearsighted eyes!

gus

David_S85 wrote:

I would like to propose the new "Sand" theme be renamed Creamy Buttered Pasta.

How do you switch to it

Art Scott

gus wrote:

How do you switch to it

Gus...Look at the very bottom of the page....there be a little box with a drop down with all of the themes.......D:D If your set ot a black theme that little white box will say "GALLERY BLACK"

Hope this helpped

David_S85

gus wrote:

How do you switch to it

Bottom of the screen, little drop-down dealy and click "Sand" where Creamy Buttered Pasta should be.

Art Scott

David_S85 wrote:

Bottom of the screen, little drop-down dealy and click "Sand" where Creamy Buttered Pasta should be.

Andy and I discussed this earlier...it really should be ..........BABY SH** YELLOWD:D:D......HE DID NOT AGREE HOWEVER.rofl

DavidTO

David_S85 wrote:

Bottom of the screen, little drop-down dealy and click "Sand" where Creamy Buttered Pasta should be.

Leave it to you to color the text in a color that is illegible in the new Sand theme.

gus

Ok ta guys..tried it & went back to original flavour quickly.

BigAl

gus wrote:

Ok ta guys..tried it & went back to original flavour quickly.

Likewise ...

Aha, I see the striped Gus in the picture bar

Strange about the guy who doesn't want his pic in there :crazy

gus

BigAl wrote:

Likewise ...

Aha, I see the striped Gus in the picture bar

Wait till you see the next portrait mate...even the family is looking at me strange with this one !

System

Art Scott wrote:

Andy and I discussed this earlier...it really should be ..........BABY SH** YELLOWD:D:D......HE DID NOT AGREE HOWEVER.rofl

Nah that'd require a bit more green.


I rather like the black, but the sand seems to be a bit more "modern" in it's layout subtleties. Anywho it's nice to have options.

FYI: I'm honored to have images in the header.

Andy

rutt wrote:

Was there some automation in the square cropping?

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=26959&highlight=bulk+zoom+thumbnail

JenGrace

David_S85 wrote:

I would like to propose the new "Sand" theme be renamed Creamy Buttered Pasta.

:pissed Now I'm hungry again...

gus

Nearly

richW

I like the new header and styles. Do you get a prize if you line up four of the same images?

gus

richW wrote:

I like the new header and styles. Do you get a prize if you line up four of the same images?

PHOTOSHOP !!! at least mine was real because andy knows i dont know how to do that in CS2.

richW

gus wrote:

PHOTOSHOP !!! at least mine was real because andy knows i dont know how to do that in CS2.

Remember, you won the Camera and I won Photoshop. I really need to get a life...:D

gus

richW wrote:

Remember, you won the Camera and I won Photoshop.

I'd forgotten about that actually. Hell that camera gets a work out though.

dogwood

Andy wrote:

Hello Pete. Ouch, I'm sorry to hear that you are nearly flipping out. Pete, our rules state that we can use the image in the manner that we've just done. Nevertheless, we are not evil, and I have removed your photo from the competition gallery, though for the life of me I can't understand why having your wonderful work exposed in such a manner could ever be bad.

I hope this helps.

Andy:

The photo is still there!

http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/2241567#118537598

So was it just removed temporarily? Really-- I don't want it used and if it was just removed PERMANENTLY I'd quite whining and get on with other projects.

Andy

dogwood wrote:

Andy:

The photo is still there!

http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/2241567#118537598

So was it just removed temporarily? Really-- I don't want it used and if it was just removed PERMANENTLY I'd quite whining and get on with other projects.

Pete, I don't know what happened. I deleted it when I said I did. I just deleted it again now.

I'm sorry we upset you so much about this. You don't have to worry it is gone from the gallery.

System

just saw this thread-

new header's neat-

I don't know that you really need to keep rotating pics-

what pics you have in the header shown at the first of this thread is just fine-

Andy

gefillmore wrote:

just saw this thread-

new header's neat-

I don't know that you really need to keep rotating pics-

what pics you have in the header shown at the first of this thread is just fine-

I rather like the rotating shots, variety is good.

System

Andy wrote:

I rather like the rotating shots, variety is good.

oh well-

the bw of the trees just seemed to set it off just right-