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Deltapotamus In reply to FallingFromSky [2013-12-31 21:58:53 +0000 UTC]

You might be able to if you went individually and put a new div or span HTML tag 

and gave it inline CSS to override the journal's CSS.  It would look something like:

<div style="margin:-60% 0 0 -100%!important;">:bigthumbxxxxxx:</div>

(you'd alter the bold numbers)

However, I am not sure that would fix it.  I think it would probably move the entire 

thumb over rather than the image within the thumb.  It's a result of dA's automatic 

coding when you use the :thumb:, which means you can't select the exact tag altered

with CSS.

Alternatively, you could edit the journal skin entirely, by going to where it says the 

following and altering the numbers in bold:

div.bigthumb .shadow-holder img {
  padding: 0px;
  max-width: none;
  margin: -60% 0 0 -100%
  opacity: 0.5;
}
div.bigthumb .shadow-holder img:hover {
  opacity: 1;
  margin: -80% 0 0 -120%;
}

(and similarly for the regular, smaller :thumb: images)

The drawback of doing it this way is that it will alter the way that every bigthumb 

image.  You might get it to look better on one image, but it won't look good on another.  

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FallingFromSky In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-31 23:40:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your kind answer. I tried both ways, and everything was just as you imagined it to be: the additional div moves the whole thumb, while modifying the skin alters all of them, so that there are always some that don't look right. Oh, well, I guess that's how life goes.

Thank you again, happy new year! ♥

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Deltapotamus In reply to Queen-of-Chains [2013-12-30 21:08:08 +0000 UTC]

Sadly some would - change a few things in the CSS and resources and 

suddenly it looks quite different, but the guts are still mostly the same.

Thank you!  I'm glad you enjoy it. ♥

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Gh0st-ofStarman In reply to galacticpink [2013-12-25 08:12:42 +0000 UTC]

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

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Deltapotamus In reply to fireweed15 [2013-12-24 12:35:58 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks!  The text was actually from a site called Fillerama, so I didn't pick out all 

of the quotes - I merely picked the subject matter.  Monty Python & the Holy Grail is definitely 

one of my favorite movies though!  I've also seen the Broadway version, Sir Spamalot, which 

I also highly recommend.  It follows most of the movie plot while adding in some fun extras, 

like scenes with the Lady of the Lake.

Thank you again, and Merry Christmas to you as well!

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Deltapotamus In reply to Ikue [2013-12-21 16:38:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Deltapotamus In reply to Celvas [2013-12-21 14:31:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

eheh, my code is probably so unorganized compared to most others...

I'm more of a CMD/CTRL + F kind of person than an organize with comments one.

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Celvas In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-21 14:53:22 +0000 UTC]

Code is a bit like a fingerprint, no? I do a lot of categorizing because it's easier for me, and I suppose it's easier for others to find certain features they wish to change. But only on dA. With webdesigns I'm on the comment sparse side, too. I expect people to know what they are looking at.

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Deltapotamus In reply to Celvas [2013-12-21 15:47:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh true - to be completely honest I hadn't even considered organization 

to make customization easier.  I should probably do that.

I personally normally open up chrome developer tools or firebug and fiddle 

with the code there to get what I want, then search for the class I need.  I 

suppose it's a crude way of going about it, but as a self-taught coder, it's 

how I really learned everything.

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Celvas In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-21 16:44:29 +0000 UTC]

Delta, you are definitely my kind of human. Firebug is my go-to-software whenever I see something and want to know how it works. I am pretty much a beginner with CSS, to be honest. I started coding about five months ago, but I go about learning it the same way I go about learning anything. I find out by myself. Requires a lot of time, patience, and troubleshooting, but that's the way I learn best. Well, who am I telling this. I'm guessing you have a lot more experience than I do, and I'm looking forward to learning from you.

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Deltapotamus In reply to Celvas [2013-12-21 23:27:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, I would never have guessed!  You definitely invested a lot of time into your journal skinning.  

Myself, although I've been coding for a couple years now probably, I'd never attempted to code anything 

on dA.  It's rather frustrating trying different things and then finding out that it's a CSS3 thing and not 

allowed here.  Like transitions.  I love transitions.  So yeah, this is actually my first journal skin here, 

so it's still a bit of a learning process for me too. :]

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Celvas In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-22 03:37:24 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah, transitions. Alpha users - like Sernior Members - can use transitions, and higher up on the ledge everything is possible even in journal coding. So it's not that the features aren't available at all. They just aren't available to us. There are some CSS3 features you can use, like linear-gradient. And then there's pre-CSS3 stuff that won't work, like setting ids, the lack of which is more restricting than I'd initially have thought. Some things are plain impossible, others you can work around. My personal most favourite property is box-shadow. It's very awesome how you can transform simple elements into complex shapes by adding several lights and shades.

Anyway!

Take a look at the following. Maybe it's something for you.

Journal Skin January - Prompts Released!Thank you to everyone who expressed their interest in the announcement article!
Here are your prompts. Remember, you only need to use one per journal skin.
Word Prompts
morningtealmistfutureblack and whitecomicsvideo gamesminimalismlandscapedarkavant-gardedivineflatcolumnsdeep seawintermetallicfloralanimatedglowcity nights
Deviation Prompts
PLEASE NOTE: These deviations are NOT stock. These are only to be used as inspiration only, unless permission for use is given by the artist.
       Blazing red by ~FeliDae84  deception by ~PatrickWally
This isn't a contest, just a project, so you are free to interpret and use the prompts as little or as mu

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miontre In reply to Celvas [2013-12-24 09:50:11 +0000 UTC]

Seniors can't use transitions

Only Alpha testers and staff can As far as I know, not even CVs can use them

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Deltapotamus In reply to miontre [2013-12-24 12:10:39 +0000 UTC]

Well that's a bummer.

There goes my plans of senior membership/CV for the sake of transitions.

(haha.  kidding, obviously)

Is there a reason for withholding some of these effects?  As far as I'm aware many of them have very good browser support and/or degrade well.

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Celvas In reply to miontre [2013-12-24 09:54:28 +0000 UTC]

It does make one wonder what one is paying for just a little bit.

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miontre In reply to Celvas [2013-12-24 09:57:17 +0000 UTC]

I occasionally nag hint to the staff that the rest of us want CSS3 whenever I get the chance

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Celvas In reply to miontre [2013-12-24 10:07:10 +0000 UTC]

Good Senior member. Sticking your head out for all of us. I approve.

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miontre In reply to Celvas [2013-12-24 10:14:34 +0000 UTC]

I feel loved!

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Deltapotamus In reply to Celvas [2013-12-22 07:03:40 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I did see that about alpha members somewhere... and I think where I saw it was in a journal posted over a year ago.  It seems kind of odd to me that they haven't added those for all members, since it has good browser support.  I do kind of understand why they've disallowed using ID selectors, because of the errors you'd get if you used a preexisting ID, but at the same time I'd think it wouldn't be too difficult to put a script that prevents the use of IDs already in use.

I did see your tutorial using those box-shadows on buttons!  They do look quite fun.

And thank you, I found that journal earlier today actually.  I've already commented as a potential participant. :]

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Celvas In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-22 08:02:05 +0000 UTC]

I'm curious about that. Every skin gets it's own extension, for a lack of having an idea how to call it. One of my skins, for example, uses devskin10533290. If a dA-specific ID were used, but with that devskinDIGITS preamble, would that still mess with the dA-specific ID, or would it only work inside the skin with its unique designation?

Yeah, no? I love to go back to it and first look at the buttons stage right before the box-shadow, to then switch to the button with the box-shadows. A world of difference!

Ah, good. Just wanted to make sure.

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Deltapotamus In reply to Celvas [2013-12-22 08:59:51 +0000 UTC]

Hm, that's a good question.  I think that issues would crop up with any script 

that is attempting to select that particular ID.  Even though the id within the 

journal could also be #devskinDIGITS #devID, the script wouldn't be able to 

differentiate between that and the other #devID.  I know very little scripting 

though, so I could be wrong.

Haha, yes!  You've actually inspired me to code one of those buttons to fit with 

the skin I'm working on right now.

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Celvas In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-22 11:29:33 +0000 UTC]

Makes sense. More in the not-working department than the working one. I'm not a big scripter, either, but I suspect that at least a few features aren't for our use because it would require great effort and lenghty troubleshooting to make them work properly.

Ouh, neat! You gotta show me when you're done!

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Deltapotamus In reply to Nichrysalis [2013-12-21 14:30:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Nichrysalis In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-23 01:17:00 +0000 UTC]

Though, why don't lit thumbs show up?

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Deltapotamus In reply to Nichrysalis [2013-12-24 12:11:28 +0000 UTC]

whoooops.  Fixed, although it isn't my favorite styling.

This is my first journal skin ever so there's a bit of a learning curve, haha.

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Nichrysalis In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-24 12:29:48 +0000 UTC]

No worries. Congrats on the DD too, it's well deserved!

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Deltapotamus In reply to Zahkiin [2013-12-19 23:02:00 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Zahkiin In reply to Deltapotamus [2013-12-20 00:05:49 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome!

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