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Title: Advertising Aces High..need cool graphics
Post by: LePaul on August 15, 2001, 10:38:00 AM

With the new rate and such, many of us who have websites with good traffic want to get the word out.

Do you artsy folks at HTC, or anybody who is similarly challenged, have some nice artwork we can place on our website(s) to link back to HTC's?

For example, I'd be looking for something with the quality and size of my TUCOWS ad...

 (http://www.checksix.net/tucows_mirror1.gif)

Something small, fast loading, maybe animated, that we can direct folks to HTC.

Ideas?

Title: Advertising Aces High..need cool graphics
Post by: Superfly on August 15, 2001, 12:30:00 PM

Use that lovely banner at the top of the screen   :)

Title: Advertising Aces High..need cool graphics
Post by: flakbait on August 15, 2001, 01:02:00 PM

35k version
 (http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~delta6/htbin/ah_add.jpg)
13k version
 (http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~delta6/htbin/ah_add_1.jpg)

I'll probably do a few dozen more later, when I can think straight. Migrains suck.


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Flakbait [Delta6]
Delta Six's Flight School (http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~delta6)
Put the P-61B in Aces High
"For yay did the sky darken, and split open and spew forth fire, and
through the smoke rode the Four Wurgers of the Apocalypse.
And on their canopies was tattooed the number of the Beast, and the
number was 190." Jedi, Verse Five, Capter Two, The Book of Dweeb
 (http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~delta6/sig/geek.gif)

Title: Advertising Aces High..need cool graphics
Post by: LePaul on August 15, 2001, 01:59:00 PM

Flakbait and Superfly....too big!

I'm talking graphics the size of what you see on my site (www.checksix.net) or the sim sites like Dogfighter, etc

Thanks!

Title: Advertising Aces High..need cool graphics
Post by: AKSWulfe on August 15, 2001, 02:05:00 PM

You lose too much of the overall visual quality LePaul the smaller you get. Flakbait's image is about as small as you can get before it looks like you can't tell if it's a game or what.
-SW

Title: Advertising Aces High..need cool graphics
Post by: Midnight on August 15, 2001, 05:27:00 PM

SUPERFLY... umm... that banner is aweful.

No fading, blotchy/jerky animation... ewww

I too would like something a little more stylish to put on the 412th site. Unfortunately, the only grphics program I have is Paint...  :(

Anyone have a suggestion for a good graphics program that doesn't cost $hundreds$ or expire? Mabye a way to "extend" the trial period for PhotoShop or something would be nice.

Title: Advertising Aces High..need cool graphics
Post by: Nash on August 15, 2001, 05:37:00 PM

What would ya want the banner to say and have on it? Maybe I can whip something up tonight. Also give me dimensions in pixels.

(I did that TOD banner)

Title: Advertising Aces High..need cool graphics
Post by: LePaul on August 15, 2001, 09:25:00 PM

SWulfe, that banner, though nice, just wont fit my site, its just too big.  Did you even go to my site, or Dogfighter, etc to see the sizes I was referring to?

Size wise, ideally 100 x 100 would be great, like most of the ones I have for TUCOWS, IBM, etc.

The top one we have to endure in here is slow loading and quite frankly, very annoying.  I enjoy the BBS and kinda get weary of the flashy/banner stuff.  Just my 2 cents