A silly little request re: avatars...
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Just for a point of reference:
85x85:
65x65, which is the standard size for most forums:
50x50:
Personally, I think 85x85 is too much, but 50x50 is so small that it kills a lot of options. All of them are between 5-9kb each.
/edit and in case someone isn't sure exactly what we are talking about, here is an example of what it would look like. I used the 65x65 in this image.
85x85:
65x65, which is the standard size for most forums:
50x50:
Personally, I think 85x85 is too much, but 50x50 is so small that it kills a lot of options. All of them are between 5-9kb each.
/edit and in case someone isn't sure exactly what we are talking about, here is an example of what it would look like. I used the 65x65 in this image.
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Define "near".setaside wrote:As long as we eventually code in the hack to turn them off on an individual basis at some point in the near future.
Seriously, a few notes:
1) We can limit avatar size and dimensions from the CP.
2) Limiting to certain type of file (say jpg) to prevent animation requires some modification.
3) A switch to turn off avatars on a user-by-user basis also requires a hack, but I'd be will to bet a donut there's something already out there, just got to find it.
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http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/1804Gedd wrote:3) A switch to turn off avatars on a user-by-user basis also requires a hack, but I'd be will to bet a donut there's something already out there, just got to find it.
Well how about that.
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A little old, but I'll certainly take a look at it.setaside wrote:http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/1804Gedd wrote:3) A switch to turn off avatars on a user-by-user basis also requires a hack, but I'd be will to bet a donut there's something already out there, just got to find it.
Well how about that.
I usually prefer to use mods over at phpBB.com, but phpBBhacks is my second go-to site.
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I'm a big fan of the 65x65 non-animated avatar option.
At the risk of repeating the sentiments of others, avatars are a great way to quickly associate members with posts as well as allow a little instant creativity and expression - without going overboard.
I've all confidence that you mod guys/gal would keep them appropriate.
At the risk of repeating the sentiments of others, avatars are a great way to quickly associate members with posts as well as allow a little instant creativity and expression - without going overboard.
I've all confidence that you mod guys/gal would keep them appropriate.
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Not a dumb question Mr. Fed, I wondered the same thing. I don't have a place to host my avatar, and don't know how to get it from my pictures folder onto here. If it's got to be somewhere with an url on the internet, does anyone have any sites to recommend for hosting pictures you can use to link urls?
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No, so they're not enabled just yet (but they will be). We have a mod, but it isn't installed yet. It was written for 2.0.6, and we're 2.0.10, so we will need to check it, and if it doesn't work, they probably go bakc off until we get it to work.
It's not at the very top of the list, though.
And I want to add that the blockability on the user end is something we consider a huge deal.
It's not at the very top of the list, though.
And I want to add that the blockability on the user end is something we consider a huge deal.
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Not the same... but if you use Firefox with Ablock, you could very easily block all the avatars. Hell, I'd write the filter for it. It'd take me all of 45 seconds.Peacedog wrote:No, so they're not enabled just yet (but they will be). We have a mod, but it isn't installed yet. It was written for 2.0.6, and we're 2.0.10, so we will need to check it, and if it doesn't work, they probably go bakc off until we get it to work.
It's not at the very top of the list, though.
And I want to add that the blockability on the user end is something we consider a huge deal.
But that does require that people use Firefox, which I don't think many people do.
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I am very heavily in favor of being able to turn avatars OFF. The reason is this: I am going to have to go from my high-speed internet down to DIALUP. Not that I am VERY VERY UPSET.
Not in the least.
Not in the least.
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God, I saw Martz do that last week against the Seahawks. What a nob.triggercut wrote:
You clearly haven't seen the animated .gifs of Mike Martz doing his happy dance (he really *does* look like Mrs. Doubtfire) or the one of Dodger pitcher Jose Lima's wife and her, um, assets, um, "moving".
Pure demented genius.
More importantly, I could use a link to that Mrs. Lima .gif.
EDIT: I don't like sig pics since they disrupt the flow of reading a thread for me. Avatars of any shape or size are fine with me. Actually, I think they'd be cool.
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I'd like the ability to add a small avatar on the left part of the screen under my name and post count. It took me a year to get a couple hundred posts on GG, if we do a ranking here, I'm sure to end up last. I would prefer to not have pictures in the signatures.
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My plan is to test out the hack I'm looking at on my super-secret test site and then do some testing with avatars to make sure there's nothing that's needs cleaning up (the report mod needed a good bit of custom tweaking to get it where it is today). I'll also be doing a little testing to make sure the file size, image size, and format limitations we're looking at are satisfactory or whether we need to revise those.Gromit wrote:Any word on when avatars might be implemented?
If all works well, I can then migrate the hack to the main forums and enable the avatar option in the control panel.
Since I'm doing this stuff in my spare time, I can't give you an exact day, but if things go as planned we'll probably be able to turn them on in the next week, *possibly* sooner. I'm cranking on a deadline at the moment so that and one other thing I'm working on get first (and second) priority.