ObjectDock Background Gallery now Open for Business!

Thursday, January 13, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News

It’s been a long time coming, but today I am happy to announce we have a gallery dedicated exclusively to ObjectDock backgrounds!  This gallery will only contain tabbed and zoomer dock backgrounds for ObjectDock.  No icon permitted, we have the regular ObjectDock gallery for that. 

All new background uploads are to be directed to this new gallery.  If you have dock backgrounds already uploaded and want to have them moved, then you will need to contact a mod so we can help preserve your download counts if you wish.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/objectdock_backgrounds

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RedneckDude
Reply #21 Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:53 PM

Works for me, Dave. From any page.

DaveBax
Reply #22 Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:56 PM

OK, I have it now and please don' ask. Well I had 2 tabs open for win and set it in one but was working from the other. Putting muself in timeout for an hour.

Hankers
Reply #23 Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:03 PM

Who are the mods for the gallery?

Myself, Lantec, WOM, HG_Eliminator, Snowman, Jafo and Island_Dog

frankell
Reply #24 Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:07 PM

yep .... Explore (drop down menu bottom) > view gallery list (new page bottom) > ObjectDock_Dockbackgrounds

more precisely: ... Explore (drop down menu at the bottom) > view gallery list (new page at the bottom) > Other > ObjectDock_Dockbackgrounds

for me is working right from this page !

 

 

 

DaveBax
Reply #25 Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:31 PM

fankell, I have it as I explained above.

WebGizmos
Reply #26 Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:48 PM

Who are the mods for the gallery?


Myself, Lantec, WOM, HG_Eliminator, Snowman, Jafo and Island_Dog

Thanks Hank!

WebGizmos
Reply #27 Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:55 PM

I guess it's safe to assume that comments on old docks won't be preserved when reuploaded to the new gallery?

I've begun the task of updated old docks now a page at a time...this is gonna take awhile!

Ton-K300
Reply #28 Friday, January 14, 2011 6:41 AM

Brilliant!

B2R
Reply #29 Friday, January 14, 2011 9:05 AM

My submission in the new ObjectDock Background gallery is duplicate...?

frankell
Reply #30 Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:54 AM

just another idea (in short as I have no much time)

testing\tasting the new library with my last submission (the really first on the gallery) I can say that apart the first hours when the skin was shown in the WC homepage in the "NEW" string the visibility is very very poor, I think that the following downloads come from the cross link in the "last skins of the same author" from the Object Dock gallery.

the point is that the main gallery remain the one with the icons ecc. and the anonymous visitors will never reach the OD dockbackground pages, just remember that only subscribers can customize the Explore thing

maybe a better solution would be to create a new gallery only for the others OD entries and leave the Main OD library as it is only for the upcoming new dockbackgrounds, imagine how less work for everybody just the gameicons\skinners will not be glad for this solution I think

bk13GarbageMan
Reply #31 Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:25 AM

Really cool, like many others, I've been wishing for this.

 

 

DrJBHL
Reply #32 Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:40 AM

maybe a better solution would be to create a new gallery only for the others OD entries and leave the Main OD library as it is only for the upcoming new dockbackgrounds, imagine how less work for everybody just the gameicons\skinners will not be glad for this solution I think

The current solution should make everyone happy, and that's the goal, frankell. I don't think anyone cares about the name. It's the separation between icons and docks that was the goal, and that's been achieved.

frankell
Reply #33 Saturday, January 15, 2011 9:49 AM

 

"preserve your download counts if you wish."

This was promised to me, but never happened..........just saying......

this could be a good reason to be unhappy .... when it will be too late !

 

I don't think anyone cares about the name. It's the separation between icons and docks that was the goal, and that's been achieved.

the goal was to achieve more intraffic for the WC site but as I experimented the new OD backgrounds library is a kind of B gallery without any visibility for the anonimous visitors (90% of the downloads numbers) on's more a privilege for the skinners usability and not for the skins visibility , what about the docks made by the great skinners not more around, one name for all: messiah1 ?

Really cool, like many others, I've been wishing for this.

yeah and this time not only another idea but also my opinion !!

 

Island Dog
Reply #34 Saturday, January 15, 2011 10:12 AM

It took years to get this gallery into WinCustomize, it's not changing.  I can look into making it more visible but this is a new gallery and it will need to be populated.

frankell
Reply #35 Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:37 AM

I can look into making it more visible but this is a new gallery and it will need to be populated.

it's sounds really good !! thanks one's again for your great hard work !!

WebGizmos
Reply #36 Saturday, January 15, 2011 12:22 PM

 

the goal was to achieve more intraffic for the WC site

 

The "goal" was to have a gallery for just dock backgrounds. Something I've been asking for for years now. And thank you Spencer for making it happen!

 

 

the new OD backgrounds library is a kind of B gallery without any visibility for the anonimous visitors (90% of the downloads numbers) on's more a privilege for the skinners usability and not for the skins visibility

 

This isn't a "b" gallery!  It's a brand new long overdue gallery created just for OD backgrounds. Operative word being "brand new" and it will take some time for people to realize it exists. But if your not happy with it frankell...your more than welcome to leave or upload your backgrounds into the old gallery and that will solve your concern!

Uvah
Reply #37 Saturday, January 15, 2011 1:38 PM

Just to let you know. Clicking on the link from the home page to DaveBax's Purple Splash Docks.

frankell
Reply #38 Saturday, January 15, 2011 2:24 PM

about the "goal" the ID decision arose following your request in this contest:

 

WinCustomize in 2011 By on January 2,

 

Getting back into work mode one of my first goals for 2011 is to make WinCustomize even better than it is. Site traffic has declined over the last year or so as skinning is moving back to its niche “roots”, and getting more people involved here and download/submitting is a top goal

 

 

your more than welcome to leave or upload your backgrounds into the old gallery and that will solve your concern!

 

I already uploaded the skin n.1 on the new gallery and at the moment I'm the n.1 skinner in the same gallery, I couldn't be more happy just to say that my concern was only for give more appeal to the WC site  but I will wait some time before to move my backgrounds !

aw no problems at all WB, just sometimes I feel more the "psychologist of work" I was than the skinner now I am

WebGizmos
Reply #39 Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:07 PM

Begun updating docks for the move!

B2R
Reply #40 Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:30 AM

Good evening to all,

I carefully followed your debates with Stardock on the new gallery ObjectDock Background positioning and I must say that I agree with 'frankell' and a little surprised at the responses.

I have a test publishing "warningdock" both on the ObjectDock' and 'objectdock Background', despite the advance one day on the new gallery...

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/objectdock_backgrounds/11/
https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/objectdock/17022/

the result on attendance is clear!

I think that the creation of the new gallery has meaning only if it is even visible to the visitors 'objectdock';

This gallery should be dedicated only to the 'Backgrounds' … while it also retrieves the 'Tiles'.

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