Possible CD-TBA integration

[Greg Marra]

I just tossed Brandon two images that could be the links. I am not sure which one works better, because making things the same size as normally-sized text is really tough. Also, little images are a bit tricky to click.

Team 177

vs.

Team 177

They're both tiny, but that's the constraint of the problem. If anyone else wants to take a hand at it and come up with something better, http://www.thebluealliance.net/images/ is your playground, and I have PSDs if you want them.

[Brandon Martus]

I used the tiny TBA-> one .. we'll see how that goes over.
It can always change.

[GaryVoshol]

That was fast!

[Danny McC]

That was rather fast. It it quite nifty as well.

[Elgin Clock]

I figured this might happen, so I went looking.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=65528
Try linking to some people's TBA button when they have a FVC title.

Not so good.

Any way to filter the TBA icon for just people with FRC titles?

[fluffy]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

I used the tiny TBA-> one .. we'll see how that goes over.
It can always change.

what if there are two teams listed?...like in yours.

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by fluffy

what if there are two teams listed?...like in yours.

listing 2 teams isn't really an option on CD it is a hack of sorts when entering the team name. People enter this in the team name field to get 2 teams: <team 1 name) & FRC #<team 2 number> (<team 2 name>

*carrots are omitted.

[fluffy]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

listing 2 teams isn't really an option on CD it is a hack of sorts when entering the team name. People enter this in the team name field to get 2 teams: <team 1 name) & FRC #<team 2 number> (<team 2 name>

*carrots are omitted.

Oh, I learned something new today

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

I used the tiny TBA-> one .. we'll see how that goes over.
It can always change.

I think the TBA-> one needs to be shorter by a pixel to match the cap height of the surrounding text.

EDIT: I'd just like to add that I really like this idea, and I think it adds a clean and simple bit of usability to CD. It may also lead the way for more interoperability between CD and TBA, which would also be a great thing to see.

[hipsterjr]

Bravo. This could prove to be very interesting.

[Branden Ghena]

That was a fast update, Thank You very much Brandon Martus!

[David Guzman]

I love it. This is awesome.

Thanks Brandon.

[jgannon]

I really like the idea of linking team numbers to TBA pages, but I find this new image to be just a tad obtrusive. How about just making the team numbers clickable? Set the style to be the same as regular text, but make it underline on mouseover so people know it's a link. It would be a little more Easter-eggy, but also a little more visually appealing.

[blaxbb]

Originally Posted by jgannon

I really like the idea of linking team numbers to TBA pages, but I find this new image to be just a tad obtrusive. How about just making the team numbers clickable? Set the style to be the same as regular text, but make it underline on mouseover so people know it's a link. It would be a little more Easter-eggy, but also a little more visually appealing.

I think it's better as an image, it makes it easier for people who aren't used to the site. (just want to check for info)

With an image, a quick glance shows its a link to TBA, but an underlined link doesn't catch your eye.

[geeknerd99]

I'd prefer a link instead of the image. It's nice to know it exists, but now I'd like to go back to more or less how things used to look. The TBA-> is starting to become a bit of an eyesore already and I've just seen them for about 2 minutes.