Lesson 7: Colors - GradientsTo create a gradient for your texts or BBCode images it's possible to save a lot of time with the 'Text Color Fader' - gradient generator When I was less experienced with BBCodes I was doing gradients manually. With graphic editors I was drawing squares with gradient backgrounds and then manually and after placing guide lines all in same distance from each other I was able to pick up needed colors with a color picker. But then I found a very good gradient generator http://patorjk.com/text-color-fader/This is my favorite tool to make good gradients and you can set the "Output Code" to "Standard Forum Code". http://patorjk.com/text-color-fader user interface is very simple. Write a message, choose number of colors and set the output code to 'Standard Forum Code'. Press 'generate color faded text' and it's done (almost). Example:Lesson 7: something about gradients xD [color=#9600ff]L[/color][color=#9c07f2]e[/color][color=#a10de4]s[/color][color=#a714d7]s[/color][color=#ac1bc9]o[/color][color=#b221bc]n[/color] [color=#bd2fa1]7[/color][color=#c23594]:[/color] [color=#cd4379]s[/color][color=#d34a6b]o[/color][color=#d8505e]m[/color][color=#de5751]e[/color][color=#e35e43]t[/color][color=#e96436]h[/color][color=#ee6b28]i[/color][color=#f4721b]n[/color][color=#f9780d]g[/color] [color=#f9780e]a[/color][color=#f3711c]b[/color][color=#ed6a2b]o[/color][color=#e86339]u[/color][color=#e25c47]t[/color] [color=#d64e63]g[/color][color=#d04771]r[/color][color=#ca3f80]a[/color][color=#c5388e]d[/color][color=#bf319c]i[/color][color=#b92aaa]e[/color][color=#b323b8]n[/color][color=#ad1cc6]t[/color][color=#a715d4]s[/color] [color=#9c07f1]x[/color][color=#9600ff]D[/color] Alright, now we know how to quickly generate a text with a gradient color but how to use same generator to generate gradients for BBCode images? Well, it's a bit more complicated because it depends from our needs. Different design = different needs. Let start from a simple example. Exercise: ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████
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████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ [/td] [/tr] [/table] We have two dark exclamation marks and we want to paint them gradient color. In our example each exclamation mark contains 17 lines of █ ASCII chars in a size of 2pt. To generate hexadecimal values for our gradient open http://patorjk.com/text-color-fader/as a "message" write: 12345678901234567 You can write something else just mind that the message length must be 17 chars. Because we need 17 colors for 17 lines. Choose your colors (I set 2 colors, #0040ff and #bd0021) and press 'generate color faded text'. Add a color tag to each line of your BBCode drawing and copy generated colors into BBCode image as new color values. Try to paint second exclamation mark 'backwards'. Exercise results: ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████ ████████
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Tips & Tricks (3): saving characters (I)While working on a BBCode signature we don't need to close a color tag before we add another color tag. This can save a lot of characters. We don't need to close a lot of tags, like [ /b ], [ /size ], [ /font ] and some others. More tips coming soon
I will not just read and follow for now this thread but I will comment and wanted to say thanks for this roslinpl what a very helpful tutorial, gonna follow this thread until you will teach us what you know (I hope so.) Very generous person, since I was a failed programmer in C,C#,C++ and java. I will now focus more with BB coding and I already have a hope for now with BBCode. Kudos roslinpl! I will stay tune for more tutorials, happy holidays!
Thanks! I hope you will learn something from my lessons @OP but if I have no option to draw the code pixel by pixel,or have no talent in drawing things (everything I draw looks like a piece of sh...) I know that you do not use online image to BBCODE convertors still is there any that you could recommend? any decent at all?
Sorry, but truly I don't know any good image2bbcode converters which can be used for BBCode signatures. If you'll find one let me know Best regards.
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Hey, New ChronoBank.io HTML banner was recently released and designed by me. Best regards.
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Hello, I would love to receive some more details from lizidev. let me know whenever you're ready Best regards.
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Bump Servece can be payed for LiZi Hey, what do you mean by that? Best regards.
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Happy new year everyone! ♥ you all
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Happy new year guys! I wish you tons of Bitcoins everyone I ♥ our community On topic: price is looking good ^___^ xD HODL! Best regards.
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What is your price range and can you make threads for other forums too
Hey, Price for a thread designs starts from ~0.2 BTC with current BTC/USD rate. I can make threads for other forums too. Best wishes.
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I can fulfill 0.1 BTC of this loan, to ease the weight of other lenders here I'm okay with zazarb. Could you please give me a heads up on what you want to spend the Bitcoin on? (If you don't mind) Hello, Few moments ago zazarb filled up my request. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1161170.msg17350371#msg17350371But I really appreciate your offer. Thanks! Happy new year my friend. (Closing down this thread) Best wishes.
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Loan Amount: 0.7 BTCReason for Taking out a Loan: urgent needs. Amount to be repaid: 0.77 BTCRepayment Date: 18 Jan 2016 Type of Collateral: 1M MUE Bitcoin Address: 1DvGssphmu81j1prW1C5ZbnBWx3hpt8kWR -----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello it's roslinpl here.
Loan amount: 0.7BTC Reason: urgent needs Amount to be repaid: 0.77BTC Repayment date: 18 Jan 2016 BTC address: signed. -----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNATURE----- Version: Bitcoin-qt (1.0) Address: 1DvGssphmu81j1prW1C5ZbnBWx3hpt8kWR
H/xxNcY34GXhUe3CFrK/hzelyJy2Nup7tfAPR1rwzGFmRQX2/75OrXCZI4l739XyD/wk3QVWKGHve8wmVdUKoaQ= -----END BITCOIN SIGNATURE----- Thanks in advance Best regards. accepted, signature verified, address to send MUE 7NetzivPQWq8Qg5g48h9dQ1ysWb3sqLmUp Thanks, 1M MUE sent to 7NetzivPQWq8Qg5g48h9dQ1ysWb3sqLmUp. Best regards. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 This is zazarb from bitcointalk. Today is 30/12/ 2016 I have funded additional a loan in the amount of 0.7 BTC to roslinpl via txid 1638a86f9fe66253f80e615dff21bbeab4cc53af4e7c0b96debc73e22b151dc5 Collateral1 000 000 MUE deposit address 7NetzivPQWq8Qg5g48h9dQ1ysWb3sqLmUp The terms of the loan: In the event that the value of the collateral falls below 110% of the principle then I would have the right (but not obligation) to sell the collateral at the best available price, as quickly as possible. (After gives a chance add additional collateral) In the case that I am not able to sell the collateral for an amount enough to cover the principle plus interest then roslinpl would owe me the difference Please repay 0.77 BTC to the following address:1AxyPdVoRVkita9fnqCYaYZgssKvbzEpbL On or Before 18th, Jan. 2017 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Keybase OpenPGP v2.0.61 Comment: https://keybase.io/cryptowsBcBAABCgAGBQJYZtZfAAoJEEesS+GBgNwFNDUH+gK6rdQxuvV4sYCFTAzOvLsp CdwhOnuDeqGCfScUhA7F6mwl/LkTTac0pANp3437wUE57weFcnfMMZEKf8DlX5Yq Bn55u8+TH1YXqfiZ87uTwaN2Ls2YdXbx4Kp8m2vsOy9r3W7QQ+0yWz4466GS+W6r m+o6HXKeUShQFZFIaCSaZPFJA0NnyzS+jPjnz4rd67iEsqOowjQS84k4xp7giYql n0lLS/gX5Oep1SaGKZmtQIvVeURef/VnZFoisu9Y3yNgLr97qg74pofAuvV85B5X OWWKFe8oGj65lyhro/tHPsm4QS19EkPoBfv+p02LQEG2BMpGGCw2m0Q17DoLQrw= =uknq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- I'm sorry but I made a little mistake "16 Jan 2016", instead of "2017". But me and zazarb do understand that correct date is "18 Jan 2017". Thanks again. Best wishes.
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Loan Amount: 0.7 BTCReason for Taking out a Loan: urgent needs. Amount to be repaid: 0.77 BTCRepayment Date: 18 Jan 2016 Type of Collateral: 1M MUE Bitcoin Address: 1DvGssphmu81j1prW1C5ZbnBWx3hpt8kWR -----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello it's roslinpl here.
Loan amount: 0.7BTC Reason: urgent needs Amount to be repaid: 0.77BTC Repayment date: 18 Jan 2016 BTC address: signed. -----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNATURE----- Version: Bitcoin-qt (1.0) Address: 1DvGssphmu81j1prW1C5ZbnBWx3hpt8kWR
H/xxNcY34GXhUe3CFrK/hzelyJy2Nup7tfAPR1rwzGFmRQX2/75OrXCZI4l739XyD/wk3QVWKGHve8wmVdUKoaQ= -----END BITCOIN SIGNATURE----- Thanks in advance Best regards. accepted, signature verified, address to send MUE 7NetzivPQWq8Qg5g48h9dQ1ysWb3sqLmUp Thanks, 1M MUE sent to 7NetzivPQWq8Qg5g48h9dQ1ysWb3sqLmUp. 0.7 BTC received. Thanks a lot! Best regards.
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Loan Amount: 0.7 BTCReason for Taking out a Loan: urgent needs. Amount to be repaid: 0.77 BTCRepayment Date: 18 Jan 2016 Type of Collateral: 1M MUE Bitcoin Address: 1DvGssphmu81j1prW1C5ZbnBWx3hpt8kWR -----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello it's roslinpl here.
Loan amount: 0.7BTC Reason: urgent needs Amount to be repaid: 0.77BTC Repayment date: 18 Jan 2016 BTC address: signed. -----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNATURE----- Version: Bitcoin-qt (1.0) Address: 1DvGssphmu81j1prW1C5ZbnBWx3hpt8kWR
H/xxNcY34GXhUe3CFrK/hzelyJy2Nup7tfAPR1rwzGFmRQX2/75OrXCZI4l739XyD/wk3QVWKGHve8wmVdUKoaQ= -----END BITCOIN SIGNATURE----- Thanks in advance Best regards.
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Hello everyone, I'm in a situation where I need to ask you again for a loan. It will be perfect if someone can fill up my request tonight. I would appreciate a lot. Request details:Loan: 0.7 BTCInterest: 10-12% (depends how much do you want ) Will repay: 0.77 BTC (with 10% interest) / 0.784 BTC (with 12% interest) Repay max. date: 18 JAN 2017 Collateral: 1 000 000 MUE ( https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-MUE) Escrow: zazarb ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=369212), SebastianJu ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=18640) or other trusted escrow who will agree to hold altcoins I know I can just sell my MUE coins and don't ask for a loan. But I really don't want to sell them Price is currently very low it would be a big mistake. If you are able to fill up my request please PM me or reply to this post. Thanks for help in advance! Have a great day! Best regards.
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Lesson 6: ColorsTo change the color of BBCode signature design elements simply add a color attribute. Color attribute value accept verbal color names like "Black, White, Red, Yellow, Pink, Green, Orange, Purple, Blue, Beige, Brown, Teal, Navy, Maroon, Lime Green" but also accept colors hexadecimal forms and shorthand hexadecimal forms which will save few characters. (signature char. limits are not so big, save as much characters as you can ) Shorthand hexadecimal form examples: Hexadecimal.form
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There is also a ' transparent' BBCode color attribute value which is very useful for BBCode images. This text is visible BUT THIS ONE ISN'T This text is visible This text is visible [color=transparent]BUT THIS ONE ISN'T[/color] This text is visible Tips & Tricks (2): How to avoid table bug/glitch THIS TEXT SHOULD BE IN THE SAME LINE
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Table bug/glitch occurs only in posts it doesn't occur after copy&pasting the code into profile's signature.But sometimes we need to make a nice table in a post. How to avoid table glitch/bug? Remove white spaces and replace them with a 'dot' character and make that 'dot' transparent (or in background 'glow' color if present).THIS.TEXT.SHOULD.BE.IN.THE.SAME.LINE
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Lesson 5: BBCode Drawing Basics lvl.IIO.K. So, no we know that it's a good choice to use 2pt █ ASCII character for our BBCode images. But how to draw a nice one with it? The patience and a bit of artistic sense will lead us to our goal You need to practice and experiment with it to feel it. With the current versions of Chrome/Mozilla/Safari browsers I suggest using 2px Monospace font when drawing with BBCode. As mentioned in lesson 10. Exercise: Selected ASCII characters for our BBCode image: ░ and █ Step 1) Draw a rectangle with █ ASCII chars. Remember about max. height. ( Lesson 2). █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ Step 2) Draw Pad arrows with ░ ASCII chars. █████████████████████████████████████ ███████░░░░░░░███████████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ██░░░░░░█████░░░░░░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░░░░░░█████░░░░░░██████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░░░░░░░███████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ Step 3) Draw Pad buttons with ░ ASCII char. █████████████████████████████████████ ███████░░░░░░░██████████░░░████░░░███ ███████░█████░█████████░███░██░███░██ ███████░█████░█████████░███░██░███░██ ██░░░░░░█████░░░░░░█████░░░████░░░███ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░░░░░░█████░░░░░░██████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░░░░░░░███████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ Step 4) Round the Pad border with ░ ASCII char. ░███████████████████████████████████░ ███████░░░░░░░██████████░░░████░░░███ ███████░█████░█████████░███░██░███░██ ███████░█████░█████████░███░██░███░██ ██░░░░░░█████░░░░░░█████░░░████░░░███ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░░░░░░█████░░░░░░██████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░░░░░░░███████████████████████ ░███████████████████████████████████░ Exercise code:[b]Step 1)[/b] Draw a rectangle with █ ASCII chars. Remember about max. height. ([url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1727100.msg17283187#msg17283187]Lesson 2[/url]). [quote][size=2pt]█████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████[/size][/quote]
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[b]Step 4)[/b] Round the Pad border with ░ ASCII char. [quote][size=2pt]░███████████████████████████████████░ ███████░░░░░░░██████████░░░████░░░███ ███████░█████░█████████░███░██░███░██ ███████░█████░█████████░███░██░███░██ ██░░░░░░█████░░░░░░█████░░░████░░░███ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░███████████████░██████████████████ ██░░░░░░█████░░░░░░██████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░█████░███████████████████████ ███████░░░░░░░███████████████████████ ░███████████████████████████████████░[/size][/quote]
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Lesson 4: BBCode Drawing Basics lvl.IWhen we want to reproduce the image in the BBCode we have to remember a few very important Forum's BBCode principles:Personally I've tested many different methods and I'm sure that the best method is to manually draw an image pixel by pixel. BBCode image converters/generators doesn't meet my expectations, I don't recommend any and I don't use any of them. After almost 3 years of experience with BBCode signatures designs, I'm sure that if we want our signature to be highly compatible with different operating systems and web browsers we should use a characters in size 2pt while creating a BBCode image for a signature. The best ASCII characters which I recommend to use for your BBCode images are: " ▀ ▄ █ ▌ ▐ ░ ▒ ▬ ▂ ▃ ▅ ▆ " But mostly I use " █ " and always in a size 2pt. Which is most compatible for different web browsers and different operating systems. Why I don't use 2px or 1pt or 1px? If everyone will use Google Chrome, then it's pretty cool to use 2px, 1px or something smaller than 2pt. You can possibly get more details in your BBCode images. Unfortunately the characters smaller than 2pt used in the BBCode signatures will looks stretchy or will shrink too much on different web browsers and operating systems which means that in reality the signature looks good for a smaller part of the visitors. Signature BBCode design isn't as flexible as HTML + CSS designs, which also might looks different on different web browsers. With the current versions of Chrome/Mozilla/Safari browsers I suggest using 2px Monospace font when drawing with BBCode. As mentioned in lesson 10. Experiment: Draw a square in BBCode. Use same ASCII character " █ " in different sizes: 2pt, 2px, 1pt, 1px. Preview that BBCode square under different browsers like Chrome/Mozilla/Opera/Edge/Safari/etc. 2pt→
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Please note that square drawn with a character in a size 2pt on most browsers look the same. It's most compatible. Other squares drawn with the same ASCII character in different character sizes looks stretchy / shrunken on other web browsers. 2pt ASCII characters are not 100% compatible but after years of experiments I'm sure that it's highly compatible. With the current versions of Chrome/Mozilla/Safari browsers I suggest using 2px Monospace font when drawing with BBCode. As mentioned in lesson 10.
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II really wanted to learn BBcodes to have a side line in this forum, Thank you so much i hope that you could update the tutorials above and if you can create some video tutorials that would be great. Just want to ask something were can we possibly test those codes? Especially if we do not have hero/sr ranks accounts for testing
cheers,
Hey, in my opinion the best environment for testing is Google Chrome web browser and a 'post preview' and if we do everything right the signature should work just fine. 1) When you're working on a signature put your signature code inside 'quote' tags. 'Quoted text box' has similar style as 'signature space'. 2) Remember about signatures styling rules. 3) If everything looks good you can remove 'quote' tags and copy your signature code into your profile settings.
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hey bL4nkcode and everyone,
How are you? You are doing an amazing job with this thread. It's really nice to see the list of our bitcointalk designers all in one place. Your thread is getting more and more attention.
Thank you very much for your commitment and your time.
Best wishes!
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Hello everyone, I had no time during X-mas to write another lesson, but today it's time to share some more knowledge with you. Ofcourse How do you do this ? (...) Is there any software or you just made it pixel by pixel ? If that's so , for how long you made that image ? Even if I found online BB image creator , the result can't be good as yours Thanks for a question. I don't use any image converters etc. I always draw such things pixel by pixel. Controller image was pretty simple. It took perhaps 15-20min because it's one color and pretty straight lines. I'm going to explain in details and teach you how to do it during next lessons I just figured out when making a signature that the real character limit is not 4000 but 3899. Whenever I make a signature and if it surpasses 3899 characters it will cut off and left 101 characters remaining. Maybe there's an explanation about it?
Tips & Tricks (1): The Forum's signature characters limit is 4000 chars but Forum's software counts white spaces and line breaks.
If we write 4000 characters in a single line this forum software will allow us to use exactly 4000 characters. A code box below contains 4000 chars, you can test signature char limit with it: 1234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891234567891230 (...) can't you make video tutorials for this?
(...) It'll be better if there's a video but words are good too.
In the future it's possible, but unfortunately the creation of videos takes much more time. In the future for sure I will try to make such videos, but for the moment I will focus on the text version. Best regards.
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Nice work. Love the graphics and animations!
Hey! Thanks! Glad you like it Doing my best Best regards.
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Hello everyone, I decided to start a thread where I can share my knowledge about Forum's BBCode. Follow my lessons and tutorials and increase your skills, learn how to design and create your own BBCode signature or create one for someone else. If you think it's a cool idea please reply and let me know.
Lesson 1: Forum's signature styling rules RANK
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Lesson 2: BBCode signature max. heightSignature max. height is same for all ranks. Simple way to check what's the maximum possible height: While designing a signature - create a table column with 3 lines of text, in each line write a letter 'p'. Remember: Profile signature space has 'same' cascading style sheets as a 'quote' - - That's why anything below 3rd line 'p' will be not visible on your signature space. p p p Lesson 3: Senior/Hero/Legendary Members signature table template (and a bit about tables...)Tables are made from columns and rows. To create a table you need to create a table frame and rows. Rows contains columns. Simple explanation in an example:Open a table -> open a row with ie. 4 columns -> close a row -> create another row with 4 columns -> close a row -> close a tableIn a code same example looks like:[table] [tr] [td] Row_1_column_1 [/td] [td] Row_1_column_2 [/td] [td] Row_1_column_3 [/td] [td] Row_1_column_4 [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] Row_2_column_1 [/td] [td] Row_2_column_2 [/td] [td] Row_2_column_3 [/td] [td] Row_2_column_4 [/td] [/tr] [/table] Preview:Row_1_column_1
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When you want to create a new signature design (For Senior/Hero/Legendary Members) you can start with a template which will save your time: [quote][table] [tr] [td] p p p - MAX. HEIGHT - [/td] [td] CONTENT [/td] [/tr] [/table][/quote] After design is ready remove 'quote' tags and your BBCode signature code is ready
Do you want more lessons?
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