New: Avatar gallery & hosting of avatars

acombred

To help speed up loading times for people using dial-up connections, and to ensure avatars don't take up too much space on screen, off site linking of avatars will end soon.

There are now 2 ways to get avatars:-

* There is a new avatar gallery available, you can select any avatar from that gallery. (any submissions for the gallery gratefully received! Please contact me if you have a submission).

* or you can upload your own avatar to our webspace (subject to the size limitations). If you are having difficulty uploading your own avatar because it is too large and you need it resizing then contact me by PM or email.

LondonVillageRed · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:30 am Post subject:

Booooo, I say boooooooooooooooooooooo!!
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AllModCons · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 11:58 am Post subject:

Herman the Tosser · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:23 pm Post subject:

Don't worry guys, all your avatars will be stored in a holdings company for safe keeping and will be separated from the forum. Nothing to be worried about.
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acombred · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:49 pm Post subject:

chrischapman37 · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:31 pm Post subject:

I'm more concerned About your picture At the moment Acombred.

Is there any chance you can make an enlarged version available for T-shirt printing as i'd love one And i'm sure others will too. Cheers
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NR · First team captain Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Posts: 1007

Would have made an excellent Xmas card to send to Askham Lane too Smile

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gster · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:42 pm Post subject:

Where is the avatar gallery located?

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acombred · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:08 pm Post subject:

it's a new option that's been added, simply click on the Show Gallery button (when editing your profile)

Jobi1 · Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 6:11 pm Post subject:

So can I keep Noel, Liam and Andy or not? Question

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acombred · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 3:52 pm Post subject:

acombred · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 2:10 pm Post subject:

Anyone else need any help with uploading their avatar? If so get in touch.

All off-site avatars will cease to show up very shortly.

Lardmonster · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject:

CityTillIDie · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:40 pm Post subject:

Will I be able to keep my current effort?
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noddyinnapa · First team captain Joined: 17 Apr 2003 Posts: 1527

Come to think of it is Mr Potter safe Confused

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acombred · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 4:36 am Post subject:

If you have an avatar that is too large you will need to resize it (this can be done using any image editing program) then save it to your PC and then you can use the upload option, then press Submit.

The maximum size is 150x170 pixels and no greater than 7KB.

If you can't resize the image then PM me and I can resize the image for you.

SIMMO · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 4:45 am Post subject:

L

s I have tried uploading my current avator but it does not show up in the list.

Can you check it out?
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acombred · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:22 am Post subject:

acombred · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject:

Last call for anyone who needs help with their avatar before we make the change.

I am happy to resize anyone's avatar and I can reduce the size of animated GIFs as well.

LondonVillageRed · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:16 am Post subject:

Will we be able to upload Avatars as and when we decide to change? If so I can't see the difference between uploading and off site linking.

acombred · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:23 am Post subject:

LondonVillageRed · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:33 am Post subject:

In which case I withdraw my booooooo from earlier in this thread!

acombred · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject:

If you need to resize the image you want to use for your avatar, then follow these simple steps:

1. load up your image editing software (such as MS Photo Editor which is bundled free with MS Office so most PCs have that).

2. Then open up the image (by using File > Open for a file on your PC or using Copy and Paste for an image on the internet)

3. Then select Image > Resize (as shown below)

Resize it (in this example 145 pixels wide and 110 pixels high) as shown below, then press OK

4. Now save the image. Remember where you saved it!

That's it, the image is resized, you just need to specify that image as your avatar now.

To do that, edit your profile, scroll down to the Avatar Control Panel, from there you have the option to upload the image (Browse to the the location where you saved the image in step 4). Press Submit to save the changes.

lazylambert · Reserve team player Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 87

What?????????????????????????