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The Xisto Gallery for some reason converts GIF files to JPG files. This of course means if the GIF is animated or has transparency, neither of them work. There is a way around it, but it's a little annoying. Here's an example of what I mean. GIF converted to JPG

I really like this sig, even if I can't tell what the render is. The render looks to be nicely blended and the color works well. Only criticisms are the border I think could be a little closer to the edge so it doesn't go over the render so much, in fact the border appears to be closer to the bottom and sides than the top, or put the render on top of the border. The text could be little more prominent, perhaps a shade or two lighter and not eroded quite so much. 9/10 from me.

I used this render in the Wolverine Sig battle with Saint Michael, enjoy.

I think a lesson in life has been learnt here, "All things in moderation." We all sometimes get so engrossed in one particular thing that we forget about other things in our life, such as our friends (and family). Good to see you back wassie. Zythrix, just remember that when you finally do apply, your hosting credits will go down to 2, regardless of how many credits above what is needed for your hosting you have. Therefore, while waiting until you have 100 credits before you apply may show your commitment, be prepared to lose the majority of them. Just thought I'd give you warning so you don't get a shock at losing all those credits.

Let's try with this one. Cut out the render myself, do I get extra points? j/k

The difference in background for the left and right sides looks a little odd. The black angled line near the bottom not being straight kinda messes up the arrows. I think the arrows look out of place, perhaps if you used the shapes like you have at the top right in the 'orange-like' color, put them in the lower half in black. Colors match the render nicely.

I've never entered one of these battles before, but I'll give it a try. What is the timeframe for completing the sig?

Animation seems to be the current flavour, here's my entry. The spinning character is the tattoo, the closest I could find to it anyway. Link to sig

It works fine on my version of Firefox 1.5.0.1 Perhaps you don't have the latest version. I run an image gallery myself, but I don't think type of layout would work very well for me as I have descriptions for my images and some of the images are quite large. I don't know, it might be worth experimenting with.

Maybe it's just me with my crappy dial-up connection, but 396kb file size for a sig seems way too big. I assume this is due to the animation. The animation from my perspective is barely noticeable, in fact, I couldn't notice it all. I like the image, but I don't think the animation was worth it. I also agree with TF about the text, it's too hard to read.The "word" sig I won't comment on, don't like the concept so my comments on the content would be irrelevant.The button looks like someone cropped it too much. I assume this was done on purpose, but to me it looks a little odd. The "sone Conc" text at the top of the button is also confusing. Being it is the bigger text, I thought that was the name of the site, not "Plusone Concepts".The avatar is great, simple and recognisable as the big J's avatar. Wouldn't change a thing with it.

Let's think about this shall we? A person we don't know comes here asking for us to part with our money for a link to a program that allows us to 'legally' cheat other poker players out of their hard earned cash. Legal perhaps, but most certainly not moral or ethical. Obviously you are quite willing to cheat poker players out of their money, why wouldn't we be more than just a little suspicious that you want to cheat us out of our money too? As for "why does everyone on this board have something shuved up their **bottom**?", it is because most of us here have morals, you apparently do not.

I can see the workload could be heavy. What about sharing the load? There are a few members in the gfx crew that are quite active on the forums, why not delegate the responsibility of running the SOTW on a rotation basis? This way no one person has to come up with the ideas and update the gfxtrap site. You are volunteering your time here, it should be enjoyable, not hard work. Just a thought.

Isn't this the same process as before? See this link for an example.. http://forums.xisto.com/topic/30263-sotw-16-entries/ Perhaps 'Sig Of The Month' might be easier to manage? The danger with that though is the competition might become 'stale' between entry rounds.

Yes, I think it's better than the original, but I don't particurlay like it. I think it's just the animation itself, it seems kinda pointless. Sorry.

Yes, well there is your first problem. Frontpage is very good as messing up code. I think you'll also find it very difficult to try and modify this site to work with all browsers, if you use the Frontpage generated code as a starting base, due to the amount of unnecessary code it puts in your pages. If you must use a WYSIWYG editor, I suggest you switch to Dreamweaver. From what I have seen it adds the least amount of unnecessary code. Enough said! Even in IE6 I found your tables to be out of alignment, not as bad as in Firefox, but they were still out. As for your center media item, with a dial-up connection it takes too long to load. I waited for about 30 seconds and it only reached about 3% loaded, I wasn't going to wait for the whole thing. In general I think your site looks a little bland, perhaps increasing the size of your logo and adding a few other graphics might help.

I figure it's about time I put my hand up to join. AIM: n/a MSN: n/a (I don't like instant messengers much) Email: mudmall@mudmall.com Experience in graphics: Started making web graphics some 10 years ago, made huge improvements in ability since coming to Xisto Areas of expertise: siggis/banners/avatars/html Other graphics sites worked at(optional): n/a Past positions at other graphics sites(optional): n/a Current positions at other graphics sites(optional): n/a How much you can be on each day: I am online almost every day, usually for at least an hour each time How many templates/sigs/resources can you make a week: probably about 5 a week, depends on the complexity of the image Examples of your work: Click here

Here's my entries Link to image Link to image

Just to clarify it a little more for you... TOS = Terms Of Service These are the rules of this forum, you were advised to read them when you created your account.

I'm not sure exactly what your design business is, web or graphic? If it is web design, then the layout is great, very clean and functional. If the business is graphic design, then you need to add graphics, lots of them. Potential customers need to have sense of what you can offer them. Your site should be a 'showcase' of what ever it is you're trying to sell.Even if it is web design, perhaps you could spice it up a bit with a few simple graphics like a snappy logo or a clever navigation system. Again, you need to show people what you can do if you want to sell it to them. You need to demonstrate this on the first page they see, they may not bother looking any further if they are not interested by the first page you display to them.

Try something like this, starting from the line below your <body> tags. <table background="index.jpg"><tr><td><!-- ImageReady Slices (magic5.png) --><div id="navRight" style="position:absolute; width:125px; height:694px; z-index:3; left: 633px; top: 219px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color:#FFFFFF;"> <div align="center"><?php include("site_files/bottom.html"); ?></div></div><div id="content" style="position:absolute; width:418px; height:746px; z-index:2; left: 176px; top: 193px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color:#FFFFFF;"><p><font size=-2><center><img src="images/quidditch.gif"></center><br><B>Title:</B> Quidditch Through the Ages<BR><B>Author:</B> Kennilworthy Whisp<P>Quidditch Through the Ages is a great book to read if you like the Harry Potter books and the sport Quidditch.This book guides you from the beggining of Quidditch until the present of what Quidditch is now.The book is focused only on Quidditch, it talks about the many teams from England and many other countries as well. It also talks about where the bludgers came into existence, and why the teams have certain logos on their uniforms.The book mentions amazing events and things that have happened in historic matches. It also talks about how certain rules have changed through time.<br><br><br><center><img src="images/fantasticbeasts.gif"></center><br><br><B>Title:</B> Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<BR><B>Author:</B> Newt Scamander<P>This is a reprint by Obscurus House of Newton Artemis Fido Scamander's classic magizoological reference work. Forward by Albus Dumbledore. This particular edition is the first to be offered to the non-wizarding public. The introduction covers the classification of magical creatures into beings, beasts, or spirits. The history, politics, and fine points of this division is examined.<P>Next, there is a section on the concealment of magical beasts from the non-wizarding public. This includes the establishment of safe habitats, as well as the use of disillusionment charms, memory charms, and other techniques. The activities of the Office of Misinformation in spreading false information are also examined. The Ministry of Magic classifications of all known magical creatures from XXXXX (known wizard killer) to X (positively boring) are listed and defined.<P>The main body of the reference lists all known magical creatures alphabetically. The M.O.M. classification, physical description, habitat, behavior, and distribution are clearly and concisely noted for each entry. These entries are: Acromantula, Ashwinder, Augurey, Basilisk, Billywig, Bowtruckle, Bundimum, Centaur, Chimaera, Chizpurfle, Clabbert, Crup, Demiguise, Diricawl, Doxy, Dragon (all breeds), Dugbog, Erkling, Erumpent, Fairy, Fire Crab, Flobberworm, Fwooper, Ghoul, Glumbumble, Gnome, Graphorn, Griffin, Grindylow, Hippocampus, Hippogriff, Horklump, Imp, Jarvey, Jobberknoll, Kappa, Kelpie, Knarl, Kneazle, Leprechaun, Lethifold, Lobalug, Mackled Malaclaw, Manticore, Merpeople, Moke, Mooncalf, Murtlap, Niffler, Nogtail, Nundu, Occamy, Phoenix, Pixie, Plimpy, Pogrebin, Porlock, Puffskein, Quintaped, Ramora, Red Cap, Re'em, Runespoor, Salamander, Sea Serpent, Shrake, Snidget, Sphinx, Streeler, Tebo, Troll, Unicorn, Werewolf, Winged Horse, and Yeti. </p></font></div><div id="navLeft" style="position:absolute; width:119px; height:636px; z-index:1; left: 17px; top: 248px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color:#FFFFFF;"><?php include("site_files/menu.html"); ?></tr></td></table><!-- END IMAGE READY --!>I notice also that you have an image tag <img src="header.jpg" width="775" alt=""> above your body tags. There should really be no content above your body tags, scripts can go above the body tags but not images or content text.

Not exactly sure what it is you want. If you want to repeat an image in a page I think the easiest is to use a table and set your image as the background. e.g. <table backgorund="image.jpg"> etc.. You can also CSS to set the background images of a table.

With SOTW #24 closing after 2 weeks of voting on Feb 13 2006 and SOTW #25 being cancelled, I am wondering if SOTW will be brought back again? Personally, SOTW has taught me a lot about graphics and I am sure it has done the same for many others. As far as I am aware this is just about the only competition on Xisto so it would be a shame to see it disappear. So the question remains...

Hmm... this almost looks like it was done on purpose, given the font size and color. Perhaps done to help bots easily find relevant content to raise page rankings? If so, it's a very clever idea, something I might investgate myself.

I have noticed the in topic lists that the "Last post by:" link does not seem to work properly. This is particularly evident in a multi page topic. Instead of the link taking you to the last post on the last page of the topic, you are taken to the first post on the first page.

The font is called Vivaldi, you can download it from the link below.