coolcat50

There are a lot of free forums software out there. They just require some downloading, uploading, and configuring to get them to work.

A few good ones I would suggest are:

phpBB3

punBB

SMF

AEF

Those are all PHP and MySQL based.

I like phpBB3 because of its look and it has a good ACP. It is also fairly fast, but it is kind of large.

 

I have never used punBB, but a friend told me it is good. It is light and doesn't use a single image.

 

SMF is cool because of its look. It looks nice and has a lot of addons. I just had problems putting them on.

 

I prefer AEF over all of the others though. It is light, only about 6mb, and it looks great. The website for AEF is hosted by Xisto - Web Hosting and one of our very own moderators helped with the development of AEF. I would suggest using AEF.

We were planning on having a light div for content that would go over the render. I see why you say the render in the nav boxes overpowers the text. I will have to remake the buttons I guess. I forgot to save them as XCF gur.

Me and KansukeKojima are making a graphics website and I have made a layout in GIMP that I would like a rating for. Here is a picture of what it should look like.

 

The render is Light Yagami from an anime called Death Note for those who are wondering.

You are in luck. There are a few GIMP designers here and I am one of them. Just take a look at the stuff at my signature gallery. http://www.own-free-website.com

Well, some forum engines have multiple skins as a default feature. Example is phpBB3 with the ability to install many skins for the user to choose. I say go for it.

I believe there is a way to retrieve objects by name. You could always use that. I don't know exactly how to though.

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to make a abstract signature in GIMP. I have a lot of images for this so bear with the loading time.

 

First, you need to make a new image. I think 400x100px is a good signature size. I used these settings.

 

You should have a blank white canvas. We will start out our sig by brushing up a quick background. I came out with this:

 

Next, we will make a new layer. We will do more brushing on this layer. I used these settings:

 

Start brushing with a different brush set. I ended up with this:

 

Select your first brushed layer, then proceed.

 

Ok, we have our brushing done, now to get the color. We will be using Color Balance which can be found under Color. A window like this should pop up:

Mix around with the colors a bit and make it look cool.

 

Next you want to select your second layer. You want to colorize this one. I used these settings:

 

I ended up with this color scheme:

 

Next you will want to make a new layer to darken the colors. Fill the layer with a dark color like dark green and use the Layer filters to make it blend. I used this color:

 

After messing with the effects and selecting one. I came up with this:

 

Next we will load up our render. I am using a Falco Lombarde render.

 

Place the render wherever you want and get it positioned right. I have this:

 

Next, we want to blend our render into the background. I will be using opacity to blend it in. I am setting my opacity for the render to about 80. It looks like this:

 

Ok, now we need to make a border. First, create a new layer. I used these settings:

 

Next we want to make a border as a selection. Go to Select -> Select All. Then go to Select -> Shrink. This will let you shrink your selection.

I used these settings for shrink:

 

Next, you want to invert the selection. Go to Select -> Invert. This will make the selection be a border. Now you want to color in the selection.

I used the gradient tool. Here is what I came up with for the border:

 

Next, we will add text. Pick a font and add some text. I used a small size with a fancy font. I ended up with this:

 

Now save it as an XCF file for future editing and as PNG for use as a sig. Here is the final product:

 

Thank you for reading my tutorial and good luck. Don't feel shy to mess around with GIMP. That is how I did this.

If you give me those credits I will tickle Jlhaslip until he passes out. I also will give you a complimentary punch in the face for your contribution.

IP Tracking is easy to do. There is a PHP global variable that contains a person's IP address. Perl can also do this. I could cook up a Perl or PHP script to log IP addresses in a .txt file if you want.

Python is not very commonly used for web programming I don't think. It is a way to program CGI with mod_python. I think Perl is still the most popular language for CGI. If you want to see the power of Python check out Frets on Fire. It is a good Guitar Hero clone for your computer. You can make your own songs with it also. I think there was a topic on it in Trapinion.

I think I deserve those credits so I can improve my website and learn. I am wanting to be a programmer when I am older, and I need practice. It will really help me with SEO as well.

The MySQL warnings are because you have an incorrect user or pass. It says nobody@localhost which apparently does not exist. You must include the MySQL database info and be sure you are connecting to it. Your errors can help you debug your program if you read them carefully.

I made a little techno mix with the demo version of Fruity Loops. I am planning on purchasing the full product, but for now I am using the demo. It is my first song and I hope you enjoy it.trancemp3.mp3

You cannot use HTML in a regular PHP basis. You must break it off of PHP for the HTML or parse the HTML through echo.
Try this:

{
$username = $_COOKIE['ID_my_site'];
$pass = $_COOKIE['Key_my_site'];
$check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$username'")or die(mysql_error());
while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $check ))
{

//if the cookie has the wrong password, they are taken to the login page
if ($pass != $info['password'])
{ header("Location linenums:0'><?php// Connects to your Database$username = "evolved_creation";$password = "mypasswordishere";$hostname = "localhost";$dbh = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");$selected = mysql_select_db("evolved_clancreation",$dbh)or die("Could not connect to DB");mysql_close($dbh);//checks cookies to make sure they are logged inif(isset($_COOKIE['ID_my_site'])){$username = $_COOKIE['ID_my_site'];$pass = $_COOKIE['Key_my_site'];$check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$username'")or die(mysql_error());while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $check )){//if the cookie has the wrong password, they are taken to the login pageif ($pass != $info['password']){ header("Location: [url="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;);"]http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;);[/url]}else{?><form action="insert.php" method="post">Clan Name: <input type="text" name="name" /><br>Description: <input type="text" name="description" /><input type="submit" /><?php}}}else//if the cookie does not exist, they are taken to the login screen{header("Location: [url="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;);"]http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;);[/url]}?>

He may also be referring to PHP or ASP. Those are popular server-side scripting languages which give even more features than that of Javascript. There also is the chance is referring to CSS for the sake of images. Google some of those and learn the languages. I suggest PHP, CSS, Javascript, and Perl.

Yes, I do use GIMP. The Zelda wallpaper is my current wallpaper and my screen resolution is at 1280x800, so that is why it is at that size. I try to get as much color as I can in my sig while keeping it blended. Thank you for the comments.

He could very well be ambidextrous. Did anybody think of that? I did not notice that though, I am gonna take a look at that. (Gets on Wii to see difference between OoT and TP)

Nice stuff man! Hope you get in!

MSN:None

AIM:camclct50

Email:robodude134@gmail.com

 

Experience in graphics:About 2-3 months of being serious

 

Areas of expertise:Sigs, abstract, wallpapers

 

Other graphics sites worked at(optional):None

 

Past positions at other graphics sites(optional):None

 

Current positions at other graphics sites(optional):None

 

How much you can be on each day:I am quite active on Xisto being on at least once a day. Pretty active in the shoutbox.

 

How many templates/sigs/resources could you make a week:Depends, at least 2-3

 

Examples of your work:

 

There are a few examples of my work.

I keep all my sigs and other graphics in a personal signature gallery at this link.

I will accept your challenge. Good sig, but the font is way too plain and the extra render with the blurred effect is kinda not fitting. Good job though!

 

Here is my entry:

Vista takes up way too much RAM. I have at least 70 processes going at any one time even if I am away from my computer and nothing is running but Vista. I like its look though, and since I am the only user of my computer, I have as much access as possible. I think it is alright, but it still is worse than XP.

Hmm, I am not quite sure, but you could possibly use a Perl script or something similar. I really don't see how you can. I don't think you can do it though because of Apache's configuration of htdocs being your folder for the server to look through. I could be wrong though.EDIT: I just thought of a possible way to temporarily put the file inside htdocs. You can use a FTP server and the FTP functions in PHP to put and get the file from a FTP server and delete them. That could work.

Proxies can be a bad idea. I got in quite a bit of trouble using one for a second to show a friend a video I made on YouTube. I will be nice and tell you the proxy because it is pretty well known at my school but it is not blocked.

https://www.4everproxy.com/

You must use the secure protocol though.

Sweet! I actually won my first battle. Good job Saint_Micahel. I was very impressed with your signature. I wish I had some of the skills you have. I really want to apply for GFX crew. Could anybody PM me a application form?