EZ Server

Some updates:

• Server logo by RedDwarf now installed at top of page banner
• Server web hosting expired, so I was on call with customer support for a good hour or so jumping through the hoops necessary to migrate the services to an account that I have visibility over. The website should be good to go now.
• Server Hardware Status Update: Server hardware that has been recently touched up by ex-player Crabwall has arrived at the dock. I will let folks know when we will be preparing it to be installed in Choopa datacenters and then we will migrate EZ Server services over to it, we should see an overall additional boost in server response once again. THANK YOU CRAB! Everyone else, please show your appreciation as it took him quite a while to go through and make sure everything is up to par. He went to the length of RMA'ing the motherboard and various other components to ensure we had the best shot at life expectancy and minimal issues when we install. He ran burn in tests and installed all new firmware on all of the components and refitted the once tower server into a rack chassis. Please give him some recognition, this took a lot off my plate and is much appreciated. More info here: http://ezserver.online/forums/index.php?topic=4248.0
• Moving: I just got back from California and I will be moving here within the next week (Not to Cali) so I won't be taking care of some of the items I've had on my list to move on, but I think we're running just fine in the meantime. I will keep you all in touch.

No more donations until further notice. I will not fulfill them as of today, 5/31/2014

On my browser, Firefox 29, the logo covers the links at the top left of the screen and the underfoot/titanium pictures on the right also extend below the header somewhat obscuring the search box.

I'm no expert in web programming, but i think its to do with the positioning of the 3 logos


From what i have noted
When logged out, all appears in correct position (tried in explorer, firefox and chrome)
When logged in, the web page moves up, but images remains in same location, (login box in header gone)
and if you shrink the header, again web page moves further up, images obscuring link bar etc

I may be wrong here, as i'm sure somebody knows a little more on web coding =)

Post a pic, I can make some adjustments if need be.

Heres Mine

Mine is the same as the header shrunk picture pretty much.

There I bound the elements to cage inside the banner div rather than bind to the page.

You should have better results.

Yep,
Thanks for the quick Fix Akka =)

Just as a thought, do you want the Titanium Edition on?
as the server really doesn't support it now
Just gives the impression that it does, ( for new players I mean )

There are a lot of players that start with it sometimes so yes.

I get what you mean though, UF is what statistically 95% of our players use today and that is what is preferred.

Not just preferred, necessary. At least if you use a lot of the items/spells created in the last 2 years or so, as they wont work with Titanium. If you're still using Titanium by the time you hit 70, I honestly dont see the point of playing. And, arguably, it makes a massive impact even before 70.

Sure, but there is still plenty of reason to allow and support Titanium. Many players come from P1999 or only know Titanium as the client to use in the EQEmu community, it breaks down the barrier to entry and allows players to be exposed to the server before having to commit to another client, thus serves as a gateway and there is no harm having it there. There are messages in game that tell players to upgrade their client immediately which in my opinion is enough.

This was more prevalent when the Underfoot client was less distributed, I have pushed the UF client into mainstream distribution over time and it is definitely the majority now.

The spell consideration is because of a hard coded ID bank limitation that the clients have enforced. You can make them work for older clients but it makes no sense when your newer client becomes more stable. This will be the same story with RoF which I will be looking at introducing here sometime in the near future.

Don't take this the wrong way. I love the logo and immediately recognized it as being that of the Dragon Alliance company. (http://www.dragonalliance.com/en-us/) It's one of my favorite companies and own several pairs of glasses and misc apparel. I highly doubt anyone from there will be visiting the site and hope it doesn't change anything. Just thought I'd throw that out there with copyright bullsh!t going on. Everyone so sue happy.

Yay! RoF!

Nice catch Expletus
I just got from a "free" site, and modified a little. Thought it was just a public domain one, didn't see any mention of copyrights etc

Will speak to Akka, see how he want to play it, can either replace or I can change it I guess......

Darn, we'll have to look at a close alternative.

Thanks for the heads up. In the meantime it will stay there until we can get something that fits a similar bill. I like this one a lot and it fits EZ well in my opinion.

Thye wife is a graphics designer by trade....if you like I can have her mod it a bit til its something all our own, but similar to what you see there.

And it can be said that Dragon Age "borrowed" that from any one of a dozen different sources. My stepfather's JKD school had similar emblems as I recall (30+ years ago). Modify this a bit and they cant do or say much.

Sounds good! Look forward to what you whip up!

Don't get me wrong... I LOVE that logo and was happy as hell to see it. I just don't want a hammer coming down but honestly I don't really think it will. Maybe keep it and roll the dice?

It's all good, you're just looking out for the community and that's what it's all about.

I love it too and honestly I don't see how making some slight alterations to it take away the fact that it is a copyright, I'm not well versed in the issue but someone could probably do some research on copyrighting with images and what the qualifies for the safe zone with slight alterations.

I emailed the Dragon Alliance customer service and the logo is copyright protected.  Not sure if having alterations changes anything though.

does copy write even come into play on a website that is not generating $$?

I think this is all nothing... EZ server has never been as far as I know a profit center...

Talked it over with the wife, she'll do some altered and some of a different dragon, but same basic concept.

Copyright is about the rights the owner has for use and distribution, not money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

In the case of a logo, it's likely that a trademark would be more applicable.

It's entirely possible nothing would come of it, but isn't it better to be safe than sorry?  Especially after e-mailing them about it and bringing it to their attention.

See what she can come up with, I not great at drawing

Came across this while trying to find royalty free clipart, so see what all your thoughts are

traced orig picture to here for ref
http://unleashedbeasts.wikia.com/wiki/File:Render6.png6e1ca038-f01f-4719-92d4-2814c530e143Large.jpg (http://unleashedbeasts.wikia.com/wiki/File:Render6.png6e1ca038-f01f-4719-92d4-2814c530e143Large.jpg)

RD

The attachment gives an error, but it looks like this might be the source of the original?  http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/machined-dragon-emblem-3d-model/658972

Had to change some path variables for the forums since there was a webserver migration. Attachments should be working correctly again.

Send me a new .PSD with the new logo and I will put it up. I need the PSD for any future use.

Sorry for the delay, shoulder surgery this week, and wife's doing some contract work. But she took a few minutes and did a freehand based on the original logo. She did a few diff looks for it, just to try to get an idea what you like.

(http://s19.postimg.org/q0h04h3v7/EZ_Dragon_1.png)

(http://s19.postimg.org/qr9qa968j/EZ_Dragon_2.png)

(http://s19.postimg.org/vr76i7bv7/EZ_Dragon_3.png)

(http://s19.postimg.org/xka36ix1v/EZ_Dragon_4.png)

(http://s19.postimg.org/jf4a4po0j/EZ_Dragon_5.png)

(http://s19.postimg.org/a8lzhfis3/EZ_Dragon_6.png)


Lemme know what you think. I'll get the PSD files from her.

Black one looks cool, nice job. Is it a pita to resize the dragon a little bit larger? Seems to look a little bit small in the circle / minimized by the text (no biggy either way).

First one is Sweeeet.

I like the black one too, bigger dragon and larger, blockier text for EZ SERVER so it fills more of the banner would be sweet though.

Black one as in the gray chrome? Or the blackened lava (1 or 3)?

(http://s19.postimg.org/dkovogzwz/EZ_Dragon_4_Bigger_Dragon.png)

or

(http://s19.postimg.org/qrebnzvmb/EZ_Dragon_3_Bigger_Dragon.png)

And once we know which I have the PSD files for either.

chrome one, nice job

Thanks everyone for logo submissions, it is REALLY cool to see everyone's work and what people come up with.

I have uploaded the new logo with a the remix of the dragon pattern in the emblem.