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print.css

Posted by bob - March 31st, 2008


I guess this could probably get filed under "99% useless for a site like Newgrounds", but it was something that was bothering me: NG finally has a print style.

There aren't a lot of people who come to Newgrounds to print things out -- maybe a Penicorn thread here, or a userpage post there -- but when they did it was butt ugly. The entire first printed page was nothing but header login boxes and useless links.

Now, however, we have a new style sheet that hides the useless junk like buttons and footer links, converts everything to black and white, and puts the breadcrumb trail back to what it should be instead of a bulleted list. Again, not exactly rocket science but definitely something that had been bugging me a bit.

For a *really* good time, print out a BBS thread. It's the only thing I could imagine myself printing in the future, so I gave it a little more attention than the rest of the site.

The only limitation to the css is where I didn't label giant sections of stuff properly from the get-go, like the stats column in the userpages. There's not a really good way for that to be deactivated while printing without bugging the programmers here, but if there's anything else that could use better styles for printing, note it in the comments.


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Hm...

Sounds interesting. Though I didn't understand where it was going, but it sounds like a good idea.

I thought the title of this post said "princess" at first.

It's cool that Newgrounds will now look awesome both on paper and a computer screen!

Pretty neat.

Eh, if I wanted to print something out I would Copy and Paste it into Word edit it up to what I need then Print it much more organized. Sorry, I wish I could have been of some help!

So like, if I just hit print while I'm browsing the forums, it'll print the actual page as if it was a photo?

Quite the opposite. There's screen grab for that sort of thing. The goal of print sheets are to remove as much useless junk as possible and keep only the key content.

Cool. I once tried printing out a BBS thread for an English project, and it wasn't all that good... But now if I try that again, you say it'll come out right? Thanks, man!

Hopefully. Let me know if it doesn't.

And what if they actually want to print off the normal page.....such as in the case of preserving a redesign or their flash getting an award?

And with that i leave you pissed off! Hurrah!

Screen grab or print screen.

screenshots, PiGPEN

Exactly.

whats the storie behind your likeing for ducks?

It's too long and sordid.

Hey, it may be a small step, but it's one step closer to perfection.

i doubt I'll ever use that but, you never know lol

wahoo! we need this!

awesome something we could really use.. congrats i have made NG a better place

tell us the story of you liking ducks!

Comone, everyone wants to know why you like ducks so much :)

Someday.

Pretty cool, but the admin links show up in the BBS threads :D

Yeah, I noticed that too. It's such a small group that I don't think I'll get to it anytime soon. :/

I can't help but feel that this is an April Fools joke ....

Never Mind, i used flash paper to test it and it works :P

Your answer to me, while logical, will not include the 99% of people who would actually waste paper printing something from newgrounds.

pretty please tell us the story why you like duck
Pwetty Pwease
*puppy dog eyes*

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