With XenForo 1.1, it's now possible to (optionally) define individual smilies from a sprite image. This video shows you just how easy it is to use the system.
What's with the fascination with sprites lately? How huge of a difference does it make? I tried a unified sprites modification from vbulletin.org and all it did was slow down how fast the images came up. It didn't make my site any faster either. Would love to see a real difference on xenforo cause it's useless to me on vb4.
********..... that real-time image movement is a fantastic approach.
Awesome as usual XF.
In the video Kier posted, there is a real-time preview of the smiley image as you change the settings of the sheet to select the location of the smiley. Pretty slick.
I saw it.In the video Kier posted, there is a real-time preview of the smiley image as you change the settings of the sheet to select the location of the smiley. Pretty slick.
It's just a way to reduce overhead. If you make one ungodly large image, yeah, it will take a while to download -- initially. But like we keep saying, it's fewer requests to your server. And over all that makes a difference to how much it's strained in the long run.What's with the fascination with sprites lately? How huge of a difference does it make? I tried a unified sprites modification from vbulletin.org and all it did was slow down how fast the images came up. It didn't make my site any faster either. Would love to see a real difference on xenforo cause it's useless to me on vb4.
You identified the answer to your problem right there.... VB + modification!I tried a unified sprites modification from vbulletin.org and all it did was slow down how fast the images came up. It didn't make my site any faster either. Would love to see a real difference on xenforo cause it's useless to me on vb4.
Some of my closest smilies are black...wait...I'm converting all the white people smilies to look like black people. This is pretty fun.
Okay now that I'm done watching the video, I would like to create my own smilie sheet.
Where's a good place to create one online or do I absolutely need photoshop?
I use www.pixlr.com often.
CSS Sprites for mouseover is one of their best uses, I use them on menus all the time. Though I will also say after seeing Xenforo I'm looking more and more for pure css and non graphic solutions wherever I can. It's amazing the difference it makes on load times.Glad you're using CSS sprites now. I remember using these for a while now to replace old cumbersome JavaScript mouse-overs.
And easier integration with other products ? (Wordpress ?)Though I will also say after seeing Xenforo I'm looking more and more for pure css and non graphic solutions wherever I can. It's amazing the difference it makes on load times.
Some of my closest smilies are black...wait...
I'll post some SQL later todayNoticed that with 1.1 B1 that the smiley definitions in the install script still reference the PNG versions instead of the new spritesheet.
Anybody happen to have a master list of the sprite position settings for the new sheet?
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