Avatars

ak · 10-09-03, 06:32 PM

Enable avatars!

***Admin*** · 10-09-03, 08:42 PM

The avator will only be allowed for moderators.

JPWRana · 10-14-03, 03:57 PM

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY!!!! CAN U PLZ GIVE A GOOD REASON FOR THAT?

I go to www.overclockersforum.com, www.shareordie.com, car forums... ETC... AND THEY ALL HAVE AVATARS ENABLED.... SERIOUSLY THOUGH... why are avatars disabled?!?!?

Steven Roos · 10-24-03, 01:00 PM

It is usually because they eat up bandwidth.

However, maybe you could enable avatars if they are hosted off the server only. Then it wouldn't tax your server at all.

JPWRana · 10-24-03, 09:53 PM

hmm... if we get that 2 happen kayce... WOULD avatars then be enabled?!?!?

***Admin*** · 10-26-03, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPWRana

hmm... if we get that 2 happen kayce... WOULD avatars then be enabled?!?!?

No. The avators will be available only for moderators for the time being.

JPWRana · 10-27-03, 09:59 AM

i had thought that its THE ADMIN and not the mod that makes those decisions

btw, why doesn't the admin answer back my PM's?!?!?!

Bluskale · 11-14-03, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KayCee

No. The avators will be available only for moderators for the time being.

Although they should be available to everyone.

With person-person real life contact, you identify individuals by far more than their names (heck, I hardly remember people's names half the time, but i still know who they are). Having avatar support helps create identities for different posters, which is very important, imho, for the creation of any sort of viable community.

I would think making these forums amiable would be of high concern?

Granted, signature support seems to be implemented, and includes the use of img tags, and would allow for circumvention of preventing user avatar, as shown below. In my experience, however, large picts in signatures are far more annoying than avatar pics, which are generally constrained to 40 x 60 pixels or something like that.

oh yeah, I was semi-disappointed your color tags do not stack ([C0L0R]=green] greentext [C0L0R=blue] blue text [/C0L0R] green text [/C0L0R] normal text), as it can be useful when fighting with the char limit in signatures, but it was mostly inconvenient, rather than prohibitive, in this case.

Edit: Speaking of creating community, I find post counts, or some measure of post counts, can be useful to that sort of thing.

Edit II: errr, um nevermind about that postcount thing, I'm just blind is all. Yay for postcounts, heh.

JPWRana · 11-14-03, 08:40 PM

I 2ND THAT!!!!

***Admin*** · 11-14-03, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluskale

Although they should be available to everyone.
With person-person real life contact, you identify individuals by far more than their names (heck, I hardly remember people's names half the time, but i still know who they are). Having avatar support helps create identities for different posters, which is very important, imho, for the creation of any sort of viable community.

I would think making these forums amiable would be of high concern?

Making the forums amiable is a high concern. But I don't think visitors are more likely to join the forums because of the avator feature. What attracts visitor to register and join networking is the content and the activities that takes place on the forum itself.
I agree that having avators might help create an identity on the username but not for everyone. I have created identity and can easily distinguish several members by reading their posts alone.

I will enable avators.

Welcome to the forum Bluskale. Thanks for your feedback and would you care to tell us how you found the forum and maybe create an introduction thread?

Steven Roos · 11-15-03, 01:44 AM

Test! Test! Test!

<------------

Wheeee!

Bluskale · 11-16-03, 12:43 AM

mmm, avatars... thanks!

I'll get back to posting some here the next time I'm in danger of being productive again, which probably won't be in too long, but I found out about the forums when I got an email about the Honors section here.

JPWRana · 11-20-03, 12:34 PM

now for more forum feedback on the avatars. Can we get an increase in the pixel size and KB size?!??! that way our avatars can be alot more colorful and junk like that

do i have to get another poll like that going to allow an increase of avatar size and pixels?

***Admin*** · 11-20-03, 05:32 PM

Nope sorry.
The size will remain as default.

Bluskale · 11-20-03, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPWRana

now for more forum feedback on the avatars. Can we get an increase in the pixel size and KB size?!??! that way our avatars can be alot more colorful and junk like that :p

Actually, 20kB is pretty generous in regards to where I generally post (Macaddict). There you're limited to 6 kB, tho you do get 20 more pixels width-wise.

If you want a larger picture, try putting it into your sig instead.

ak · 11-20-03, 08:01 PM

20kb is more than generous.

Most forums have a limit of 6kb 50x50pixels avatars.

***Admin*** · 01-15-04, 12:36 AM

I've added about good 110 nature avatars. Check it out on your UserCP.
The beautiful avatars - courtesy of gmarik from www.webmaxtor.com

vipz · 01-15-04, 05:40 PM

W00t time for me to upload my own avatar...

Springles · 01-17-04, 11:28 AM

That's aloT! It was hard to choose cause alot of them were very nice.

ak · 01-17-04, 12:50 PM

^ then you can pick a new avatar every week/month

10-09-03, 06:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
ak Cal Poly Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: LA Posts: 605	Avatars Enable avatars! __________________ If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Education is the progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

10-09-03, 08:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
*Admin* Think About It Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,948	The avator will only be allowed for moderators. __________________ Cal Poly Forums

10-24-03, 01:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
Steven Roos Newcomer Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Victorville, CA Posts: 45	It is usually because they eat up bandwidth. However, maybe you could enable avatars if they are hosted off the server only. Then it wouldn't tax your server at all. __________________ Steven Roos ABS Apprentice Smith In Association with New Millennium Forge Hesperia, CA

11-15-03, 01:44 AM	#11 (permalink)
Steven Roos Newcomer Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Victorville, CA Posts: 45	Test! Test! Test! <------------ Wheeee! __________________ Steven Roos ABS Apprentice Smith In Association with New Millennium Forge Hesperia, CA

11-20-03, 05:32 PM	#14 (permalink)
*Admin* Think About It Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,948	Nope sorry. The size will remain as default. __________________ Cal Poly Forums

10-14-03, 03:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
JPWRana Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: where the 605 and 10 fwy's cross Posts: 884	I HAVE NO IDEA WHY!!!! CAN U PLZ GIVE A GOOD REASON FOR THAT? I go to www.overclockersforum.com, www.shareordie.com, car forums... ETC... AND THEY ALL HAVE AVATARS ENABLED.... SERIOUSLY THOUGH... why are avatars disabled?!?!?

10-24-03, 09:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
JPWRana Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: where the 605 and 10 fwy's cross Posts: 884	hmm... if we get that 2 happen kayce... WOULD avatars then be enabled?!?!?

10-27-03, 09:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
JPWRana Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: where the 605 and 10 fwy's cross Posts: 884	i had thought that its THE ADMIN and not the mod that makes those decisions btw, why doesn't the admin answer back my PM's?!?!?!

11-14-03, 08:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
JPWRana Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: where the 605 and 10 fwy's cross Posts: 884	I 2ND THAT!!!!

11-16-03, 12:43 AM	#12 (permalink)
Bluskale Newcomer Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3	mmm, avatars... thanks! I'll get back to posting some here the next time I'm in danger of being productive again, which probably won't be in too long, but I found out about the forums when I got an email about the Honors section here.

11-20-03, 12:34 PM	#13 (permalink)
JPWRana Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: where the 605 and 10 fwy's cross Posts: 884	now for more forum feedback on the avatars. Can we get an increase in the pixel size and KB size?!??! that way our avatars can be alot more colorful and junk like that do i have to get another poll like that going to allow an increase of avatar size and pixels?

11-20-03, 08:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
ak Cal Poly Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: LA Posts: 605	20kb is more than generous. Most forums have a limit of 6kb 50x50pixels avatars. __________________ If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Education is the progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

01-15-04, 12:36 AM	#17 (permalink)
*Admin* Think About It Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,948	I've added about good 110 nature avatars. Check it out on your UserCP. The beautiful avatars - courtesy of gmarik from www.webmaxtor.com

01-15-04, 05:40 PM	#18 (permalink)
vipz Active Member Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Glendora, CA Posts: 125	W00t time for me to upload my own avatar... __________________ "Researchers have discovered that Uranus is a black hole." That explains why rockets disappear when they come near it.

01-17-04, 11:28 AM	#19 (permalink)
Springles Enthusiast Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 215	That's aloT! It was hard to choose cause alot of them were very nice.

01-17-04, 12:50 PM	#20 (permalink)
ak Cal Poly Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: LA Posts: 605	^ then you can pick a new avatar every week/month __________________ If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Education is the progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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