PCLinuxOS Graphics

[Sproggy]

but that can be done by the admins ... which have to be added manually ...

[rubentje1991]

but that can be done by the admins ... which have to be added manually ...

Yes, I know...
But if the artists have some suggestions, it can be adjusted
-- however on e.g. deviantart, you just have to use what's available - nothing less, nothing more... (however it's working very well I think)

[Sproggy]

still waiting for link to the devian art site

[rubentje1991]

still waiting for link to the devian art site

Excuse me....
Here it is: http://pclinuxos-artwork.deviantart.com/
=> remember, this is for testing purposes only at the moment (please post your requests etc. in the appropiate forum sections)

[timeth]

Hey Kori,

The site you set up looks good. I just joined to test it out. I just have a few questions.

1. Apart from messages under the images, can members send messages to each other, or to everyone?
2. Can you upload and view SVG images?
3. When I joined I was accepted automatically, can you set it so that people need to be approved to join? (for security)
4. Can the UI be made to fill the whole browser screen? At the moment it only fills about half the screen, centred in the middle.

[Archie]

Heya Kori,

Obviously the advantages of a project on its own system is complete control. It is also faster because there are less traffic compared ti the throttled bandwidth of free online services.

I have no doubt you can tweak the test site to suit the needs of the group. The following are the results of what I had done so far. I registered and the captcha is a good layer of security. However, once a registered user has successfully logged on, I think filling in human-response tests is no longer necessary thus when I tried to post a comment, I had to type in 4 sets of test and still did not see my comment posted. If the comment is held for approval, IMO that is also unnecessary. I gave up on posting a comment along with rating the test wallpaper. If I made mistakes in reproducing the test, the more reason the post-logon captcha should be removed. The posted image probably just lost a valuable comment.

My access to your test site is fast. I had the software email me another password; the password I was using was invalidated so I had to use the temporary pass to access and reset my password.

I was able to download the only image in the Lightbox to my hard drive (and quite fast as well), modified it and tried to post it back. I do not see any way to upload my modified image. IMO regular members should be permitted to upload/remove their own work.

Overall, I would vote for your site.

@timeth, deviantArt is too slow for me but tolerable. And because of its loading time on my browser (Chrome), the CSS looked weird/the layout looked like a 10-years-ago webpage with white/gray background. Advertisments are also why its free. The time you spent setting it up is truly appreciated. But I think I'll place my vote on Sproggy's.

[timeth]

Hey Archie, I tend to agree with you that having full control over something like Kori's site is preferable to a free online service with ads. If the questions I have above could be considered and the suggestions you made above added, then I too would vote for Kori's site.   

[Archie]

Hey Archie, I tend to agree with you that having full control over something like Kori's site is preferable to a free online service with ads. If the questions I have above could be considered and the suggestions you made above added, then I too would vote for Kori's site.   

Oh yes, definitely. Except for your third item, 1 and 2 of course are essential. I do know that there is a plugin that can enable viewing of SVGs unless I am mistaking the software Kori is using with another. If Kori can set up permission so members can choose to either make a collaboration folder private or public, it would be a a plus. Group-wide announcement is also important, and I am also waiting for an answer on that.

I also need to repeat the loading time due to less users on Kori's site makes it ideal. Are the page renders from Kori's and deviantArt the same on your browser? I am not going to make any excuses for myself but one reason I cannot get involved in other tasks at the PCLinuxOS Magazine is GoogleDocs. It is blocked by the Great Firewall and I am in it. Gmail and Google are still OK. But this is not about me ... this is about a group so in the end, whichever is decided by the majority of who's using it should be what we should follow. This is our common, ain't it?

[timeth]

Thanks Kori, got your email and logged in as you. I added svg to the list of acceptable file formats in the admin area and tried to upload one but it didn't work and told me that svg was not acceptable. I don't know, maybe it's not essential to have svg support? The dev's would mainly be needing to download png and jpg files anyway. I guess it would just be handy to have it so that someone could download my svg image directly and alter it without me having to send it to them in an email. Maybe we could install the SVG plugin that Archie spoke of in the post above? 

Re: My earlier question:

4. Can the UI be made to fill the whole browser screen? At the moment it only fills about half the screen, centred in the middle.

I found a theme here that widens the UI to fill the whole browser window. It's called 4default_wide. It's for an earlier version of the software but as the creator explains, it only involves changing a few variables in the code so it may be fine for this version.
http://www.vierstra.com/4images_templates.htm

It's great that user comments can be added beneath images and images can be voted on. Can anyone see a user to user messaging system on there?

[Neal ManBear]

I made around dozen attempts to post a comment. Each time I get sent to another captcha.

[rubentje1991]

I've made a comment, but I have to say - the captcha-things are really hard (maybe use reCaptcha as service)?
=> and indeed please disable it for registered users....

[alex]

Thank you very much, Archie!

Archie,
Not only is it a good project but, look at all the responses. It's good to see we are all still here and motivated to help make PCLinuxOs even better.

[Sproggy]

i will look at tweaking .... and hopefully have a look at the anti-spam measures

[rubentje1991]

i will look at tweaking .... and hopefully have a look at the anti-spam measures

That would be great!
If that's our ultimate solution, we'll be very happy....
(and then you're really our Super-Sproggy!  )

[Sproggy]

right ive pulled it down for now ... gonna make some tweaks then upload it ...