General Web Design Discussion

x5productions · July 20 '03, 07:02 PM (#1)

I have layouts, just dont have color schemes...any sites?

Brak · July 20 '03, 07:14 PM (#2)

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html

Although I suggest learning more about color in general... color scheme generators can only give you a formulated loook... can't give you that extra edge given from a custom scheme, not to mention the different feelings invoked from different colors... (whens the last time you saw a mcdonalds ad in dull greys and blues

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x5productions · July 20 '03, 07:16 PM (#3)

Thanks man

smoseley · July 20 '03, 09:11 PM (#4)

OMG !!! They stole my color table script (the color table along the bottom)!!! What do I do ?!?

smoseley · July 20 '03, 09:14 PM (#5)

For the record...

Their script:

Code:

function DrawPalette()
{
  var outer, middle, inner=255;
  
  document.write('<div ID="palette">');
  document.write('<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1 border=0 bgcolor="#000000">');
  document.write('<tr>');
    
  for (outer = 255; outer >= 0; outer-=51)
  {
    for (middle = 255; middle >= 0; middle-=51)
    {
      for (inner = 255; inner >= 0; inner-=51)
      {
        tR=HEXCodes[255 - outer];
            tG=HEXCodes[255 - middle];
            tB=HEXCodes[255 - inner];
  
        document.write('<td height="11" width="11" bgcolor="#'+tR+tG+tB+'"><a href="#" 
                onClick="ChangeColors('+(255 - outer)+','+(255 - middle)+','+(255 - inner)+'); 
                return false;"><img src="clear.gif" border="0" width="11" height="11" 
                /></a></td>');
      }
    }
    if(outer!=0) document.write('</tr><tr>');
  }
  document.write('</tr>');
  document.write('</table>');
  document.write('</div>');
}

My script:

Code:

function loadColorPicker(color) {
    document.writeln('<TABLE CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=10 BORDER=0>');
    document.writeln('<TR>');
    document.writeln('<TD COLSPAN=3>');
    document.writeln('<TABLE CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=1 BORDER=0 BGCOLOR="#000000">');
    for (var x=0; x<=255; x=x+51) {
        for (var y=0; y<=255; y=y+51) {
            for (var z=0; z<=255; z=z+51) {
                if (((x/51*36)+(y/51*6)+z/51)%36 == 0) document.writeln('<TR>');
                document.writeln('<TD BGCOLOR="#' + getHexValue(x) + getHexValue(y) + getHexValue(z) + 
                        '"><IMG SRC="/images/spacer.gif" STYLE="cursor:hand" 
                        ONMOUSEOVER="highlightColor(' + x + ',' + y + ',' + z + ')" 
                        ONCLICK="saveColor(' + x + ',' + y + ',' + z + ')" WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10 
                        BORDER=0 ALT="#' + getHexValue(x) + getHexValue(y) + getHexValue(z) + '"></A></TD>');
                if (((x/51*36)+(y/51*6)+z/51)%36 == 35) document.writeln('</TR>');
            }
        }
    }
    document.writeln('</TABLE>');
    document.writeln('</TD>');
    document.writeln('</TR>');
    document.writeln('</TABLE>');
}

Am I crazy or does anyone else see the similarity ?!?

They can't have done it before mine, either... that script is 2 years old!!!

smoseley · July 20 '03, 09:21 PM (#6)

The way I know they stole it is this line:

Code:

document.write('<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1 border=0 bgcolor="#000000">');

Every other line of their script uses quotes on all attributes... this line, however, uses the same formatting that mine does (no quotes EXCEPT on the bgcolor)... they only made it all lowercase.

Please someone tell me I'm crazy !!!

Grommet · July 20 '03, 09:29 PM (#7)

*Sniff Sniff* *Sniff Sniff* I smell lawsuite

smoseley · July 20 '03, 09:29 PM (#8)

For the record... here's what my script looks like:

http://www.transio.com/color_picker.htm

splufdaddy · July 20 '03, 09:48 PM (#9)

Wow, that's interesting...where was your code posted for them to take?

Brak · July 20 '03, 09:53 PM (#10)

Perhaps you were.. but the script has many practical applications, and is not explicitly copyrighted... I think it would fall under the same catagory as claiming this site ripped mine because it uses the <body> tag.

smoseley · July 20 '03, 10:08 PM (#11)

spluf, it used to be on http://www.anewhorizon.org. It was a part of the content editor I made for that site. They recently redesigned the site, though.

Brak, you don't have to "explicitly" copyright something for a copyright to be legally binding. It's still illegal to rip scripts that you didn't write... and even WORSE to profit off them !!! These people actually SELL their product that apparently uses my script !!

Brak · July 20 '03, 10:16 PM (#12)

Yeah I know what you mean... however, I'm saying this falls into the catagory of near impossible to prove. Personally I've used tons of people's codes.... however, I always moify them to a major extent. I find it's the best way to learn (view source).

Also... you mentioned you built it into a control panel that you sold a site to someone... wouldnt' it in turn be the person you sold it to's copyright, and not yours anymore?

smoseley · July 20 '03, 10:43 PM (#13)

I sold them a license to use the software, not the rights to the source code. It's in the contract.

Logik · September 1 '03, 07:53 AM (#14)

if you still have that contract, along with the code that it goes along with, you got yourself a case then...

otherwise, you got screwed.

T1Oracle · October 3 '05, 11:08 PM (#15)

Javascript is so easy to take there really isn't any point in trying to copywrite it. If you get ripped just make sure your next version is better than theirs. Copywrites are for Server Side technologies, not client side IMO. I'm working on a big javascript project right now, and I intend on releasing it for free on DynamicDrive.com. After that, I will use that for self promotion and as evidence that I am the original source of it. If I get ripped Dynamic Drive would probably take care of that since they copywrite that stuff. I won't involve myself in such chases though, its too much time and effort for that kind of stuff.

Rince · October 4 '05, 10:34 AM (#16)

Wow - waking up an old thread here.

Looking at the code transio posted - they did not steel his script. There are many fundamental differances that proove they were authored seperatly. For example, the sequence of if statements have different logic to them. It's a bit more than just changing the variable names. It's fundamentally a different script cause it does the if statements in a different order.

As for the lack of " marks on the line:

document.write('<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1 border=0 bgcolor="#000000">');

Probably cause the html code was copy pasted out a html editor like dreaweaver which defaults to this styling.

MoRpHeUs · October 11 '05, 08:53 PM (#17)

some people use tidy as well which has a unique style to itself and layout

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Is there a site for nice color schemes?