New Logo Poll!!!

[Gomojoe]

The CMS that is being used is essentially a "splash" page. It can be pretty flexible, but to get something like that would take some extensive coding. To do that you would probably want something custom coded. My guess is that the money your club draws in from hosting MACNA can give you enough funds to code a sweet looking site like that. You could add a block on the side like they did though and put the images there!

 

[hurrafreak]

I don't mind them on the bottom like they are now?

 

[dv3]

looks good ...now can we move the sponsors too?

 

[WrasseAttack]

The CMS that is being used is essentially a "splash" page. It can be pretty flexible, but to get something like that would take some extensive coding. To do that you would probably want something custom coded. My guess is that the money your club draws in from hosting MACNA can give you enough funds to code a sweet looking site like that. You could add a block on the side like they did though and put the images there!

If you look at their source code, they're using Wordpress and phpBB. Wordpress is free and so is phpBB.

 

[Gomojoe]

If you look at their source code, they're using Wordpress and phpBB. Wordpress is free and so is phpBB.

Right, but to get them to look like that was not easy I'm sure.

 

[Gomojoe]

Juan, I'm gonna quote myself here, but you can move that ad banner over to the right following this method:

Gotta agree that the banner positioning sucks! If you want to be able to stack them and then be able to move them around a bit try this:
Go to--
AdminCP>Styles & Templates>Style Manager>Edit Templates>CSS Templates>additional.css

In there copy this code:

.ad_global_header {
float:right;
position:absolute;
right:35px;
top:75px;
}

That will create an invisible box in your header to put your banners. You can adjust the position of the box once your banners are in there by changing the amount of pixels in the "Right" and "top" portions of the code.

To add your banners to the box you need to go to:
AdminCP>Styles & Templates>Style Manager>Edit Templates>Ad Location Templates>ad_global_header2
In here is where you will add your links. For static images you can just add something like this(obviously substitute your info):

[URL="[URL]http://www.quackit.com/pix/worlds_largest_rabbit_2.jpg[/URL]"]
[IMG][URL]http://www.quackit.com/pix/worlds_largest_rabbit_2_t.jpg[/URL][/IMG]
[/URL]

you can also add a script in this location to put your rotating banner.

 

[WrasseAttack]

Right, but to get them to look like that was not easy I'm sure.

GoDaddy has both Wordpress and phpBB as installs. You go into your admin pick the programs you want installed, it takes up to 30 minutes or longer when I've installed stuff on Godaddy. You pick a theme for your Wordpress out of the hundreds of free themes and install it. Same with phpBB. The admins in charge of our site could easily install Wordpress and phpBB into a subfolder and mess around with them until they find a design they like without messing with the original site design.

 

[Gomojoe]

Sure. I wouldn't think it would be a quick thing though.

 

[hurrafreak]

Juan, I'm gonna quote myself here, but you can move that ad banner over to the right following this method:

Personally I like the way the banner is now. I don't mind the banners being close to the logo, especially once the logo gets a little bigger. Is it the same code you used for the banners at the SCMAS?? If it is is there a way to change it to fit to each banner?? The banners on the SCMAS skew the banners of the sponsors. They look blurry, and/or squished and the _last_ thing I want to do is mess with the sponsors' banners (when it comes to how they look).

 

[WrasseAttack]

Sure. I wouldn't think it would be a quick thing though.

No but it's not difficult either. Lots of online help if somebody is interested but they're also good and free options if people want to get away from Vbulletin.

 

[dv3]

i also liked how someone earlier did it with the Marine Aquarium of Colorado up there too!

 

[hurrafreak]

i also liked how someone earlier did it with the Marine Aquarium of Colorado up there too!

How does that song go, oh, "you can't always get what you want" lol.

 

[dv3]

How does that song go, oh, "you can't always get what you want" lol.

well maybe we should start a poll ...maybe i'm not the only one that liked it

 

[Gomojoe]

Personally I like the way the banner is now. I don't mind the banners being close to the logo, especially once the logo gets a little bigger. Is it the same code you used for the banners at the SCMAS?? If it is is there a way to change it to fit to each banner?? The banners on the SCMAS skew the banners of the sponsors. They look blurry, and/or squished and the _last_ thing I want to do is mess with the sponsors' banners (when it comes to how they look).

It only squishes the one cause I haven't resized it. You can leave out the size part of the code. Anyway Sponsors usually will provide you whatever size you ask them for. They can't just give you some huge gaudy thing and expect you have to take it. My thing with it being stuck to the logo, like you have it, is that it doesn't look like it was meant to go there. To me at best people would either think the site is a combo site with the sponsor shown or think the site is not run by professionals.

 

[Wicked Color]

I still like this one;

 

[hurrafreak]

It only squishes the one cause I haven't resized it. You can leave out the size part of the code. Anyway Sponsors usually will provide you whatever size you ask them for. They can't just give you some huge gaudy thing and expect you have to take it. My thing with it being stuck to the logo, like you have it, is that it doesn't look like it was meant to go there. To me at best people would either think the site is a combo site with the sponsor shown or think the site is not run by professionals.

This site isn't run by professionals lol. I asked about the one scmas uses because I want our banners to stay the size the are now, I don't like resizing or messing with other peoples logos. But you answered my question by saying I could take out the sizing portio.

I still like this one;

Should have entered it to be voted on...............................

 

[Wicked Color]

I was thinking that it did win, this is just a variant, didnt occur te me that I might enter different variants of the same logo, maybe we should have a vote on the variant that gets used?

 

[hurrafreak]

That's a totally different logo. How many different logos (varients) did you want to use??

 

[dv3]

cant we just all get along and move the damn banner ....lol

 

[Mini T]

You should see how many similar logos are on a designers page when they are designing a logo. Could be over a hundred easy. And that's just for the 1st round of selection...it takes time and can be a tedious process and it's that way for a reason. So all options are thought out and explored.

So is the banner staying crammed into the logo or is getting some space so it can live a free and happy existence in the country with plenty of room to roam?