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Jennepher Administrator
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The Sage Samba Member
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We celebrate Pancake Day on Shrove Tuesday which is February 12th this year. IHOP is celebrating on February 5th though. |
I sleep soundly at night knowing you're on top of things like this. I'm such a rookie, thank you for what you do. _________________ Feel My Pain l Sage Ad World |
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Jennepher Administrator
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:56 am Post subject: |
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The Sage wrote: |
Jennepher wrote: |
We celebrate Pancake Day on Shrove Tuesday which is February 12th this year. IHOP is celebrating on February 5th though. |
I sleep soundly at night knowing you're on top of things like this. I'm such a rookie, thank you for what you do. |
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gdea73 Samba Member
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I apologize if this request has already been made, but how can I find high-res versions of the front-page random photos? Many are really great shots but they are scaled down to 200x150, and I don't see links to the originals... |
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EverettB Administrator
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Jennepher Administrator
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The Sage Samba Member
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Jennepher Administrator
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:23 am Post subject: |
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March 7th is National Cereal Day.
60 pictures of bowls of cereal seemed boring to me, so I went with the boxes instead. I tried to get every major cereal, but if I've forgotten your favorite, send me an email.
And a quick heads up to the several people who've inquired, I've already got the collection for National Beer Day (April 7th) ready to go. _________________ Donate to TheSamba.com
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51149 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:44 am Post subject: |
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Jennepher wrote: |
March 7th is National Cereal Day.
60 pictures of bowls of cereal seemed boring to me, so I went with the boxes instead. I tried to get every major cereal, but if I've forgotten your favorite, send me an email. . |
Then why does it say "happy cupcake day" when you hover on the pictures? _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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Jennepher Administrator
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L378 Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2004 Posts: 992 Location: MD
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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I don't see this addressed in this thread or on the Random collecttions page, but how does the samba acquire non-VW photos and how do you store them for the random collections? For VW specific, I can see that it might be as simple as doing a keyword search of the gallery, but am I correct to assume you have to essentially google the web for all "cupcake" or cereal box" photos & then how are you randomly able to link to them for random display. Not being a tech-person, I'm curious. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69824 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Non-VW-related photos are all found, typically via the Internet. Some are submitted.
For the random display of a photo from the collection, we:
1. Set the home page to use collection X.
2. The home page has PHP code that will select a random photo from collection X.
Not sure how technical you want it to be but PHP has a function that returns a random number between 2 numbers, say 1 and 60. All the images are named cereal1.jpg cereal2.jpg so we just put the random number into the filename and display it.
This is simplified but:
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$index = rand(1, 60); //get random # between 1 and 60
$image_filename = 'cereal' . $index. '.jpg'; //create filename, e.g. cereal1.jpg
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The // marks mean everything after // is a comment and is not executed as code. I added the comments for additional clarity for the non-technical reader. _________________ How to Post Photos
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L378 Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2004 Posts: 992 Location: MD
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:52 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, I kind of figured it was something along those lines. I assume after searching for photos, you (or Jennepher) have to examine each photo to toss out "undesirables" (so there are no cupcake the dog/cat/pole dancer photos!) and that you might actually have to do more than one keyword search (for certain topics?).
Might I suggest two additional days/collections.
Pizza
Stand beside your VW? (I didn't see that and was thinking along the lines of the old drive your VW to work photos VWT would post).
Just a couple of "random" thoughts/suggestions. |
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EverettB Administrator
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Jennepher Administrator
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:16 am Post subject: |
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L378 wrote: |
Thanks, I kind of figured it was something along those lines. I assume after searching for photos, you (or Jennepher) have to examine each photo to toss out "undesirables" (so there are no cupcake the dog/cat/pole dancer photos!) and that you might actually have to do more than one keyword search (for certain topics?).
Might I suggest two additional days/collections.
Pizza
Stand beside your VW? (I didn't see that and was thinking along the lines of the old drive your VW to work photos VWT would post).
Just a couple of "random" thoughts/suggestions. |
How I find photos depends on the collection. All the VW-related ones are from TheSamba.com. I look at every Gallery photo, I probably watch 30+ specific forum threads, sometimes Everett sees a photo that may work and sends it to me, and site members submit photos directly. If I get an idea for a new collection (for example the VW tattoos), I start by going through the various tattoo forum threads, then I search our Gallery for every conceivable spelling, misspelling, and abbreviation. I grab all the photos, crop as needed, re-size, name, and save them. Then I fiddle with the code and hope I don't screw it up.
For the non-VW collections, I get an idea and then do specific web searches for the photos. For example the cereal collection, I decided on the concept, then researched cereal brands so I could get a decent representation, and then searched through thousands of photos to find the best.
I've got 4 or 5 more VW collections waiting to debut, and a few of the non-VW collections.
Regarding your suggestions, there is no National Pizza Day (crazy I know) so I need to see if there is a date that might fit. Stand by your VW is a possibility. My concern is that the pictures won't look that great at 200x150. Some things just don't work for that reason. I'll check it out though. _________________ Donate to TheSamba.com
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L378 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Interesting. Never thought about how a photo would actually look as a random photo and didn't really think about forum topics, etc as sources of potential interest - just figured galleries - VW web - for general. Yeah - no Nat'l pizza day? what's up with that? again thanks. I think my curiousity has been sated. |
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Jennepher Administrator
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Tram Samba Socialist
Joined: May 02, 2003 Posts: 22728 Location: Still Feelin' the Bern- Once you've felt it you can't un- feel it.
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Jennepher wrote: |
March 23rd is National Puppy Day. |
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Jennepher Administrator
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VOLKSWAGNUT Fastest VW Belt Changer
Joined: October 14, 2007 Posts: 11056 Location: Flippin' a Belt........ .... Off-n-On ... NC USA
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Jennepher wrote: |
April 7th is National Beer Day (celebrating the end of Prohibition in 1933).
Thanks to Busryder for the collection suggestion. |
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