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 Post subject: Rotating Sigs and Avatars
PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:25 pm 
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I wish to have a Rotating Sig, but alas I don't know how. Help Me Please. :)

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This question keeps coming up, but it's always impossible to find the old threads on it for some reason. So here's a complete walkthru:

1) Sign up for free web hosting that supports PHP scripts. One popular example is ripway.com.

2) Create a folder in your webspace called avatar.png or sig.png.

3) In that folder, create a new text file called index.php. Copy the stuff in this code box into that file:
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<?php

   $folder = '.';


    $extList = array();
   $extList['gif'] = 'image/gif';
   $extList['jpg'] = 'image/jpeg';
   $extList['jpeg'] = 'image/jpeg';
   $extList['png'] = 'image/png';
   $extList['PNG'] = 'image/PNG';
   

// You don't need to edit anything after this point.


// --------------------- END CONFIGURATION -----------------------

$img = null;

if (substr($folder,-1) != '/') {
   $folder = $folder.'/';
}

if (isset($_GET['img'])) {
   $imageInfo = pathinfo($_GET['img']);
   if (
       isset( $extList[ strtolower( $imageInfo['extension'] ) ] ) &&
        file_exists( $folder.$imageInfo['basename'] )
    ) {
      $img = $folder.$imageInfo['basename'];
   }
} else {
   $fileList = array();
   $handle = opendir($folder);
   while ( false !== ( $file = readdir($handle) ) ) {
      $file_info = pathinfo($file);
      if (
          isset( $extList[ strtolower( $file_info['extension'] ) ] )
      ) {
         $fileList[] = $file;
      }
   }
   closedir($handle);

   if (count($fileList) > 0) {
      $imageNumber = time() % count($fileList);
      $img = $folder.$fileList[$imageNumber];
   }
}

if ($img!=null) {
   $imageInfo = pathinfo($img);
   $contentType = 'Content-type: '.$extList[ $imageInfo['extension'] ];
   header ($contentType);
   readfile($img);
} else {
   if ( function_exists('imagecreate') ) {
      header ("Content-type: image/png");
      $im = @imagecreate (100, 100)
          or die ("Cannot initialize new GD image stream");
      $background_color = imagecolorallocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
      $text_color = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0,0,0);
      imagestring ($im, 2, 5, 5,  "IMAGE ERROR", $text_color);
      imagepng ($im);
      imagedestroy($im);
   }
}

?>


4) Add whatever images you want (that conform to forum rules) into that folder. Note: On ripway, you have to upload them to the main folder first and then transfer them to the one with the .png or whatever on the end.

5) For avatars: In the "Link to offsite avatar" box in your profile, put the URL of the folder. It'll look something like
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http://h1.ripway.com/username/avatar.png
(but "username" and maybe "h1" will be different).

For signatures: Put something like this into the signature box in your profile:
Code:
[img]http://h1.ripway.com/username/sig.png[/img]

Obviously replacing "username" with your username, and "h1" if ripway tells you it's something else.

Don't hesitate to ask questions here in this thread!

EDIT history: Simplified the wording. Changed out "directory" in favor of "folder" so as not to confuse all the peeps that didn't happen to be a computer nerd in the 90s.

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Yo', how do you make it work for sigs? Its not working. I've tried all sorts of poo'.

Help me!

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Oh yeah, for step 5 instead of link to offsite avatar, do like you'd do for normal sigs. Like when you say
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[img]http://something.com/somesig.gif[/img]
in the sig box for normal sigs, just do the same thing except instead of putting the URL of an individual sig in the [img] tags, put the name of the directory you put all of them in. So if they're all ripway.com/username/sig.png/sig1.png, ripway.com/username/sig.png/sig2.png, then you would put
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[img]http://h1.ripway.com/username/sig.png[/img]
in the signature box in the profile.

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Make sure

a) you're linking to the correct folder
b) you're using the image tags in your sig box
c) the folder's name has an image file name at the end of it (folder.png, for example)
d) the php script is in the folder
e) there are images in the folder

That's all I can think of that will help.


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Inverse Tiger wrote:
directory (or folder, whatever the kids are calling it these days)

DIRECTORY FOR LIFE!

lulz dir command in dos

ls command in unix which isn't fair 'cause it's harder to remember D:

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 Post subject: Requiescat in pace
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This post eternally reserved as a memorial for DOS

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So, wait, you have to have an Item saved onto your computer to use it in a rotator?


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Aw, the eternal memorial! Oh well. :p

Anyway, nope. They all have to be on the internet like any other image you want other people on the internet to see. When I say to create a folder/directory/whatever in the second post in this here thread, I mean you do that on your webspace.

EDIT: unless you're asking whether you need them saved on your computer before you upload them to your webspace, and the answer to that is usually yes.

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sci-fi greg in B&A Force wrote:
The parts I don't understand about the script are:

Where do I put the script? In a word document? and then save it into the folder?

Also I don't understand how to add my files to it.

Are you doing all this stuff on a webspace of some kind, like ripway?
You need to put the script in a plain text document (not word) named index.php -- and that goes in the same folder as all the images you want to use, the folder on the webspace that ends in .png (or some other image ending).

If you're using ripway, to add files to it you have to upload them into the main folder first, and then move them to the folder that you made that ends in .png (the folder that has the script in it)

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What do you mean, plain text document?


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Like something Notepad would save. Usually it'd be saved as .txt, but this one needs to be a .php

If you're using ripway, though, all you have to do is go into the folder you made ending in .png, click the button that says "Create Text File", enter index.php as the filename and copy and paste the script into the bigger box under that.

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Jello B. wrote:
ls command in unix which isn't fair 'cause it's harder to remember D:


WUSS. Think of ls as list.

I theory, if you want to add support for other image types, you can add:
Code:
$extList['format'] = 'image/format';


For example:
Code:
$extList['bmp'] = 'image/bmp';


Just remember that it isn't smart enough to know that jpg, jpe, jpeg are all the same file types, so add all the exceptions.


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MikeMcG wrote:
Jello B. wrote:
ls command in unix which isn't fair 'cause it's harder to remember D:


WUSS. Think of ls as list.

I made that post many months ago, and I've memorized it by now, thank you very much.

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I just assumed that this topic was extremely new because I had never seen it before.


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Hey, I did everything in the instructions and it came out like this. WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG?! D:

This is especially embarrassing because I used to have one of these before, a long time ago.

Or, is it possible that it seems to be in perfect working order to you guys and the problem's on my end?

EDIT: Thanks, Inverse. You're a computer genius man.

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Inverse Tiger wrote:
This question keeps coming up, but it's always impossible to find the old threads on it for some reason. So here's a complete walkthru:

words
Well, Okay, I got it to the point where I copy the URL in the adress bar I get my rotator.

BUT, I can't upload it to "link to offsite avatar".

May I say verily...

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What's the URL to your script? Remember, it must end in .png, .gif, .jpeg, .jpe, or .jpg, and it may not contain certain characters like question marks. If the URL ends in '.php', just add a '/image.png' and it will work.

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ed 'lim' smilde wrote:
What's the URL to your script? Remember, it must end in .png, .gif, .jpeg, .jpe, or .jpg, and it may not contain certain characters like question marks. If the URL ends in '.php', just add a '/image.png' and it will work.
This is the link

Or...

Code:
http://h1.ripway.com/Dndrhead/Avatar.png/

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Oh, okay. Try it without the '/' at the very end:
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Viola! It works!

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Viola? You mean this?
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That's a viola. It's a musical instrument similar to a violin.

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Dndrhead - I think you meant to type "voilà". Different order of the vowels, and the accent mark helps. ;)

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Is there any way to get a rotator on a site that lets you do this?
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Upload Avatar from a URL:
but not this?
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Link to off-site Avatar:


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Nope. You gotta link it. Is there some reason that doesn't work for you?

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No, it's for a forum my cousin joined.


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http://h1.ripway.com/Dacheet15/Avy.php
^my link

Its not working, can someone please explain?
Heres what I put:
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<?php

   $folder = '.';


    $extList = array();
   $extList['gif'] = 'http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7249/18861458884584e22864149mi9.gif/gif';
   $extList['gif'] = 'http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4601/7345690854284e29f3266ftm9.gif/gif';
 
   

// You don't need to edit anything after this point.


// --------------------- END CONFIGURATION -----------------------

$img = null;

if (substr($folder,-1) != '/') {
   $folder = $folder.'/';
}

if (isset($_GET['img'])) {
   $imageInfo = pathinfo($_GET['img']);
   if (
       isset( $extList[ strtolower( $imageInfo['extension'] ) ] ) &&
        file_exists( $folder.$imageInfo['basename'] )
    ) {
      $img = $folder.$imageInfo['basename'];
   }
} else {
   $fileList = array();
   $handle = opendir($folder);
   while ( false !== ( $file = readdir($handle) ) ) {
      $file_info = pathinfo($file);
      if (
          isset( $extList[ strtolower( $file_info['extension'] ) ] )
      ) {
         $fileList[] = $file;
      }
   }
   closedir($handle);

   if (count($fileList) > 0) {
      $imageNumber = time() % count($fileList);
      $img = $folder.$fileList[$imageNumber];
   }
}

if ($img!=null) {
   $imageInfo = pathinfo($img);
   $contentType = 'Content-type: '.$extList[ $imageInfo['extension'] ];
   header ($contentType);
   readfile($img);
} else {
   if ( function_exists('imagecreate') ) {
      header ("Content-type: image/png");
      $im = @imagecreate (100, 100)
          or die ("Cannot initialize new GD image stream");
      $background_color = imagecolorallocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
      $text_color = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0,0,0);
      imagestring ($im, 2, 5, 5,  "http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4601/7345690854284e29f3266ftm9.gif", $text_color);
      imagepng ($im);
      imagedestroy($im);
   }
}

?>

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