Avatar Help

[karlwb]

I think I am being daft, but how do you use avatar's?

I tried to up-load one but it does not appear when I post.

Help!

Karl

:retard2:

[Leslie]

I shall help you, karlwb!

You first browse and select your avatar, then select the option "use custom avatar" in that order.

Good luck! :D

[karlwb]

..Did it work..??

You first browse and select your avatar, then select the option "use custom avatar" in that order.

I did as you said, then did save, I did have some download activity but when the avatar page did a refresh it still said NO to use avatar.

:confuse3:

[Leslie]

are you getting an error message?

generally the problem is the order in which it is done, like I posted above. :confuse3: doing it in that order seems to get it.

[Justintime]

what format and what size? the size limit is 90x90

[karlwb]

Hahaaaaaaa..!!!

Success!!!!!

The problem was the image size, it was a tad over 90x90.

Thanks for the help, great to see you all.

:bgtup:

[Q]

Sporty av Karl, nice job! :dance:

[Leslie]

:clap: nice! :headbang:

[Luis G]

I miss my 145x99 avatar, it looks much better at that resolution. This one is too small :(

[fury]

The avatar dimension size is much bigger here than it is at many other places. If we were to make them much bigger, there's the chance someone will upload an extremely huge avatar, and every time they post to a thread, it will stretch out the left column of the post tables, thereby squeezing in the right column, which contains the actual post. In cases where the user is browsing with a very low resolution or browser window size, the space is already pretty tight.

I do think the file size could stand to be upped slightly, if only to make it a bit easier on a lot of people who seem to be just barely over the 24000 byte limit. There are only 528kb in avatars but there are over 11 megs in attachments, which are limited to 100kb in size. :eek:

[Luis G]

My lightning (149x99) is only 14kB, but i understand the size and colums thing....

[krusty]

Originally posted by fury
The avatar dimension size is much bigger here than it is at many other places. If we were to make them much bigger, there's the chance someone will upload an extremely huge avatar, and every time they post to a thread, it will stretch out the left column of the post tables, thereby squeezing in the right column, which contains the actual post. In cases where the user is browsing with a very low resolution or browser window size, the space is already pretty tight.

I do think the file size could stand to be upped slightly, if only to make it a bit easier on a lot of people who seem to be just barely over the 24000 byte limit. There are only 528kb in avatars but there are over 11 megs in attachments, which are limited to 100kb in size. :eek:


Thank you JJR

[ris]

:confuse3:

[fury]

No problem, buddy :headbang:

[fury]

Originally posted by Luis G
My lightning (149x99) is only 14kB, but i understand the size and colums thing....
Ahh, hell with it. Upload your 149x99 avatar, I increased avatar dimension size to 150x100... I just found out the column width is set to a minimum of 175 anyway.

:headbang:

[Luis G]

woooooo hoooooooo !!!!!!

My cool lightning is back!!!!

BTW, it is only 12kB, i like to make jpgs as smaller as i can without losing much quality.

[Guest]

I don't mind larger avatars as long as they don't take a long time loading on my 56k connection. Nice avatars Luis and karlwb. :)

[Luis G]

Thx, s4, i was getting used to your old avatar. :D :D

As you can see my avatar is the same as the smaller one, but this one looks much better, about size, the small was 9kB and this one is 12kB, is still way below the size limit.

[Guest]

I sort of like this new avatar I got. It looks kind of evil. :cool:

[Luis G]

ohhh, you wanna join the club of evilness :D :D

[MitchSchaft]

I can't get it to work either. It's that one avatar with yoda in it.

[fury]

Within 150 length, 100 height, 24000 bytes, and the extension is .jpg or .gif or .png lowercase?

[MitchSchaft]

I dont know how to tell what dimensions it has.

It's this one:

Attachment(s):

yoda.jpg, 17.69kb

http://www.otcentral.com/forum/oldattachments/yoda.jpg

[MitchSchaft]

Oh, now when I right click and go to it's properties it shows the dimensions :rolleyes: .

it's 4 pixels too high

[sbcanada]

We're allowed bigger avatars now? SWEET!! Now I get to go find a new one... beware. :D

[Berserker]

Since al of you said the same thing, I'm gona find upload a bigger avatar as well. Avatar, is that an english word??

[MitchSchaft]

Can somebody help me edit mine. I was trying to take 4 rows of pixels off the bottom, but I can't figure it out:mad:. All I have to work with is paint.

[Luis G]

I'll resize it for you :D

[Luis G]

Here it is, only 4kB :eek:

Attachment(s):

yoda100.jpg, 3.09kb

http://www.otcentral.com/forum/oldattachments/yoda100.jpg

[MitchSchaft]

hmm...

[MitchSchaft]

i guess i'm doing something wrong

[Luis G]

Just to make sure....

1.- Right click the image in my previous post and select save image.
2.- Rename the file extension from .php to .jpg
3.- Open your avatar options page.
4.- Select use custom avatar.
5.- Hit browse and select the file you downloaded and renamed.
6.- Save....

That should do it.

[MitchSchaft]

That's how I did it.

[Luis G]

hmmmm, are you able to upload your old avatar ?

[Leslie]

Step 4 and 5 were backwards. Try browsing and selecting first, then selecting use custom avatar. :)

[fury]

There is a problem with the attachment system not giving you the correct filename. I think I may have found a fix, so I'm going to try applying it. Then you might be able to download attachments correctly. In the mean time, Luis, email it to Mitch so he can upload it

[MitchSchaft]

Originally posted by L. Summerton
Step 4 and 5 were backwards. Try browsing and selecting first, then selecting use custom avatar. :)


That's what I did the very first time, and no go. I'm not sure what you mean, Fury. Should it work now?

[MitchSchaft]

:(

[Luis G]

I'm not sure about what he says either,

I can see the image i posted just fine, just right click the image, save it, and it should do the trick....

BTW, are you able to upload your old avatar ?

[MitchSchaft]

I can't tell if it uploads or not. When I hit save it pauses for a second, then stays on the same screen, but the "NO" button is selected.

[Luis G]

Hmmm, are you completely sure that you're selecting the option "use custom avatar".

The other 2 posibilities are:
- Your browser has a bug and it doesn't submits the data properly.
- The image file has a "bug" too and the board refuses to upload it (try your old avatar and see if it uploads)

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[MitchSchaft]

The old avatar was 4 pixels too big. I've seen it work on another forum, that's where I got it from.
I'm running IE6 from winXP. And of course I'm sure I selected custom avatar:D

[Luis G]

Try another image, smaller in size and resolution if possible.....

[MitchSchaft]

Yeah, it's something to do with that pic:(

[MitchSchaft]

I just tried your pic and it worked fine