Cheers! I have to say this is the first time I have been 100% happy with the Cats Lair page layout. I plan to expand this in the future with images of the removable parts listed on the page
As for Mumm-Raās Tomb, I feel the side views and Man Beast statues look a little quashed in the viewer, but Iām happy to overlook this as the main front and back views look great and I guess itās down to the pics being a different aspect ratio to each other. Talking of Mumm-Raās Tomb, Iām not sure for the life of me, why this was never done on the old site as all the text work was completed at the same time as all the other toy guide pagesā¦
Cheers for that link, updated the page with that. The sticker sheets will be a later project in the distant future after much work has been done on Merchandise
Yep, thatās the exact reason why! I noticed it too and it bugs me a bit that I canāt fix it - unfortunately thereās nothing I can do about that as for the Javascript to work I have to define a display size for āmainimageā and then a display size for the thumbnails, as the thumbnails are not actually thumbnails at all but the same image resized - what you see as the main pic in the toy viewer is actually that respective thumbnail blown up to a larger size, and so you canāt make the display size interchangeable with that scriptā¦
If we were working in a regular (old-fashioned HTML) site then I probably could set this up a different way as Iād be able to create a Javascript function to insert into the section of the document that took these things into account, but with WordPress I donāt know how to do this so have had to create an internal āonClickā Javascript event handler.
I think the answer is probably lost in the mists of time, LOL! I always did wonder why it was missing, which is why Iām stoked to see it now!
Anything else any of you guys need, please donāt hesitate to LMK, Iām enjoying helping!
Sorry Neil for the delayā¦I havent used Andrews tex because to tell you the truth it is not something I would use since most of it is not really a description but sort of a commentary he made. Not suitable IMO
Anyways here here the links to what Ive completed so far:
Ok, no problem I think it might be a good idea to post the links to each toy guide page (on first post of this thread) then when it comes to making the main index page of the toy guide, all the links will be just a copy and paste, instead of trawling through Wordpress for each.
Let me know if you want me to do that Manny or if you want to cool.
Oh! Do we have pics we can use of the Laser Saber Two Packs? (Bengali, Mumm-Ra, Captain Shiner and Lion-O?) If so Iād like to add those to the guide!
As far as I know we dont have any pictures availableā¦I dont think it would be a problem to get them from Robimusā auction page for the Bengaliā¦as far as Mumm-Ra i think he has it too but not sure if he has Lion-O or Capt Shiner. If you can get those that would be great.
Im not sure if the links will work since i believe the word relaunch (in the links) will probably be dropped from them
Damn your right! Iāve linked to a ton of pages within the toy guide and kept ārelaunchā in the links! Oh well, just before the switch is pressed for the relaunch Iāll go back and change them
and Iāve just finished the Fist Pounder page Iāll do the Thunderwings and Luna Lasher next. Will also slightly edit the Thundertank page so the treads are removed from the viewer and placed in the āAccessoriesā section. Should keep me busy tonight.
Hoping we can get loose pics of the other Laser Sabers and Stilt Runner so we can complete the guide just about!
Cheers Manny, just completed that page along with the Thunder Wings. Iāve also updated the Thundertank page by moving the treads out of the viewer and in the accessories section of the page.
However the images in the viewer look a bit odd now. Iād have fixed this by deleting some of the cells no longer needed, but I darenāt incase I mess up the page entirely! Chris could you sort that out for me? Iām thinking 3 pics at the top, then the other 2 below.
Iām hoping to have the Luna Lasher completed tomorrow. Then all is left is the Red Laser Saber/Adding loose pics of Red, Blue and Orange Sabers, adding loose pics of the Stilt Runner to the viewer (when we have some) and possibly getting the pages up for the 4 Laser Sabers Two-Packs! I actually plan on opening a thread to ask fellow fans for the following:
-Stilt Runner (front, back, side and close up of waist piece loose pics)
-Laser Sabers (front, back and side of Blue, Red and Orange)
-Bengali wearing Orange Laser Saber
-Lion-O wearing Blue Laser Saber
-Mumm-Ra wearing Red Laser Saber
Iāll also contact robimus_prime to see if we can get pics of his packaged Laser Sabers Two-Packs for the guide
Hey Neil, well done with this page - Iāve had a go at correcting the issues you were experiencing with the viewer thumbs. Unfortunately making an odd number of table cells (i.e., three in the top row and two underneath) align centrally is harder than you might think - in the end I achieved it by applying percentage widths to the ācolspanā property in the table cells. This was a lot of work, LOL!
Now, even with this, itās flagged up one display problem in that the text on the left and right cells are now left- and right-aligned respectively. Youāll see what I mean when you check out the page. Iāve spent ages on this but canāt find a way round the problem, so I think we may have to grin and bare that one - if I think of a way to fix it, Iāll go back in and do so!
On the positive side - Iāve also managed to fix the issue about the āDescriptionā, etc., text not lining up properly with the text next to it. It was so obvious I donāt know why I didnāt think of it before - Iām getting old and thick!! :duh: At this stage I think itās more important to get the Toy Section in the new site as complete as we can ready for the relaunch in a few weeks, but later on down the road if you remind me Iāll go in and change the other pages, itās just a simple little line of code that needs adding to each of the red bits of text.
Anything else you need, LMK - Iām experiencing computer problems at the moment and am about to make the jump from Windows to Mac, but should be able to do it smoothly and will do everything I can to help!
EDIT: Oh yes, and I will say if you can possibly avoid it, I would strongly recommend you AVOID editing the Thundertank page using the āVisualā tab :), as this will almost certainly cause WordPress to impose its own edits upon this page and thus ruin the way it displays!
Unfortunately if I use html editing Iāll be working on one page until next christmas and mess said page up to boot Thatās what happened with the Mumm-Raās Tomb page when I started altering the htmlā¦ Iām just not good with this stuff full stop
I think youāre being modest as you helped teach me in my very, very early days, but I know that some of the pages Iāve had to set up for the new site are very complex-lookingā¦
If you wanted to use another vehicle page as a template, for example the Sky Cutter one I put together, IMO this wouldnāt be a problem at all! Itās purely that I know how WordPress loves to apply its own ideas as to how pages should look when edited in the Visual tab and for the Thundertank page I think it would break it!
text size and making text a link! Not quite whatās needed to make the pages display like they do on these new site pages! lol
Actually when doing the pages Iāve actually been using the Sky Cutter template. I only messed with the Thundertank page to put the treads in the correct place. Otherwise Iād have not touched it at all. In future should I ask you to amend the pages in this kinda case once Iāve edited the pics etcā¦?
I think it depends what youāre doing - the Thundertank one was just a bit tricky because you wanted an uneven number of images (3 on the top row, 2 on the bottom). Other bits and pieces are not so bad, for example you did an absolutely first-class job on the Cats Lair page, the only thing I had to correct on that was a very easy fix - so if you want to have a go at modifying any pages IMO you always can, I definitely donāt want to discourage you from having a go at doing them, but equally Iām always happy to help with anything you need!
Thanks Neil and just to think that we have put this all together in less than a month is outstanding. Hopefully there wont be a TCL v4.0 in the near future
Quick thought - do you guys need me to cook up an index page for the LJN Toy Guide, linking to all the pages? LMK what you need and Iāll add it to the stuff I need to do - again, you guys have done a terrific job with all this, thanks so much!
I cant speak for Neil but I think we can now safely say that the toy section is basically complete and launch ready except of course the index pages linking to everything. If you can work that our Chris that would be awesome. Also if you can do that for the minis as well that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much Chris for helping us out so muchā¦I can say that if it werent for your help and the awesome templates youve given us it wouldve been very hard for us to port over the entire toy section.
Its amazing how we managed to pull together and now weāre looking at launching the minis and merchandise sections. Good stufff
Well, not quite complete in that I still have to port over the Dealer Catalogues, LJN Mini-Catalogues, and a couple of other bits and pieces. Nevertheless, I think itās fair to say that you guys have broken the back of the work, and it would now be realistic for the entire Toy Section (including the bits I just mentioned) to be moved over by the time of the relaunch in a few weeks!
Index pages, leave that with me and Iāll get on them ASAP!
Thatās really kind of you to say, MannyC - honestly, itās been my pleasure to help. Seeing what an amazing job you guys have done with these pages has been awesome!
Completely agree, I think this siteās best days are still in front of it, and thatās down in no small part to the terrific work that you guys have put in and are still putting in - seeing the energy and commitment youāve given to all of this reminds me of the early days of the site when this team forum was buzzing with new content and new pages, Iām really convinced that 2011 is going to be a golden year for ThunderCats Lair!
I noticed it too and it bugs me a bit that I canāt fix it - unfortunately thereās nothing I can do about that as for the Javascript to work I have to define a display size for āmainimageā and then a display size for the thumbnails, as the thumbnails are not actually thumbnails at all but the same image resized - what you see as the main pic in the toy viewer is actually that respective thumbnail blown up to a larger size, and so you canāt make the display size interchangeable with that scriptā¦ 
