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This Is An Example (this_example) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2010-04-26 22:05:00

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coding: cast list

Cast Table
The following is a simple cast list designed for HP characters. The characters are assigned to their houses by colored divider bars, so if you want to have the colors mean something else it could be easily adapted to other types of games.

Hannah Abbot
Romola Garai

year: 7th
affiliation: dumbledore's army
extras: prefect, charms club
status: nail biter

Marcus Belby
Harry Judd

year: 6th
affiliation: neutral
extras: quidditch, chess club, (band)
status: you call that music?

Lavender Brown
Meaghan Jette Martin

year: 7th
affiliation: dumbledore's army
extras: none
status: flirt at your own risk

Tracey Davis
Megan Prescott

year: 7th
affiliation: neutral
extras: none
status: sidekick

Alecto Carrow
Kathy Bates

year: professor
affiliation: death eaters
extras: none
status: watch out

<center><table cellspacing=30><tr>
<td><table width=100%><tr><td align=center>CHARACTER NAME
 PB NAME
<a href="JOURNALURL"><img src="PICTUREURL"></a></td><td bgcolor="#8f8d07" width=3></td><td valign=top>year:
affiliation:
extras:
status:</td></tr></table></td>

<td><table width=100%><tr><td align=center>CHARACTER NAME
PB NAME
<a href="JOURNALURL"><img src="PICTUREURL"></a></td><td bgcolor="#22235a" width=3></td><td valign=top>year:
affiliation:
extras:
status:</td></tr></table></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><table width=100%><tr><td align=center>CHARACTER NAME
PB NAME
<a href="JOURNALURL"><img src="PICTUREURL"></a></td><td bgcolor="#660c0c" width=3></td><td valign=top>year:
affiliation:
extras:
status:</td></tr></table></td>

<td><table width=100%><tr><td align=center>CHARACTER NAME
PB NAME
<a href="JOURNALURL"><img src="PICUTREURL"></a></td><td bgcolor="#194f19" width=3></td><td valign=top>year:
affiliation:
extras:
status:</td></tr></table></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><table width=100%><tr><td align=center>CHARACTER NAME
PB NAME
<a href="JOURNALURL"><img src="PICUTREURL"></a></td><td bgcolor="#312331" width=3></td><td valign=top>year:
affiliation:
extras:
status:</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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	squidtastic 2010-04-27 06:11 am UTC (link)
	Besides the set up being awesome, I like that Alecto is fat and unappealing. Soooooooo different than all the pretty pbs people keep using. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	t_quibbler 2010-04-27 06:17 am UTC (link)
	I dunno man. I made the icons, and while I get what you're saying, Kathy's not fat, she's normal. People use freakishly gorgeous people for PBs most of the time, and people with character to their faces and bodies are infinitely more relatable and appealing. ♥ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

squidtastic
2010-04-27 06:22 am UTC (link)

I think that my censor shifts to off after a certain point at night and instead of being articulate, I'm blunt. I agree with your normal statement. But what I'm saying is that comparative to the Ashley Simpson or Kate Beckinsale that usually be cast as the role, Kathy is a totally different flavor. I shouldn't have called her fat and unappealing. I'd delete my comment, but yours would be messed up and whatnot. She's great as this role and I'm glad that someone decided to use her for that character. And especially here. Because a lot of people use ~rp_tutorials now and maybe will get the hint.

Sorry. <3 Mah censor iz broken.

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	t_quibbler 2010-04-27 06:32 am UTC (link)
	Oh I'm not offended! I just think KBates is the shizz, and is good at all that she does. ;) Ew, who the hell uses Kate Beckinsale as a Carrow? >. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	squidtastic 2010-04-27 06:36 am UTC (link)
	Okay. D: I was worried. I really didn't mean it the way it came out. And I can't remember. But I've seen it happen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	t_quibbler 2010-04-27 06:41 am UTC (link)
	I've got a stash of rockin' older ladies, beautiful and less so, and fully plan to further this collection, as I'mma icon Yaya Sisterhood and Calendar Girls one of these days. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jabberwocky999 2010-04-27 08:49 am UTC (link)
	Just for aesthetic purposes, and especially if you're using this in game, I thought you might like to know that you have Hannah Abbott as a "nail bitter" as opposed to a "nail biter," which makes infinitely more sense. (Reply to this)

28_ginny
2010-04-30 03:45 pm UTC (link)

I love this code so much but I'm having some trouble with it. I posted an example of what I'm getting here (along with the code I'm using in a textbox): http://28-ginny.insanejournal.com/2800.html

Ideally, I'd like to have three characters across and have all the colored lines show up in the same places every time (i.e., straight down, not staggered by the text pushing it out of wack.)

Any help would be every so appreciated. I've looked at it so much, I can't see straight. :(

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	hammertech 2010-04-30 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	Try setting the widths even and see if that helps any. (Reply to this) (Parent)

this_example
2010-04-30 08:57 pm UTC (link)

I am not authorized to view that protected entry. ;_;

There was an extra few table tags in the original code that I found while looking into your problem which have since been removed. That might have been the problem. Also, as ~chaperoned said, setting the widths of the cells and tables will help.

In addition, since you want to alter it to be three-across, I'd suggest either making the images small or moving the text to be under the image instead of next to it. I've mocked up examples of both for you here. Both those codes have fixed widths and either one should work. Let me know if they don't.

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	28_ginny 2010-04-30 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Oops! Sorry, I just reset it to public again. I was mucking about with the code and had it to private so as not to make anyone blind. :) I can't see the examples you mocked up. :( I am using smaller images (100x100) versions than seen in the original code but the lines move all over the place. :( (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	this_example 2010-05-01 12:39 am UTC (link)
	Whoops, I also forgot to take it off fidling-with mode. -_- I made one using the 100x100 size images. The new code should work for you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hammertech 2010-04-30 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	Your comment page is messing up a little. I think it might be a DIV issue. And like I've already said: I love this character list. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	this_example 2010-04-30 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	My who? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hammertech 2010-04-30 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	klsdfj sorry. *section. This part down here -- everything's centered. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	this_example 2010-04-30 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	o.O It is? It shows up normal and left-aligned on my computer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hammertech 2010-04-30 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	It might be your browser? I'm currently using IE and it's usually fine in Firefox. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	this_example 2010-04-30 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I'm using firefox. And I went through and couldn't find any open tags that might be screwing up the alignment of the rest of the page, so I've no idea what's causing it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	unpaid 2010-06-06 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for this! I've tweaked it for use here. (Reply to this)

	sobreewhatsup 2010-06-11 04:59 am UTC (link)
	using it here (Reply to this)

	livelovehump 2011-08-04 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	I thought you might like to see that I've tweaked this for a marvel game here. (Reply to this)

	noiremod 2014-03-06 06:17 am UTC (link)
	Tweaked this a bit to fit into the theme of our comm and put it on Webs. (Reply to this)