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Hi All,
Not sure if anyone is interested (i guess this is kinda spam), but I have set up a new site that creates live image reflections:
http://www.livereflections.com
If people wouldn't mind testing it I would be grateful!! Anyone interested in using it can PM me or mail me at contact@livereflections.com and i'll set you up for free.
It's pretty simple to use. You set up your reflection, and put the new reflection code into your web page. Dynamic sites can change the "image=" identifier with their image url, and all their images will reflect without you setting it up...
Have fun guys :)
First image I tried (.png) didn't work.
Well it does mention on the front page that PNGs and GIFs aren't yet supported. I have to admit, though, that the first image I thought of testing was a .png too.
ok thanks guys. I'm gonna try and upload my png script shortly.. watch this space!
I think you mean en masse.
Religion has nothing to do with iWeb.
Ah, well, if we're nit-picking about spelling / grammar:
index.php -
Replace "Now its easy..." with "Now it's easy..."
FAQs page -
Replace "Live Reflections isnt really..." with "Live Reflections isn't really..."
Replace "It's ideal userbase will..." with "Its ideal userbase will..."
Replace "Most definately!" with "Most definitely!"
Replace "...image url's into..." with "...image urls into..." (actually, I'd use URL & URLs throughout, but that's your decision)
Replace "...200 - its up to you..." with "...200 - it's up to you..."
Replace "We do however, ..." with "We do, however, ..."
Replace "...so thats something..." with "...so that's something..."
signup.php -
Replace "Its very simple..." with "It's very simple..."
Replace "...wisk..." with "...whisk..."
Also, I suppose you're going for a more US-based market with the ability to pay in $, so it's understandable that you're using authorize. But, if I'm not mistaken, you're UK-based, so it should really be authorise.
Proof-reading services provided in return for free account :)
I think you mean en masse.
Religion has nothing to do with iWeb.
Thanks Mr Pedantic :lol: :lol: Mods are welcome to edit my faux pas! ;) ;)
Guys! I've just added PNG support, so check it out :)
mattf - thanks for the changes :P - I didn't really think it was that much of a big deal, but I like to keep the punters happy!
free account? sure - email me on the address in the first post :lol:
mooty
Why are you having people link to your site to get the reflections? It seems like it creates a lot of overhead for you, and it's not like it's creating a subscription based service since people can easily save the reflections simply by going to the website.
The reflections in the demo have a livereflections.com text line scrawled accross them. To get your reflections without this, you have to sign up to the members area. The members area has to be paid for. If you want to pay, and then save your reflections locally, thats fine, but the site is more aimed at people who want to reflect alot of images, without the need to generate them by hand in PS or in the livereflections member area...
For example, a PHP site could do the following:
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM gallery WHERE photo_id = $_GET['photo_id']";
mysql_query ($query);
//Grab the column names and reference
$photo = relevant database column name;
echo '<img src="'.$photo.'">';
echo '<img src="http://www.livereflections.com/page.php?image='.$photo.'">';
?>
Ie whatever image/photo is drawn out of your database at the time of this script, it will be reflected. You dont have to configure the reflection for that particular photo, you only need to configure ONE reflection as a template...
Ie: Border color, HTML BGCOLOR, Border width etc
That make sense?
drewprops
2006-03-31, 16:25
Having the $5 fee might attract the LJ crowd but I suspect that professional web designers and site owners aren't going to rely on a beacon from someone else's website... nifty codework though~
I also doubt that anybody will want to use the reflection effect for "hundreds" of photos. It gets old rather quickly, and using it for a web gallery etc. would just look horrible, IMHO. Don't get me wrong, I do like the effect when used with moderation (and by only a few people), but I don't think that it should be used in bulk.
Just curious, did you do it all with PHP, or something like ImageMagick?
I also doubt that anybody will want to use the reflection effect for "hundreds" of photos. It gets old rather quickly, and using it for a web gallery etc. would just look horrible, IMHO. Don't get me wrong, I do like the effect when used with moderation (and by only a few people), but I don't think that it should be used in bulk.
I think you're missing the point... sure some people might use reflections on mass like some deranged child - 20 on a page or something, but think about it like my example above. People have image galleries, some of them with a large amount of images. Now usually on dynamic sites you have one page that servers the image from the thumbnails page, for example: view_image.php and that page has the template for the gallery display.
If you add the reflection code to this view_image.php, you can effectively reflect the main image on this template. Personally I think it would be a nice touch for very little work.
The point really of LiveReflections is to have a site which offers simple image effects, for 5 mins work on your part. If someone is a whizz at coding, then fine do it yourself :)
Just curious, did you do it all with PHP, or something like ImageMagick?
It's all PHP. I've got live drop shadows working now which I am about to add this weekend too.
Ok, I get it. That makes sense. I wish you all the best for your little business, I just doubt that you'll get filthy rich with it. But I'll be happy to admit I was wrong when you buy Apple on its 35th birthday ;)
lol, its by no means a business, just a little venture/hobby :)
maccrazy
2006-04-19, 18:24
Cool idea. I just tried the demo and it works well. :)
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