Dinocanid

I don't know how to code a forum from scratch, which sounds like what you're trying to do, but a lot of mysidia sites use myBB since there's already information on the support forums on how to get it integrated with mysidia. (Just use an online proxy browser like NordVPN or Hide.me to reach the mysidia support forums) Here's my simple tutorial, but it requires CPanel or any file manager that has softaculous apps installer: I currently use SMF for my forum, but it's not integrated. I'll probably look into how to integrate it in the future.

Yep! It's for my new site, Wild Souls.

Thanks! I'm glad I changed it, since it didn't blend well with the pup lineart. (The face looked a little strange too)

Update: I decided to add a "Hunter" rank, and I added an image for it.

I agree. I can see just from the forums that activity has taken a huge hit from this; no doubt that the amount of people using the hosting dropped too. I can imagine the newer members who were building a site right before the perpetual downtime hit; and it blocks potential future members too, since they can't even download the script at all unless they know to use a proxy, but most people will just assume that the site's not there anymore.

It's affecting the games too (basically anything hosted with mysidiahost, including the site to download the script itself). That's why I had to move my site to x10host; luckily HOF was nice enough to send me a backup of my site so I could move.

He sent me another message yesterday, saying that there are some abandoned sites on the server being flooded with spambots; so he's getting rid of those to see if it makes things better (He also doubts it's the result of a DDOS/DOS attack). Sadly for me, it seems to have made things worse somehow. I used to be able to connect 1-2 times a day without a proxy, but now I can't connect at all without a proxy. Even then, it's becoming spotty there too. With Hide.me, the USA and Netherlands options rarely connect to it anymore, while Germany seems to work okay for now.

-Lineart Redux- The lineart for the wolf has been modified to look better! (old) (new. Same body, new head) The rank markings have been created as well. Here's how they look on various random wolves: (Order from top to bottom: Alpha, Beta, Shaman, Scout, Pup Sitter, Warrior, Omega, and Hunter.) View full news

Wild Souls is a wolf sim/RPG that puts you in the paws of your very own wolf! Users will be able to immerse themselves in a world they do not hold the reigns to. Follow development on the trello board! View full game

A "save as draft" option for the site would be nice. I realize now that it does save if you leave and come back, but I didn't know that until I accidentally closed a tab and came back to find out that my stuff was still there. This would allow for easier draft management too, if you add a way to see them from your own profile. Then you can work on your drafts without having to go to the last place you typed it or saving it on your computer and copy-pasting it all in.

I wanted people to still have access to my work even if they can't connect to the Mysidia Support Forum, so I've reposted them here: dinoscripts.wordpress.com I've already re-posted my new dynamic images mod, and I'll be reposting my older ones as well.

I'm not the best for advice, since I only get about one or two art commissions a year between deviantart, furaffinity, tumblr, and various other forums, and customers usually don't believe me when I tell them that. (~$40 from art this whole year, definitely not enough to be a full-time artists like I'd like. I guess it's pretty easy for people to believe that artists just rake in piles of cash somehow.), last year I was lucky and got 4 commissions that were spread out across several months of nothing. I would say looking for pet/sim sites that needs artists is a get started if you're lucky enough. I have one regular customer I got in June for lineart/markings/recolors/etc, and that's been a total godsend for me. Having an art booth at a convention could be a good way to sell since people actually walk by and see your work instead of being lost in cyberspace, but you have to be willing to risk if the expense outweighs what you earn. Me and my sister plan on doing this in the future, but having a booth practically bars you from going to any of the panels/workshops/activities if you wanted to attend them, unless there are large gaps of downtime or you have a partner/team that isn't interested in the panels that can tend the booth for you.

I've decided to call my little project Wild Souls, and I made a trello board for it! (Clicky) There you can read more fleshed out ideas for the site and what I'm currently working on. You also may or may not have seen a screenshot of it from my "Rendering Pets as Layers" topic. (Special thanks to @Digital and @Hare!)

I agree on public by default. The forums of a site are great for learning more about the site and for asking questions, and only certain sections for specific purposes should be private. (Like a forum for staff to discuss things in private on-site, a section just for devs/admins, etc.) In my opinion, I find it frustrating when I join a site and the forums are blocked off until you get staff approval; especially when you can't even view it.

I second this since I do it as well. Storing the different species and such in the database makes it easier to add new ones and keeps the code cleaner. (You can even code it to where you can add species on-site through an admin area like it is on mysidia!)

After modifying the database statement, it works! Here's how it looks: Thanks a lot you two, seriously. I couldn't figure it out myself (The given PDO statement works, but mysidia has a simplified version so I used that)

What version of ImageMagick are you using? It seems that Imagick PHP 5.4 can't find relative paths, or at least I can't get it to. I tried using absolute paths (C:\xampp), but that seems to break the code: $images = array( 'C:\xampp\htdocs\wild-souls\picuploads\wolf_images\pup\bases\' . $pet['base'] . 'base-pup.png', 'C:\xampp\htdocs\wild-souls\picuploads\wolf_images\pup\markings\' . $pet['marking1'] . '-pup.png', 'C:\xampp\htdocs\wild-souls\picuploads\wolf_images\pup\lineart-pup.png' ); (My naming conventions for these files are usually things like "brown base-pup.png" or " white ears-pup.png") Absolute paths work without the variables in-between, but I need those unless I use a very long switch statement.

One last question (I'm probably asking too many of these), what about generating the image? Like I do the above and call the image from the desired page, but everyone's pets won't look the same so I would have to change the layers in "petimage.php" somehow each time a user visits its profile page. Let's say I use ajax, if a user clicks on that particular pet's name from the list, the profile page will display the respective generated image. In petimage.php, instead of the image paths in an array, would it be variables gotten from the database with the row picked with the pet's ID #? (So if there's a column named "marking1", it would contain the image path)

It works! Thanks again. I played around with the different composite types and ended up using Imagick::COMPOSITE_DSTIN since my markings aren't "clean" and go outside of the lines otherwise.

Thank you both, it works great! What would I do if I wanted to use Imagick:: COMPOSITE_OVERLAY? This is what I have (modified from php.net and using the above code): $composed_image->setIteratorIndex(1); $composed_image->compositeImage( $images[0], \Imagick::COMPOSITE_OVERLAY, 0, 0 ); It returns this error though (lines 17-18 are the ones above): Would it be better to take the image paths out of an array and just define them as variables?

He actually replied pretty quickly. He agreed it was strange and that it started ever since the move. He's going to bring it up with the webhost to help get it resolved and reply back if he gets anywhere.

I've heard this is a pretty well-kept secret, so I might not have any luck, but how would you go about using layers for pets? (lineart, bases, markings, etc.) I've recently gotten Imagick and I'm playing around with it on my XAMMP server (Can use GD also), but I'm not really sure how to do this particular thing. I know the different markings and such are stored in the database, but where is the image handled? Is it done in another php file and called where you want it? How would that work for multiple pets and users? I haven't found a way to both render an image and display it along with other content in the same file, if that's even possible.

(Double post, oh no!) Do you think I should message HOF that a DoS attack is a possibility? Ever since this happened, the support forum's had a lot less activity. Maybe he can get server support. This did start happening after we moved to a new server host a month or two back. And frankly, it's getting tedious to have to connect through a proxy EDIT: I sent him a PM about it. Hopefully he reads it and looks into it.

I have; a majority do actually. I haven't bought hosting yet (not that I have the money anyway), but I'm using x10 for the time being, which allows cPanel and easy cronjob setup. I haven't had any problems so far.

Ah well, I guess that means I'll work on revising some of the script myself then instead of waiting for it.