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#1 2009-12-14 00:42:37

andresmh
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Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

All sites have a 404 page. This is the page that shows up when the content that you're looking for does not exist. You probably have seen ours, if not, here it is. It's kind of boring, no?

A lot of websites have really cool 404 pages. Here are some cool examples to get you thinking.

I think our current 404 page is a bit boring so I thought  that since we have a very creative community of it would be great if  YOU could design an illustration to show  on our 404 page.  Please, submit your proposals! The more Scratch-related, simpler, cuter, funnier, cleverer... the better. Of course these metrics are totally subjective so you'll have to agree with our decision  smile

This is one of the most viewed pages in most sites, including ours! It would be great to have your art there!  smile  We can accept only one image, but feel free to  collaborate with others or work on your own in making one. Your username will be properly attributed.

Scratch on!

The size limitations are somewhat flexible, of course, we don't want a huge image but also not a tiny one. Think about what would look good in a computer with resolution of 1024x768 or higher. Here is, roughly, the space that you can imagine your image would be displayed:

http://rookery5.aviary.com/storagev12/2673500/2673647_0cd4_625x625.jpg


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#2 2009-12-14 00:52:21

Chrischb
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Wow... so many announcements today.  tongue
....................................
Hmm... I might try this.

Maybe a Scratch Cat with a speech bubble...?

I'll have a think.  smile

Note: Check the BBcode on the link for examples...  tongue

Last edited by Chrischb (2009-12-14 00:53:18)


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#3 2009-12-14 01:07:53

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

I'm done! I took a Scratch Cat from Wikipedia, took a speech bubble and attached it, and I was finished.

Hmm... that didn't take much work.  hmm
But I'm pleased with it anyway.  smile

Here it is:
http://www.imagebeast.net/images/c1yze6wtb7kqjrznisk2.png

Last edited by Chrischb (2009-12-14 03:27:49)


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#4 2009-12-14 04:20:11

Paddle2See
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Cool design, Chrischb!


http://i39.tinypic.com/2nav6o7.gif

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#5 2009-12-14 04:31:42

fanofcena
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Well i want something to be animated will post tomorrow is it ok


http://i53.tinypic.com/2vxr2c0.png Click whats above u might make a cute planet happy ^_^

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#6 2009-12-14 05:07:00

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Great work, Chrischb! It looks so splendid! But what makes me like it most is that it's so... ideal. It's just so perfect having the Scratch Cat there, saying that stuff. It's brilliant!

And it looks nice.

I won't bother doing my own... you did great. I love it.

By the way, fanofcena, I don't think animating will work... Andrés wants an image, after all.  hmm


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#7 2009-12-14 05:10:45

Chrischb
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Paddle2See wrote:

Cool design, Chrischb!

Thanks! I was worried if it was too rushed.  smile


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#8 2009-12-14 05:38:35

andresmh
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

I'd rather have an image with not much text in it because translating text inside images is more complicated than translating plain text.


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#9 2009-12-14 05:43:43

fanofcena
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

andresmh wrote:

I'd rather have an image with not much text in it because translating text inside images is more complicated than translating plain text.

Well then why cant the image he posted be used intact and just with a link down there to go back i mean the whole image with the text in it


http://i53.tinypic.com/2vxr2c0.png Click whats above u might make a cute planet happy ^_^

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#10 2009-12-14 06:15:28

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

I'll used Chrischb's image but got ride of the text so here it is.


http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8122/scratchtop.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8223/scratchleft.pngText goes here ....................................................http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9926/scratchright.png
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3447/scratchbottom.png

Now what does this look like?

Edit: That looks ok.

Each line must use a certain amount of characters. Replace the dots with a space.

You should see my error page on my site
http://www.what-thess.com/whatsallthisthen
have fun looking at it.

Last edited by what-the (2009-12-14 07:00:12)


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#11 2009-12-14 09:01:38

Magnie
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Unless no one has mentioned it... Andres you should probably take out the IP. o.O

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#12 2009-12-14 11:33:04

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Here's mine:

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy352/bwogg/404.jpg

Not high quality, but it's original!

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#13 2009-12-14 11:38:08

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

What if it's like the one there is now and then

404 Our server is Scratching it's head
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1871/sadscratch.png

Or a big 404 beside it

Last edited by Mr_X (2009-12-14 11:42:05)


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#14 2009-12-14 13:04:14

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

How about this? I made it with GIMP ^^
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2387/the404page.png
If you think I should change anything, just say:)

Last edited by Targethero (2009-12-14 19:21:06)


http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3981/targethero2.png http://ls.gd/bo

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#15 2009-12-14 13:16:37

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

That one's good


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#16 2009-12-14 15:13:21

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

I like the idiom "The server is 'scratching' it's head" still  tongue

But nice ideas people have made...


http://i.imgur.com/WBkM2QQ.png

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#17 2009-12-14 16:27:55

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

I made two  smile . There supposed to be more fun, not serious. I also used a transparent background  tongue

(I didn't include anything like "This page wasn't found" because that's already at the top of the page, right?)

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/06dknibbs/404-1.gif?

http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/06dknibbs/404-2.gif?


http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/06dknibbs/Untitled-3-6.jpg

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#18 2009-12-14 16:51:48

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Here is my contribution:

Localization friendly (read: no text)

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g228/BoltBait/404ErrorImage1.png

Last edited by BoltBait (2009-12-14 18:11:28)


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#19 2009-12-14 17:57:24

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Here's mine:
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu259/The-Whiz_photos/Error404.gif
The cat got kind of pixelized when I uploaded it...

Thanks to BATzerk for the cat sprite.

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#20 2009-12-14 18:06:04

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Targethero wrote:

How about this? I made it with GIMP ^^
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2387/the404page.png
If you tink I should change anything, just say:)

This one is my favorite so far.


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#21 2009-12-14 18:12:00

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

Targethero wrote:

How about this? I made it with GIMP ^^
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2387/the404page.png
If you tink I should change anything, just say:)

Thats great, but you spelled something wrong  tongue


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#22 2009-12-14 18:38:12

ThePCKid
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

andresmh wrote:

All sites have a 404 page. This is the page that shows up when the content that you're looking for does not exist. You probably have seen ours, if not, here it is. It's kind of boring, no?

A lot of websites have really cool 404 pages. Here are some cool examples to get you thinking.

I think our current 404 page is a bit boring so I thought  that since we have a very creative community of it would be great if  YOU could design an illustration to show  on our 404 page.  Please, submit your proposals! The more Scratch-related, simpler, cuter, funnier, cleverer... the better. Of course these metrics are totally subjective so you'll have to agree with our decision  smile

This is one of the most viewed pages in most sites, including ours! It would be great to have your art there!  smile  We can accept only one image, but feel free to  collaborate with others or work on your own in making one. Your username will be properly attributed.

Scratch on!

The size limitations are somewhat flexible, of course, we don't want a huge image but also not a tiny one. Think about what would look good in a computer with resolution of 1024x768 or higher. Here is, roughly, the space that you can imagine your image would be displayed:

http://rookery5.aviary.com/storagev12/2 … 25x625.jpg

LOL! Maybe we can do something funny?

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#23 2009-12-14 19:06:23

Targethero
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

pinochio wrote:

Targethero wrote:

How about this? I made it with GIMP ^^
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2387/the404page.png
If you tink I should change anything, just say:)

Thats great, but you spelled something wrong  tongue

Woops! Thanks for telling me!

Ok fixed.  big_smile


http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3981/targethero2.png http://ls.gd/bo

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#24 2009-12-14 19:44:02

henley
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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

http://i45.tinypic.com/jgnl3n.png
Any rumination? (Consideration) I want to add more, but I also wanted to keep it unelaborated.


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#25 2009-12-14 19:46:43

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Re: Looking for an image to adorn Scratch's most popular page: the 404

henley wrote:

http://i45.tinypic.com/jgnl3n.png
Any rumination? (Consideration) I want to add more, but I also wanted to keep it unelaborated.

Henley, just a sidenote: Chop off some of the pics in your sig. You are not allowed to have that many. I got warned once!  lol


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