Request: Disable banner scaling for small banners.

Skotlex · Jul 16, 2007, 10:10 PM

Now that I finally got around making a banner for my server, I noticed a "glitch" in the server banner feature.

You can select an image to be used as your graphical banner when you are reading the server info, and this image is scaled to fit the "ideal" banner size for RMS, the problem is when the image specified does not match the ideal size, the image is then scaled, which leads to very... ugly visuals.

I understand you want to scale it if you can't force a dimensions check when setting it up (so people don't use a huge banner), but if the image is somewhat smaller, you also get it scaled :/ Couldn't we have the image not be scaled if it is less than the expected size? I am not sure why you would want to scale it even if it's bigger... if a server uses a huge banner image that'll look noobish anyway.

Transcend · Jul 17, 2007, 01:35 AM

riot was just lazy on coding xD

yC · Jul 18, 2007, 04:04 AM

Quote from: Transcend on Jul 17, 2007, 01:35 AM
riot was just lazy on coding xD

no it was lazy me ...

omg I am so happy someone actually check their own listing, to those that check and see their banner resized into uglyness it means that your banner is using the wrong size and therefore make the server look stupid xD

Usual banner is 468x60 i think my thing make it 500x80 so fat ppl can fit ... if you are near it then it will resize okay ... if you are way off then it will look ultra ugly ...

anyway ... a check ... that's the lazy part that i don't want to do, i'll keep that in mind for next time.

Skotlex · Jul 18, 2007, 12:54 PM

Even if you are off by a few pixels the banner will look distorted and not proffessional :[
I hate the fact that now I'll be forced to create a new banner just for this site, to get past that auto-scale annoyance >.<; Because from the looks of it, it may be a long time before it gets fixed :V (I know how that "for next time" thing works...)

Transcend · Jul 19, 2007, 01:33 AM

Quote from: Skotlex on Jul 18, 2007, 12:54 PM
Even if you are off by a few pixels the banner will look distorted and not proffessional :[
I hate the fact that now I'll be forced to create a new banner just for this site, to get past that auto-scale annoyance >.<; Because from the looks of it, it may be a long time before it gets fixed :V (I know how that "for next time" thing works...)

sucks but can t you just like take out the RMS website background color,adjust canvast size and put that color on the added white place
will make it as good as anything

or else use transparent !

Mieu · Jul 19, 2007, 01:59 AM

I just used the template for all the other banners we made for the site, and just resized it and moved the text around. xP

Skotlex · Jul 19, 2007, 01:06 PM

Quote from: Transcend on Jul 19, 2007, 01:33 AM
Quote from: Skotlex on Jul 18, 2007, 12:54 PM
Even if you are off by a few pixels the banner will look distorted and not proffessional :[
I hate the fact that now I'll be forced to create a new banner just for this site, to get past that auto-scale annoyance >.<; Because from the looks of it, it may be a long time before it gets fixed :V (I know how that "for next time" thing works...)
sucks but can t you just like take out the RMS website background color,adjust canvast size and put that color on the added white place
will make it as good as anything
or else use transparent !

That's what I did :V Same small banner in a bigger canvas size, padded with transparent. Still, that shouldn't be the way this problem should be solved

But what can one do? Can't push people to fix bugs when no motivation is involved.

Mieu · Aug 05, 2007, 01:42 AM

Of course you'll also have the newbers who will upload their SCREENWIDE BANNER and thus stretch the tables of the page beyond all comprehension, and then make RMS look as unprofessional and bad as they are!

yC · Aug 30, 2007, 06:46 PM

Finally after a month and a half *i think* i changed it. Was lazy/busy with other things as always.

Okay this isn't say anywhere but now the max allowed size is 520x120 (520 is just the width of the box below and 120 is random xD) so any banner bigger than that width OR height will be resized to that. That size should give fit most banner and if not then it will turn into ultra ulgyness like before ... i hope not many will but we will see. Suggest me a better dimension if you have one. It has to resize at a point otherwise it will stretch the whole page.

... i hope i didn't break anything ?

and give Taikumi a cookie because he asked me when i am going to fix it and i just had lunch got some free time.

I included a dead / not image format check since the variable comes with it, so if the linked banner is dead it won't even show.

I could do a dead image check too for the screenshots but i tested and if all 4 images are dead it takes 15+ seconds to load the page because of the waiting and timeouts so i didn't include the image check.