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Can we have avatars?

Postby Kevnlis » Saturday Jan 05, 2008 8:08 am

Any chance of getting avatars? Can they be hosted externally to save your server and bandwidth?
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Re: Smilies Broken?

Postby Oliver » Saturday Jan 05, 2008 8:22 am

I'll talk to Geoff about avatars. I'm not a big fan, personally. Call me old-fashioned!

Anyone else interested in having avatars? If so, speak now!

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Re: Smilies Broken?

Postby KEG » Saturday Jan 05, 2008 8:30 am

if there was the option, i'd use them - it makes it very easy to spot people. still, i'm not really fussed.
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Re: Smilies Broken?

Postby Richo68 » Saturday Jan 05, 2008 9:57 am

ummm... what are avatars? :oops:
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Re: Smilies Broken?

Postby Oliver » Saturday Jan 05, 2008 10:56 am

Richo68 wrote:ummm... what are avatars? :oops:

Good question!

They're the little images or logos that users can place below their username and details.

Have a look here for some examples: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 4&t=615965

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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby Ash » Saturday Jan 05, 2008 6:46 pm

I'm a bit of a forum whore & this is about the only forum I frequent that has avatars disabled - not that I'm complaining mind you! :mrgreen:

If you do choose to enable them, for god sakes keep the resolution down to maybe 150x150 absolute max, really 100x100 is enough though it isn't very vision impaired friendly for some photos.
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby Danis » Saturday Jan 05, 2008 9:47 pm

I'm not too bothered, but to chuck in my $0.02, I do prefer a neat, orderly forum without too much clutter.
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby warra48 » Sunday Jan 06, 2008 4:52 pm

I know most of the other HB forums have them, but I'm not fussed.
I visit for brewing information and the like, not for avatars.
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby ryan » Sunday Jan 06, 2008 5:25 pm

bugger the avatars. things are just dandy at present.
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby drsmurto » Monday Jan 07, 2008 9:48 am

I vote for avatars, very easy to spot who is who at a glance.
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby Kevnlis » Monday Jan 07, 2008 9:55 am

ryan wrote:bugger the avatars. things are just dandy at present.


Funny enough I would have thought you would love the idea of an avatar ryan! Though it would most likely need to be censored by the admins... many times ;)
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby rwh » Monday Jan 07, 2008 10:26 am

+1 don't care.
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby ryan » Monday Jan 07, 2008 11:28 am

Kevnlis wrote:
ryan wrote:bugger the avatars. things are just dandy at present.


Funny enough I would have thought you would love the idea of an avatar ryan! Though it would most likely need to be censored by the admins... many times ;)

And that`s why I can`t be bothered looking for one :D
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby Oliver » Friday Jan 18, 2008 6:33 pm

Kevnlis wrote:Any chance of getting avatars?

As it turns out, yes there is a chance of getting avatars!

They have now been enabled. Here's the deal:

1. You can upload avatars
2. You can link to external avatars
3. The minimum size is 20 pixels x 20 pixels
4. The maximum size is 80 pixels x 80 pixels
5. The maximum file size is 6144 bytes (6kB)

Let me know if you have any problems.

Enjoy!

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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby Kevnlis » Friday Jan 18, 2008 9:11 pm

Schweet! You the man Oliver! I will surely link externally, do not want to waste your bandwidth with my silly avatars :roll:
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Re: Can we have avatars?

Postby benson » Saturday Jan 19, 2008 5:20 pm

i posted a link here : viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7586 on a site to use for resizing pics :D
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