question about avatars

beavinator · Post by **beavinator** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:15 pm

I apologize if this is a stupid question, but why will my profile page not allow me to link to an avatar larger than 80x80 pixels or 6kb, when clearly there are many avatars in use on this forum that far exceed those specifications? Am I missing something here...

chershaytoute · Post by **chershaytoute** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:34 pm

beavinator, it says you're not supposed to, and we ask that you not because it puts stress on things by making it hard to read.

If it's too wide, it'll make the writing area too small...or if it's too tall, it will make the writing area stretch out too long.

Mirage · Post by **Mirage** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:47 pm

So Cher, are you saying that the forum specifically wont allow you to link to an avatar that's too big? 'Cuz I'm wondering if maybe he's just having a linking issue to begin with...everytime I change mine, I enter in an IMG tag, realize that's wrong, erase it, and then enter in the correct URL. You'd think I'd have learned by now.

beavinator · Post by **beavinator** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:02 pm

Mirage wrote:So Cher, are you saying that the forum specifically wont allow you to link to an avatar that's too big? 'Cuz I'm wondering if maybe he's just having a linking issue to begin with...everytime I change mine, I enter in an IMG tag, realize that's wrong, erase it, and then enter in the correct URL. You'd think I'd have learned by now.

Wow. No I wasn't making that particular mistake, but I WAS doing something equally as dumb, namely forgetting part of the URL to my own damn website. Oy...

Thanks for the responses.

ShardinsKitten · Post by **ShardinsKitten** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:03 pm

Just sounds like a linking issue to me. Try hosting the images in like photo bucket first. Then use the url code. Make sure you do stay around the suggested size though. It does complicate the forum if you're too far over.

Mirage · Post by **Mirage** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:05 pm

beavinator wrote:
Wow. No I wasn't making that particular mistake, but I WAS doing something equally as dumb, namely forgetting part of the URL to my own damn website. Oy...

Thanks for the responses.

Hee! Glad to see it's working now.

beavinator · Post by **beavinator** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:06 pm

Yeah...it is a little wide though, ain't it.
How do I shrink this thing without making it illegible?

Speaking of avatars, your current one r0xx the s0xx, Mirage.

ShardinsKitten · Post by **ShardinsKitten** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:17 pm

just resize it. You can do that easily when you upload it using photobucket. Or you can do it using another image program you have.

www.photobucket.com if you want

beavinator · Post by **beavinator** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:26 pm

ShardinsKitten wrote:just resize it. You can do that easily when you upload it using photobucket. Or you can do it using another image program you have.

Yeah, I know. Apparently MS Photo Editor just blows. If I resize in the least it gets all blurry and you can't read the text. I'll let my wife have a crack at it with her mad Photoshop skillz when she gets home.

Mirage · Post by **Mirage** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:12 pm

beavinator wrote:
Speaking of avatars, your current one r0xx the s0xx, Mirage.

How appropriate, you fight like a cow.

chershaytoute · Post by **chershaytoute** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:55 am

No, it's not that the forum software won't allow it...

But... If you use Photobucket, for instance, you can upload it there, then click EDIT, then once you're in their edit area, you can click "avatar" and agree to that size, and it'll set you up with something avatar sized right there and VOILA! You're set, no thinking required! I've taken to doing things that way...and my little pea brain thanks me on a regular basis...

beavinator · Post by **beavinator** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:34 am

Photoshop did the trick.
Thanks for the help folks.

iamcool · Post by **iamcool** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:13 pm

and mods are still abusing their powers

Post by **Broken Kid** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:24 pm

iamcool wrote:and mods are still abusing their powers

I deleted your previous post and sent you an explanation.