Final FF.com.au Banner Selection. 24hour snap poll!

[Laminge]

Yes, it does look fuzzy, but there is a thread in site support that does not answer any questions on improving it yet, but its a work in progress.

FM is off making another sparkles hunter video - lost in yellow sub, but should be back shortly to help sort out the final design

cheers

[Auslandau]

Like it very much.......but, I think 1 AU would be enough? Needs an X something in there as preivously stated??? :1syellow1



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[WIKIDSTIX]

It looks really crappy/ tacky, imo. It needs a gradient

I vote we have another poll, between number 2 and 5, but more than 24 hours.

/rant

[masters24]

Argh, i didn't get to vote :(

[Laminge]

Originally Posted by wikid_sticks

It looks really crappy/ tacky, imo. It needs a gradient

I vote we have another poll, between number 2 and 5, but more than 24 hours.

/rant

Autobot will be re activated if this is the case!, so will google adds!!:

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by LAMINGE

Autobot will be re activated if this is the case!, so will google adds!!:

A bit drastic. Still threats may be the only measure with a tough crowd. :the_finge

[Casper]

Originally Posted by wikid_sticks

It looks really crappy/ tacky, imo. It needs a gradient

I vote we have another poll, between number 2 and 5, but more than 24 hours.

/rant

The banner was selected in a fair and reasonable vote. Time was at a premium due to other factors therefore 24 hours was all that was avaliable.

Its not going to be everyones favourite, its not going to be perfect till its refined however it is the one selected by the members.

We could always just let the admins choose whatever they want....or we can abide by the members preferred selection?

[russellw]

Just as a warning - there will be some experimentation over the next couple of hours with various blends, settings and banner layouts. Please be patient while we play with this.

Cheers
Russ

[b2tf]

Not a fan of it as it is now Russ - too big, makes my IE window want to scroll horizontally.

[XplosiveR6]

nice banner, but it needs to be a bigger resolution, i have my screen on a resolution of 1280 X 1024, which is quite average and its very pixelated, either that or you could make it so that it does not stretch and stays the same size no matter how big the window is.
just my 2c

[Racecraft]

Originally Posted by EF_Dave

nice banner, but it needs to be a bigger resolution, i have my screen on a resolution of 1280 X 1024, which is quite average and its very pixelated, either that or you could make it so that it does not stretch and stays the same size no matter how big the window is.
just my 2c

congrats on the upgrade but i am having the same problem.. quality is gone to the dogs somewhat...

[Laminge]

I think we need to give it some time to sort out till we have a chance to play with it a bit further over the next day or 2

I dont think that saying quality has gone to the dogs is being unfair atm :(

[WIKIDSTIX]

dont get me wrong i like the banner, it just doesnt suit the website layout imho.

nywayz im over it, atleast its better than the old one, rofl :P

[Racecraft]

Originally Posted by LAMINGE

I think we need to give it some time to sort out till we have a chance to play with it a bit further over the next day or 2

I dont think that saying quality has gone to the dogs is being fair atm :(

I was only saying that it looks very pixelated, "The Australian Ford Forums" text is hard to read. THe quality of the banner size posted in the poll was very crisp, as it was enlarged the quality has suffered..

[tickford2001]

yeh it has a bit, but just stick it out whilst its "played with" and it will be worked out eventually! the other alternative is that the forums get closed whilst its sorted out...id rather just put up with it at the moment!

[Racecraft]

I didnt mean to sound harsh or impatient just letting you know that on my res it lost that professional edge.. Its all good though because the team is on the case

[sbutler]

Originally Posted by wikid_sticks

It looks really crappy/ tacky, imo. It needs a gradient

I vote we have another poll, between number 2 and 5, but more than 24 hours.

/rant

We had a demacratc[splling] vote, we have a winner, and still someones not happy. There are winners and loosers, and the one you like lost, deal with it!!

[sbutler]

Ive got the oldest computer known to man! and the banner looks fine.......

[MissUnderstood]

Could you copy the way Stevo had his no 4 laid out. The way he had the sponsors looked so much better.
It was much nicer and not so tacky.

[Firefox7]

I cannot believe some people......The banner that i made was at 72dpi @ 846 x 132. Of couse if you use a personal resolution of 1600 x 1200 or anything higher than 846 it's gonna look like crap. As I own my own business and am flat out all day, I don't get much time during the week, between work, wife & the kids. The process in making these banners takes time and fair ammount of knowledge in the graphics area. I am doing a much higher res version for anything up to 1600 x 1200 and am optimising it for dial up users as well. Just be patient please. That banner is far from done.


Cheers.

[MissUnderstood]

I don't know if that was directed at me or not, but I did not vote for the banner, I just don't like it at all. So I was not talking about that.

I was talking about the way the sponsors are on the bottom, that does not look so nice, I am sure lot's of people would help you with it, if you don't have time.

[sbutler]

You cant please all of the people all of the time,, but you can please some of the people some of the time, and thats all that matters.
Firefox you did a great job, as did the others, but your banner won, be prowd dont let the wingers get to you mate.......

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by Firefox7

I cannot believe some people......The banner that i made was at 72dpi @ 846 x 132. Of couse if you use a personal resolution of 1600 x 1200 or anything higher than 846 it's gonna look like crap. As I own my own business and am flat out all day, I don't get much time during the week, between work, wife & the kids. The process in making these banners takes time and fair ammount of knowledge in the graphics area. I am doing a much higher res version for anything up to 1600 x 1200 and am optimising it for dial up users as well. Just be patient please. That banner is far from done.


Cheers.

Steady tiger. Most of us know how much work has gone into this. Some are just never satisfied.

Its all ironing out loose edges. In think a few should remember this site has only been public for a fortnight. The results achieved thus far are something to be proud of by ALL involved! :

[Dez]

I MISSED THE VOTE!
i go away for 2 days and look what happens...

luckily the 1 that is on the top of my browser atm is the 1 i woulda voted for anyway.....

maybe its been mentioned, but it looks very sketchy, obviously coz its been resized.....looked way better in the small version, so hopefully thats gettin fixed...

congratulations to who ever the winner was....

[LG]

Well done guys! V good effort. As has been said, on larger resolutions, the banner is stretched. Maybe modify it, so that a certain strip is repeated/tiled so that it fills the screen, or keep it the one fixed size. #4, would have been easy to adjust to any resolution, as you can repeat the background, for x %.

Congrats firefox, well done!

[Stevo]

Originally Posted by LG

Well done guys! V good effort. As has been said, on larger resolutions, the banner is stretched. Maybe modify it, so that a certain strip is repeated/tiled so that it fills the screen, or keep it the one fixed size. #4, would have been easy to adjust to any resolution, as you can repeat the background, for x %.

Congrats firefox, well done!

It was designed for that

[Laminge]

I am going to close the thread until we can play around with the forums software and the image in question

I do appreciate it is a bit of a blue balls atm, but we are all in a learning stage.

There is an open thread in the support section if you have comments as you see changes happening that can help improve the site, and yes one of those are the sponsors Logos, but as I said FM is out making another Sparkle Hunter Video for the series.

Again, my thanks goes to Firefox and Seano for their outstanding efforts!

Cheers

[Laminge]

Me Again

First of all I want to apologise to Stevo

In my haste to get things on the move I failed to look closely enough at the names of the people whom submitted the Banners, and must admit I got Seano and Stevo confused as the one.

Stevo, my apologies, and I want to thank you for your time and effort put into the banner design, and as i have said above, please accept a token of the forums appreciation a merchandise pack when it is produced.

In future I will ensure that I just get it right

[russellw]

... and I'll second that!
Russ

Originally Posted by LAMINGE

Me Again

First of all I want to apologise to Stevo

In my haste to get things on the move I failed to look closely enough at the names of the people whom submitted the Banners, and must admit I got Seano and Stevo confused as the one.

Stevo, my apologies, and I want to thank you for your time and effort put into the banner design, and as i have said above, please accept a token of the forums appreciation a merchandise pack when it is produced.

In future I will ensure that I just get it right