New FTLOP Emoticon!

[Stewart T.]

We have a new emoticon!

Thanks to Julian Wiseman for providing this emoticon for us!

If you type in the code ":ftlop:" or ":FTLOP:" (without the quotes) you will get the following icon:



Thanks Julian! Very much appreciated. It will keep all of us from having to type "For The Love Of Port" all the time :)

[Roy Hersh]

Seems like an eternity, but very much worth the wait. Thanks to Julian and Stewart for making this a reality!

[Julian D. A. Wiseman]

No, the emoticon isn’t the point. The point is the favicon: that little 16x16 identification that appears in the URL bar, and on the menu next to the bookmark. And that isn’t yet there. Please put the .ico (distinguished from the .gif) at root, called favicon.ico (so at www.fortheloveofport.com/favicon.ico).

Also note old thread on this subject.

[Julian D. A. Wiseman]

The point is the favicon: that little 16x16 identification that appears in the URL bar, and on the menu next to the bookmark. And that isn’t yet there. Please put the .ico (distinguished from the .gif) at root, called favicon.ico (so at www.fortheloveofport.com/favicon.ico).

Stewart did this, then un-did it. Reminder: please could it be re-done?

[Erik Wiechers]

I also thought the intention of Julian was to made a flavicon, NOT a emoticon. Flavicons look nice in your list of favorites, makes it easier to recognize the bookmarks.
So please, re-do it.

[Roy Hersh]

I agree that this is something that needs attention and should be done sooner rather than later. Thanks to Julian for this, although I am fond of the emoticon too!

[Julian D. A. Wiseman]

a flavicon, NOT a emoticon. Flavicons look nice

Commendation for a brilliant spelling error. Was it deliberate?

[Erik Wiechers]

error ? What error ?

[Julian D. A. Wiseman]

It works!

[David Spriggs]

It works!

[Julian D. A. Wiseman]

As a reminder, I have designed a favicon for .

Only took half a year to get in place!

If any should want this icon in PostScript, I have a routine taking a numeric size parameter, and a boolean colour|b&w parameter, as follows.

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% size  colour?  ForTheLoveOfPortIcon  -
% The favicon of ForTheLoveOfPort.com, lower-left at currentpoint, width=height=size
/ForTheLoveOfPortIcon
{
	4 dict begin
	/colour exch def
	16 div /s exch def
	currentpoint /y exch def /x exch def
	newpath

	% red or gray
	colour {0.6  0  0 setrgbcolor} {0.25 setgray} ifelse

	% bottle liquid
	x s add y s add moveto
	s 10 mul 0 rlineto
	0 s 4 mul rlineto
	s -10 mul 0 rlineto
	closepath  gsave fill grestore

	% Black
	0 setgray

	% bottle glass
	x y moveto
	0 s 6 mul rlineto
	s 12 mul 0 rlineto
	0 s -2 mul rlineto
	s 4 mul 0 rlineto
	0 s -2 mul rlineto
	s -4 mul 0 rlineto
	0 s -2 mul rlineto
	closepath  fill

	% F
	x y s 7 mul add moveto
	0 s 9 mul rlineto
	s 2 mul 0 rlineto
	0 s neg rlineto
	s neg 0 rlineto
	0 s -3 mul rlineto
	s 0 rlineto
	0 s neg rlineto
	s neg 0 rlineto
	0 s -4 mul rlineto
	closepath  fill

	% T
	x s 4 mul add y s 7 mul add moveto
	0 s 8 mul rlineto
	s neg 0 rlineto
	0 s rlineto
	s 3 mul 0 rlineto
	0 s neg rlineto
	s neg 0 rlineto
	0 s -8 mul rlineto
	closepath  fill

	% L
	x s 7 mul add y s 7 mul add moveto
	0 s 9 mul rlineto
	s 0 rlineto
	0 s -8 mul rlineto
	s 0 rlineto
	0 s neg rlineto
	closepath  fill

	% o
	x s 10 mul add y s 9 mul add moveto
	0 s rlineto
	s neg 0 rlineto
	0 s 5 mul rlineto
	s 0 rlineto
	0 s rlineto
	s 0 rlineto
	0 s neg rlineto
	s 0 rlineto
	0 s -5 mul rlineto
	s neg 0 rlineto
	0 s neg rlineto
	closepath
	x s 10 mul add y s 10 mul add moveto
	s 0 rlineto
	0 s 5 mul rlineto
	s neg 0 rlineto
	closepath  fill

	% red or gray
	colour {0.6  0  0 setrgbcolor} {0.25 setgray} ifelse

	% P
	x s 13 mul add y s 5 mul add moveto
	0 s 11 mul rlineto
	s 3 mul 0 rlineto
	0 s -6 mul rlineto
	s -2 mul 0 rlineto
	0 s -5 mul rlineto
	closepath
	x s 14 mul add y s 11 mul add moveto
	s 0 rlineto
	0 s 4 mul rlineto
	s neg 0 rlineto
	closepath  fill
} def  % ForTheLoveOfPortIcon

[Roy Hersh]

Here, J. D. A. Wiseman, at 17:08 on Fri 16 May 2008, wrote:
As a reminder, I have designed a favicon for .Only took half a year to get in place!

Imagine if we only had a Forum to worry about.