In order to help Pinsiders find other Pinsiders at shows, it'd be cool if a lanyard template/pdf were automatically generated and included somewhere in My Pinside...just a little printer-friendly card with the Pinside logo, my Avatar, my screen name, my real name (optional), and a little text blurb (optional). Maybe some other stuff, too.
I just wear this
http://www.zazzle.com/i_club_seals_tshirt-235224203869292169 
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I like the ID idea! After the last Texas Pinball Festival, I learned that many other Pinsiders were there, but they didn't look enough like their avatars to be absolutely sure who they were. 
This is good. I like this. Definitely a continuation of our discussion from that other thread. This makes us look quite official, too.
Looks pretty straight forward. If we could come up with a standardized layout/design, then each of us would be on our own to go get it printed/laminated.
I still like the idea of a Pinside t-shirt to help raise money for the site, though. We could have a little design competition, have a final vote and everything.
Quoted from aingide:In order to help Pinsiders find other Pinsiders at shows, it'd be cool if a lanyard template/pdf were automatically generated and included somewhere in My Pinside...just a little printer-friendly card with the Pinside logo, my Avatar, my screen name, my real name (optional), and a little text blurb (optional). Maybe some other stuff, too.
ROBIN.... what do you think? Is this possible? pinsideid.png
Quoted from ovfdfireman:It's sad I like it....really
We are nerds.....matching pinside badges are now cool
LMAO!!! +1000
I agree w/ ovfd, ....we've reached a new low.
A great design for a cool Pinside t-shirt may be the only saving grace.
I've got over 50 t-shirts w/ a wide varity of stuff printed on them, so I'd have to admit I'm a t-shirt guy. I'd probably be up for a cool Pinside t-shirt.
Bonus, It gives you a backstage pass to all the pinball shows. Unfortunately, all that means is you get to go out back where the dumpsters are. 
Quoted from ovfdfireman:It's sad I like it....really
We are nerds.....matching pinside badges are now cool
Real nerds would have Pinside pocket protectors.
Quoted from rommy:Someone post a link to a cool lanyard/holder for the ID Card.
http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Vertical-Holder-Resealable-1815-1110/dp/B004APYQI8/ref=sr_1_7
http://www.amazon.com/Pencil-The-Classics-Lanyard-TPG-321C/dp/B0012RACXU/ref=sr_1_3
Quoted from tracelifter:And the ATPDs.
All Terrain Pinball Dolly? Nice 
Quoted from Cliffy:All Terrain Pinball Dolly? Nice
Originally built by the Banana Splits, you need that bad Larry when moving pins across the delta.
Quoted from tracelifter:And the ATPDs.
I notice in the background a stairclimbing dolly-I have one like that but it does not have the attachment with the small wheels for it to lean back on/help with stair climbing. Got a link?
Quoted from tracelifter:Originally built by the Banana Splits
Uh oh! Chongo! 
Quoted from rommy:I have one like that but it does not have the attachment with the small wheels for it to lean back on/help with stair climbing
That's just a regular ol' appliance dolly. Made for moving refrigerators, mostly. The pop out small wheels have nada to do with stairs.
Quoted from Cliffy:That's just a regular ol' appliance dolly. Made for moving refrigerators, mostly. The pop out small wheels have nada to do with stairs.
And the small wheels are a major pain on anything but a hard surface like concrete. Stay off of ground or hot asphalt.
LTG
Quoted from pinwillie:ROBIN.... what do you think? Is this possible?
Looks really awesome. Nice mockup too, I can use this 1 on 1!
I think this can be done but I have to dive into it (pdf creator etc). If anyone here on the board would like to help program this, let me know! We're running on php.
Cheers, great idea!
Try FPDF. It's free, PHP-based, and could easily do these badges.
That said, I think I'll have a go at it.
Where would the real name/text blurb go? Looks like the basic ID card is full enough already.
Nice work! I love to see people present a problem with the useable solution. That is the way it should always be.
There was a thread a while back where someone was talking about making Pinside lanyards, anybody know if this ever got done? The general consensus was blue with withe letters I believe.
Quoted from SealClubber:I would rather it just stated my username. I can always say, "Hi, I'm Dan."
Yeah, in the mockup I left off the real name for that reason. Maybe you could swap username with real name? Or show both on the same line if you want both: "John Doe (jdo)"
Then there should be a small form panel, perhaps with checkboxes for "Use my real name" and "Use my quote" for that. Hmm. This is getting interesting.
Okay. White background. Blue line. Yellowish square underneath. Black panel in the middle of that. I got the font file and the PinSide logo. Now I just need the other GFX elements and I'm done!
But first, I need to take some pictures of the game rooms to post up here!
Quoted from robin:Looks really awesome. Nice mockup too, I can use this 1 on 1!
I think this can be done but I have to dive into it (pdf creator etc). If anyone here on the board would like to help program this, let me know! We're running on php.
Cheers, great idea!
I'll program it robin. What version of php? 5.2 or 5.3. Do you have zend? Can you send me the query / URL (webservice) for avatar lookup?
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Actually the avatar is easy to get. I'll parse it from the site user info page. What font are you using for The initials? Im on my phone so I can't check the CSS 
Sorry, I'm kind of occupied this week and not so much on the Pinside as I would like to!
I would like one easy to implement php function which takes the needed parameters and generates the pdf. If needed, I can install modules (but only from apt, no custom built stuff)
I love the mock up interface from post 1 and will program that as soon as I get a working PDF-generating function!
I can send you the Pinside Logo in high-res PNG or as an EPS/AI/PDF file for ultimate sharpness. Simply PM me with your e-mail address.
Alex, I PM'ed you our server specs.
Aingide, could you send me the files you used to create that mockup?
Quoted from Cliffy:Uh oh! Chongo!
That certainly brought back some Saturday morning memories...!
Quoted from SealClubber:Hi, I'm Dan.
But would do you do if you're not named "Dan" then? 
Please have this done before October!!!!!??????????????
Quoted from islandpinball:we are now officially dorks
I am just glad you apparently didn't think we were before!
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