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Allegro.cc Banner Network |
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Ok, I'm in the process of developing an Allegro.cc banner network. It's basically like a local link exchange among Allegro.cc members. |
Gabhonga
Member #1,247
February 2001
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this is of course a great idea, and I will step in when I finally manage to finish my own homepage (and something to put up there...)...I hope the banner looks nice :-) -------------------------------------------------------- |
Bob
Free Market Evangelist
September 2000
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I think it's a good idea. However, could we use png instead? (patent free, and the Gimp works with them :-) -- |
Sirocco
Member #88
April 2000
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May I humbly make one request? --> |
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I was thinking of doing jpg or png for the sake of prohibiting animated banners. But then I figured I didn't want to prohibit people from being creative. I thought it might be a case where you are punishing 95% of the crowd due to 5%. |
Josh Bolduc
Member #251
April 2000
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I agree that you should allow more than just gif, and as far as animations go I don't think it would be too bad since there is a limit on size anyways. |
StevenVI
Member #562
July 2000
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I have no preference on the file type, as long as I have some way of converting an image to that format. Where on OUR sites would the ad have to go? Anywhere we want? Since you get more display time if more people come from your site, that would probably be good. I once joined one of those banner exchange things. I made a really lame banner. There was also the same stupid ad on my page everytime I went there (which was rare), I doubt mine ever got displayed on anyone else's site... I got rid of that "service" . __________________________________________________ |
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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The banner can go anywhere. Like I said, I'm not going to have some strict regulations about it being on the top 25% of the front page or things like that. Since I'm only dealing with Allegro.cc members, I don't believe I'll have to worry about cheaters - who'd want to loose access to Allegro.cc just over faking banner impressions. |
vpenquerch
Member #233
April 2000
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Matthew: |
Bruce Perry
Member #270
April 2000
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I'll gladly join in with this, but not on my fortunecity page. Wait till I've got the netfirms one set up (already registered and under development :-) -- |
vpenquerch
Member #233
April 2000
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when it's finished, will we have to do that to be on allegro.cc ? i don't want more ads on my page, and i'd feel awkward annoying other people with ads ... |
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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No, it's completely optional. If you don't want to place a banner on your site, no one will mind at all. If you don't participate then the you just wont have an opportunity to have your website banner displayed on Allegro.cc and the other member sites. Many people have asked me to do this, and I'm just finally getting around to it. |
vpenquerch
Member #233
April 2000
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cool |
Troy D Patterson
Member #41
April 2000
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Is this one of those things... --------------------------------------- |
Peter Wang
Member #23
April 2000
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I don't know if I'll participate in this (my server is already slow enough), but some of us have a "no GIFs" policy. Maybe it's just me :-)
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Cage
Member #1,277
March 2001
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Sounds like a very cool idea... I think you should allow GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, and all sorts of other formats. Uhh, does anyone know where I could find a free program for creating animated GIFs?
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leo
Member #46
April 2000
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This is just in time - I was considering resizing the Allegro.cc logo to a button size so I can fit on my frontpage along with a few others.... |
Mars
Member #971
February 2001
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And Flash! Don't forget Flash! The coolest banners are made with Flash! !!! !!! -- |
Bob
Free Market Evangelist
September 2000
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Flash? Why not a Java banner while we're at it? :-P -- |
leo
Member #46
April 2000
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Urgh. I hate java banners... they crash my computer all the time. |
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Sorry, no flash or java banners. Those things are dangerous and annoying. I'll try to get this up an running tomorrow and send an e-mail to those of you who signed up. If anyone else wants to, make sure you send me a message to matthew@allegro.cc. |
rockslave
Member #873
January 2001
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Man, I entered colappse when Allegro.cc was down. What was I gonna do? |
rockslave
Member #873
January 2001
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Hey Matthew, answer me, man! What allegro.cc banner should I get? Sorry, but my e-mail service is going mad... |
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