It ranges from 500 x 100 - 673x135

> The banner size is different between resolutions.  Anyone know the
> dimensions between resolutions?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crazy
> Canucks
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:17 AM
> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] MOTD Questions
>
> If you are looking to center your motd vertically, the following page
> had good information.
>
> http://www.vdotmedia.com/blog/vertically-center-content-with-css/
>
> Just be aware that if you cut and paste, like I did, you might have a
> problem with matching charsets.  You're probably better off to copy it
> manually, and not to cut and paste.  That little problem wasted me a
> good few hours...
>
> Drek
>
> Crazy Canucks wrote:
>> Thanks!  Now I've got to figure out how to get it centred in different
>> resolutions...
>>
>> Yours looks great as well.  The infamous Cream Bun Clan.  :)
>>
>> Patrick Shelley wrote:
>>
>>> I'm glad you sorted it!
>>>
>>> Your MOTD looks ace!
>>>
>>> Check out ours:
>>>
>>> www.sidesteal.com/l4d/l4dmotd.html
>>>
>>> On 11/19/08, Crazy Canucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Actually, I ended up having to move it in 8 pixels from the edge of
>>>> the
>>>> window.  You can see a screen shot of what it ended up looking like in
>>>> the following thread, along with two pics of what it looked like
>>>> before,
>>>> although they don't show the shift effect as clearly as it appeared in
>>>> game, due to resampling.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
> http://www.crazy-canucks.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=8757#8
> 757
>>>>
>>>> I'll paste the code of my motd below so others can see what I had to
>>>> do,
>>>> if they end up with the same issues:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
>>>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";>
>>>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en">
>>>> <head>
>>>> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
>>>> <title>Drekland: Age of Chivalry MOTD</title>
>>>> <style type="text/css">
>>>> body {
>>>>
>>>>     font-family: Arial;
>>>>     font-size: 0.9em;
>>>>     color: #ffddbb;
>>>>     background-color: #8a7c5a;
>>>>     margin: 0;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> #border_left { position: fixed; left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0; width:
>>>> 8px;
>>>> background: #442200; }
>>>> #border_top { position: fixed; left: 0; top: 0; right: 0; height: 8px;
>>>> background: #442200; }
>>>> #border_right { position: fixed; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; width:
>>>> 8px; background: #442200; }
>>>> #border_bottom { position: fixed; left: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0;
>>>> height:
>>>> 8px; background: #442200;  }
>>>>
>>>> #corner_tl { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; height: 52px; width:
>>>> 52px; margin: 8px 0 0 8px; }
>>>> #corner_tr { position: fixed; top: 0; right: 0; height: 52px; width:
>>>> 48px; margin: 8px 2px 0 2px; }
>>>> #corner_bl { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; height: 48px; width:
>>>> 52px; margin: 2px 0 2px 8px; }
>>>> #corner_br { position: fixed; bottom: 0; right: 0; height: 48px;
>>>> width:
>>>>
>>>> 48px; margin: 2px; }
>>>>
>>>> img.corner_graphic { height: 44px; width: 44px; }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> #content { text-align: center; margin-top: 3%; }
>>>>
>>>> a { font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff;
>>>> text-decoration:
>>>> none; }
>>>> a:hover { color: #ffddbb; text-decoration: underline; }
>>>>
>>>> h1 { font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: 600; color: #ffbb00; }
>>>> h2 { font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: 500; color: #ffff00; }
>>>> h3 { font-size: 1.0em; font-weight: 400; color: #cccccc; }
>>>> h4 { font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: 500; color: #882200; }
>>>>
>>>> #rules_title { text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;
>>>> font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 200% }
>>>> #rules_content { text-align: left; margin-left: 20%; font-size: 0.9em;
>>>> line-height: 150% }
>>>> </style>
>>>> </head>
>>>>
>>>> <body>
>>>> <div id="border_top"></div>
>>>> <div id="border_left"></div>
>>>> <div id="border_right"></div>
>>>> <div id="border_bottom"></div>
>>>>
>>>> <div id="corner_tl"><img class="corner_graphic"
>>>> src="images/cc_cg_tl.gif" alt="" /></div>
>>>> <div id="corner_tr"><img class="corner_graphic"
>>>> src="images/cc_cg_tr.gif" alt="" /></div>
>>>> <div id="corner_bl"><img class="corner_graphic"
>>>> src="images/cc_cg_bl.gif" alt="" /></div>
>>>> <div id="corner_br"><img class="corner_graphic"
>>>> src="images/cc_cg_br.gif" alt="" /></div>
>>>>
>>>> <div id="content">
>>>>     <h1>Welcome to Drekland: Age of Chivalry!</h1>
>>>>     <h2>This is the Crazy Canucks Gaming Community official
>>>> server.</h2>
>>>>     <h3>We are always open to new members.
>>>>     <br />If you would like more information please visit:</h3>
>>>>     <a
>>>>
> href="http://www.crazy-canucks.com/cc_details.html";>www.crazy-canucks.com
>>>> </a>
>>>>     <br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------
>>>>     <div id="rules_title">Server Rules</div>
>>>>     <div id="rules_content">
>>>>       <b>1.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Have fun!<br />
>>>>       <b>2.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Treat your fellow warriors with respect.<br
> />
>>>>       <b>3.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Please keep the server healthy for
>>>> families.&nbsp;Keep the foul language to a minimum.
>>>>     </div>
>>>>     <br />-----------------------------------------------------
>>>>     <h4>Friendly Fire is ON!</h4>
>>>> </div>
>>>> </body>
>>>> </html>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Crazy Canucks wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Patrick, don't spend any time on this, I think I've got it sorted.
>>>>> I'm
>>>>> deleting the images from my ftp.  I needed to move the images in 6
>>>>> pixels from the edge of the window for some reason.  Now that I've
>>>>> done
>>>>> that, they display properly.  They aren't exactly in the corners
>>>>> anymore, but they might look better even discounting the distortion.
>>>>>
>>>>> For anyone who faces the same issue, here is the relevant code:
>>>>>
>>>>> [style]
>>>>> #border_left { position: fixed; left: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px;
> width:
>>>>> 6px; background: #442200; }
>>>>> #border_top { position: fixed; left: 0px; top: 0px; right: 0px;
>>>>> height:
>>>>> 6px; background: #442200; }
>>>>> #border_right { position: fixed; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px;
>>>>> width: 6px; background: #442200; }
>>>>> #border_bottom { position: fixed; left: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px;
>>>>> height: 6px; background: #442200;  }
>>>>>
>>>>> #corner_tl { position: fixed; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 50px;
>>>>> width:
>>>>> 50px; margin: 6px 0px 0px 6px; }
>>>>> #corner_tr { position: fixed; top: 0px; right: 0px; height: 50px;
> width:
>>>>> 48px; margin: 6px 2px 0px 2px; }
>>>>> #corner_bl { position: fixed; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; height: 48px;
>>>>> width: 50px; margin: 2px 0px 2px 6px; }
>>>>> #corner_br { position: fixed; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; height: 48px;
>>>>> width: 48px; margin: 2px; }
>>>>>
>>>>> img.corner_graphic { height: 44px; width: 44px; }
>>>>>
>>>>> [body]
>>>>> <div id="corner_tl"><img class="corner_graphic"
>>>>> src="images/cc_cg_tl.gif" alt="" /></div>
>>>>> <div id="corner_tr"><img class="corner_graphic"
>>>>> src="images/cc_cg_tr.gif" alt="" /></div>
>>>>> <div id="corner_bl"><img class="corner_graphic"
>>>>> src="images/cc_cg_bl.gif" alt="" /></div>
>>>>> <div id="corner_br"><img class="corner_graphic"
>>>>> src="images/cc_cg_br.gif" alt="" /></div>
>>>>>
>>>>> Good lord what a pain in the ass that one was.  One small window's
> worth
>>>>> of code and it ended up sucking up two full days...
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, thanks for trying to help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Drek
>>>>>
>>>>> Crazy Canucks wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I should add, the motd works perfectly in a normal IE browser
>>>>>> window.
>>>>>> It's only in game that I have the problem with the images being
> offset.
>>>>>> I can only guess that IE uses a different browser engine for that
>>>>>> kind
>>>>>> of functionality.  Maybe one that is based on older code because I
> know
>>>>>> from doing some research that others have had this same problem with
>>>>>> older versions of IE.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Drek
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Crazy Canucks wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *link to images*
>>>>>>> <http://www.crazy-canucks.com/images/public/motd_corner_images.zip>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks, you don't know how much I appreciate this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wasn't originally positioning the body.  I did that so I could
> change
>>>>>>> the positions for the images from fixed to absolute.  I had no
>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>> luck with fixed posistions.  Both the code and the css validate.
>>>>>>> At
>>>>>>> that point I wasn't concerned with it being pretty or optimized, I
> was
>>>>>>> just trying to get it to work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just in case the link above doesn't work:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.crazy-canucks.com/images/public/motd_corner_images.zip
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Drek
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Patrick Shelley wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Without loading this into dreamweaver, i'd try adding px to ALL
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>> measurements:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> #border_left { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;
> width:
>>>>>>>> 6px; background: #442200; }
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Should read:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> #border_left { position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; bottom:
>>>>>>>> 0px;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>> width:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>> 6px; background: #442200; }
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I aslo wouldnt bother with positioning the body in css. I'll load
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>> up in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>> DW later, send me a lin to the images also if poss
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Pat
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