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And I've switched to Black Soul (by the way a ghastly template) and still can't see it. So problem at my end then. Would my Firewall or Cookie blocker stop it from showing? Or is this another bonus random quirk from XP?Darth Wong wrote:I switched to the MF template as an experiment, and it shows up in the upper right-hand corner.Rob Wilson wrote:Then how come I can't see one on the main page?Anyone using Millenium Falcon template who can see it?
Probably not something from XP as I am seeing it as well in digitaltwilight.Rob Wilson wrote:And I've switched to Black Soul (by the way a ghastly template) and still can't see it. So problem at my end then. Would my Firewall or Cookie blocker stop it from showing? Or is this another bonus random quirk from XP?Darth Wong wrote:I switched to the MF template as an experiment, and it shows up in the upper right-hand corner.Rob Wilson wrote:Then how come I can't see one on the main page?
Well I'm back to Millenium. On the XP front, I've found it has lots of random quirks it likes to throw out there from Install to install - it's current one is a steadfast refusal to remember file view preferences.verilon wrote:Probably not something from XP as I am seeing it as well in digitaltwilight.Rob Wilson wrote:
And I've switched to Black Soul (by the way a ghastly template) and still can't see it. So problem at my end then. Would my Firewall or Cookie blocker stop it from showing? Or is this another bonus random quirk from XP?
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That said unless the Paypal is really new, it would have been on the previous install and still not showing the Paypal symbol. Oh and now I look, the SD.net Banner no longer exists either. 
Not forgetting that it and the Banner both show up on the alternate site... The graphics for the main site Banner and Paypal are part of the page aren't they? They're not linked from elsewhere so a pop-up blocker might catch them are they?Darth Wong wrote:Serves you right for installing XP
It shows up on Mozilla 1.5 and IE6 in Windows 2000, and on Konqueror and Mozilla on Linux. It even shows up on Netscape 4.8, which I keep around for testing purposes.
The alternate site is actually the same server, but with a different alias and with SSL encryption. It's interesting that it would work when encryption is enabled.Rob Wilson wrote:Not forgetting that it and the Banner both show up on the alternate site...
The main site banner is hosted on the same server, but the Paypal logo is hosted at paypal.com.The graphics for the main site Banner and Paypal are part of the page aren't they? They're not linked from elsewhere so a pop-up blocker might catch them are they?
Now then would I put you on guard duty? hey? Don't be silly, the Toilets are still blocked up from the Xmas Party after the Gamorreans used it. Off you go, there's a good lad, and remember they have to be clean enough for you to eat your dinner off them.RogueIce wrote: Er, wait, no mutiny, what am I saying? Um, uh... *sees Lonestar in Xmas Guard Duty uniform show up* Damn it all...
The Galvatron one? I was just wondering if the Galvatron site had the banner and the main site linked to the image. hhmm.Darth Wong wrote:The alternate site is actually the same server, but with a different alias and with SSL encryption. It's interesting that it would work when encryption is enabled.Rob Wilson wrote:Not forgetting that it and the Banner both show up on the alternate site...
Well this is weird, Paypal buttons show up on Ebay Uk.Darth Wong wrote:The main site banner is hosted on the same server, but the Paypal logo is hosted at paypal.com.
I'm beginning to suspect it the Pop-up blocker, or an XP/pop-up blocker interface problem. I can't think why though.Shinova wrote:We're talking about the paypal button, right?
I have XP and it appears fine on both blacksoul and millenniumfalcon, on Opera and IE6, with XP.
Running Opera with requested popups and XP Home Edition.. still shows up here.Rob Wilson wrote:I'm beginning to suspect it the Pop-up blocker, or an XP/pop-up blocker interface problem. I can't think why though.Shinova wrote:We're talking about the paypal button, right?
I have XP and it appears fine on both blacksoul and millenniumfalcon, on Opera and IE6, with XP.
What party? I thought we were assaulting SOS? Who let those Gamorreans in?! Grrr...Rob Wilson wrote:Now then would I put you on guard duty? hey? Don't be silly, the Toilets are still blocked up from the Xmas Party after the Gamorreans used it. Off you go, there's a good lad, and remember they have to be clean enough for you to eat your dinner off them.
Ummm ... that particular washroom was locked for maintenance when they were here. Try looking in the other one.RogueIce wrote:*wanders into the head* Hey, who woulda thunk Gamorreons were so clean when they dropped dueces? Why, they even flushed! *cleans head and is done fairly quickly*
*grumbles about civilians and other non-Navy types calling it anything other than a head*Darth Wong wrote:Ummm ... that particular washroom was locked for maintenance when they were here. Try looking in the other one.RogueIce wrote:*wanders into the head* Hey, who woulda thunk Gamorreons were so clean when they dropped dueces? Why, they even flushed! *cleans head and is done fairly quickly*
Cool.Rob Wilson wrote:Paypal problem solved. Hosts file had Paypal.com in it. Haven't a clue when that was put in there.
That's a real mystery. It's obviously allowing other graphics from the server through, otherwise you wouldn't see anything: no smilies, no avatars, etc. And this file is indeed stored on the same server, with relative links.Haven't a clue why the banner isn't showing though. It is in the Galvatron site.
Caches were cleared before anything else. Just logged on to the Galvatron site and the Banner still worked in millenium falcon over there.Darth Wong wrote:That's a real mystery. It's obviously allowing other graphics from the server through, otherwise you wouldn't see anything: no smilies, no avatars, etc. And this file is indeed stored on the same server, with relative links.Rob Wilson wrote:Haven't a clue why the banner isn't showing though. It is in the Galvatron site.
Perhaps you need to clear out some caches?
The addresses are different because the image is addressed with a relative filename path, so it appends it onto whatever the current server address is. And the image shape is indeed an elongated rectangle, so that >300 wide resolution sounds about right.Rob Wilson wrote:The Address's for banners are different though.
https://galvatron.enetexperience.com/~a ... Banner.jpg works.
http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/templates/ ... Banner.jpg doesn't work. though it gives a strange size (384 x 72 pixels). Digitaltwilight gives a size of 32 x 32 pixels as do all the rest.
Yep, but the DigitalTwilight and others all give 32 x 32, and did the picture show up when you clicked on the link?Darth Wong wrote: The addresses are different because the image is addressed with a relative filename path, so it appends it onto whatever the current server address is. And the image shape is indeed an elongated rectangle, so that >300 wide resolution sounds about right.
I don't recall the resolution of the DigitalTwilight logo, but the one in BlackSoul is over 300 pixels wide.Rob Wilson wrote:Yep, but the DigitalTwilight and others all give 32 x 32,Darth Wong wrote:The addresses are different because the image is addressed with a relative filename path, so it appends it onto whatever the current server address is. And the image shape is indeed an elongated rectangle, so that >300 wide resolution sounds about right.
Yes, clicking on the link gives me the picture. It doesn't work for you?and did the picture show up when you clicked on the link?
I'd say that you might as well forget it since it's not causing any serious harm, but it certainly sounds like one of those infuriating head-scratchers, because now you've got a mystery which can't be solved. I'm afraid I'm fresh out of ideas at this point. There must be something in your config which is different from a bone-stock Windows install in order to make this happen.I notice that Smileys come from an Images folder rather than templates folder, but that doesn't explain why it showed up in Galvatron as that is also templates.
It's obviously something at this end, but I'm damned if i can work out what. I've cleaned caches, gone through firewall settings, pop-up and cookie permissions, the host file twice, rebooted, checked the myriad IE settings. I'm stumped.
