Seibertron.com Energon Pub Forums

by **prowl123** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:34 pm

Burn wrote:
prowl123 wrote:Forget increasing the sig size. You should really up the attachment size.

1 - Get a non-Apple based computer.
or
2 - Use a photo hosting site like Photobucket and just transplant the images. It saves the Seibertron.com servers. Oh and it's also a good idea to use thumbnails because not everyone has super fast connections (which is another reason sizes shouldn't be increased)

I made a Photobucket account. Thanks!

by **prowl123** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:06 pm

amcgrath929 wrote:
Burn wrote:
prowl123 wrote:Forget increasing the sig size. You should really up the attachment size.

1 - Get a non-Apple based computer.

Horrible advice.

Thank you.

by **Treetop Maximus** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:44 pm

So, can something be done about those ridiculously long sigs? They're frustrating.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:35 pm

Treetop Maximus wrote:So, can something be done about those ridiculously long sigs? They're frustrating.

User Control Panel - Board Preferences - Edit display options - Set Display signatures to No - Submit
It'll do until Ryan decides to either change the sig guidelines or the code to limit sigs. However the guidelines and the code have already been updated within the last year to limit oversized images in sigs.

Another tip is to get a scroll wheel mouse, then scroll like crazy while make "WHEEEEEEEEEE" sounds.

News Credits: 5 · by **Doctor McGrath** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:59 pm

Burn wrote:
robotmel wrote:Yes, I can get on the site and browse around, post on the forum etc (on it via work now), all that stuff is fine, it's just the Mosaic that won't display...?

Can you post a screenshot of the error you get?

amcgrath929 wrote:
Burn wrote:
prowl123 wrote:Forget increasing the sig size. You should really up the attachment size.

1 - Get a non-Apple based computer.

Horrible advice.

blah blah blah.

Hahaha

by **Shadowstream** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:29 am

Re-organize the toy galleries A.K.A. get rid of categorization and list everything solely by line! I'm not trying to be picky here, the gallery system is severely cluttered and needs better definitions for what figure is listed where. For instance, despite having appeared in G1 based fiction TWICE, RTS Lugnut is listed in the movie category. When I asked why I got this:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Because Reveal the Shield had both G1 and Movie style toys. That's why a split has been made, since the galleries are organised by general universe first. Despite Lugnut appearing in a G1-Universe comic he has certain movie stylings, which lead him to being lumped accordingly.

Sounds like a bulls*** system to me. Further adding to my argument:

Shadowstream wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Given that, we have a standalone Reveal the Shield section in the dropdown menu, which has all of the toys.

And more often than not selecting those sections from the dropdown list sends you to a mixed gallery anyway? I still think this system needs some serious cleaning up. I mean every other website that I know of that takes photo galleries for TF figures lists them by line and nothing else, irregardless of related continuity. Why do all of Seibertron's galleries have to be mish-mashed together when no other website I've seen does it that way? Also if it's from Japan I want to find it in it's respective Japanese line, not in a mix of both American and Japanese lines.

Bottom line, I find the current way of organizing things quite cluttered. I would like to see this rectified.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:42 am

Let me see some Transformers Mosaic lovin'...!!

Hmmm not as proficient at this as i thought... If I 'Print Scrn' how do i paste it into this message (as copy n paste is grey'd out)? :-?

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:52 am

Paste it into Paint, save it, then upload it.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:52 am

Flippin' computers! My rubbish work computer just hangs whilst trying to upload the screen shot for some reason? i even reduced the filesize down and cropped it? I will forward it home then post asap! Thanks for your patience I-)

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:52 am

Shadowstream wrote:Re-organize the toy galleries A.K.A. get rid of categorization and list everything solely by line! I'm not trying to be picky here, the gallery system is severely cluttered and needs better definitions for what figure is listed where. For instance, despite having appeared in G1 based fiction TWICE, RTS Lugnut is listed in the movie category. When I asked why I got this:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Because Reveal the Shield had both G1 and Movie style toys. That's why a split has been made, since the galleries are organised by general universe first. Despite Lugnut appearing in a G1-Universe comic he has certain movie stylings, which lead him to being lumped accordingly.

Sounds like a bulls*** system to me. Further adding to my argument:
Shadowstream wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Given that, we have a standalone Reveal the Shield section in the dropdown menu, which has all of the toys.

And more often than not selecting those sections from the dropdown list sends you to a mixed gallery anyway? I still think this system needs some serious cleaning up. I mean every other website that I know of that takes photo galleries for TF figures lists them by line and nothing else, irregardless of related continuity. Why do all of Seibertron's galleries have to be mish-mashed together when no other website I've seen does it that way? Also if it's from Japan I want to find it in it's respective Japanese line, not in a mix of both American and Japanese lines.

Bottom line, I find the current way of organizing things quite cluttered. I would like to see this rectified.

Hi Shadowstream,

As much as it's a resource for the general public, these are galleries made by Ryan; all of the toys you see in the galleries are figures that he owns personally, sans a few special ones borrowed from members. The galleries are not meant to be a checklist, they're not supposed to signal to other collectors when they've completed a line, because there are so many different variants and chase figures in the past 27 years of Transformers that no man can possibly own all of them. While the galleries are nearing it's 2.5k mark, I'm sure Ryan still has a couple thousand of different figures trying to make their way into the galleries.

If you don't like the way we categorized one single figure, then I'm sorry, we can't please everyone at this time. It's moments like these and demands on the galleries for this website that make me realize that not many people know exactly how much time, effort, and heart Ryan puts just to put these things online. These photo sessions go for a gruesome 4-6 hours of shooting, and don't even start on the amount of time required to work on the images in photoshop, re-sizing, uploading them up the servers, etc.

We aren't Hasbro, nor are we the Jedi archives. I admit that our categorization could use a tune-up, but at the moment, what you're getting is a close-up of popular figures and figures past. The last thing that I or even Ryan would probably worry about at the moment is changing the system in which we organize the 200,000+ photos on this website. You want a figure? Search for it in the search bar. Can't find it's repaints or remolds? Then research it up at tfu.info. And if you're still stumped on something then there's more than a hundred of knowledgeable Transformers fans in our forums to answer your question.

If you want to get into specifics.. Lugnut? Why, because 2010 Lugnut got his own TFwiki page in the G1 Universe? This toy has movie aesthetic, there's no denying that. I'm not going to argue about that, but I have no idea why there has to be such a hassle in regards to this. It's Ryan's gallery, his belief in the categorization of the toy, and it's a matter of opinion. And knowing him, it's going to stay in the categories it's listed for the time being.

And as much as I respect JelZe GoldRabbit, the member has been 4 years removed from the Seibertron.com staff, and is not well versed as other current staff members in the current events in the Seibertron.com organization. You could have easily suggested this change in Lugnut's listing to us, instead of taking the word of someone else and getting flustered.

If you have any concerns, especially in regards to Seibertron.com's most important asset, then all you need to do is contact ryan@seibertron.com or staff@seibertron.com.

Regards,
Blurrz

robotmel wrote:Flippin' computers! My rubbish work computer just hangs whilst trying to upload the screen shot for some reason? i even reduced the filesize down and cropped it? I will forward it home then post asap! Thanks for your patience

Hi robotmel,

I can't put my finger around exactly what you're trying to show us with this screen shot, but if you are truly having problems uploading something with size that doesn't fit within our upload attachment regulations, then open the image up in MS paint. "Save as" a 24-bit bitmap .bmp file which will reduce the quality completely but will atleast show us what you want to. Of course there's always safe, free-hosting sites such as http://photobucket.com/, http://imageshack.us/, and http://tinypic.com/ that may be of service to you. (Photobucket requires you to sign up but it's much better in the long run).

Sincerely,
Blurrz

by **Shadowstream** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:12 pm

So you're saying I shouldn't listen to his word on the matter right after telling me he was basically right anyway? Way to cover your asses there...

News Credits: 103 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:24 pm

Shadowstream wrote:So you're saying I shouldn't listen to his word on the matter right after telling me he was basically right anyway? Way to cover your asses there...

The attitude is not necessary.

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:40 pm

An link to a YouTube channel that provides episodes from all english series

In segments or full episodes whatever, I just want to see Energon and Cybertron and not pay an outragous price to buy them!

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:28 pm

godzillabot wrote:An link to a YouTube channel that provides episodes from all english series

In segments or full episodes whatever, I just want to see Energon and Cybertron and not pay an outragous price to buy them!

Our stance is that if you can buy it, links to downloading it are prohibited.

by **prowl123** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:06 am

Maybe there should be a forum dedicated to games, i.e. the Transformers Question Game, The Name Game, the Wish game, and whatever other games have been created.

News Credits: 3 · by **ArmadaPrime** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:03 am

prowl123 wrote:Maybe there should be a forum dedicated to games, i.e. the Transformers Question Game, The Name Game, the Wish game, and whatever other games have been created.

I'd support that cos then they would still exist/be playable, but wouldn't clutter up the general discussion page.

by **prowl123** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:51 pm

ArmadaPrime wrote:
prowl123 wrote:Maybe there should be a forum dedicated to games, i.e. the Transformers Question Game, The Name Game, the Wish game, and whatever other games have been created.

I'd support that cos then they would still exist/be playable, but wouldn't clutter up the general discussion page.

There are no games allowed in GD. It would be good if the games that were cut down in GD could be unlocked and moved into the forum.

If you guys make it.

News Credits: 3 · by **Name_Violation** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:32 pm

could merge them with the fantasy battles and call it "Forum games"

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:35 am

A new smily that does a Facepalm

News Credits: 3 · by **ArmadaPrime** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:44 am

godzillabot wrote:A new smily that does a Facepalm

don't we have one?
EDIT: oh wait no, it's actually not what i thought it was...

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:20 am

ArmadaPrime wrote:
godzillabot wrote:A new smily that does a Facepalm

don't we have one?
EDIT: oh wait no, it's actually not what i thought it was...

That's as close as we got :-(

by **Avensis-Mahiya** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:34 pm

Maybe it would be a good idea to seperate the TF cartoon/comics forum into sub-forums based on the franchise, so they aren't all jumbled together and easier to find.

(I don't know if someone already suggested it.)

News Credits: 1 · by **Wigglez** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:24 am

How about, where it says our mottos and our weapons along with faction right by our names. It also says what we transform into. Like have a list of whatever that goes with your faction. And if not a list, then let us make out own alt forms. Just throwing it in there. And let us have multiple weapons too.

by **prowl123** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:47 pm

godzillabot wrote:
ArmadaPrime wrote:
godzillabot wrote:A new smily that does a Facepalm

don't we have one?
EDIT: oh wait no, it's actually not what i thought it was...

That's as close as we got

There's always #-o

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:50 pm

prowl123 wrote:
godzillabot wrote:
ArmadaPrime wrote:
godzillabot wrote:A new smily that does a Facepalm

don't we have one?
EDIT: oh wait no, it's actually not what i thought it was...

That's as close as we got

There's always