Sidebar question

[1lewysgal]

Someone in my guild just pointed something out to me. It is on Stealth_Terradon petpet page. It says that he got a warning for covering up the bottom part of his sidebar graphic with his own graphic. Has anyone heard of this before? I make userlookups for folks in my guild and I always make a sidebar graphic that covers up the whole sidebar. Should I be worried now? Seems like it would look rather silly with only part of the sidebar covered in graphics. The warning is posted here:
http://home.neopets.com/templates/homepage.phtml?pet_name=Stealth_Terradon

[HollyPop]

I don't see any warning on that page, only stuff about his neohome...?

[everconfused]

I went to that page, didn't see a warning there. So I can't say with certainty what the warning said. If it said bad html - that means links are being blocked, I'm pretty sure.

I can tell you that yes, I have seen people get warnings/lookups cleared for certain sidebars, as well as this new trend of having all the user information the person wants in a neat little text box -- without showing date started, shield or pets. I know that user stats (all of them) have to show. Also disabling any links (some people actually know a way to disable the whole sidebar) will get a lookup cleared and a warning.

I think that's the problem with the longer sidebars. You're covering the shockwave thing, the person's username, pet name, the search box, language and link to us stuff (in other words - bad html).

I use custom sidebars on all my lookups. Fingers crossed, not a peep. I think because when I make a lookup, I don't make the long sidebar - I stop it at logout so everything underneath shows and is accessible. I also don't use the code to hide shields or do custom shields. Some people have gotten warnings for covering their shields.

[1lewysgal]

Just minutes after I made this post, he took the warning down. So I have no clue! Well, pooh! I guess if I get a warning, I'll holler so folks will know not to do what I did!

[ZH!]

I have a sidebar on my lookup, and it blocks the links to the menu. If someone could please tell me how to fix that, that would be excellent.

My sidebar covers everything but the flash advertisement (If you want to see, click here. As of now, I have not received a warning for this, though I have heard of it happening. However, I've heard of more people getting warnings for their shields - probably trying to make themselves appear to have old accounts.

[everconfused]

I have a sidebar on my lookup, and it blocks the links to the menu. If someone could please tell me how to fix that, that would be excellent.

My sidebar covers everything but the flash advertisement (If you want to see, click here. As of now, I have not received a warning for this, though I have heard of it happening. However, I've heard of more people getting warnings for their shields - probably trying to make themselves appear to have old accounts.

ZH! I've never done the custom shield or using the code to get rid of a shield...I always thought that was against the all user stats must show (unwritten) rule. Alot of people who use that longer sidebar are starting to have problems -- it does cover links and the search box, I think that's why.

This is an entire lookup code - background, banner, sidebar, b and p tables, and scrollbar. I put in bold the codes I used for this sidebar - also you can see the size of the sidebar I used. My lookups may belong to me, but any CSS I've learned belongs to everyone :

<style type="text/css">BODY{
scrollbar-face-color: #;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #;
scrollbar-track-color: #;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #;
scrollbar-darkshadow-Color:;
}</style>

<style type="text/css">
img {filter: alpha(opacity=0)}
p img {filter: alpha (opacity=100)}
td table {background:transparent}</style>
<style type="text/css">
i.menu{background:url(your url goes here);height:438;width:130;position:absolute;top:35;left:1}</style>
<i class="menu"></i>

<style type="text/css">
i.topbanner
{background:url(your url goes here);
height:75;width:400;position:absolute;top:33;left:220;}</style><i class="topbanner"> </i>

<style type="text/css">
body {background:url("your url goes here"); background-attachment: fixed; background-color:#}
td, p, body, a{COLOR:#;FONT-FAMILY:verdana;FONT-SIZE:10pt;}
A:LINK{color:#;FONT-FAMILY:verdana;font-size:8pt;}
A:VISITED{color:#;FONT-FAMILY:verdana;font-size:8pt;}
A:HOVER{cursor: help;color:;FONT-FAMILY:verdana;font-size:8pt;}
p table {border:2px solid #;background:#;filter:alpha (opacity=70)}
i.return{width:510}
b.tabledesc {width:530;border:2px solid #;background:#;filter:alpha(opacity=85)}
TABLE{background:transparent}
p img{filter:chroma(color=white)}
</style>
<b class="tabledesc"> </i>
<i class="topbanner"> </i>
<b><i class="return"> </i>

**YOUR TEXT GOES HERE**
</b>

See if that will make your links work at least.

[Chaud]

Do you guys mean using a custom sidebar? Is that neo-legal? Because my friend has it, and even a different way of neomail, guild, pets, shop etc on his userlookup. Its as if its on his own webpage

[Jens]

i hope not because i spend so long working on this...

[Masquerade]

you can cover the flash thingy and still be able to click on it in the sidebar, but not the text (username, active pet, money) if u use thise code :

Code:

<style type="text/css">
i.anypic1{background:url(url);height:550;width:170;position:absolute;top:15;left:0}
</style>
<i class="anypic1"> </i><style type="text/css">
b.box{color::black;font{color::black;text-align : center;font:10pt times new roman ;
overflow:auto;width:475;height:448;border:1px solid :black;background:black;filter:alpha(Opacity=80)
</style>

<style type="text/css">
IMG{FILTER: invert black
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha( Opacity=0, FinishOpacity=0, Style=0, StartX=0,  FinishX=0, StartY=0, FinishY=0)
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.glow
(color=neon,strength=16)}
table{background:transparent}
p img{
filter:chroma(color=white)}
IMG{filter:invert;}
IMG{filter: chroma}
IMG{filter: chroma}
IMG{filter: mask}</table>
</i></style>

check my lookup here here. notice the sidebar

Off topic: Nice lookup jens