ThePortForum.com

The title graphic on here is a default one. Obviously it says nothing about Port so it's time to start looking around. Can't use a bottle on its side, it's been done. Wide-angle picture of the Douro Valley - maybe. Row of Port bottles or full glasses?

See what you've got. The winner will get the prize of seeing their submission every time they sign on.

De-stickied by admin 6/7/7

This is a photo of my favourite bottle of Port. (Its not really, haven't really got a clue what it is).
And although not suitable for the site graphic, I thought it might get you in the mood.
Please concentrate on the bottle....

{Picture of woman in low-cut dress removed because JDAW is at work, this should help explain some of the later comments - changed by admin 21/07/2007}

Alan

My preference would be nothing. Don’t waste the space. And, for those logged on from work, a bottle might not look like ‘work’.

Space is already taken up by the big @ graphic, so something more appropriate does make sense.

jdaw1 wrote:for those logged on from work, a bottle might not look like ‘work’.

Agreed - I can supply a wide graphic with the words UK Pensions Forum in bold type - not sure if this would help everyone else but it would certainly help me when I'm in the office

Derek

Fantastic idea! Can we each supply our own? Bottled gases, Uruguayan bonds, Pension reform — each to his own alibi.

KillerB,

When does Webmistress Treacle get home? We need urgent assistance to set-up user defined banners with a panic button that turns the whole screen into a spreadsheet with one click 8) (OK, so I copied that idea from somewhere else )

Derek

So all we've got so far is a pair of boobs, is it?

I think your being harsh on you and Derek. I find you mature erudite fellows with a Quirky Port side. A pair of Boobs...no, definately not.

I wasn't thinking of me.

KillerB (Alex)

Julian has made the point that my photo may cause him problems viewing the site whilst at work. I thought it was pretty tame, but fairs fair, I'm happy to delete it, it was only a bit of juvenile humour. Of course that would make some of the following posts seem odd. Could you have a look and delete what will cheer Julian up but leaves all the graphics conversation intact.
I cant say I wont get up to mischief in the future, but with such a great Forum and promising start, I'm in a very comprimising mood.
Over to you bud.

Alan

Done - now that's forum moderation, isn't it?

Or, when deleting one's own stuff, replace it with something like “[Mildly raunchy picture deleted on the suggestion of …]†. And perhaps leave in a link to the picture.

And, to be emphatic, there’s nothing wrong with mischief.

Back to the main point: when I said

jdaw1 wrote:My preference would be nothing. Don’t waste the space.

what I meant was not the current “@† picture, what I meant was no picture at all.

Derek T. wrote:KillerB,

When does Webmistress Treacle get home? We need urgent assistance to set-up user defined banners with a panic button that turns the whole screen into a spreadsheet with one click 8) (OK, so I copied that idea from somewhere else )

Derek

Hiya Derek

I have seen that facility on other sites. I think I can create a spreadsheet and then link a button through. I assume it should go near the top somewhere.

Are people happy with the colour scheme - not very "port-like" but quite clean

Treacle

Clean, simple, easy to read, high-contrast: fantastic.

Graphic designer gone mad and a pestilence on the users who we hate anyway: bad.

Treacle,

The colour scheme does me fine, thanks.

The panic button was a joke but woul be cool to have if you want to make it happen.

The bottles of cloudy bay we owe you are adding up quick! And I suppose we could get Alex a cruz tawny !

Is there a fixed size to the graphic?

RonnieRoots wrote:Is there a fixed size to the graphic?

See that big blue strip at the top with "The Port Forum.com" - it's got to go in there. Doesn't have to be full width, but that's the height. Could be several of course.

I made a couple. Height and Width will probably not be ideal, but I can adjust them any way you like (they're crops from bigger pictures)











I can also make high-res versions of these. I can e-mail those if you like 'em.

That's the sort of thing - excellent.

Although the classic view may be the way to go,
something about what Jdaw1 said appealed to my sense of style.
I'll throw this one in as a small picture that would take the place of the @ on the top banner. I think the colours complement, and then I'd leave it alone as a modern,stylish banner for our site.



Feel free to laugh out loud!

That is also good, it could take over from the @.

I like the last of the Ronnie Roots images and have colourised it a bit.

I like that.

I like that too - I' would suggest you just stick it in there and see what people think

Derek

I'll get Ronnie to send the original so we have better quality.

Sent.
Good choice. I've a print of this picture in my 'office' at home, I like it a lot.

Alright, seems like your sissy e-mail address can't handle a 42MB attachment. Silly.
I'll try again, this time with a bit of a smaller size picture.

RonnieRoots wrote:I made a couple. Height and Width will probably not be ideal, but I can adjust them any way you like (they're crops from bigger pictures)

ooh ooh... I really like this one!

Todd

You can also make it a daily changing image (I believe that can be done by a javascript code in the 'head' section of the page.

KillerB, did you receive the high res picture?

Yes - it's enormous and sitting on an external hard drive so that Treacle can mess about with it.

You can also make it a daily changing image (I believe that can be done by a javascript code in the 'head' section of the page.

Now there's an idea. We can make seven good ones, let them alternate for a month and have a poll?

'Sorry? What was that Treacle?' 'I can shove what?' 'Well thats not very nice...., from such a charming Lady as well!'

Alan

Conky wrote:Although the classic view may be the way to go,
something about what Jdaw1 said appealed to my sense of style.
I'll throw this one in as a small picture that would take the place of the @ on the top banner. I think the colours complement, and then I'd leave it alone as a modern,stylish banner for our site.

Please could we do this one soon, even if only pro tem, so that passing visitors don’t think us too amateur? I would also change the colouring behind “The Port Forum.com† to make it dark grey.

Either the Niepoort or the barrels are good by me...

Tom

My verdict on the graphic

The colour fits in well. And I think its modern and stylish. The down side is its difficult to make out the details. So its an improvement, but not quite there yet.
Maybe make it a little bigger, but leave the design as it is and simple? Maybe put the Barrell picture on the right half of it, doctoring the shade to fit in?

Just a few random thoughts, but well done. We're getting there.

Alan

This is just a starter as it was easy - even I could do it. The rest is a bit more difficult and requires the input of a CSS expert... Treacle.

Before we move on to bigger and better things, I'm going to have a small 'Billy BigHead' moment. As we stand, I suggested the Forums name, and the little picture on the banner.
Now I know it wasn't rocket science, but its not stopped me purring like one of your cats!

Right then. Que the bringing me down to Earth with a large bang...

Alan

Conky wrote:Right then. Que the bringing me down to Earth with a large bang...

Alan

No one likes a smart-a**e

Derek

Funny story: My dear old Mum, who has lived a very sheltered life, tried to convince me a few weeks ago that a smart-ass was an intelligent donkey!

Could be genetic, as in, in your familys jeans.!

Conky wrote:Could be genetic, as in, in your familys jeans.!

jdaw1 - please note apostrophe crime and issue appropriate sentence

Dere'k

Done.

admin wrote:This is just a starter as it was easy - even I could do it. The rest is a bit more difficult and requires the input of a CSS expert... Treacle.

If you need a html code for a daily changing image, see the rocawijnen site. If you look at the page source, there is a code in the 'head' section of the page that you can copy/paste. The only thing you need to do is make some pictures and change the names of the images into yours.

Thank Ronald, I will take a look.

Jumping a bit late in the topic, I'll put some links to pictures I took though I did not crop anything yet. If you feel you'd like some high resolution ones, let me know.

http://www.frederickblais.com/pics/disp ... m=3&pos=65
http://www.frederickblais.com/pics/disp ... um=3&pos=8
http://www.frederickblais.com/pics/disp ... =35&pos=13
http://www.frederickblais.com/pics/disp ... =34&pos=21
http://www.frederickblais.com/pics/disp ... m=38&pos=3
http://www.frederickblais.com/pics/disp ... um=9&pos=5

Interesting. Hope you dont mind, but I checked out lots of your Oporto pictures, as I'm going shortly. Looks Good,

Alan

Umm... can't help feeling that flask thingy looks a bit technical and geeky - might put some people off perhaps...

We've had some nice pics of barrels offered up - is there a problem with using them?

Tom