Forum upgrade

OldBloke · August 21, 2003, 10:45:14 PM

The forum will be upgraded sometime over the coming weekend. When the work is complete you will be able to login using your current forum account. However, you will lose your current avatar and will need to upload it again.

There's bound to be plenty of teething troubles after the change. Please contact me on my dMw email address if you are having difficulties.

oldbloke@deadmen.co.uk

Dr Sadako · August 22, 2003, 06:12:34 AM

Quote However, you will lose your current avatar and will need to upload it again.

Your avatar must be no bigger than 64 pixels by 64 pixels in size. Uploaded avatars from your computer must be no larger than 20 KB.
The following file types are allowed: gif .jpeg .jpg .swf .png

Stryker · August 22, 2003, 09:15:39 AM

64x64 pixels..... that sounds somewhat small.

Dr Sadako · August 22, 2003, 09:45:24 AM

Quote64x64 pixels..... that sounds somewhat small.

Yes that is why I posted the change. Right now we are allowed to have:

QuoteOnly one image can be displayed at a time, its width can be no greater than 150 pixels, the height no greater than 150 pixels, and the file size no more than 11 KB.

OldBloke · August 22, 2003, 09:48:14 AM

The avatar size is not written in stone.

If mine is too big then the allowance will be 'upped' to suit

Zok · August 22, 2003, 12:13:00 PM

oooh the power

sheepy · August 22, 2003, 06:42:48 PM

20 k is bigger than it is at the moment isnt it, coz my avatar was right on the boarderline

SLoWHaND · August 22, 2003, 11:02:03 PM

The Avatar contol panel states the following for this forum.

Displays a small graphic image below your details in posts. Only one image can be displayed at a time, its width can be no greater than 150 pixels, the height no greater than 150 pixels, and the file size no more than 11 KB.

I should know I spent hours tryng to compress files that small

SLoWHaND

SLoWHaND · August 22, 2003, 11:03:36 PM

Quote20 k is bigger than it is at the moment isnt it, coz my avatar was right on the boarderline

Sheepy your avatar is just over 6.2kb
and falls easily within the limits

SLoWHaND

smite · August 22, 2003, 11:39:35 PM

Quote
Quote However, you will lose your current avatar and will need to upload it again.

Your avatar must be no bigger than 64 pixels by 64 pixels in size. Uploaded avatars from your computer must be no larger than 20 KB.
The following file types are allowed: gif .jpeg .jpg .swf .png[/b]

The new forum is this big.

SLoWHaND · August 22, 2003, 11:46:10 PM

Ok just in case someone misses this post about the forum changes.

I have saved ALLcurrent displayed avatars at the address below.

http://aj.skelton.users.btopenworld.com/dmw/avatars/

They are in a number format as given to it by the forum and not the original file name.
I,ll leave here for a few weeks then get rid of them ok.

SLoWHaND

OldBloke · August 23, 2003, 12:17:28 AM

Cheers Slowhand ...

But this had me guessing for a while

http://aj.skelton.users.btopenworld.com/dm...f89b5992b0a.gif

Doorman · August 23, 2003, 12:41:31 AM

Which one's mine?

SLoWHaND · August 23, 2003, 12:50:38 AM

Ok I checked all the images
Some where corrupted on the mass upload.
All are ok now..........

SLoWHaND

SLoWHaND · August 23, 2003, 12:57:33 AM

Quote
Quote
Quote However, you will lose your current avatar and will need to upload it again.

Your avatar must be no bigger than 64 pixels by 64 pixels in size. Uploaded avatars from your computer must be no larger than 20 KB.
The following file types are allowed: gif .jpeg .jpg .swf .png[/b]

The new forum is this big.[/b]

Yeah the file size in KB is fine its just the (pixel x pixel) side of things that wants a altering 150 x 150 is ok anymore and it makes the lefthand margin to wide.
20 kb would nice, prolly get a bit more detail into any animated gifs with that.

SLoWHaND.