Fencer: Crumbs well I only use it so that I don,t have to go all the way round the world to sign in to my other browser. I can try another browser though sometime. Thanks very much!

Mousetrap: What is "Avant Browser"? I recommend to use something, uh, you know what I mean.

Is anyone else still having trouble with posting? I userally have to highlight everything before I can read my posts. It has been going on ever since the new layout.

Any possible way to make a smiley flip* with a simple code before, after, or in the smiley code?

* For example: on BBW's profile you could have one of the wolves 'flip' so the nose is pointed in opposite directions on either side of BBW's name!

It would be nice for making cool messages and nicer yet for cool profiles!

Andersp: Now it's flying in both directions.

TeamBundy: Using a Firefox 1.0.7 is not a good idea anyway. You should upgrade to 2.0, at least for security reasons.
But don't panic - I am just putting the dragon to the CSS layer completely, so it will be associated only with the Castle style in all aspects. And it's the cleanest solution, even from the programmer's point of view.

and... the first thing that appeared after changing to the "no-fonts mode" was.... yes... The dragon! Any help on how to get rid of it? I'd appreciate it very much!

P.S. The fact that the dragon appears here as well pretty much nullifies my previous comment...

BIG BAD WOLF: If i understood correctly, the only way to shut off the dragon is by selecting the "No fonts" option. Am I correct?

I didn't exactly understood who put the dragon in (I would have imagine it coming from either Fencer or Liquid, but I don't quite follow why Pauloguia made a comment where it sounded like it was him. The reason for this question/comment is that I find it bad that things just pop up for no particular reason and that the only way to eliminate it, is by deselecting most of the design. This makes all the work put into the design as somewhat of a waste, as due to some annoying thing, one prefers to get rid of it, even at the price of just turning the design into its simplest mode.

The reason it annoys me, is actually not its flying. The reason is that in the browsers window, a "loading" message starts showing a loading message in the bottom part of the window. It's distracting from what one is currently doing (moving, thinking, writing messages). It kind of feels like somebody is poking you while being only (characteristically of annoying people or kids :-) ).

Anyway, I just wanted to add my comment with regard to the Dragon. Cheers!

BIG BAD WOLF: Oops, I have forgotten that some people could be using their own styles. It will be disabled for them soon.

In a fellowship, as a BIG BOSS you can send 2 types of messages - (1) message to all members and (2) message to everyone in one team.

Now I know if someone turned off the "get message from BIG BOSS" option, they will not get the message sent to everyone. But will they get the message that is sent to everyone on the team?

I just need to know if I can use that option to get to everyone, or if I should send individual messages to each member. Thanks.

BIG BAD WOLF: THank you Thank you Thank you!!! that worked.

rod03801: I think I figured it out.

Even though we use my own .css file, in settings, the choice is still set to castle.

Choose the "No Font" option. Since you are still using a .css file, it will still show up the same, but the buggy dragon will no longer be there. Wow, what a waste of a day tracing this bug.....

pauloaguia: A feature is something that does something - makes something better - this has no effect other then a little "flash" - nothing I would call a feature - a bug since he did not program a way to turn if off BEFORE he introduced it. It reminds me when redesigning our Hot Air Balloon website, I had all these little hot air balloons floating on the screen - it was REALLY cool. But even though it was really cool and worked very well for my browser, I did not realize that it messed some people up to the point that they were unable to see the site. Looking back, I know the extra fun "flash" for the site, I should have made it an option to turn on/off. Anyway, I'm babbleing now....

pauloaguia: Maybe it's just BBW's style, because I saw him mention it too. It seems to slow down my cursor in these text boxes too.
Please give us a way to shut it off!

rod03801: I've tried switching to castle, clicking on any page (to activate the dragon) and then switchingback to simple style. The dragon still appears (since the source code has been created while I had the castle style) and the dragon flew by many many links (I was at the translator tool). They all work... Maybe it's a bug in the browser you're using...

Ifso many people are having problems with it, then I'd assume they're using a personal stylesheet. Apparently, in this case the code for the castle is still being assumed, since I can only see the HTML for the dragon when castly stylesheet is selected. Maybe Fencer forgot to exclude personal stylesheets as well...

Fencer: It's good to see a feature that finally bares no complaints from Opera users, unlike from other browser(s). It works perfectly in Opera

pauloaguia: Ahh.. it probably matters which style you use. The style I use has the links starting right at the top of the page where the dragon flies. Every single one it crosses, stops working after it crosses it.

rod03801: But the dragon doesn't go over any links. It just flies over the castle top, where there's nothing to click. Even if I scroll the page down, the dragon simply disappears from my browser's view, flying in a no link zone...

rod03801: The youngest of my cats likes the dragon very much!

I don't think I like the dragon! I thought it was neat the first time I saw it. (Of course, I at first thought I was losing my mind, lol) But yeah, it seems to stop the links it crosses from working. I DEFINITELY don't like it on the game pages! Maybe if it was only on the log-in page, or AT MOST the "Main Page".

BIG BAD WOLF: On Opera you can block content on a "per-item" basis. That way I could block only the Dragon, if I wanted to...
But then again, I suppose you won't change from Firefox just because of alittle dragon

Rose: Yea, I went ahead and installed the AdBlock on this computer also - so I could hide the dragon - it also hides all the ad's on the site also. I just hope Fencer will put an option to not show it since I'm not going to be able to load the AdBlock extension on every computer I play from..... but I wanted to mention it in case someone else see's the problem and they don't think they are going nuts with some links not working.

pauloaguia: okie dokie

Oceans Apart: Just copy-paste it. Looks like Fencer's automatic link replacement is changing the URL the link is pointing to...

pauloaguia: "Invalid request"

pauloaguia: The link doesnt work

Andersp: http://brainking.com/images/gui/dragon.gif

maybe someone could make a screen shot for those who havent seen the dragon?

BIG BAD WOLF: Man, I still haven't seen the dragon. Switch to Simple.

BIG BAD WOLF: if you refresh your page the links will work again.. I had it happen too

Well I got on a different computer, and now the dragon showed up on my own .css file that I'm using - and after it went across the screen, all the links that were under where the red dragon went across at (like the "Main Page") was no longer clickable - like the path the dragon took is over the top of the link making it no longer work.

Fencer - going to make it any easier to remove the dragon - I really don't want to have to load the Ad Block plus on every computer I use just so I can hide the dragon..... yet another thing to load when all I want is a faster loading site... :-(

BIG BAD WOLF:  Ah, there it is.

1. You have to have it on the Castle Theme.

2. The dragon is on a delay - about 15-20 seconds. So load the page and wait.

3. I think it has been turned off for WebTV users now.

I don't see a dragon either.  Does it take a while for him to show up?

no dragon here

Fencer: It is still there. LOL Let me know when you turn it off, please.

Eriisa:

Fencer: Oh thank you. You don't how well that thing flies. LOL

He must be smaller on PCs. He is cute! But the poor thing seems to be really struggling to get across my screen.

Pbarb2: Sorry, I forget to turn it off for WebTVs.

Pbarb2: right up at the top, by the ad banner on the left

Eriisa: LOL you won't like this one unless your is smaller than mine.
I just can't find the place to get the castle off.

*changed to castle and patiently waiting for the dragon.*


Did I mention I love dragons?

BIG BAD WOLF: I looked in the settings and don't see anything like that. There is nothing like that at the top of the page either.

emmett: The dragon comes after a short amount of time (10-20 seconds) - so sit on the page with castle theme and wait.

Pbarb2: On the top of the page, there should be a "Castle" "Simple" and "No Font" choice that you can click on. Also in settings, main page - you should see those 3 options.

pauloaguia: Where do I go to switch off the castle? I really don't know what I am on. thanks

I usually use the "simple" style, and switched to castle to see the dragon, but I don't know what you all are talking about. how can I see the dragon?

BIG BAD WOLF: I like the dragon. Let us call him Fluffy :)

Pbarb2: OK, did some playing around - it looks like the dragon is only on the castle theme - apparently another "feature" or something.

So one way is to switch to another theme - kind of strange Fencer would add something like that to discourage people from using the Castle theme, but whatever.

Another option is if you use FireFox, you can add the AdBlockPlus Extention - and hide the dragon image: http://brainking.com/images/gui/dragon.gif

Normally I would not tell people to get the ad blocker since it would also hide legitimate ad's on the site that helps Fencer get a little extra money, but until he adds a switch to remove it himself, this is the only other option (other then switching to a different theme)

Ad Block Plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Simply click on the "Install now" - then next time you see the dragon image, you can right-click on the dragon and choose "adblock image" and that image will now be hidden.