Written by steet :
If you send fanarts and fan images, please read the entire news : this is very important.
It took me a while, but I finally finished it. There is a new fanart and fanimages send system, which aims at making everything easier, organized and at the same time more "strict".
In particular, you will now be able to see if the drawings you sent were validated; and if they are deactivated by the mods, you will see the reason why it was deactivated, and you'll be able to contact the mod for more information, make changes, resubmit or delete them.
Also, the interface is now very dynamic: you can do many things without having to reload the page, and this saves a lot of time. This was possible because I have used a lot of Ajax programmation (which is a nightmare for web developers like me...due to popular-but-rubbish Internet Explorer and its non-support for the standards! Seriously, you don't have any good reason not to try a REAL browser like Firefox - By the way, the site is optimized for it!). Warning though : you won't be able to use the new interface if you don't have javascript enabled on your browser!(hopefully, more than 99% of you already have it enabled) If that's the case, you will get a warning message on the main page of the site, with a little help on how to enable it.
One of the particular things I like is the new character selection window (to select the characters featured in your drawings). Just try using it, you'll understand!
Oh, by the way : protected characters can now be managed. This means that if you wish to make a drawing of a protected character, you're able to request it (either on the character selection window, or on the fan characters section) A private message is automatically sent to the owner of the character, and if he/she accepts, you'll then be able to use the character. It's that simple.
Of course you can't see it, but there's also a new fanart and fanimages admin for mods. Same thing, it should be very practical for them.
Talking about that, you will notice that there are categories you must choose when sending fanarts : digital/traditional and the coloring type. That's to organize fanarts in a better way.
Important : I will soon ask the fanart mods to go through ALL the drawings and images sent on the site since the very start, and to update them. Two things : they will check that they still follow the rules, and they will choose the (Balto) characters in your drawings and the categories where they fit. If you wish to help the mods, you can do that second thing yourself in the "manage my drawings" part!
We will be stricter from now on, so don't be surprised if some of your creations get deactivated : the goal is to "clean" the fan sections from the bad creations that shouldn't have been accepted. Especially, there should be at least ONE Balto drawing in each gallery before you can send other types of drawings. The system will force you to respect that rule, and I will soon increase the minimum amount of Balto characters drawings required in each gallery to 1/3 (33%) of the total. I am warning you! If you've already sent a lot of drawings, and have very few Balto drawings in your gallery, be ready to make some Balto drawings, or you'll be stuck in not being able to send more drawings. Remember the site you're on!
All this, of course, has a goal : I will soon "destroy" the current fanart section and make a new one.(don't worry, all your drawings and gallery information will be kept ;) well, the ones that respect the rules...) The new categories, fan characters and other things will be part of it. Just be patient, it will probably take at least one month to make it and get it working...
As for fan images, there's a new option you can choose : coloured-over linearts. Yes, linearts that you didn't drew, but that you've colored over, are now accepted in the fan images section (but NOT the fanarts! so if you have some there, please send them in the fan images, then delete them from the fanarts) It will be one category, so, if you don't like them, you'll be able to hide them in the soon-to-be new fan images section.
Another thing I have added : BMP support. You can now send your favorite ugly fanarts made on Microsoft Paint (just kidding!...or maybe not.) directly on the site. The ones among you who have problems with converting their pictures should appreciate it. Warning though : very big files are still not allowed, and BMP makes very large files, so you will get a very long sending time if you choose to send BMP files - especially if you have a slow internet connection.
Oh, and finally : considering the huge amount of changes I have done on the site code, there are surely big bugs here and there. I have already caught some of them (in particular, one that I won't correct because I will make a new fanart section : the "last drawings sent" bug) But if you catch a bug, please report it to me either by PM or email. Thanks. And give me the EXACT error messages, for god's sake!!! Ban the "it won't let me" from your language!
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| September 20, 2008 | ||
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Wow, lots of changes. I like the fan character section! :3 With the fanart section, I'm having a problem changing my gallery entrance picture. I'm not sure if it's just my computer acting funny or a bug. When I choose a picture it says "The file img/fan/wolfpup/wolfpup284 doesn't exists! Error while changing the entrance pic" |
| September 16, 2008 | ||
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I knew I forgot something... I forgot commissions/gifts. Anyway, for your question, upload the pic somewhere and send the pic in a private message. |
| September 15, 2008 | ||
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what if you want to do a pic for someone else without them knowing like happy birthday or something? |
| September 13, 2008 | ||
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That stinks, i keep doning a image its part of baltos famliy, and
it says "do a balto image your next two have to be a balto image." it stinks cuz i have 3 that are in baltos family and it keeps saying the saying the saame thing when i try to upload them! Why in the heck is this happing??????? : |
| September 10, 2008 | ||
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Improvements to the site are always great, and these sound like
they will make things a bit easier for all! |
| September 10, 2008 | ||
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Sheba => That's a bug, and yes, there will be comment boxes for individual fanarts, images... |
| September 10, 2008 | ||
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Well done Steet, this feels like a new change to the whole site. |
| September 09, 2008 | ||
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| I'm a Lone wolf |
Great improvements Stet! Just a couple of questions: did you intend to remove the "Balto Drawings" section in the fanart Galeries?. Because for me anyway there seems to be only 2 sections! "Last Pictures Added" and other drawings" i couldn't gather if it was intentional from the news, maybe its just me being stupid. and the second question: Many months ago I suggested making a comment box for individual fan arts/images, wold that be an future improvement? |
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topic, and not what the site is about... so I am glad to see you are
cracking down on the rules for that now. Also the new system sounds
wonderful.