Skin Display Page

[Skuzzy]

Just have some details to add and clean up, but this is what I have so far for the skins display page.  Everything should be functional.  Just have to make it pretty.

Any feedback?

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/skins

[Easyscor]

I love that the reference info and picture is included.

Would there be any benefit to adding the count to the drop down menu such that

## P51D would show the number of skins in the ## field?

It's the only thing I can think might be missing.

[Vraciu]

Very cool, Skuzzy.   

[Vraciu]

FWIW, I keep wanting to click the icon image to go to the skin.   That might be worth adding--a borderless hotlink.

[Skuzzy]

FWIW, I keep wanting to click the icon image to go to the skin.   That might be worth adding--a borderless hotlink.

Done.

[Vraciu]

Done.

Good change.  Some of the icons aren't enabled yet but for those that are it is slick.  (The N/As work but the custom thumbnails do not.)

[Arlo]

Appreciate your hard work. 

[Vraciu]

I'm nitpicking, too, but I figure that's what you want.


Since the standard thumbnail height is 128 you may want to force the table height to a standard so that shorter thumbs don't scrunch upward and throw your column stack out of whack.

[Skuzzy]

The size of the image is not going to be the issue.  The fonts are the issue.

I switched back to the text being to the right of the image to keep the text from wrapping and leaving an image alone at the bottom of the page.

Good change.  Some of the icons aren't enabled yet but for those that are it is slick.  (The N/As work but the custom thumbnails do not.)

Done.

[Arlo]

As a slight side issue - downloading the complete skin installer results in:



(for me).

[Skuzzy]

If you were downloading it while I was uploading a new file, it would cause that.  Or if you tried to run the installer remotely, instead of downloading the file to your local storage, it would also cause that.

[Krusty]

My feedback: I wouldn't list the text file we use to submit. That's not formatted or intended for public use and things I've included such as old forum discussion links for peer review, etc, don't need to be dredged up at this point.

My question: Will there be suggested guidelines? Such as putting the name of the skin in the thumbnail like some P-51s do? Profiles vs angle shots? Angle shots slightly top-down? Some kind of standard?

[Skuzzy]

The submitted info has always been intended to be used for the WEB page.  It is easy for a skinner to change that.  I went through all the entries and removed any personal data the skinner may have included.

The thumbnails and other images of the skin are left up the skinner.  I really do not care for the text information being embedded in the thumbnail, but I am not going to get worked up about it.

When it comes to the images of the skin, I think the skinner will do the best they can to show their skin in the best light possible.

EDIT:  I went ahead and added a bit to the skin admin page about the information being supplied.

[Vraciu]

I really do not care for the text information being embedded in the thumbnail, but I am not going to get worked up about it.

Do you want me to take those out?

[Vraciu]

The size of the image is not going to be the issue.  The fonts are the issue.

I switched back to the text being to the right of the image to keep the text from wrapping and leaving an image alone at the bottom of the page.

Done.

The shorter thumbnails skew the row height.