DH Skies
October 26, 2019 10:29 AM
Site Switchover by DH Skies
Dear All,As you may know, discapps is officially going under on 31st of October. Nathan has been coding away hard to make new boards for us, and is gradually going to begin switching us over. Some things to be aware of….
1) This will involve importing the data from the old site to the new. In order to not lose any posts, new pages will be made active as soon as the data has been imported. Therefore, there will be two different styles of board (the old and the new) coexisting for a while – though still only one board for each location. There will be notifications in chatzy of when a particular page is being worked on.
2) If anything is wibbly or broken, please let us know
3) We had some stellar design input early in the process, for which we are very grateful. The new site has had to be a compromise of what was achievable in the time frame, and is still a work in progress. Our chief aesthetician has also been swamped lately, and Nathan and I will both fully admit to not being the most artsy. If you can see any obvious clumpiness in terms of layout, graphics, fonts – any of the ‘prettiness’ side – please drop us a line. We appreciate help with this.
4) We have tried to preserve the way things work, in terms of thread groupings, whilst making the layout neater and cleaner. We hope this is a straightforward and user-friendly switch.
5) You will need to be logged in to post, and the new layout makes more prominent use of profile pictures, so please make sure you have an account, and as many of your pictures uploaded as possible.
We hope you will all enjoy the new look site. And huge, huge thanks to those who have worked so hard to make it happen.
Subthreads: Sonora Lounges switched over by Nathan Xavier with Selina, Bridget Ferguson
Hospital Wing, MARS, and Quidditch Pitch have been converted (nm by Nathan Xavier
Library and Labyrinth Gardens swapped over (nm) by Nathan Xavier
Cascade Hall and all of the Common Rooms are swapped (nm) by Nathan Xavier
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Nathan Xavier
October 26, 2019 11:06 PM
Sonora Lounges switched over by Nathan Xavier
The new version of Sonora Lounges has been uploaded. Let me know if any problems are encountered posting to that board or viewing those threads/posts, or if any links still point to the old one.
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Selina
October 27, 2019 12:36 AM
Small bug/fyi for authors by Selina
You do not receive any indication that profile picture upload was successful. It still displays 'no picture chosen' even if save was successful.For authors, so long as you have clicked 'save' at the bottom, it should be fine, and you can check the profiles yourself.
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Selina
October 27, 2019 10:35 AM
Question by Selina
I'm noticing that a lot of profile pictures don't take up the full 'frame' on the pages. What are the ideal dimensions that people should upload pictures as to make them sit nicely in the frames? Or is there a general rule, e.g. a square works best? Thanks
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Nathan Xavier
October 27, 2019 9:33 PM
Answer by Nathan Xavier
The frame opening on the original frame image is approximately 648 pixels wide by 663 pixels high. I think the code stretches the width of your profile picture to fit that, so an image somewhere in the neighborhood of that proportion will work best.
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Nathan Xavier
October 27, 2019 9:34 PM
Hospital Wing, MARS, and Quidditch Pitch have been converted (nm by Nathan Xavier
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Hospital Wing, MARS, and Quidditch Pitch have been converted (nm
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Nathan Xavier
October 28, 2019 10:31 AM
Library and Labyrinth Gardens swapped over (nm) by Nathan Xavier
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Library and Labyrinth Gardens swapped over (nm)
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Bridget Ferguson
October 28, 2019 3:15 PM
Problem by Bridget Ferguson
My picture is too long for the frame but it's fewer pixels high than that according to paint.
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Nathan
October 28, 2019 6:13 PM
Re: Problem by Nathan
It’s the proportion that’s more important than the number of pixels. Bridget’s picture looks significantly taller than it is wide, so when the width stretches to fit, the height gets bigger too.
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October 28, 2019 6:44 PM
Nathan Xavier
October 29, 2019 7:39 PM
Re: So... by Nathan Xavier
Your picture is 183x275. So to get the same height to width ratio, you need to crop it down to 183x187
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Nathan Xavier
October 29, 2019 10:35 PM
Cascade Hall and all of the Common Rooms are swapped (nm) by Nathan Xavier
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Cascade Hall and all of the Common Rooms are swapped (nm)
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