avatar change for every post?, like mike's. ;] Options

[creole]

How did Mike make an icon animation of different avatars? The ones with people in shades. I thought that concept was pretty cool, and I noticed that every post he made, the avatar would change automatically. I saved it, and the format was not surprisingly gif. help pl0x

[Mikeplyts]

me? or Design Staff Mike?

[creole]

design staff version.

[Mikeplyts]

oh. well, uh, can you give some screenshots or links or something so we can see how it works? Also, what type of file was it when you saved it?

[creole]

sorry, it was few months ago, and the file was .gif i think :/
i asked mike in a pm but he wouldn't tell me, xP

[manny-the-dino]

Man everyone wanted to know how he did that but never said anything. Anyways, hopefully he sees this.

[superstitious]

I believe it's a script, but I'm not 100% sure how to apply it. I remember hounding Mona for it a long time ago.

I can't remember, but I believe you need your own host with php? I'm horrible with these things.

edit: yeah, google image rotator. There's a TON of scripts for things like this (if I'm interpreting things correctly).

[creole]

oh.. i know nothing of that sort. .___________.

[superstitious]

Heh, not really my area of expertise either.

I think I have a domain somewhere, maybe one day I'll get bored and experiment this or something.

@Natalia - I KNOW! Those who have done the rotation are so tight lipped about it! Like it's a trade secret or something.

[ley]

I read something about this once it was a code but it didn't change with every post but everytime the page reloaded.

[creole]

% Yeahh, that's more like it. lol.. hmmm, maybe some researching and questioning would help this case. ._________.






* can imagine having multiple icons of hot men & women ready to be shown for each time the page reloaded/ *

[Maccabee]

He probably just used a php image.

[Maccabee]

Who were your replying to?

CODE

data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAwAAAAMCAYAAABWdVznAAAAjElEQVQokZXLsQkCQRSE4
MMRNi5DUyMPHF2ntuB4RZgJHZx1ViCRViDjdiBgYl4BnIggvB2YLL/a5qKLcxCTd8EM6sCLe1YBbCxk78uZdpSN3cfUtqDGrz9BNTVDUD1oAYXiNwWUA8XiCkdQN3H+C+I67wC
Qb1+o4/oOtm85yXIHegeiRdQD1/w/FvWAArXyfMSM8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=

An example of a php image.

Reason for edit: Use [codebox] tags when posting codes. - Mike

[superstitious]

what a dick :p

[superstitious]

Good luck, Beenly. ;)

[technicolour]

Mike, ILU.



Research it dude. Obviously Mike isn't going to say anything. Google is your BFFFFFFFFFF.

[Maccabee]

bump much?
I know this is involved...
http://staynasty.com/x/avatar/
Ima go google now.

[iDecay]

^ Well, duh...


I was going to do this the other day too, but then I forgot about it. D:

[Maccabee]

Why cant I figure i out.

[synapse]

Why cant I figure i out.

BECAUSE MIKE IS SMARTER THAN YOU

[jiyong]

But the one you posted changes every minute or so, depending on how you edit the script. I think the one Mike has changes on refresh.

[jiyong]

^ Lol, he probably is.

[Amaranthus]

It's actually simple.
Some girl on here last year showed me how to use one.

[Maccabee]

pws tell me.
I just dont understand because the actual url is staynasty.com/avatar.png. And I cant see that file because it isnt in a folder and he gave his website an index of course. haha. I tried downloading it using downthemall but it just chose one of the 6 images.

[manny-the-dino]

Lol @ you guys killing yourselves over this.

[Amaranthus]

pws tell me.
I just dont understand because the actual url is staynasty.com/avatar.png. And I cant see that file because it isnt in a folder and he gave his website an index of course. haha. I tried downloading it using downthemall but it just chose one of the 6 images.

Sorry, babe, I needz sum motivation.

[jiyong]

God, Joseph, it isn't that hard. I Googled it and got it down in less than ten minutes, including making the avatars.

[Maccabee]

What do you want that I can offer?

aim : cohenkid741

You know you want it. I haz a webcam.

[Amaranthus]

KAWAIIII YAYYY.
Ok bebe, now you talkin.

[iDecay]

Gabi I r done wif my avatars.

[Maccabee]

KAWAIIII YAYYY.
Ok bebe, now you talkin.

wait, your a dude...

[Amaranthus]

DUNH DUNH DUNHHHH.
I wasn't gonna make you do anything.

[emberfly]

usually when they don't put their sexuality on their profile they're gay.

[Amaranthus]

Surprised he didn't already assume that. Oh Ma Gawz iz u Homo den?

[technicolour]

Oh, how this makes me giggle. I can only imagine how hard Mike is laughing while reading this.



JCP, learn to do things by yourself. I'm sure you already know how to do some, but seriously. Think and actually TRY first before turning complete desperate.

[Mikeplyts]

.oy tihs taht elgooG

[technicolour]

Everyone is missing a huge factor for this whole concept. Sucks because it's awfully obvious too.

[emberfly]

this thread reminds me of this movie


everytime i read the subtitle.

[iDecay]

Mike, I think you should take off that post so Joseph can figure it out himself.

[Mikeplyts]

^If I did that, then he'd never figure it out.

[iDecay]

Good, let him learn.

[jiyong]

let him learn.

[jiyong]

^ Exactly.

[Mickey]

[jiyong]

[iDecay]

You're a jerk, jerk, jerk.

[iDecay]

You're a jerk!
You're a jerk!
You're a jerk!
You're a jerk!
You're a jerk!
You're a jerk!


Okay goodnight, LOL.

[Mikeplyts]

mang, y'all ninjas weird.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

It's a PHP script. A fairly simple one at that.

[Mikeplyts]

What I don't get though is that Joseph posted something earlier in this thread about a PHP image and now he doesn't know what it is. :/

I agree with CJ, it's just a script. "Oh wow! Your avatar can change on reload! ZOMG!"

[datass]

im starting to think this thing is a bit too overrated

[Maccabee]

It's a PHP script. A fairly simple one at that.

I know. But I cant find it or write it.

[technicolour]

You know, my finger is itching to close this freaking thread. Just GOOGLE it. Seriously. Research it out. Not everything is going to freaking come to you on a silver platter with garnishes decorating it.

[Mikeplyts]

im starting to think this thing is a bit too overrated

indeed. :/

[Maccabee]

I have googled it! and I have googled every variation of it! But I cant find it.

[Mikeplyts]

dude wth, I found the damn thing like on the 2nd page.

[technicolour]

I have googled it! and I have googled every variation of it! But I cant find it.

Then, young grasshopper, you are not looking.

[Maccabee]

dude wth, I found the damn thing like on the 2nd page.

What were your search terms?

[jiyong]

Google something with avatar, refresh, and rotator, something like that. Was the first thing to pop up on Google. I really don't understand how you can't find it.

[superstitious]

What were your search terms?

edit: yeah, google image rotator. There's a TON of scripts for things like this (if I'm interpreting things correctly).

Sometimes it's helpful to read (in this case re-read) the first page of a thread. You even posted on the first page after that response.

[fixtatik]

Not to be a kill-joy, but why is it so wrong to just provide him an answer? A support forum that's saying "go to Google?" It's not like a rotating image is a safe-guarded secret...

[synapse]

Not to be a kill-joy, but why is it so wrong to just provide him an answer? A support forum that's saying "go to Google?" It's not like a rotating image is a safe-guarded secret...

Hm, I really don't know. I tried, but it was pointed out that the scripts I showed were not the exact thing he was looking to do. I guess it's the people's mentality here to have Joseph do this on his own.

[Maccabee]

eh, makes sense to me. I ask a lot of questions so people enjoy telling me to do it myself. I see nothing wrong with that. I guess I should start reading edits.

[Tomates]

LOL LETS ALL BE LIKE MIKE

[jiyong]

[83RN15]

haha this post its jst too awesome.. lol

[fixtatik]

eh, makes sense to me. I ask a lot of questions so people enjoy telling me to do it myself. I see nothing wrong with that. I guess I should start reading edits.

Er...

"how do u center a profile"
"my site messed up in ie"
"where do u go 2 lern html"

Not really much different, is it?

[Maccabee]

Very different. Thos things get asked every single day. And many people ask them so it is easy to google. This? Not so much.

[superstitious]

Not to be a kill-joy, but why is it so wrong to just provide him an answer? A support forum that's saying "go to Google?" It's not like a rotating image is a safe-guarded secret...

I think that it's something that started in fun (Mike's teasing) and went awry a bit. I'm also not entirely sure whether or not it's simple or a little complex. I gave the "google" response because I don't know how to do it, but wanted to attempt to give Beenly (the topic starter) a direction in which to go from. I quoted myself because he (Joseph) had said that he didn't know what terms to search with.

Hm, I really don't know. I tried, but it was pointed out that the scripts I showed were not the exact thing he was looking to do. I guess it's the people's mentality here to have Joseph do this on his own.

It's not just Joseph that people say this to. I honestly don't think that people mind helping. It's when it appears that the individual isn't doing much to help himself that it gets a little frustrating. For example, had he attempted this and came back with something like "I tried this but it isn't working, here's the code I'm using..." people might have been more apt to assist.

That's just my take though.

I do think that the teasing has gone slightly overboard at this point though.

[mipadi]

Joseph, the algorithm for doing this is pretty simple:

1. Install a script handler at a URL like myawesomedomain.com/avatar.png. Note that that's actually a script, not a real image, even though it has a .png extension.
2. The script talks to a database or has a hard-coded list of image files.
3. One such image is randomly selected.
4. The image is fetched from the file system and returned.
5. Client displays said image.

[Maccabee]

So all i need is the script then. Because I made a .htaccess file that turns .php into .png, so I can link to josephbcohen.com/avatar/avatar.png but I need the script that tells it to look into josephbcohen.com/avatar/1.png, josephbcohen.com/avatar/2.png, etc. etc.

[Maccabee]

If you had said that in the first place we would be on page 2 right now.

[iDecay]

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp...b823cb19394de08

[Mickey]

PM me if you have any more questions. Topic closed & moved.