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[Suggestion] Random Wallpaper Link

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~SparoHawk

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

Well, this is my second suggestion so far. My first suggestion was the availability of a preview button in order to view our post before finally publishing it.

My second one is a better one, one that maybe a lot of you will like or support. Some of you already know what I am going to talk about.

Every time AnimePaper is accessed, part of a random wallpaper is shown in the header of the page. Sometimes I go "Wow, I'd really like to see the full wallpaper, seems really cool". But, I can't. I don't know which wallpaper it is, nor who made it. So, my suggestion is to somehow make a link to the wallpaper featured in the header.

Maybe the small rectangle in the lower right corner of the header (the one that says: "random wallpaper") can be linked to the selected wallpaper. Or maybe a link can be placed on top of the header to the right. A small text saying something like: "see full wallpaper" linked to the selected wallpaper.

I hope to hear the staffs' and users' opinion about this idea.

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$FirestormII

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

I placed the very same suggestion (About the random wall) much earlier to CK. And..... she ignored me..... (-_-);

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~SparoHawk

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

Really? Whoa, wouldn't expect that. You never got any reply from anyone? Neither members or administrators. Wierd.

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^hatesyou infinite facepalms

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

Re-read what he said...

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θDias

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

And not forgetting that he was asking the wrong person. It's like asking the police to perform bypass surgery.

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$FirestormII

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

(._.);

Well, ok then, whom should i have asked? (o_o)

And no, Hawk, i didn't get a reply from anyone.... >_>Maybe because as Dias says, i asked the wrong person to perform a bypass surgery... ¬_¬"

And so, now as you guys know, could this suggestion be put into action or practice or something? Please? 8)E

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θDias

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

And no, Hawk, i didn't get a reply from anyone.... >_> That is because moderators and admins are not in the position to give a definite reply on something which are beyond our jurisdiction or expertise. That would be false representation then.

It's like asking a general practicioner (your normal day-to-day doctor) whether he can save a person's life by removing a malignant tumor in that person's brain. Of course the doctor is going to say that he is not in a position to yes or no.

As for who to ask? I'm sure it is pretty obvious, right?

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Bantam bantibeard

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

It's been asked and answered before, we don't have plans to add a link to the rotated banner image source yet, however I'm probably going to add the author username to the image so it will be easier to track the wallpaper down!

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$FirestormII

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

Well yes, i guess that would help a bit. I mean, Chris' plan of action thing. Like what we had in V4..... #(c_c)#

Better than not having anything atleast..... >_>

Looking forward to it! ^_^

You guys ROCK! :D And also do some medical practices..... it seems.... ~(@_@)~ lol...

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~SparoHawk

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

Hmm... why not place a link. Is it too much of a hassle? Couple of extra lines of code -_-", little CSS and styling. Shouldn't be that hard. Not like I am asking you to vote for Mr. Bush again.

Putting the name of the user that created it is also good. But I still vote for the link :P

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^pink-sakura

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

It's actually not "a couple lines of code" for what you are asking. The nature of how the rotation banner works will make this link a complicated thing to do, which is why Bantam won't be able to do it yet when he has bugs to take care of. Rotation has nothing to do with CSS, mind you.

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~SparoHawk

5 years, 3 weeks ago

 

It's actually not "a couple lines of code" for what you are asking. The nature of how the rotation banner works will make this link a complicated thing to do, which is why Bantam won't be able to do it yet when he has bugs to take care of. Rotation has nothing to do with CSS, mind you.

I now it has nothing to do with CSS. I am an experimented programmer in PHP and I am also good at handling CSS, HTML and JavaScript. I don't know which method Bantam uses to select a wallpaper. But I am sure it is one of two.

Either he reads the entire wallpaper directory and selects one randomly. This in itself can be divided. He can first select a random user and then select a random wallpaper from that user. Or, he just ignores the users part and just gets a wallpaper. With this method (ignoring a randomly selected user) it could be hard to place a link. True. But, I don't know how they store the wallpapers. All together named with their id? Or each user has a folder for their wallpapers, and images are named with the id or do they retain the original name? IF each user has a folder, and a folder is selected randomly first AND images are named with their respective id, then a link CAN be established.

Second method, which I think is most probably the one used. The function selects a wallpaper from the wallpapers table in the database used to store and relate each wallpaper to each user (for faster indexing). That said, once a wallpaper is selected randomly you can directly tell from which user it is. You can also get the wallpaper name, id, and anything related to it inside the database.

Wallpaper links are made with the user-name and wallpaper id. Example.

So, not hard. Not as important as other bugs. I get you, but I never said make it now. And all we need is the: Put into to-do list. :P

@_@

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ChaosKaizer

5 years, 2 weeks ago

 

interesting. IMO the random link will not be implement in near future. coz not all our members will be using the rotating banner (esp with custom design & group page).

The random link is not that hard to figure out but the main point here is to make the v5 template more friendlier (not a fixed style) .

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~logon255

5 years, 2 weeks ago

 

interesting. IMO the random link will not be implement in near future. coz not all our members will be using the rotating banner (esp with custom design & group page).

The random link is not that hard to figure out but the main point here is to make the v5 template more friendlier (not a fixed style) .

XD That explains why it isn't going to happen XD

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~SparoHawk

5 years, 2 weeks ago

 

That explains why it isn't going to happe

No need to clarify what was perfectly understandable.

Now, if the link can't be placed then there's nothing that can be done. If the username to which the wallpaper belongs can but put, then at least that narrows the search from hundreds to just one.

It is a first step. Maybe a link can be placed in some future time or version.

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ChaosKaizer

5 years, 2 weeks ago

 

however I'm probably going to add the author username to the image so it will be easier to track the wallpaper down!

closed

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ChaosKaizer

4 years, 10 months ago

 

The random wall (banner) link is enabled with the default v5.1 stylesheet and you can manually activated it by css rules:

Css rules/statements `

.header{ background-image:url(http://static.animepaper.net/upload/rotate.jpg); }

or

.header{ background: transparent url(http://static.animepaper.net/upload/rotate.jpg) no-repeat 100% 100% scroll; } `

With the above code in your css , the system will link it for you.

bugs browser cache.http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/wallpapers/random/item/

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