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Support an option that allows the user to exclude beta sites from the flair.

Type in your display name, it will detect your numerical ID automatically. Change the selected site. Click generate. It generates an error. I guess it's the ID that doesn't match anymore the site?

My flair (http://stackflair.com/Generate/e2556160-2dc7-493b-b285-9888b743b8f2.html) doesn't match the sum (manually summed) of rep at http://stackexchange.com/users/e2556160-2dc7-493b-b285-9888b743b8f2?tab=accounts

I guess it's a SE problem, but of course I'm not sure. Would be nice (see comment on "Custom size" request) to have an option to see all sites in the flair (that way I could check myself easily) Even a comment in the generated HTML would go a long way.

Will report same on meta.SO too.

Is there a method the .html flavour of stack flair could be embedded on my SE profile pages? I prefer that to the image formats because there's more information in them, you can hover over each graphic part and learn something and click through for more.

References are local to my machine, not machine independent.

Error handling for invalid parameters and api exceptions

Forum software typically disallows picture URLs that look dynamically generated. Usually, the heuristic is:

• they mustn't contain a question mark, and
• they must end with a image extension like .png or .gif

Would it be possible to have an alternative url format that matches these requirements? For example:

http://stackflair.somee.com/Generate/b27a90d1-blah-85e9e53a9659?format=Image
                 ↓↓↓
http://stackflair.somee.com/Generate/b27a90d1-blah-85e9e53a9659.png

So this generate link doesn't work: http://stackflair.com/Generate/options/only=StackOverflow/31759f60-0536-4343-a728-045a4e217082.png

But this does: http://stackflair.com/Generate/options/only=StackOverflow,theme=default/31759f60-0536-4343-a728-045a4e217082.png

As you can see, my flair got cut, probably because the size of the "♦1" was not taken in consideration when sizing the image.

Create a wiki page that shows usage examples

Suggesting: #FFCC00

As you can see by visiting StackFlair.com, the following images from the homepage theme selector give broken links (Server Errors):

• http://stackflair.com/Generate/options/theme=default/3f0eac82-1801-410d-b334-234c18ddeeeb.png
• http://stackflair.com/Generate/options/theme=black/3f0eac82-1801-410d-b334-234c18ddeeeb.png
• http://stackflair.com/Generate/options/theme=hotdog/3f0eac82-1801-410d-b334-234c18ddeeeb.png
• http://stackflair.com/Generate/options/theme=holy/3f0eac82-1801-410d-b334-234c18ddeeeb.png
• http://stackflair.com/Generate/options/theme=nimbus/3f0eac82-1801-410d-b334-234c18ddeeeb.png

There is a class in your repository that has your API key exposed, might want to hide it in a configuration file.

Spruce up the selection ui.

Input: http://i.imgur.com/BdI2r.png

Exception: System.Exception: Favicon file does not exist

Stack trace:

[Exception: Favicon file does not exist]
   Template.GetFavicon(String siteName) in D:\Users\Rebecca\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\StackFlair.Web\StackFlair.Mvc\Controllers\Templates.cs:108
   Template.GenerateImage() in D:\Users\Rebecca\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\StackFlair.Web\StackFlair.Mvc\Controllers\Templates.cs:204
   StackFlair.Mvc.Controllers.GenerateController.GenerateImageFlair(StackData stackData, StackFlairOptions flairOptions) in D:\Users\Rebecca\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\StackFlair.Web\StackFlair.Mvc\Controllers\GenerateController.cs:93
   StackFlair.Mvc.Controllers.GenerateController.Index(String options, String associationId, String format) in D:\Users\Rebecca\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\StackFlair.Web\StackFlair.Mvc\Controllers\GenerateController.cs:43
   lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] ) +209
   System.Web.Mvc.ActionMethodDispatcher.Execute(ControllerBase controller, Object[] parameters) +17
   System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 parameters) +199
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters) +27
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClassd.<InvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__a() +56
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodFilter(IActionFilter filter, ActionExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation) +267
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClassf.<InvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__c() +20
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodWithFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, IList`1 filters, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters) +190
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeAction(ControllerContext controllerContext, String actionName) +345
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.ExecuteCore() +115
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +42
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.System.Web.Mvc.IController.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +10
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass8.<BeginProcessRequest>b__4() +34
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass1.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__0() +21
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass8`1.<BeginSynchronous>b__7(IAsyncResult _) +12
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +55
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +43
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +9
   System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +8841105
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +184

Could we have a ?height=xxx&width=xxx in the image URL? This way, I'll be able to resize it to 90x45 pixels (or something similar), and use the image on a particular forum (which only allows 90x90px max image signatures).

Including html is not always option, or even the desirable option. Allow the flair to be returned as an image.

Compare:

• //stackflair.com dark
• //stackflair.com
• //official flair

It appears as if some favicons have alpha channel information that is discarded.

See my image flair vs. my HTML flair.

When I click on the "generate flair" button with default setting - ie just navigating to the page. I receive an asp.net error page stating the following error:

Input string was not in a correct format.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.] System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal) +9594283 System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info) +119 System.Int32.Parse(String s) +23 StackFlair.Web.Default.btnSubmit_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\Users\Rebecca\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\StackFlair.Web\StackFlair.Web\Default.aspx.cs:48 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +118 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +112 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +10 System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +13 System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +36 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +5563

Hope this helps!
Doug