Post by: mweed on March 16, 2009, 10:05:58 PM
We need to spread the word about the forums, and one of the best ways is to link to here. So what we need are some catchy images to use as links to the Bob the Pleo forums.
The rules are simple. Design a small image (anywhere from 35x16 to 185x48 pixels) that is eye-catching and lets people know its a link to the Bob the Pleo forums. You have until March 27th to post your best shots. You may enter up to 5 images per person. Images must be .gif, .jpg, or .png images.
Depending on the number of entrants, I'll narrow the field to the top 4-7. I'll let everyone on the forums vote from the finalists for one week, and we'll put those finalists to the test to see which garners the most hits from the real world during the same week. The results will be tallied, and the winner will get a signed copy of their favorite Bob the Pleo strip!
So, are we overdoing it with too many contests all at once? ;)
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 16, 2009, 10:15:53 PM
This one is right up my alley :D
But wow that's not very big at all :o
(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r358/EStar5Diva/Testbanner.gif?t=1237264145)
Oh oh oh *has brainwave*...
(http://s352.photobucket.com/albums/r358/EStar5Diva/th_Pleobanner-1.gif)
Can we do animation?
Post by: degers on March 17, 2009, 04:32:20 AM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 17, 2009, 04:41:19 PM
Has anyone just asked Ugobe to put a note on their site, I mean its to their own benefit to encourage awareness in the brand... If there still is a brand :'(
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on March 17, 2009, 05:48:01 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 17, 2009, 06:15:55 PM
How many countries are Pleo's sold in ???
Post by: mweed on March 17, 2009, 09:17:15 PM
Post by: fancyfont on March 17, 2009, 11:47:04 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 18, 2009, 12:23:14 AM
Post by: PLEOGALINBC on March 18, 2009, 06:49:23 PM
Post by: mweed on March 24, 2009, 02:25:49 PM
Post by: degers on March 24, 2009, 03:59:01 PM
Post by: 49er on March 24, 2009, 04:51:22 PM
Thanks a bunch for sharing that info degers, that was cool! One thing I noticed we have no members from asia, russia, nor much of africa. Can we be linked to pleoroom? Or are we already? ??? ??? ???
I recently joined Facebook and found a link to Ugobe's Fan Club. I found 12 in the Bay Area that I sent invites to our Pleo Meet in SF. But anyway, of the 195 in the group that listed a country these are the ones I found (in no particular order) : Greece, Denmark, England, Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Italy, France, Canada, Switzerland, Malaysia, Lebanon, Japan, Finland, Russia, South Africa, Bolivia, Israel, Germany, United Arab Emirates and Taiwan.
Post by: PLEOGALINBC on March 24, 2009, 05:33:39 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 24, 2009, 05:35:06 PM
Lovely choice of color on the writing too :)
Post by: PLEOGALINBC on March 24, 2009, 05:37:02 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 24, 2009, 06:15:27 PM
For the blinking you have two frames one with the word and one without and you just get the animator to flick from one to the other and back again. Each word or letter has to be done separately before combining them in the animation program.
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 26, 2009, 11:54:00 PM
(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r358/EStar5Diva/Pleolargebutton.gif?t=1238133006)
Post by: 49er on March 27, 2009, 12:39:09 AM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 27, 2009, 12:59:00 AM
Post by: 49er on March 27, 2009, 04:31:27 AM
Post by: mweed on March 27, 2009, 03:00:39 PM
Only a few more hours to enter!!!
And speaking of contests, we had a chili cook-off at the office today. My chili won second place! And I got a picture of Bob with Drew Pearson.
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on March 27, 2009, 04:05:20 PM
Post by: fancyfont on March 27, 2009, 04:10:45 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 27, 2009, 05:18:20 PM
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Okay I know this will be disqualified, but I am being stubborn and am entering it anyway....
Stylish and practical :)
On the advertising note I told Harvey Normans here to direct people to this website since pleoworld is defunct and they put a note on their computer systems, if you see any shops selling Pleo's and you have time drop in and let them know they might do the same.
Post by: 49er on March 28, 2009, 07:49:01 AM
How come second, Mweed? Was it a little too spicy for judges? :P
I didn't know that the term "too spicy" could be applied to chili. ;)
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on March 28, 2009, 09:06:18 AM
QuoteOkay I know this will be disqualified, but I am being stubborn and am entering it anyway....
Stylish and practical :)
On the advertising note I told Harvey Normans here to direct people to this website since pleoworld is defunct and they put a note on their computer systems, if you see any shops selling Pleo's and you have time drop in and let them know they might do the same.
Yep!! Whenever Sophie goes out with me, I direct people to bobthepleo first, and then pleoworld 2nd!! :-D
Post by: allosaurus on March 28, 2009, 01:14:47 PM
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on March 28, 2009, 01:18:43 PM
Post by: allosaurus on March 28, 2009, 01:20:40 PM
I have no chance of winning, in case you couldn't tell. I entered anyway, purely for fun. That is what the contests are all about, just for fun.
I only have a paint program, anyways. Not even photoshop. :o
And I don't know how to make animations, either!
See my problem? :-[
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on March 28, 2009, 01:50:34 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 28, 2009, 05:12:24 PM
How to make an animated gif:
First work out how you want it to look and how many frames it will take. (A frame is every single change you want to appear) for example:
My 'where oh where' Pleo ad uses just five frames, one of each picture, I draw them in paint and save them as pleo1.gif, pleo2.gif and so on...
I animate it with a program called unFREEz by dragging each frame in order from 1 to 5 into the 'frames' box, then I set the options, check the loop animation box and enter 500 cs under frame delay and then save :) PLEASE NOTE: You cannot view animated .gifs on most computers, you will need to upload them to photobucket or similar to see the animation.
My third entry there the one that has each letter appearing after the other took 35 frames, one for each letter and two for the website part, the frame rate on that one was 30 cs. (I think :-\)
Added tips:
To create a pause drag the same frame in several times in a row, to make something blink drag one frame, then the next frame, then drag another of the first frame back in, repeat as desired.
If you like I can do a proper tutorial for it, but you need to play with it to get an idea of how it works :)
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on March 28, 2009, 09:29:46 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 28, 2009, 10:08:38 PM
*daydreams* one day I will fork over the money for some better software... just to see what I can do with it...
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on March 28, 2009, 10:25:54 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 28, 2009, 11:25:06 PM
Post by: kisumi on March 29, 2009, 02:51:23 PM
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 29, 2009, 06:36:15 PM
Pleo's are becoming very rare here too :( But fortunately the Aussie dollar seems to be making a comeback so buying from the US might become more feasible :)
Post by: grumpy on March 31, 2009, 09:11:39 AM
InmemoryofRomeo!
Congratulations! Her second entry was selected as the winner:
(http://s352.photobucket.com/albums/r358/EStar5Diva/th_Pleobanner-1.gif)
She has selected as her winning strip, one of the Valentine themed strips:
(http://bobthepleo.com/pleo/comics/bob/bob_0236_20090206.jpg)
Let's all give her a big hand for all her hard work!
I'll be sure to add all these great entries into the forum link topic in case anyone wants to use them to help promote the forums on other sites . . . ;) ;)
Post by: 49er on March 31, 2009, 09:35:54 AM
Post by: fancyfont on March 31, 2009, 10:02:31 AM
Post by: gucci_boi7782 on March 31, 2009, 11:23:35 AM
Congratulations InmemoryofRomeo!!!
Whoo-hoo!! Now how can we post that to facebook??? ;-)
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 31, 2009, 04:25:38 PM
Aw thanks everyone :)
I will add them to my Send a Pleo application on facebook so you can send them to everyone ;)