Custom Images

Ah, I found how to upload my own images to the server. It was more easy than I thought. I only had to head to Configuration -> General -> (Choose) Images -> Create Image
A more beatified map of the infrastructure

I downloaded a few wallpapers from DeviantArt in order to use them as a wallpaper but it soon became apparent that Zabbix maps are designed to blend in with white backgrounds. So, after discarding the nice black, blue and gray ones I had gathered I used a minimalistic one.
I also had to scale and crop it a bit because zabbix does not stretch the image to fit the map size, so you have to provide an image that is of the exact size. In retrospect, the best way to go about it is to put the background image first and then design the map around it so that it looks better. This way you can avoid placing links on multicolored places where the text would just stand out.

One could even make this an art-form ;)
A more beatified map of the infrastructure
After that, I scoured the net via google-image search for a few icons and voila!

The easy part to update was the routers where I just updated the icon in the database. For the rest of the icons I had to create new icons and then change the map elements one by one.

I believe you will agree with me that it was worth it.

Now, lets revisit those WinPopUps

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  • 13.10 Quote of the Day: Capitalism

    Quoth the Barefoot Bum

    The problem our capitalist economy faces is not how to feed everyone, but how to make a profit feeding everyone.

    Aptly said and so true. We would have no problem feeding everyone on the planet but the capitalists can’t make a profit that way and this goes for most goods.

    Just look at the situation with Intellectual Property where the right holders are trying to reign in infinite goods just because they can’t figure out a business plan to make money out of them.

  • 24.09 Quote of the Day: Past and Future

    Quoth Xenos

    Those who parade their history as an excuse for laziness and incompetence will soon discover that they have no future.

  • 28.08 Quote of the Day: Science contribution

    Quoth Matthew Cob and Jerry Coyne

    You suggest that science may bring about “advances in theological thinking”. In reality, the only contribution that science can make to the ideas of religion is atheism.

    (h/t Pharyngula)