The Art Portal is here!

A big thank you to all the mods who helped test this.

If you think you have found a bug, first check the FAQ. If you're sure it's a bug, you can help us out big time by sending a very detailed report to Bob. Include the URL, your browser w/ version, OS w/ version, and a screenshot if applicable.

Features:
You can put up to 20 images in your art gallery, which will appear on your userpage. If an established artist likes your work, they may "scout" you and your art will then be included in the Art Portal search and listings. At this point you will gain the ability to scout new talent as well! We hope this system will keep the bar high.

You can put your art into one of five categories at the moment:

Illustration - Here is a Wikipedia article explaining it.
Fine Art - Here is a Wikipedia article explaining it.
3D Art - We are defining this as 3D Art created on a computer, not physical objects.
Pixel Art - Images created in the classic pixel-by-pixel format!
Other - If it doesn't fit the other categories, stick it here.

IMPORTANT: We aren't accepting photography. If you create something such as a sculpture or painting, though, you may submit a photo of it.

We recommend creating tags for specifics not covered by our categories, such as sculpture, comic, wallpaper, etc. The portal can be searched for these tags.

If your art is a work in progress, please leave unchecked the "Public Work?" checkbox on the submit form. Works in progress are better shared via your personal gallery than public showcase space.

Your can also make your art available to Flash developers. Mark your art as a character, object or background for use in Flash games and movies.

If you see art that is stolen, a photograph (not of a piece of art), or illegal, please report it via the "Report Abuse" link below the image.

When scouting a new artist, ask yourself, "Will (s)he take the Art Portal seriously and not clutter it with lackluster art?" If you have any doubts, don't scout. If you haphazardly scout users who do not put effort into their art and who clearly drag the portal down, you risk losing your scout privilege, or being removed from the portal altogether along with those you've scouted.

OK, have fun with your art! I'm going to crawl back into my cave and start coding my next top-secret web application - after a long, long vacation.

STOP! Xi, if you accept user input, you MUST MUST MUST escape that input before it goes into the database!!! Otherwise, some american hacker might fuck your site up. The website would not love that! You can use mysql_real_escape_string(), which will take care of any attempts at cross-site scripting or SQL injection attacks.

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That's really flattering! On behalf of the all the staff, I humbly think your praise!

Just keep filling America with plastic goods.

Moderators locked this, but I don't think that this thread has realized its full potential. I think we should give our new users across the ocean an opportunity to express themselves. (Kind of).

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Oh man, wait. Wait a second. Let me catch my breath ... OK, I'm better now.
Earl Grey...

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At 9/7/08 05:00 PM, mranarchy wrote: Rob does'nt think Newgrounds is funny

I take it back.

You can reliably check an uploaded file's MIME type in PHP by using a system call:

$type = system('file -ib ' . $_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name']);

The reason you have to typecast is that the "+" operator is ambiguous - it is used to concatenate strings and to add numbers. So if you do something like this: "56" + 8, you might either mean to get "568" or "64". JS just picks one to do, so if you want a different one, you have to cast.

Step 1: download third party forum solution.
Step 2: install.

Easy, valid IE6 targeting

I could not disagree more. You just use a simple algorithm to transform a url into a page. That way, you can add logic to every page or only some pages from a single, centralized place. This becomes more important as a site grows. That's why every major framework uses a front controller. Believe me, you don't want to have to use mod_rewrite to change individual URLs, you don't want to have to add validation logic piecemeal, and you don't want to be restricted to modifications at the top and bottom of every page. I could go on and on about the advantages of a front-controller architecture, but if you want to know more, there's always Google.

At 5/5/08 12:42 PM, yhar wrote: Of course that should be done with a small site, with minimal php pages, but with a larger site with a lot of pages, it's much easier to have many pages and simply use header and footer includes...

I strongly recommend that all PHP developers build their sites with a front controller - i.e., one script that all hits are redirected to. Then that script can read the incoming URL and load the correct pages. To do this, you use a redirect like the following:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [L,QSA]

Then, in index.php, you can get the url with
$url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

I have found that this method saves me time even on sites with only a couple pages.

-Rob

At 5/4/08 05:27 PM, yhar wrote: Hi,
I have "domain.com"
I have "domain.com/file.php"
I want "domain.com/file" to redirect to "domain.com/file.php"
I want this for every file, not just ones i set manually.

I have it atm so i can set them manually, but I want it automatic, adding manually is a pain.
What's the mod_rewrite code?

Much appreciated darlings <3

Hey guys,
About the icon: it's Harvey Pekar's head, and it is temporary. About music, etc.: we are only going to allow embedding from sites that provide a play button - i.e., nothing that plays upon loading will be supported.

Hey Newgrounds, this is the new web developer, Rob, with good news: you can now embed videos in your posts! For full instructions, check out my first blog post.

Also, MindChamber's April Fools prank is now a reality, as you can both post video to your blog AND we are giving out Pico trophies for Pico Day. Check out MindChamber's video here.