Avatars

[Porfiry]

I've re-enabled avatars on the site. However, please be certain to abide by the following:

Avatars are meant to be simple visual cues, not overwhelming distractions that compete with the text. Thus, I am imposing the following restrictions. First, avatars may not exceed 40 x 40 pixels in size. Second, distracting animation is disallowed.

Avatars that are too large or are animated will be removed in the coming weeks, so if your existing avatar does not meet the new requirements, you should change it as soon as possible.

 

[Thor]

I tried changing my avatar but it would not let me. All I could do was disable it. Once disabled can you reenable it?
Also, once upon a time, wasn't the size of avatars 60x60 (Note: That was just a question, not a complaint)

 

[Porfiry]

Does it work now? And yes, at some point the size was 60 x 60. That seems a bit large for the current layout, though.

 

[Thor]

Ah yes, it does work now. Thank you. I shall change it when I get home. And thanks for the swift reply.

 

[Dr Lou Natic]

Harr, I have an avatarr

 

[spuriousmonkey]

I took away my animation and made it 40x40. It looks shite now. I guess I will have to make a new one.


edit - I just took my website favicon. Can't be bothered to make another one. It is ony 32x32 pixels even. And don't worry it is linked to my own domain. Sorry if there are cookies Goofy.

 

[spuriousmonkey]

If possible, please host your avatar on an external website rather than uploading it to sciforums. Avatars waste a lot of bandwidth and it's easier if you help share the pain.

When I choose my avatar I choose an external link (the original was under my domain). But if I check the avatar properties it seems it is located under sciforums.

So, I wonder if you actually benefit from chosing an avatar from an external link. Should I do something differently?

It is all a bit confusing for a simple monkey.

 

[Porfiry]

But if I check the avatar properties it seems it is located under sciforums.

Ah, cripes. OK, never mind then. Apparently this forum software is incapable of being intelligent.

 

[spuriousmonkey]

I hope it is a comforting thought then that mine is only 271 bytes. I probably wasted more bandwidth by replying.

alternatively you could set the limit to 16x16 pixels.

It is still possible to make nice avatars at this size. Just needs creativity.

 

[Porfiry]

Well, I'll probably spend some time optimizing the HTML itself, which ought to reduce bandwidth consumption considerably. The new layout already has some substantial reductions by removing unnecessary crap. This helps the server, but it also helps you because sciforums loads faster.

 

[outlandish]

40 x 40?!!
grrrrrreat!

a whole file of boombastic avatars.....all un-useable.

jee thanks.

 

[spuriousmonkey]

Downsize your existing ones or make a new one.

 

[Porfiry]

a whole file of boombastic avatars.....all un-useable.

But so much more usable than they were yesterday when you couldn't have an avatar. So I'll accept your thanks even though you didn't provide any.

 

[outlandish]

oh spurious I wish I was techy as you.

If you think the downsizing proceadure would be simple enough for me to grasp then sure by all means PM me.

for now....this will have to do.

....it's OK I guess.

 

[outlandish]

porf:

"jee thanks"

...it's there in black and white.

 

[Porfiry]

OK then, I accept your very sarcastically spoken thanks.

 

[(Q)]

Porfiry

I get a script error on every page I click - what happened?

 

[Porfiry]

Can you be more specific about the error?

 

[(Q)]

I posted it in the "error warning" thread.

 

[guthrie]

Thanks Porfiry!