New Avatar Size

[Osky]

Hey everyone!

I have news regarding Avatars. You can now use avatars with a size up to 200 by 200 pixels. Disregard what it says in Modify Profile about the size being up to 100 by 100. Enjoy!

[FallenEvArmy]

I've seen that too, but I think it's a temporary thing. Try refreshing the page and seeing if they shrink.

It's because some users are uploading pics larger than 200x200 and are letting the forum shrink it for them. But I think when someone views it for the first time, the avatar shows up in it's original size but then works properly after that.

[Lycrymosa]

ooo yes thank you!! ;D

[DeMarzi]

Guys make sure to double check the size of your avatars before you upload them. I've seen some that are MASSIVE (like yours right now Lycrymosa ) and it stretches the whole page.

So apparently they CAN and WILL be bigger than 200x200 if you upload them.

[Osky]

All you can do is refresh & wait. The method to re-size the avatars is unreliable at times. Varies from browser to browser and page load to page load. Try different browsers or clear your browser cache.

Be sure to remind members to keep their images at reasonable sizes. There is actually room for roughly 300x250 before things start to stretch. Doesn't mean that is the actual limit though, it is limitless except the code creates one (200x200).

EDIT: The thing about the code is that it first removes the native limit, then calls for the new limit. So sometimes the code fails, then you have BFPs (Big Fucking Pictures) in yo face.

[FallenEvArmy]

Strange, my browser seems to resize them for me when I refresh the page. I'm sure CaMacKid will be able to resolve the problem when they have the chance.

But for now, those of you that have uploaded pictures bigger than 200x200 - please consider resizing them to those dimensions so that it doesn't stretch the board for other users, thank you.

ETA: CaMacKid - you beat me to it!

[harridan]

First, thank you for changing this. Second... I was so freaked out at first that I sent a PM to a member to resize her avatar. Refreshing the page works in some browsers but not in others. I hope it works for all soon.

[Lycrymosa]

yea I need to fix the problem with my siggy too, sometimes it's normal size and then sometimes it's rather large (like now)

yes.... i think it is fixed

[DeMarzi]

For anyone who doesn't know how or needs help with resizing images, just send me a PM and I can fix it for you.

[Osky]

UPDATE:

I just switched out the code for another. Please keep an eye on avatars and let us know if there are still avatars that are showing huge.

[FallenEvArmy]

Thank you, I haven't experienced any big avatars since, I know a few people fixed their's as well.

[darren]

I'm having trouble trying to actually get an avatar that works. I have tried using dropbox and flicker to upload the image, but everytime i type the URL into the specified place and dimensions it keeps disappearing, even if i 'modify profile' at the bottom. Am i doing something wrong? Any help will be much appreciated! :/

[Himmelslicht]

Yes! Now I'll just wait for the time I'm not lazy anymore to change that xD

[harridan]

Nov 22, 2012 17:19:45 GMT -5 darren said:

I'm having trouble trying to actually get an avatar that works. I have tried using dropbox and flicker to upload the image, but everytime i type the URL into the specified place and dimensions it keeps disappearing, even if i 'modify profile' at the bottom. Am i doing something wrong? Any help will be much appreciated! :/

Hey there! I don't know what kind of links Dropbox gives you but Flickr links won't work until you find the one that leads directly to the picture. The link you get with the "Grab the link" option is a link to a page with the picture, not to the picture itself. For the direct URL look in "Grab the HTML/BBCode". It will be around the middle of the code.