You might've seen people on the forums that have signatures with images like this:
This is a folding@home quick-stats badge I designed, which you can place in your signature, website, wherever. Its stats are based on those from folding.extremeoverclocking.com, which I have found to be fairly consistent with kakaostats.
If you would like to use it, go to:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/search.php ...and find your
user ID number. You can get it from your EOC user stats URL, like this:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=385045
For the
basic white-on-black badge, plug your
user ID (that's the numeric bit, 385045 in this example) into this url:
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/385045.png
Then, in the EVGA forums, select
'Forum Profile' in the top right corner. Find '
Signature' and add the following:
[image]http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/385045.png[/image]
...and if you want to be able to click the badge to go to your stats page, wrap it in a link tag like this:
[link=http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=385045]
[image]http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/385045.png[/image]
[/link]
...replacing '
385045' with your own ID, of course.
that's it! Chimp Challenge 2009 Badge This year is the first year EVGA is participating in the Chimp Challenge, and I highly encourage everyone to take part! All you have to do is change your folding name to
EVGApes for the duration of the competition. We're done with this year's Chimp Challenge, and congrats OCN on the win! Everyone can still use these badges though, EVGA or not!
Those participating in
2009's Chimp Challenge can use a special badge to display their team's information. Once again, this is
not restricted to team EVGA. All you have to do is go to the badge maker, plug in the EOC ID number for your CC name, and have it generate one for you. The style you choose will be ignored, since all the CC09 badges are designed with a consistent theme (like a jersey or team uniform).
For Team EVGA (EVGApes), you can simply use this:
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/449361.png
And here's how the badge looks:
OR Alternatively, you can display the CC09 badge along with your personal badge in a single, compact image. To do this, simply go create a personal badge as usual, and select the button labeled Add Chimp Challenge 2009 Badge. This will overlay the CC09 badge on top of your own, hiding your personal stats but displaying your username and team. As an example:
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/nvidia01/nvidia01/1025/0/50/0/0/0/0/50/200/0/0/0/0/255/255/255/0.png 
OR You can
manually change your current personalized badge over to the dual badge by adding
1024 to the
first numeric parameter in the badge string, as follows:
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/nvidia01/nvidia01/1/0/50/....../0.png
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/nvidia01/nvidia01/1025/0/50/....../0.png
Usage These badges can otherwise be used
just like any other image -- They can be posted in threads by using the above code, they can be placed on websites by using something along the lines of:
<img src="http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/385045.png"/>
and so on.
Do note that they
only update when they're
linked to directly; If you save one to your hard drive, you will be saving the image with the stats displayed on it
at that moment. Don't be afraid to hotlink; That's how they were designed to be used.
Windows Sidebar/Desktop Gadget
Info coming soon.
Customization You can customize your sig badge by heading to the BadgeMaker at:
[http://piro.pirocast.net/badges/badgemaker.html]
...and playing with the settings. Give it your user ID, tell it which icon you want, and play with the color settings. The BadgeMaker will generate the badge for you, give you a link to use, as well as the appropriate signature code. Colors can be defined as RGB (red,green,blue) values. for any given object, you pick a value for red, green, and blue, and they mix together to create new colors. To easily find a color, you can use this: http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html just click on a color and it will give you the RGB values to use for it. You can change the color of four parts of the image:
1) Background: Defaults to black, but you may change it to any color you wish. Bright colors not recommended in conjunction with bright text, as it will make the text hard to read.
2) Background Overlay/Texture: You may select an overlay, which applies a subtle texture to the badge background to enhance its appearance. Color values can be positive or negative since overlay textures span a variety of colors. Positive values add an amount of the given color; negative values subtract it. 3) Icon Glow: There is a glow behind the icon that can be enabled with a checkbox in the BadgeMaker.
4) Icon: The icon itself can be colorized. Color values can be positive or negative, just like background overlays. 5) Text: You may set the color of the text. Dark colors are not recommended against dark backgrounds.
Example skins
Replace the '0' at the end of the string (right before the '.png') with your user ID number from EOC.
NVIDIA Green:
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/nvidia01/nvidia01/1/0/50/0/0/0/0/50/200/0/0/0/0/255/255/255/0.png
(PRODUCT) RED: http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/tendrils03/red01/0/60/0/10/255/-255/-255/100/0/20/0/0/0/255/255/255/0.png
Hot Chips Red:
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/evga02/nvidia03/1/100/0/0/0/0/0/255/150/0/200/50/0/255/150/100/0.png
GTX Orange: http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/gpugtx280/evga01/1/25/12/0/-100/-100/-100/255/100/0/200/0/-200/255/150/50/0.png
Protein Purple:
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/fah01/fah01/0/25/12/40/0/0/0/0/0/0/20/8/50/200/150/255/0.png
Basic Blue:
http://piro.pirocast.net/badge/nvidia02/1/12/12/100/100/100/200/20/8/50/200/200/255/0.png
Notes - It will only display the team name if you're on team evga (not that i need to say this here, really), otherwise it will simply display the team number.
- This image is a semitransparent PNG (i.e. the background is transparent, and the edges are smooth, so it blends in with any background color).
As a result, any browser that cannot properly render semitransparent PNGs (i.e. IE6) will render it as though it's encased inside a black box. If this is a problem for too many people, I can make a very quick adjustment to make it blend in properly here (though it won't anywhere else) without using transparency. But really now, who could possibly still be using IE6? :)
Changelog
EDIT: Moved colorization information to original post.
08.10.22 EDIT: Added skins information, cleaned up post.
08.10.23 NEW: New NVIDIA icons.
08.10.23 UPDATE: Skin Editor complete! go to http://piro.pirocast.net/badges/badgemaker.html
08.10.29 NEW: Background overlay images added. GTX280 and 9800GTX icons added.
08.12.09 EDIT: Added info on making badges link to your stats page.
08.12.15 UPDATE: BadgeMaker now generates signature code for you.
09.01.10 NEW: A bunch more background overlays added.
09.01.12 NEW: A bunch more icons added.
09.01.31 NEW: (RED) icon for (PRODUCT) RED added.
09.02.20 UPDATE: Made a change that removes the hideous dark outline for people using light backgrounds in their badges.
09.02.22 NEW: GPU GTX285 and GPU GTX295 icons added.
09.04.28 UPDATE: Chimp Challenge 2009 Badge available.
09.04.29 UPDATE: CC09 Badge version 2 (compound) available.
09.05.07 UPDATE: CC09 Badge now displays CC09-specific stats.
09.11.11 EDIT: Reposted thread in new forum. Hello everyone who joined up since I wandered off! 10.05.04 UPDATE: Badge updated for CC10. 10.06.16 UPDATE: Badge caching fixed. Threads on the forum should load a bit quicker now since badges won't have to reload on every access. 10.06.16 UPDATE 2: CC badge now shows PPD instead of total points, since the contest is over.
Enjoy!
post edited by planetarian - 2010/06/16 09:11:52
