Huzzah! Gradients work and they are absolutely beautiful. :D
Of course they have a new parameter as well, building on bgc.
bgc2
When bgc2 is set, a gradient is created between it and bgc, with bgc at the top and bgc2 at the bottom. It must be input the same way as bgc, as %red%,%green%,%blue%.
Here's an example:
http://www.d2kstudios.com/userbars/userbar.php?bgc=135,190,225&bgc2=32,51,89&fgi=fgi.png&t=D2KStudios&l=275
Woo! Stickied! :)
Time for a quick recap:
Yeah, I know its a bit difficult to understand, and I've added several more very useful parameters since I posted. ;)
Parameters
bgi
The background image; Will be scaled to 350*19. If you don't supply a background, the background will be black.
fgi
The foreground image; Will remain exactly the same. If you don't supply a foreground, it will only display the background and text.
t
The text.
l
The number of pixels from the left side that the text should be. That is a lowercase L. Defaults to 225
r
The red value of the border.
g
The green value of the border.
b
The blue value of the border.
c
A combined r,g, and b, as well as an alpha channel. Seperated by commas (,), and in this order: r,g,b,a. Alpha channel ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 being the least opaque. You only need to set it as far as you need to. For instance, if you wanted a green border, you would set it to c=0,255. All values default to 0.
bgc
The colour of the background, in the format %red%,%green%,%blue%. It defaults to 0,0,0, so if you want a yellow background you'd just need to set bgc=255,255.
bgc2
When bgc2 is set, a gradient is created between it and bgc, with bgc at the top and bgc2 at the bottom. It must be input the same way as bgc, as %red%,%green%,%blue%.
How to use
Use image codes ( in forums, or <img> on websites).
In between and , or after src= in <img>, write: "http://www.d2kstudios.com/userbars/userbar.php?" without the quotation marks.
After that, you have to decide what parameters you want.
You must use fgi for the script to add the shine and lines.
For each parameter, simply write %parameter%=%value%, replacing %parameter% with the parameter you're adding, and %value% with what the parameter's value is.
You must add an ampersand (&) between each parameter.
For example, if I wanted a simple userbar with my logo and a blue background, I would write: http://www.d2kstudios.com/userbars/userbar.php?bgc=0,0,255&fgi=fgi.png&t=D2K Studios&l=275
This would output:
http://www.d2kstudios.com/userbars/userbar.php?bgc=0,0,255&fgi=fgi.png&t=D2K Studios&l=275
Lets look over this one parameter at a time.
bgc=0,0,255
This sets the background colour. Since I want a blue background, I set red to 0, green to 0, and blue to 255.
fgi=fgi.png
This sets the foreground image, the image that goes on top of everything but the shine. since my logo is in the same place as the script, and called 'fgi.png', I simply wrote that. It can be anything, and at any url.
t=D2K Studios
The text. D2K Studios is the name of my website, so I wrote that.
l=275
How many pixels from the left that the text should begin. Its a farily high number, because there's not much text in this example, and I wanted to to be close to the right side.
Its the same with all parameters. :)
When I'm completely done the script, I may make a page that allows this all to be done more easily, but at the moment I'm still actively developing it.
Actually, anyone could make such a page, and just set the parameters for that link. :)
Anyone have any ideas for things to add?