Skin Display Page

[Arlo]

V3



skin screenshot template

[Vraciu]

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V3

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skin screenshot template

Good stuff, Arlo.   

[Skuzzy]

I really do not care for the skin name being embedded in the thumbnail.  It is redundant.

[Arlo]

I really do not care for the skin name being embedded in the thumbnail.  It is redundant.

It's only redundant if the skin name is also below the thumbnail. But here's without:

[Skuzzy]

I was making the comment in case anyone decided to use the template for their thumbnail.

The skin name will always be below the thumbnail.  Otherwise we would have to come up with rules on how the thumbnails should be done (font, color....).  Really trying to avoid that.  I would hate to reject a submission due to the thumbnail.

[Arlo]

I was making the comment in case anyone decided to use the template for their thumbnail.

The skin name will always be below the thumbnail.  Otherwise we would have to come up with rules on how the thumbnails should be done (font, color....).  Really trying to avoid that.  I would hate to reject a submission due to the thumbnail.

I'm recommending that the thumbnails actually have uniformity (font, color, size, design) and volunteering to do just that if skinners and you agree. What's to reject then?

[Skuzzy]

The problem with embedding the text comes from search engines.  They cannot read that text in the image.

Other than that, go for it.  It is up to the skinners.

[Arlo]

Are you wanting skins to be found individually on search engines? I thought this was going to be a one stop 'shop' for all skins either as a complete download, group downloads or individual downloads. My images are named '(unit description) by (player) [ie: 2ACG 1 Sqdn by MachNix (image size).png] but that certainly can be left off the image.

[Skuzzy]

Someone finding us when they were searching for information about a WW2 squadron is not a bad thing.  We give up that chance without the text.

[Arlo]

Understood, but when you host the image does the image name change (like on Imgur) or does it stay the same? When I research images (like many do) it also gives me the option to visit the page the image is on (which I often do). I find my images on search engines with search phrases like 'F4U VF-17 1943' or 'B-17 formation dropping bombs.' I often pull up images I, myself, posted as screenshots on web pages (even pages that aren't functional anymore). It's not that I'm trying to actually talk you out of having text under the image .... I'm wondering why the image name, itself, doesn't work the way you want in a search engine when it seems to work for me.

[Skuzzy]

The image name is always "thumbnailimg.jpg" for all the images.

Take a look at the page source in your browser.  Images for this page are not accessible via the WEB server.  I had to come up with a creative method to get them to display.

[Vraciu]

For what it's worth. .

You can make the image searchable.   It's that tag you use to make it display what you want on a mouse hover.   I can look it up if you don't know what I mean.  I forgot the code for it. 

[Arlo]

ok

[Skuzzy]

For what it's worth. .

You can make the image searchable.   It's that tag you use to make it display what you want on a mouse hover.   I can look it up if you don't know what I mean.  I forgot the code for it.

I do know, and that is going to be done.  Details are coming slowly.  Just got the meta data done.

However, Google places more weight on displayed text in a page, versus alternate tags.

[Vraciu]

I do know, and that is going to be done.  Details are coming slowly.  Just got the meta data done.

However, Google places more weight on displayed text in a page, versus alternate tags.

Understood.  You're doing a great job on it.  A nice feature.

Did you see my post about the N/A image?   Something to think about.