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* Telling TR to use local images: once for every mage/server round you play | * Telling TR to use local images: once for every mage/server round you play | ||
| − | =Get the image-directory= | + | =Installation steps= |
| + | ==Get the image-directory== | ||
* Download them from [http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/main/skin.html above adress]. | * Download them from [http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/main/skin.html above adress]. | ||
* Unzip them into a new, empty directory. | * Unzip them into a new, empty directory. | ||
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** having this .html file will help you test your local WWW server is working. | ** having this .html file will help you test your local WWW server is working. | ||
| − | =Make your local machine talk the HTML: protocol= | + | ==Make your local machine talk the HTML: protocol== |
(if you didn't have something like it installed already). | (if you didn't have something like it installed already). | ||
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* Please realise that you open your http:// directory to anyone who knows your IP-adress. You may want to prevent that through settings of your firewall and/or your WWW-server. | * Please realise that you open your http:// directory to anyone who knows your IP-adress. You may want to prevent that through settings of your firewall and/or your WWW-server. | ||
| − | =Let TR know where your local pics are stored= | + | ==Let TR know where your local pics are stored== |
* Surf to The-Reincarnation page | * Surf to The-Reincarnation page | ||
* Login to your mage | * Login to your mage | ||
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* if you ever want to change it back: go there again, tag change skin dir and blank out the entry. | * if you ever want to change it back: go there again, tag change skin dir and blank out the entry. | ||
| − | =Trouble shooting= | + | =Trouble shooting installation= |
| + | ==It does not work at all== | ||
* If you end up with very white TR pages, your browser cannot find a .css file (class style sheet, the layout file for TR pages) | * If you end up with very white TR pages, your browser cannot find a .css file (class style sheet, the layout file for TR pages) | ||
** likely you mistyped the adress of your image directory | ** likely you mistyped the adress of your image directory | ||
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* it could be you accidently deleted your local mainmenu.css [http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/mainmenu.css Right click save as.. here] | * it could be you accidently deleted your local mainmenu.css [http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/mainmenu.css Right click save as.. here] | ||
| + | ==It works except for some pictures== | ||
* If you end up with pictures with occasional red cross picture, like this: http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/missingfile.jpg | * If you end up with pictures with occasional red cross picture, like this: http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/missingfile.jpg | ||
** that picture is missing (image files are not up to date/code has changed...) | ** that picture is missing (image files are not up to date/code has changed...) | ||
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** or go find it on the live version of the-reincarnation: <nowiki>http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/filename.jpg</nowiki> and save it from there. | ** or go find it on the live version of the-reincarnation: <nowiki>http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/filename.jpg</nowiki> and save it from there. | ||
| − | == | + | ==known to be missing pictures== |
* Own Guild/Allied icons in ranking list. [http://www.the-reincarnation.com/viewtopic.php?t=10421] | * Own Guild/Allied icons in ranking list. [http://www.the-reincarnation.com/viewtopic.php?t=10421] | ||
** locations of pictures..... ____________________unknown so far_________ | ** locations of pictures..... ____________________unknown so far_________ | ||
=Advanced stuff= | =Advanced stuff= | ||
| + | ==CSS file customizing== | ||
* customize your .css file to your likings. | * customize your .css file to your likings. | ||
* This is the link to a retro-style sheet [http://beta.the-reincarnation.com/images/retro.css retro.css] from beta. By DaveMCW. | * This is the link to a retro-style sheet [http://beta.the-reincarnation.com/images/retro.css retro.css] from beta. By DaveMCW. | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 28 January 2007
Customized TR look
Why would you want that?
- To reduce page-load times if you have a slow connection
- To make it look like your good old AM (See section 6 for the retro.css file)
This page tells you how to set such up. Note that there is also an old method mentioned on the UBB/portal. That one used the FILE:-statement, but for current browser versions this no longer works, neither in Firefox/Mozilla, nor in IE. The reason for this is that allowing non-local pages to use FILE:-statements is considered a security risk. Therefore it is by default disabled in your browser, and you are adviced to leave it that way.
What to do?
- download the image files, from here for example
- setup your computer so it can get to files on your machine using the HTML protocol (have a simple local webserver running)
- setup your TR-account so it knows where on your machine to find the local files.
How much trouble is this
- installing local webserver: once
- running local webserver: always (put it in windows start-up)
- downloading set of images: occasionally, (when developers change something on that front)
- Telling TR to use local images: once for every mage/server round you play
Installation steps
Get the image-directory
- Download them from above adress.
- Unzip them into a new, empty directory.
- indoing so they make a new subdirectory images.
- These files should contain all images currently in use by the game (sometimes the image file is not totally up to date, few images may be missing - bug the developers on the UBB forum!).
- What I do is open Notepad, and type a small text like this:
- <HTML>
- <h1>MY TR SKIN HOME</h1>
- I extracted my downloaded ZIP files in a subdirectory in here.
- </HTML>
- <HTML>
- and save that as "index.html" (with the " " around the filename, otherwise it becomes index.html.txt)
- in the same directory as where you extracted the zip files.
- having this .html file will help you select the WWW root directory.
- having this .html file will help you test your local WWW server is working.
Make your local machine talk the HTML: protocol
(if you didn't have something like it installed already).
- Download a freeware simple local webserver program. My choice was AnalogX SimpleServer:WWW.
- Install it.
- Start it.
- You may have to tell your firewall this program is allowed to act like a server (preferably only in your local network/TRUSTED zone).
- You will have to tell it what directory to use as 'WWW root':
- Set it to the directory where you just extracted your ZIP files to and where you made the index.html file.
Once it is running,
- Open your webbrowser
- go open this adress http://127.0.0.1
- if you see the text from the previous section, you are all good!
- You may want to have the webserver program start up everytime you turn on your computer. Drag and drop the icon to the Startup-folder in your Windows menu for that.
- Please realise that you open your http:// directory to anyone who knows your IP-adress. You may want to prevent that through settings of your firewall and/or your WWW-server.
Let TR know where your local pics are stored
- Surf to The-Reincarnation page
- Login to your mage
- Go to options
- change the skin directory by tagging and typing new adress: http://127.0.0.1/ [subdir]
- Whether or not you need to fill in the [subdir] part, depends on where exactly you extracted the ZIP file, and what directory exactly you made the WWW-root.
- if you ever want to change it back: go there again, tag change skin dir and blank out the entry.
Trouble shooting installation
It does not work at all
- If you end up with very white TR pages, your browser cannot find a .css file (class style sheet, the layout file for TR pages)
- likely you mistyped the adress of your image directory
- try adding " /images " or even " /images/ "
- watch your caPiTaLs
- it could be you accidently deleted your local mainmenu.css Right click save as.. here
It works except for some pictures
- If you end up with pictures with occasional red cross picture, like this: http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/missingfile.jpg
- that picture is missing (image files are not up to date/code has changed...)
- right click the red cross icon to see what filename it was looking for
- either make your own 'dummy' replacement
- or go find it on the live version of the-reincarnation: http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/filename.jpg and save it from there.
known to be missing pictures
- Own Guild/Allied icons in ranking list. [1]
- locations of pictures..... ____________________unknown so far_________
Advanced stuff
CSS file customizing
- customize your .css file to your likings.
- This is the link to a retro-style sheet retro.css from beta. By DaveMCW.
