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Posted by: gaara

Note: the maximum size of your custom image is 80 by 80 pixels or 30000 bytes (whichever is smaller).

Yep, my image is larger than 80x80 but smaller than 30000bytes and it won't let me upload it because it is larger than 80x80. The way I'm reading the above suggests that it only has to be 80x80 or smaller OR under 30000bytes, not both. So if you could either clear that up or change it so I can upload my avatar that would be nice...would be nice slightly expanding the sizes since it doesn't leave much room for animated gifs

thanks

Posted by: talldude123

Sorta noticed that your avatar is kinda bare.

Why not upload it to Photobucket/ImageShack, and host it with that instead of TF? Save a little more space for TF

Posted by: Meithan

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by gaara [/i]
Note: the maximum size of your custom image is 80 by 80 pixels or 30000 bytes [B](whichever is smaller).[/B][/QUOTE]

There's your answer. The maximum is 80x80 or 30Kbytes, whichever happens first. So yes, you have to meet both conditions simultaneously.

Posted by: gaara

Well I really think they should expand the size limitations anyways since it doesn't really leave any room for anything, especially animated gifs. I spent all day figuring out how to make animated images and edit and crop it nicely and then find out it's too big. Weak

[quote]Why not upload it to Photobucket/ImageShack, and host it with that instead of TF? Save a little more space for TF[/quote]It's an avatar, it HAS to be uploaded to the TF server and it has to meet the size requirements anyways

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/samsonality/0116uw2.gif[/IMG]

Posted by: Meithan

Well, 80x80 is somewhat standard for forum avatars. The animated gif you posted is 150x150 - I don't think many forums allow avatars that big. It's a matter of space anyway. Both storage and onscren space.

Posted by: gaara

Well the side margin is definetely wide enough to accomodate a 150x150 image...

Plus 30kb or even something as big as 100kb is hardly a huge storage hog for any server especially if you account for current drive space standards. I would think this server is a mimimum 80GB. Either way, I know they don't have to change it and probably won't, but it would be appreciated. I just wanted the requirement initially cleared up which it has been, and now this has turned into a suggestion about expanding the size of avatars

Posted by: Meithan

Yeah, it's up to the admin anyway. I'm sure we wouldn't mind a size increase.

Posted by: Trotter

I wonder how hard it would be to change it on this version of vB?

This thing is help together by bubble gum and bailing twine already...

Posted by: Meithan

Not like I know anything about vB coding, but isn't it just a matter of modifying the check when a user uploads an avatar image? The code of the forum itself shouldn't have any restriction.

Posted by: Trotter

TF is running on a pretty old version.

We hope to get to upgrade to the newest (or at least NEWER) version someday, but that will involve downtime.

Posted by: gaara

yeah you shouldn't have to do any hacking, in the admincp there should be an option somewhere for setting avatar restrictions regardless of how old this version is

Posted by: The General

[img]http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/968/0116uw2xq3.gif[/img]

There you go, have fun.

Posted by: TheMajor

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by gaara [/i]
[B]yeah you shouldn't have to do any hacking, in the admincp there should be an option somewhere for setting avatar restrictions regardless of how old this version is [/B][/QUOTE]

[color=darkred]Ofcourse it does, but TF doesn't seem to have any active admins.[/color]

Posted by: gaara

I was going to bump this and see if anything was happening about it, and then I saw The General nicely took the time to resize the thing for me and I thought all was well...but of course the actual file size is STILL TOO BIG. Please please please please...I don't see a problem with increasing the limit to 100x100 and 100kb

(sorry but I find it ridiculous that that tiny*** gif is still too big)

Posted by: DMo224

[i]Who said "no active admins"?[/i] :angry:

The AdminCP allows for the change for whatever size that the owners/admins want, but it must have some set size so that it doesn't make loading slow (and all that stuff you already know).

For the time being, the avatar size requirements will remain the same. When we upgrade, whenever that happens, there will be some extra privileges of those longstanding members which will include larger avatar sizes.

Thanks for the suggestion, gaara.

Dave :D