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The new "Share your CNET profile" feature...

Sep 1, 2006 5:55AM PDT

When visiting your profiles from now on you should see a link under your username that states 'Share your CNET profile.' This new feature provides you with the HTML coding needed to display a 'Cnet Member' badge in your e-mail signature, on your website, or just about anywhere else you want. The badge will then link back to your Cnet profile so that others can join you here in the forums. It's a small addition, but a nice option for regular members.

One request for the techs, though...the white background enables it to be easily spotted on a colored background, but isn't always wanted. The table color can easily be removed by deleting ''background:#fff;'' from the code, but then the gif is out of place since it's not transparent. Is there a possibility of making that transparent so it doesn't stick out against the background?

John

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Sweet. Test below.
Sep 1, 2006 6:39AM PDT

<!-- Start: CNET Member Badge -->
<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="font:normal 11px verdana,helvetica;color:#666;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;background:#fff;border:none;">
<tr>
<td><a href="http://my.cnet.com/community/udayan71/?tag=extprofile"><img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/profile/badges/member_logo.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></td>
<td style="paddingShocked 20px 0 10px;"><b>Username: <a href="http://my.cnet.com/community/udayan71/?tag=extprofile" style="color:#06c;text-decoration:none;">udayan71</a></b><br /><a href="http://my.cnet.com/community/udayan71/?tag=extprofile" style="color:#06c;text-decoration:none;">Check out my CNET Profile</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- End: CNET Member Badge -->

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(NT) (NT) ooops. forgot about forum formatting! oh well..
Sep 1, 2006 6:39AM PDT
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A very good feature.
Sep 4, 2006 8:41AM PDT

Whilst I was there, (checking my profile), I included a pic of me.

I don't have many photos of me, (the cameras kept breaking), but I managed to find this one. I dug it out of the grave, er.... tin my mother hid it in. Not a bad likeness I reckon, Devil

Mark

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i cant fig it out
Sep 4, 2006 9:52AM PDT

wont work in forums?

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Not designed to...
Sep 4, 2006 10:32AM PDT

Here in the forums you can click anyone's username to view their profile. This new 'share our profile' feature is meant for use on you website/blog and in your e-mail...places where you communicate with others outside of Cnet. The technical reason it doesn't work is the Cnet forums have disabled HTML (what the code is written in) due to misuse.

It's a pretty smart idea...it enables members to share their 'Cnet life' with others they communicate with and at the same time attract more people to Cnet. Thus, for us it's a nice feature while for Cnet it's a potential money maker...bring in more people in an unseeming manner and it increases advertising revenue.

John

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(NT) (NT) i tried to use in email it was garbled when i used it as a s
Sep 4, 2006 10:50AM PDT
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How so?
Sep 5, 2006 4:00PM PDT

First, what e-mail services/clients did you use it with, both when sending and receiving? Also, did it display just the original code, a distorted image, or...? It might be a glitch or it might be an incompatibility, but either way I'm sure the techs would like to know about it.

John

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(NT) (NT) Mark, your hair! :D
Sep 4, 2006 10:26AM PDT
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I know, I know.
Sep 5, 2006 5:50AM PDT

I had a stylist come round especially! Happy

Mark

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such a "cutie" ......
Sep 5, 2006 7:54AM PDT

I guess, you paid a "fortune" for that particular hairstyle Mischief

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YIKES!!
Sep 5, 2006 3:49PM PDT

See what JW was referring to.

-Kevin

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Love the pic! Are those gray hair from moderating the forums
Sep 5, 2006 8:00AM PDT
Wink
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I'm glad you guys like it!
Sep 5, 2006 3:29AM PDT

I'll see what I can do to make that "member badge" gif transparent.

Thanks for the feedback!

-Lee

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i tried ti use it lee
Sep 5, 2006 5:37AM PDT

but it wont work for mwSad