The Ink Spot

no clue I sent an email back saying, "Morning, according to the Rate Card a 1/3 page ad is 7.625" x 3" for Horizontal. Is this information not accurate?"

Either their specs have changed or they don't know how to open my file properly

Vincent

sigh

Ryan

whats wrong?

Vincent

no, that was in reaction to your mail exchange. It'd have been nice if they sent along their actual 1/3 specs right away

communication = hard

JohnB

1:57 PM

Only Scott has open bounties?

you guys aren't trying hard enough!

Ryan

@JohnB I got keys to my new apartment yesterday. Its at least slightly more important than holiday hats :P

Vincent

ah, congrats!

JohnB

you need to get your priorities in order

Vincent

JohnB

that was fast!

Vincent

2:00 PM

and I'll get to that bounty-giving. Just have to find the right Q

heh, I have a few of these lying around

Ryan

Only question I've been thinking of asking doesn't really fit. It would just be all opinion

Matt

does this work for everyone: graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/44584/…

Ryan

I was thinking it was more in line with this one: graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/26354/…

but without being able to understand its anyone guess what the best fit is

graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/2803/… perhaps

Vincent

I guess the OP will just have to give us some more input

no saying what the Q is until they do

Ryan

hmm never heard of this and no iPad to try it: getvoice.adobe.com

Matt

2:07 PM

@Ryan I added that in the comments

GiantCowFilms

I really wish I new the vote counts on this: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/245319/… (I'm earning rep despite the negative number)

Ah ha... 7 up and 10 down... wow!

Ryan

-1

Q: Critique: What UI colors to use in an image-based design?

I'm working on an app who's UI is mainly driven by images. The only non-image UI element is the navigation bar at the top and I'm struggling to find a good color palette for this. As you can see in the image below I've currently settled on a light salmon color for the navbar background, with a co...

Anyone remember a design article about light pointing upwards?

I'm answering this person saying the real issue is their shadows and trying to find some article to include for them

Vincent

2:32 PM

downwards, you mean

and yes, I remember such an article, but I don't know where I saw it

Ryan

no light pointing downwards is correct. light pointing upwards creates confusion and fear.

Vincent

we agree, then :)

GiantCowFilms

me three on that point!

(I've noticed that my grammar has deteriorated rapidly after the hats came on....?!)

Vincent

these two sentences seem decent, though :)

Matt

I think Im going to ask an Acrobat question

JohnB

2:43 PM

one you already know the answer to?

Matt

Actually... Im looking for the answer now, but Im trying to find how to take a submitted in Acrobat Pro CC-2014 and find the compression settings

Vincent

@JohnB and score a selfie?

Matt

much different than Acrobat 9

Matt

2:57 PM

and I found where it is.. I officially hate Acrobat 11

Vincent

lol

Matt

they completely removed the advanced tab and made it under file.. 30 mins of digging >=O

JohnB

I'm on to you

Matt

Also found some interesting things on Adobe 11 Im going to post all day =P

Ryan

3:18 PM

Anyone know of good resources for website file structures and naming?

Matt

huh?

Ryan

like acme-country-club.php or acme_country_club.php or acmecountryclub.php?

reviews-subheader.php reviews.php and reviews-toc.php (these are includes)

its becoming a damn mess

Matt

why not make an includes folder titled inc

Ryan

maybe I should make an /include directory to put the reusable pieces

you beat me to it haha

Vincent

deletes comment because double ninja

Ryan

3:21 PM

is "inc" the norm? not "include"?

Vincent

WordPress uses includes

Matt

are you building it through wordpress?

Ryan

I'm building by hand

no frameworks or CMS

Going to put "Back to Top | Find a Dealer" at the bottom of most pages but within the content. Think its worth extracting that too? Since it does repeat I guess so right?

Matt

why not use a pre-built one?

Ryan

Boss doesn't want me to

Matt

3:31 PM

just be careful.. You can run into some security issues

Ryan

3:55 PM

huh? what do you mean?

JohnB

4:51 PM

just got an accept vote on a question I answered 9 months ago...

he was carefully deliberating!

Vincent

did you get a hat?

'Slowpoke'?

JohnB

haha that would be nice

Ryan

I made the mistake of asking something on stackoverflow.... everything so far has been broken English users telling me to do something entirely different :(

Vincent

at least you haven't been called n00b and names

that's waht usually happens to me

been downvoted yet? :/

Ryan

surprisingly not!

Vincent

4:56 PM

call the papers!

</sarcasm>

Ryan

I'm just trying to figure out a way to structure the website to reduce any repeat code :|

without frameworks or CMS

Vincent

link?

Ryan

0

Q: How to make a PHP template without a database?

I'm working on a small company "brochure" website. I have a few pieces that repeat for example: Menu Submenu Footer Subheader Say a page "comparison.php" needs to have all of the above and then content. I could do which is how I started: <?php include '/partial/menu.php'; ?> <p>This i...

php templates directory-structure

think it may have just dawned on me how to do it the best

maybe, jotting down on a pad now

Vincent

UV'd, and I think it perfectly possible what you want to do. The gal I share the office with does it all the time

Ryan

Im gonna eat lunch and then try to implement what I just jotted down. Food first :)

Vincent

5:04 PM

bon appetit

Ryan

5:30 PM

@Vincent thanks, nothing fancy -- trying not to cook too much this week so just brought sandwich meats to the office. I did get some gorgonzola cheese though for it which really helps make it awesome

BOOM GOT IT

Matt

5:48 PM

so many good answers without rep.. I know what I shall be doing later..

Ryan

Drinking a beer and not worrying about this website?

José Qués

6:50 PM

How I can share a question over here? Can somebody help me?

Or I should make the question here?

Ryan

@JoséQués hi, just ask your question

José Qués

Ok, I have an Image in 8 bits per channel mode on Photoshop. When I try to save it doesn't let me select the A8 R8 G8 B8 option.
Why I can't do it? There's a special mode that I have to choose to make this option available?
Only the XRGB (leading zero) it's availabe and I need the leading Alpha option.

Ryan

no clue. Should post a question on the site --- graphicdesign.stackexchange.com @JoséQués

José Qués

I've already posted it. I'm just waiting an answer.
I'll wait a bit here, maybe someone can help me here.

Scott

7:41 PM

Hey @Matt I'm trying to get that 10th vote on an answer :) Not move things up so you can edit :)

Ryan

@Scott done

Scott

Thanks :) Silver badge hopefully :)

Ryan

@Scott you're welcome

Matt

7:57 PM

@Scott huh??

it needed an edit

Scott

I was kidding Matt :)

Matt

I cant vote on you twice

Ryan

I'm having all sorts of trouble deciding what goes on a link "Information" --- any ideas?

I'm thinking cat gifs

NoviceInDisguise

Is there a way to tell who has the most hats on a site?

Vincent

Yeah, there is a leaderboard. JohnB has linked to it and it's been starred. And not removed afterwards. :)

NoviceInDisguise

8:16 PM

Thanks!

JohnB

maybe we should pin it

Graphic Design Leaderboard - Winter Bash

3

guh

NoviceInDisguise

I hate it when it does that . . .

Ryan

I never realized I've been a member longer than so many of yous.

Johannes

I love how obnoxiously big you can make these hats,

NoviceInDisguise

Me too!

Johannes

8:25 PM

I like that helmet hat. :)

GiantCowFilms

Hats rock... I gotta hair boat!

I'm so happy

except the time-lord is late...

NoviceInDisguise

I like hats too! (Or helmets, rather)

GiantCowFilms

I like boats!

and waffles!

NoviceInDisguise

BTW, as I posted on The Renderfarm on Blender.SE, the Timelord one took me a while. I think the edits might need to be accepted.

GiantCowFilms

Hey lookie!: winterbash2014.stackexchange.com/leaderboard/…

I'm #3!

NoviceInDisguise

8:27 PM

Ooooh!

I'm #1!

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Mine are accepted by default since I've got so much rep

NoviceInDisguise

Odd, maybe it is just the delay. Also, a lot of people are going after hats. It takes around 5 minutes for the normal ones to show up.

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Its been over a few hours, I'll keep on editing

On the leaderboard though, it only shows me as having 9 D:

I messed up the breaking bad hat, rats

NoviceInDisguise

Me too :-(

Not sure what we screwed up . . .

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise We needed to edit after it was closed

NoviceInDisguise

8:34 PM

Oh

Shoot

GiantCowFilms

Yup

Ill look for an unclear-one to attack next

NoviceInDisguise

Is this any good? blender.stackexchange.com/questions/20998/…

GiantCowFilms

No...

needs to be one of those you Can't figure out what there getting at.

Shouldn't take long though :P

NoviceInDisguise

Nope

You could always post it . . .

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Oh gosh, I think that would invalidate it... I need an idea for the selfie hat though.... gosh.

I think it would be more correct if we took this conversation home to the renderfarm, its kind of b.se centric

NoviceInDisguise

8:38 PM

@GiantCowFilms True. BTW, The selfie one I posted was way more popular than I anticipated . . .

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise I was stunned!

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