Skin Gallery?

jsdesign

Would it be difficult to implement a gallery for skins? So that you could easily browse the gallery to find a skin that appeals to you and then by clicking on the image or link are taken to the thread about the skin and download link. Or am I just being plain lazy?!

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audiofish

Hmm I think photoplog looks good =D
http://www.photoplog.com/

glacier

seems like a good idea to me. of course, i'm not the one who's going to be working on it so i really have no say in it. :D

eMAN

that is a very good idea.... i'm just hoping it is a possible solution for the crew...

it is a growing number of skins out there and it is beggining to be to much to handle in an ordinary underforum...

Austin

I agree with you, that would make finding skins more convenient.

PS I LOVE your avatar!!! ROTFLOL!!!!

DChronos

Here's a better way to make it work: One could make a page with a bunch of small thumbnails, then when a thumbnail is clicked on, it'll bring up a larger view with more pics of the skin and a description about it and the creator (possibly links to the creator's page or profile), and a link to download it right there as well.

Alternatively, to save space, you could just have a page with some larger animated thumbnails that slowly show different views of the skins, and clicking on the pic downloads the skin. The first alternative sounds better to me, though.

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Err0r

Actually, I've been trying to find a viable vBulletin hack (software) to do this for a long time, but haven't been successful yet.

Photoplog does not allow you to add files to download, and leaves a mark on the top of every page.

Also, if there was such a gallery; members would not be able to provide the same level of feedback to the skinners as they do now.

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eMAN

error: i understand that it will be harder to give feedback to the skinners but it doesn't mean that the forumpart isn't needed... can't you have both a gallery and a forum?? that could be possible in some way, shouldn't it??

way offtopic:
if you meant my avatar, it is Holly, a miningspaceship's computer with an IQ of 4000.... He is a charactor in the tv-series Red Dwarf... Really interesting series by the BBC... unfortunally it's cancelled... but there are 8 seasons of it and i am recommending you all to see it... anyway this is way oftopic.... but i felt like sharing it... :P hope you dont mind... :P

DChronos

Heheh, we had that show on over here in the mid US, along with another funny show, the Red-Green show.

Anyway, I was suggesting someone could use one of the free small website services (a good one, not a geocities bullcrap type one), and set it up that way. Well, actually, whomever owns this very server could have someone build a web page for it and host it right here! I might be able to create something simple, if I have some more time to do so, but I'm a beginner in page building, working on creating my own site first.

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glacier

this isn't necessarily true, error. you know those sites that offer free layouts and other stuff, they have galleries but there are also links for each item that lead to a forum thread. so if maizume were to have a gallery for skins, a link can be added for each skin that points to the relevant thread for that skin, where members can leave feedback and the skin creator can respond.

hope i'm making sense. :D