"Talking" Diamond?

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

You quoted before I added something to my post. So be sure to read the added paragraph!

And you're welcome, again.

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

Three more versions ~

[Alan Vende]

Thank you for these! I will be looking at them more in the morning after I shut my brain off for a few hours. Good night and thank you again.

- I know, I probably say thank you a lot - I just do it without thinking about it.

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

It's never a bad thing to say thank you a lot. It's far better than not being grateful and saying nothing.

I wasn't pleased with the type in the bubble. The last of the third in this set is the same as the one you placed in your welcome thread, but the type is much stronger. The other two are slight variations of the same. Save them all and put them on your photo hosting site.


Good night and sleep well. I don't know what it's like where you are, but it's bitter and windy here. 9 degrees with a windchill of -5. Brrrrrrrrr.

[Alan Vende]

I can definitely see that the type is stronger in the last one. It's bigger, too! I am saving them now.

Sorry for the late reply, I have been busy and trying to catch up on sleep. It's 32 degrees now, so that's better than the low teens! I hope it's warm where you are, ♥ ℒʊ√ ♥!

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

Winter hit quick and with a vengence. It warmed up to 40 today. But the last few days/nights were wicked.

And no problem, Alan Vende .

BTW, I have problems finding your welcome thread and wonder if your members/guests do.  

Also, I see you added the talking diamond in the banner. Suggestion? I can add the speech bubble to that size and you can put the login/register information within that.

[Alan Vende]

It did the same here! It's supposed to get up to about 30 something tomorrow (high 30s, I think).

Oh, it's in my Announcements. I keep forgetting that it's there... and that it's a Hidden Board. ( ) I was circumventing that by putting a link to it as the "source" for my quote in the image in the OP, but have since changed that and keep forgetting to link to the Welcome Thread, but I'm not really sure how to effectively duo that. I don't know if I want something in the header directing to it, or if I want to link to it in the MP for Welcome PM Plugin or what.

I like your suggestion; I didn't realize that it was possible to do that since they were variables and it's an image that's going in it. Do you know how it could be implemented?

Thank you so, so much for your help, ♥ ℒʊ√ ♥! It's greatly appreciated!

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

When I get a chance, I'll add the speech bubble. I've got several other projects going right now. Just give me a day or two. 


I think the easiest way is just to change the position and padding from where you have the login/register now to where the speech bubble will be located. It will be trial and error until it falls into the right place, but I'm sure it can be done. You may need to add a line break, but that shouldn't be an issue either. 

[Alan Vende]

Completely understood. I'm not going anywhere!

I understand that, but it's an image. I've always thought images weren't able to have code in them like what you suggested (or am I envisioning it wrong?)

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

The code would be overlaying the image and not actually a part of it. 

You can try for yourself and see if it works. Move your login information over the animated diamond or vice versa.


Believe me, sometimes I see things as being far easier than what I'm envisioning in my mind.

[Alan Vende]

I wouldn't even know where to start, except here:

<img src="http://i908./ac284/psychiclouisvendetti/DIamond/PP%20Animations/DiamondAnimated_Small_zpsjvgbbez7.gif" /><p id="welcome">
{if !$[current_user.is_member]}
Welcome Guest.  
{if $[login_link] || $[register_link]}
Please $[login_link]{if $[login_link] && $[register_link]} or {/if}$[register_link].
{/if}
{else}
<span>Welcome, $[current_user.name].</span>  $[logout_link] - Inbox: $[current_user.messages.inbox] | New: $[current_user.messages.new]
{/if}
</p>

I highly, highly doubt that that's right, but that's the only thing I could think of.

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

I was thinking more along the lines of changing the CSS positioning. You would position that information inside the speech bubble.


#welcome {
   text-align: right;
   color: #ffffff;
   font: 1em "Trebuchet MS",Verdana,Arial;
   text-shadow: none;
   float: right;
   vertical-align: middle;
   line-height: 31px !important;
}

[Alan Vende]

Oh! So replacing what I have already:

#welcome {
   position: relative;
   top: 70px;
   right: -20px;
   border: 1px solid #000000;
   border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
   -webkit-border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
   padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
   background-color: #000000;
   box-shadow: 4px 0px 2px #777777;
}

with what you have there? I didn't think of doing the font, vertical-align or line-height. It never occurred to me. I guess that's because I coded it differently. "There is more than one way to skin a cat", as they say.

One question: Why do you have the text-shadow: none;?

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

I don't, Alan Vende , that is actually YOUR current coding for that area that I simply checked in page source.

So you would want to change the alignment and height, etc. to fit in the bubble.

[Alan Vende]

That isn't the code that I have, though. I don't have any of that, actually. I just have the regular color that the forum gives me. I just put a background on it and positioned it on the bottom right of the banner, that's why I'm a bit confused as to how you got that from the page source. My apologies!



That's straight from my Style Sheet.