Forum Backgrounds Wanted!

[Skip]

You're welcome to submit ideas for the forum backgrounds. Please keep in mind the following.

It should be a gif or jpg, not larger that 10K (in a pattern formation).

You can save one of our pages on your own computer and change the background link to one on your hard drive (you need a text or html editor).

This way you can test it before submitting it.

We won't take any backgrounds that don't line up properly.

It would be nice if the image has a theme related to the forum subject.

It shouldn't be too distracting, or conflicting with the existing color scheme.

Remember they need to look good on our pages, not just on your computer.

So post your samples in this thread with the forum you suggest it appear.

We're only looking to replace the standard background (purple swirls).



Thanks for your assistance! :)

[Golden Avatar]

Skip.
You don't want an animated background I guess. Just art?

[Skip]

Just static background patterns.

[Raving Sultan]

can we get rid of john belushi?

[drumminmama]

Skip, are you savvy enough to tile a photo? I was thinking of some of our dyes.
but I am technically declined, so to speak.
PM me if you want samples. I took all the pix.

[redryder]

i think tye dye could make an awesome background. unfortunately i'm not savvy enough to do any kind of html editing or any of that :( otherwise i'd help ya drumminmama

[Skip]

Drumminmama, yeah tie dye would be good. If it's a simple tie dye it might be possible to lower the resolution enough to put a big image of it up, so it wouldn't need to be tiled.

Yes I can tile stuff, but it needs to be abstract enough to enable tiling.

To do tiling you simply flip the image horizontally, save it, then put the two side by side, then flip both vertically, save it and then match up the edges into an image 4xs larger (no whut I mean?)

[HippyFreek2004]

oh yeah, I totally think tye-dye would rock as a background...:)

can't think of anything else though...

[Dandelion_Blood]

this is a good one, i love the glowiness...!

http://www.f.kth.se/~f94-hjo/pics/thailand2003/nya/glow-in-the-dark/Glow-in-the-dark-art.JPG

[Nathan11]

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/showgallery.php/cat/1015
I have lots of tiles you could pick from.

[Skip]

Thanks Nathan! You got a few nice ones in there I think we can use. I've put one up on this forum. :)

Unfortunately most don't meet the 10K size restriction & are pretty garish (clashes with forum).

[Nathan11]

It happens. I like the tile in here, mate.
Use whatever you'd like.
:)

[drumminmama]

Drumminmama, yeah tie dye would be good. If it's a simple tie dye it might be possible to lower the resolution enough to put a big image of it up, so it wouldn't need to be tiled.

Yes I can tile stuff, but it needs to be abstract enough to enable tiling.

To do tiling you simply flip the image horizontally, save it, then put the two side by side, then flip both vertically, save it and then match up the edges into an image 4xs larger (no whut I mean?)
skip, see www.kimock.com and look at the intricate dyes behind Steve in the pix
or www.tedyepaul.com
I can provide pix for anyone who wishes to do the tech work.

[drumminmama]

Nathan, could you do that if I e-mailed a pic? NO color correction or anything needed, just some fade, perhaps.

[Nathan11]

Sure could.
:)
(nathan_holloway11@yahoo.com)

[HoneySuckleBlue]

...sure do miss the stars and space of the old forums.

[Skip]

Ya mean like this? ;)

[Shockw4ve]

I like the stars :)

[Nathan11]

I have to admit, I like the stars...

Skip, whatda think?:
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9057/tile4skip5sm.jpg

[Charlotte]

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/flowers1.jpg
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/marsh91.jpg
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/mist1.jpg
I liked the stars, too.http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/pattern.jpg

[Charlotte]

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/tc2.jpg

[psychedelic toker]

Well everyones talking about some t-die so here ya go skip-

http://chocolaholic.bravepages.com/hippy/back.jpg

[Mr MiGu]

how bout something like this?

[hippiehillbilly]

kudos to mr migu,, he actually comprehended what skip was askin an done her up...

skipper ya outta use that one.. just because..// ;)

[Skip]

Nice one, Psychedelic Toker! Thanks! :)

[Skip]

Thanks Charlotte & Nathan again! Some nice ones there!

[Nathan11]

Again, if you ever want any, just take 'em.
:D

[TheLizardQueen]

http://infinitezoom.com/index.htm

[Jennifer19]

http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/attachment/<3fc6df8c@news.povray.org>/stars.jpg

[Nathan11]

i borrowed this from jen...
it looks good as a tile on here

[Jennifer19]

i borrowed this from jen...
it looks good as a tile on here
yeah it dose.

[Charlotte]

You're welcome and I'm flattered to see you're using one of them. I know
you said you didn't want backgrounds for any other forums, but I wanted
to offer these for the munchies recipes forum, as the current background
is, well, not exactly the greatest piece of artwork on the web ;-) --
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/htmauve.jpg http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/fruitmist.jpg
If you ever want to repaint any of the other forums, you're welcome to take
any from my page at http://www.angelfire.com/ct2/yankeeharp/bg.html. If you
want any photoshopped light, dark, overlayed with your colors etc. just let
me know and it's no problem.

[Jennifer19]

I like this one

[tigerlily]

well i don't know if my opinion is going to make a difference, but i must say i MUCH prefer darker backgrounds for these forums, they really make the light purple and blue stand out

[Nathan11]

I agree with tigerlily.
:)

[Charlotte]

Me three.
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/mist2.jpg http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/fruitmist2.jpg http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/htmauve2.jpg

[Daniel Herring]

Starshine has anexcellent background application.

[Jennifer19]

here are some more

[Jennifer19]

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[Jennifer19]

I really like this one maybe you could use it for the Psychedelics forums

[Jennifer19]

.

[Jennifer19]

pills

[Jennifer19]

another one

[tigerlily]

those are REallllllly awesome jen

[Jennifer19]

thanks.

[MattInVegas]

RE: Post #43, by Jennifer19.

Man! That would be AWESOME for the
MIND TRIPS forum! Great, Jen!

[stinkfoot]

Respectfully submitted...

[Jennifer19]

I love this one

[Skip]

remember the 10K limit please.

Thanks! :)

[Jennifer19]

remember the 10K limit please.

Thanks! :)
just go and resize them down

[gruvenmama420]

deviantart.com has awesome trippy wallpaper

[Tallcoolone]

oh yeah, I totally think tye-dye would rock as a background...:)

can't think of anything else though...
Tie dye was the first thing that poped into my mind too. I think that would be excellent.

[Tallcoolone]

another one
I like this one, I like them bright and wild, Good job Jen.

[Charlotte]

Thanks Charlotte & Nathan again! Some nice ones there!You're welcome. Now, how about a nice favicon to go along with your spiffy new backgrounds? I get tired of looking at that plain piece of white paper in my favorites, and it makes it hard to find you in a row of tabs.

Here's a few I made -- if you want one, just change the file name to favicon.ico, put it in your root directory and put the code <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON"
href="http://../../favicon.ico"> on your pages.
http://ourworld.cs.com/yankeeharp6/ohavatars/hf.bmp http://ourworld.cs.com/yankeeharp6/ohavatars/ps.bmp http://ourworld.cs.com/yankeeharp6/ohavatars/hiph.bmp http://ourworld.cs.com/yankeeharp6/ohavatars/peace.bmp

[psychedelic toker]

Im sorry i dont know but is that the backround i contributed to the site, just wondering?

[lostdazedintime]

some paisly man.

[Young_Hip]

this one is great http://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:fizuhn6DXMUJ:www.njoproject.com/files/dcon/Funky%2520Wallpaper%25202.jpg

[MattInVegas]

To hell it. I'm the recorded owner. Here's one I use.

[cerridwen]

i love the backgrounds in here... i wish i could turn them into wallpaper for my house...

[Jennifer19]

Just resize them down to what you need them to be,thats if you decided to use them


http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/28591_2_.jpg



http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/butterfly_2_.jpg

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/Tierazon-Feuerteufel3_2_.jpg

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/Tierazon-DarkNebula2_2_.jpg

[The Rainbow Flower]

[FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black]My suggestions to he forum to have as seamless backs...... :)[CODE] http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/peaceliten.jpg

[whoa its chelsea x]

how do you get backrounds for a forum..i mean how do you put them up??

[J0hn]

I have been totally ignored in suggestions but could we have christmas themed backgrounds? This is because nobody would think it was christmas if we didn't do anything christmasy on here:)

[Charlotte]

how do you get backrounds for a forum..i mean how do you put them up??It's in the html code ... you put the file you want to use for the background on the webspace you want to use, and then put <background="http://www.something.com/whereyourpictureis/backgroundgraphic.gif"> (or have your html editor put in its own code -- there's more than one way to write it.)

The picture is actually very small and is just repeated endlessly like a checkerboard. It is rather complex to make it look like it is one picture in the background and you don't see any seams in it.

[MollyThe Hippy]

i've been getting alot of flack lately becuase my background wasn't what it appeared to be

[vannin_chuck]

well heres my entry it tiles fine and its 9.6kb enjoyhttp://home.earthlink.net/~nakm/nice.jpg

[Skip]

i've been getting alot of flack lately becuase my background wasn't what it appeared to be:lol:

[Skip]

well heres my entry it tiles fine and its 9.6kb enjoyhttp://home.earthlink.net/~nakm/nice.jpgI'll give this one a go - somewhere. You do nice graphics! :)

Here it is:
http://www.hipforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=113

[vannin_chuck]

awesome skip thanks :D

[sun_heart_girl]

How do you put pictures on this page, just plain on the page I mean, no links?

[vannin_chuck]

Its not hard really you just click the mountain icon.
Then type the url in. try to keep your pics under 20kb lots of people are on dialup.

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enakm/scput.jpg

[sun_heart_girl]

But it's not on the internet, it's on my computer... oh forget it, I'll put it in my gallery

Its not hard really you just click the mountain icon.
Then type the url in. try to keep your pics under 20kb lots of people are on dialup.

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enakm/scput.jpg

[mudpuddle]

You can Attach Images Straight From your Computer...

When you Reply...Scroll Down to 'Additional Options'

And Click on 'manage attachments'

There is a Size Limit Though...

[sun_heart_girl]

uh... ok... 1 second

[sun_heart_girl]

ooh shite it didn't work :( Oh well, it's in my gallery

edit: Sorry, been having a few problems with my gallery but it's definitely in there now, it has a name and description thingy and everything.

[MattInVegas]

I'll get my lazy azz to work on one for the Nevada forum.
It will represent not only Vegas, but Carson City, Reno/Tahoe.
All in a Tileable size suitable to the Hip Forums size requirements.

[MattInVegas]

Sorry. I just read the requirements in your original post.
My isp should be changing after the 1st. And I'm not that good with photo editors.
We'll go with whatever you choose for the USA background.

[subgoin]

http://www.backgroundsgiant.com/backindex.html
http://www.backgroundcity.com/
http://www.iconbazaar.com/backgrounds/
http://www.pambytes.com/borders/borders.html

Regards