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  • good job @crazycells

    I wonder if we could do it for each badge without changing the color of course and keep the color of the original badges.

    Curious to see what it would look like 😉

    @DownPW said in Custom badges:

    good job @crazycells

    I wonder if we could do it for each badge without changing the color of course and keep the color of the original badges.

    Curious to see what it would look like 😉

    no, this does not work. the overlap of a wavy edge circle and a circle becomes a circle. so, you cannot detect any flower shape with this method. The way that I achieved this was by removing the background color (making it transparent by CSS although there is an assigned color for it in ACP) and then creating a new flower shape on top of it by CSS.

  • @DownPW said in Custom badges:

    good job @crazycells

    I wonder if we could do it for each badge without changing the color of course and keep the color of the original badges.

    Curious to see what it would look like 😉

    no, this does not work. the overlap of a wavy edge circle and a circle becomes a circle. so, you cannot detect any flower shape with this method. The way that I achieved this was by removing the background color (making it transparent by CSS although there is an assigned color for it in ACP) and then creating a new flower shape on top of it by CSS.

    @crazycells just thinking about this. Wouldn’t it be easier to just use font awesome?

    https://fontawesome.com/icons/badge-check?f=classic&s=solid

    Screenshot_2023-05-29-23-46-30-51_e4424258c8b8649f6e67d283a50a2cbc.jpg

  • @crazycells just thinking about this. Wouldn’t it be easier to just use font awesome?

    https://fontawesome.com/icons/badge-check?f=classic&s=solid

    Screenshot_2023-05-29-23-46-30-51_e4424258c8b8649f6e67d283a50a2cbc.jpg

    @phenomlab said in Custom badges:

    @crazycells just thinking about this. Wouldn’t it be easier to just use font awesome?

    https://fontawesome.com/icons/badge-check?f=classic&s=solid

    Screenshot_2023-05-29-23-46-30-51_e4424258c8b8649f6e67d283a50a2cbc.jpg

    as far as I remember, we discussed this before and you mentioned that that badge is not in the free tier.

  • @phenomlab said in Custom badges:

    @crazycells just thinking about this. Wouldn’t it be easier to just use font awesome?

    https://fontawesome.com/icons/badge-check?f=classic&s=solid

    Screenshot_2023-05-29-23-46-30-51_e4424258c8b8649f6e67d283a50a2cbc.jpg

    as far as I remember, we discussed this before and you mentioned that that badge is not in the free tier.

  • @phenomlab said in Custom badges:

    @crazycells just thinking about this. Wouldn’t it be easier to just use font awesome?

    https://fontawesome.com/icons/badge-check?f=classic&s=solid

    Screenshot_2023-05-29-23-46-30-51_e4424258c8b8649f6e67d283a50a2cbc.jpg

    as far as I remember, we discussed this before and you mentioned that that badge is not in the free tier.

    @crazycells This intrigued me somewhat, I won’t lie 🙂 I decided to take a stab at this myself.

    HTML

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.4.0/js/all.min.js" integrity="sha512-fD9DI5bZwQxOi7MhYWnnNPlvXdp/2Pj3XSTRrFs5FQa4mizyGLnJcN6tuvUS6LbmgN1ut+XGSABKvjN0H6Aoow==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.4.0/css/all.min.css" integrity="sha512-iecdLmaskl7CVkqkXNQ/ZH/XLlvWZOJyj7Yy7tcenmpD1ypASozpmT/E0iPtmFIB46ZmdtAc9eNBvH0H/ZpiBw==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" />
    <meta charset=utf-8 />
    <title>JS Bin</title>
    </head>
    <body>
      <div class="base"></div>
      <div class="inner"><i class="check fa-solid fa-check"></i></div>
    </body>
    </html>
    

    CSS

    .base {
      left: 100px;
      top: 100px;
      height: 80px;
      width: 80px;
      background: #067acc;
      position: absolute;
      border-radius: 10px;
    }
    .base:before {
      height: 80px;
      width: 80px;
      background: #067acc;
      content:"";
      position: absolute;
      transform: rotate(-30deg);
      border-radius: 10px;
    }
    .base:after {
      padding-top: 10px;
      text-align: center;
      vertical-align: middle;
      height: 70px;
      width: 80px;
      background: #067acc;
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      transform: rotate(30deg);
      border-radius: 10px;
    }
    .inner {
      color: #000000;
      left: 95px;
      top: 95px;
      position: absolute;
      text-align:center;
      padding-top: 25px;
      width: 90px;
      height: 65px;
      background: #067acc;
      border-radius: 50px;
      background: #067acc; /* Old browsers */
    }
    .check {
      font-size: 36px;
      color: #ffffff;
    }
    

    Here’s the result

    https://codepen.io/sudonix/pen/qBJGMRL

  • @crazycells This intrigued me somewhat, I won’t lie 🙂 I decided to take a stab at this myself.

    HTML

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.4.0/js/all.min.js" integrity="sha512-fD9DI5bZwQxOi7MhYWnnNPlvXdp/2Pj3XSTRrFs5FQa4mizyGLnJcN6tuvUS6LbmgN1ut+XGSABKvjN0H6Aoow==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.4.0/css/all.min.css" integrity="sha512-iecdLmaskl7CVkqkXNQ/ZH/XLlvWZOJyj7Yy7tcenmpD1ypASozpmT/E0iPtmFIB46ZmdtAc9eNBvH0H/ZpiBw==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" />
    <meta charset=utf-8 />
    <title>JS Bin</title>
    </head>
    <body>
      <div class="base"></div>
      <div class="inner"><i class="check fa-solid fa-check"></i></div>
    </body>
    </html>
    

    CSS

    .base {
      left: 100px;
      top: 100px;
      height: 80px;
      width: 80px;
      background: #067acc;
      position: absolute;
      border-radius: 10px;
    }
    .base:before {
      height: 80px;
      width: 80px;
      background: #067acc;
      content:"";
      position: absolute;
      transform: rotate(-30deg);
      border-radius: 10px;
    }
    .base:after {
      padding-top: 10px;
      text-align: center;
      vertical-align: middle;
      height: 70px;
      width: 80px;
      background: #067acc;
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      transform: rotate(30deg);
      border-radius: 10px;
    }
    .inner {
      color: #000000;
      left: 95px;
      top: 95px;
      position: absolute;
      text-align:center;
      padding-top: 25px;
      width: 90px;
      height: 65px;
      background: #067acc;
      border-radius: 50px;
      background: #067acc; /* Old browsers */
    }
    .check {
      font-size: 36px;
      color: #ffffff;
    }
    

    Here’s the result

    https://codepen.io/sudonix/pen/qBJGMRL

    @phenomlab is there a problem in the forum?

    Screen Shot 2023-05-30 at 11.30.13.png

    I refreshed several times, nothing changed…

  • @phenomlab is there a problem in the forum?

    Screen Shot 2023-05-30 at 11.30.13.png

    I refreshed several times, nothing changed…

    @crazycells Sorry, yes. Fixed that now.

  • @crazycells Sorry, yes. Fixed that now.

    @phenomlab it looks very nice 🙂 but I guess one needs a subscription to use this, right?

    I am looking forward to seeing that on the avatars as “verified badge”, please do not forget to share your CSS code for its position 😆 when you implement it.

  • @phenomlab it looks very nice 🙂 but I guess one needs a subscription to use this, right?

    I am looking forward to seeing that on the avatars as “verified badge”, please do not forget to share your CSS code for its position 😆 when you implement it.

    @crazycells said in Custom badges:

    it looks very nice but I guess one needs a subscription to use this, right?

    No, there’s no subscription - what do you see ? The CodePen should be public?

  • @crazycells said in Custom badges:

    it looks very nice but I guess one needs a subscription to use this, right?

    No, there’s no subscription - what do you see ? The CodePen should be public?

    @phenomlab yes I can see it very well:

    Screen Shot 2023-05-30 at 11.48.30.png

    since your code has “/font-awesome/6.4.0/” in it, I assumed you are using pro version.

  • @phenomlab yes I can see it very well:

    Screen Shot 2023-05-30 at 11.48.30.png

    since your code has “/font-awesome/6.4.0/” in it, I assumed you are using pro version.

    @crazycells No, it’s the free version

    https://cdnjs.com/libraries/font-awesome

    You only need the check mark itself 🙂

  • @crazycells No, it’s the free version

    https://cdnjs.com/libraries/font-awesome

    You only need the check mark itself 🙂

    @phenomlab great then, are you planning to implement it on this forum?

    I need to tailor the code for my forum…

  • @phenomlab great then, are you planning to implement it on this forum?

    I need to tailor the code for my forum…

    @crazycells Yes, I think I probably will.

  • @phenomlab great then, are you planning to implement it on this forum?

    I need to tailor the code for my forum…

    @crazycells Ok, so, I found some time to look at this properly today.

    Here’s the result

    d735ea48-7d38-444f-9e8b-822196b3c877-image.png

    Notice the “Twitter-esque” verified badge?

    I found this

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twitter_Verified_Badge.svg and downloaded it, then uploaded it to /assets/public/images

    Then, I used the below CSS code

        li[component="post"] a[href*="/groups/verified"] {
            position: absolute !important;
            left: 2px;
            z-index: 2;
            margin-top: 1px;
            border-radius: 999px !important;
            line-height: 14px;
            display: block;
            height: auto;
            margin-left: 0px !important;
            background: transparent !important;
            width: auto;
        }
    
        li[component=post] a[href*="/groups/verified"]:before {
            background: url(https://sudonix.org/assets/images/Twitter_Verified_Badge.svg) !important;
            content: "";
            height: 22px;
            width: 22px;
            display: block;
        }
        li[component=post] a[href*="/groups/verified"]:after {
            background: #ffffff !important;
            height: 9px;
            width: 9px;
            content: "";
            display: block;
            top: 10px;
            position: absolute;
            z-index: -1;
            left: 12px;
        }
    

    Some points to consider

    • The CSS code extensively uses :before and :after pseudo elements. Essentially, :before adds the SVG icon and positions it, and :after adds a smaller “white square” which is conveniently positioned behind the :before element using z:-index: -1;

    The purpose of the “white square” is to provide a dirty way to fill in the transparency which is present in the SVG so it looks right.

    This is pretty tough to display on mobile viewports, so it’s best to hide it completely using this code

    @media (max-width: 767px) {
        li[component="post"] a[href*="/groups/verified"].badge, .account a[href*="/groups/verified"].badge {
                display: none !important;
            }
    

    EDIT: Just realised that this icon (being a group) is also displayed on the user’s profile page, so we’ll need CSS to make that look good too…

    7744fb9d-2994-4159-9732-d4a717511af0-image.png
    I’ve absolutely no idea who this guy is… 🙂

    Here it is

        .account a[href*="/groups/verified"] {
            position: absolute !important;
            z-index: 2;
            background: transparent !important;
            margin-left: -10px;
        }
        .account a[href*="/groups/verified"]:after {
            background: #ffffff !important;
            height: 9px;
            width: 10px;
            content: "";
            display: block;
            top: 10px;
            position: absolute;
            z-index: -1;
            left: 12px;
        }
        .account a[href*="/groups/verified"]:before {
            background: url(https://sudonix.org/assets/images/Twitter_Verified_Badge.svg) !important;
            content: "";
            height: 22px;
            width: 22px;
            display: block;
        }
    

    Enjoy.

  • hello @phenomlab

    I am trying to apply your code for the “all” group which all my members are part of.

    43c6f309-bbfe-41ae-891b-b52a28d04fdd-image.png

    I downlaod the image of the twitter badge in full resolution and upload in the same place and I access it correctly.

    On the other hand it would seem that the badge is displayed badly (cut on the right for the first on the screen) then transparent for the second and on the 3rd it is not displayed aps.

    An idea ?

    image.png

  • hello @phenomlab

    I am trying to apply your code for the “all” group which all my members are part of.

    43c6f309-bbfe-41ae-891b-b52a28d04fdd-image.png

    I downlaod the image of the twitter badge in full resolution and upload in the same place and I access it correctly.

    On the other hand it would seem that the badge is displayed badly (cut on the right for the first on the screen) then transparent for the second and on the 3rd it is not displayed aps.

    An idea ?

    image.png

    @DownPW it’s really hard to see that image. I’ll need to look at your dev server directly to see what’s happening here.

  • I just found some answers @phenomlab

    It is absolutely necessary that the user is displaying the badge of the group in his profile:

    18ac2ada-5234-4848-a00b-59e6d3ef1116-image.png

    That the question, How to force put the user in a group ?
    For the rest of the display bugs, I have not yet found.

  • I just found some answers @phenomlab

    It is absolutely necessary that the user is displaying the badge of the group in his profile:

    18ac2ada-5234-4848-a00b-59e6d3ef1116-image.png

    That the question, How to force put the user in a group ?
    For the rest of the display bugs, I have not yet found.

    @DownPW said in Custom badges:

    It is absolutely necessary that the user is displaying the badge of the group in his profile:

    Yes, it won’t display without that. I don’t know of a way to force it either.

  • If I apply light themes we see better.
    In fact, ther badge is cut on the right and we have the dexcription badge below :

    image.png

  • If I apply light themes we see better.
    In fact, ther badge is cut on the right and we have the dexcription badge below :

    image.png

    @DownPW yes, that’s just going to be positioning. Remember we are using position: absolute; and your CSS is likely to differ so you may need to tweak the positioning slightly to suit.


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