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change avitar photo
- Thread starter jgreen
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fnshrmaster
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I dont see custom either.
Give it a try now fellas.
It looks like Infopop changed a setting when they did an update.
I also made it possible to upload an avatar from your hard drive. We didn't enable the ability to upload files initially in an attempt to try to keep the costs of running the site down. Photos and file storage use are one of the largest factors in the size of our hosting bill. And, unfortunately, we really don't have any revenues to speak of as we're not really a business. The site is basically paid for by a bit of advertising money we recieve from Google, donations recieved from members, and I personally pick up most of the tab.
We'll try enabling the upload avatar feature and see what happens. Let me know how you guys make out with it.
It looks like Infopop changed a setting when they did an update.
I also made it possible to upload an avatar from your hard drive. We didn't enable the ability to upload files initially in an attempt to try to keep the costs of running the site down. Photos and file storage use are one of the largest factors in the size of our hosting bill. And, unfortunately, we really don't have any revenues to speak of as we're not really a business. The site is basically paid for by a bit of advertising money we recieve from Google, donations recieved from members, and I personally pick up most of the tab.
We'll try enabling the upload avatar feature and see what happens. Let me know how you guys make out with it.
Here's a suggestion for you fellas.
Our avatars are approximately 110 pixels wide by 110 pixels high. So let's say for discussion purposes you use a photo that is 640 pixels wide by 480 high, the board will automatically compress the photo to 110 x110. And since the original photo wasn't square, it makes the avatar look somewhat distorted. So try this....
Right click on the photo you want to use for your avatar and save it to your desktop. Then from your desktop, open the photo in a program you can crop and resize it in. You could use photoshop, or even microsoft paint or photo editor. Crop the photo until it is square. You will probably have to crop the width only as the height will be the shorter of the two dimensions. Once you have the photo square, for example 480 pixels by 480 pixels, you can now resize it to 120 pixels x 120 pixels.
Save the new smaller avatar on to your desktop with a new name, something like bostoncanvatar.jpg. Upload the new smaller file from your desktop to our server and the new avatar should be much less distored and clearer looking.
If you want to get really fancy, you could also add some script to the avatar using the photo editing software. You could put your name, or the name of your model, or anything creative.
Our avatars are approximately 110 pixels wide by 110 pixels high. So let's say for discussion purposes you use a photo that is 640 pixels wide by 480 high, the board will automatically compress the photo to 110 x110. And since the original photo wasn't square, it makes the avatar look somewhat distorted. So try this....
Right click on the photo you want to use for your avatar and save it to your desktop. Then from your desktop, open the photo in a program you can crop and resize it in. You could use photoshop, or even microsoft paint or photo editor. Crop the photo until it is square. You will probably have to crop the width only as the height will be the shorter of the two dimensions. Once you have the photo square, for example 480 pixels by 480 pixels, you can now resize it to 120 pixels x 120 pixels.
Save the new smaller avatar on to your desktop with a new name, something like bostoncanvatar.jpg. Upload the new smaller file from your desktop to our server and the new avatar should be much less distored and clearer looking.
If you want to get really fancy, you could also add some script to the avatar using the photo editing software. You could put your name, or the name of your model, or anything creative.
