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Tim W (admin (and human))

Huge thanks to @McCarrick for creating us this awesome server thumbnail image for The Union Place!

The Union Place server thumbnail. Text "the UNION place" over a red background with white mountains and a group of mastodons chanting/celebrating with a "We toot as one!" sign and banner.
11 Nov 2022 at 15:57 | Open on union.place
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SonomaLass
Jeff (of the internet)

@tim @McCarrick

#Mastodon server mascots are the new Google Doodle
11 Nov 2022 at 17:18 | Open on newsie.social
Tim W (admin (and human))

@jeff @McCarrick yeah, I was thinking the mastodon holding the sign from the server thumbnail could make a good mascot.

11 Nov 2022 at 17:45 | Open on union.place
John McCarrick

@tim What is the size of the Mascot? 600x100?

11 Nov 2022 at 17:54 | Open on toot.community
Tim W (admin (and human))

@McCarrick no, that was the hero (which I will probably make a specially cropped version of the thumbnail for since it cuts off a bit currently, see it on union.place/about/more)

The mascot is: "At least 293×205px recommended.", I think transparency is good on this one as it floats over the bottom corner. Screenshot attached of the default "in situ"

Screenshot of Masto interface highlighting the mascot image placement.
11 Nov 2022 at 17:58 | Open on union.place
John McCarrick

@tim Got it, I'll work on it for you, shouldn't take me long if I can find the original mascot as a png.

11 Nov 2022 at 18:10 | Open on toot.community
John McCarrick

@tim Hows this? I changed the little zigzag at the bottom to be the same shade of red as the server image for consistency.

If the colors are too drastic, I've provided an alt that is more in-line with the examples.
11 Nov 2022 at 18:37 | Open on toot.community
Tim W (admin (and human))

@McCarrick The zig-zag is actually being implemented as a separate background image, it looks like, and the mascot auto-scales as the frame content changes, so if possible could you just remove the zigzag bit entirely? I think that would work better.

I totally want to poke around the CSS to see if I can change the zigzag to be red now though. What's the hex color code for it?

11 Nov 2022 at 18:41 | Open on union.place
John McCarrick

@tim oh dang, it was part of the PNG I initially grabbed but it won't take long for me to get rid of it for you.

Hex code is 7F0000

11 Nov 2022 at 18:43 | Open on toot.community
John McCarrick

@tim Here ya go, quick and easy fix.
11 Nov 2022 at 18:45 | Open on toot.community
Tim W (admin (and human))

@McCarrick I love it!

The background zig-zag is an embedded image so it's not a simple CSS tweak, I may poke at it later but it still looks good this way IMO. Thanks so much again!

Screenshot of the Mastodon UI for union.place showing the new mascot image.
11 Nov 2022 at 18:48 | Open on union.place
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