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 Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:54 pm 
vivalaspopie wrote: Yeah. Personally, I'd like more than 15KB for the avatar... but, I'll take what I can get. Speaking of avatars, correct me if I'm wrong, but are they being hotlinked from other sites?  What's more, if they're being hotlinked why is the size restriction so low? Understandably, you wouldn't want users to hotlink to a large image (and, therfore, lag the forum for users), but according to a test I just did with MSPaint a 24-bit BITMAP is only around 30,054 bytes (~30 KB).
Of course if you're not hotlinking (though you sure seem to be) then everything I just said is probably NULL...  Except for the hotlinking part being evil!  _________________ ====..FreeFall..=================SIG==================..FreeFall..==== Sephiroth: I will... never be a memory! --- Everything changes when you say it out loud. |
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Joined: 21 Aug 2007 | Posts: 23 | Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:55 pm
vivalaspopie wrote: patrock wrote: When the forum gets redone can our signature's pixel size get upped a little? Like, 500x150px instead of 500x120px? Yeah. Personally, I'd like more than 15KB for the avatar... but, I'll take what I can get. That will all depend on space limitations. It used to be that it was vital because the site was taking so much traffic. But with pruning, maybe it's not so brutal now? _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2003 | Posts: 25184 | Location: East Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:56 pm
bamccaig wrote: ...according to a test I just did with MSPaint a 24-bit BITMAP is only around 30,054 bytes (~30 KB). A 100x100 24-bit bitmap, that is... _________________ ====..FreeFall..=================SIG==================..FreeFall..==== Sephiroth: I will... never be a memory! --- Everything changes when you say it out loud. |
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Joined: 21 Aug 2007 | Posts: 23 | Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:06 pm
Avatar/signature image restrictions might get upped a bit. Avatars are all off-site, yes. Originally it was because we didn't feel like dealing with the potential security risks of allowing public uploads (and phpBB has had some security vulnerabilities over the years), plus it's in place from a while ago, when we didn't really care to take on the bandwidth when photobucket and the like would provide it for free. That's not as much an issue now. Either way, it's in place because we don't want the forum to be super slow for dial-up users while they load your way-too-long animated avatar.  Bitmaps are a large file format and cannot be used for avatars anyway. _________________ "The revolution starts today, not tomorrow." :: got g-Love? |
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Joined: 02 Nov 2002 | Posts: 4224 | Location: Chicago, IL
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:45 am
gRegor wrote: Either way, it's in place because we don't want the forum to be super slow for dial-up users while they load your way-too-long animated avatar. Which is why the profile would benefit from a configuration option to not display animated avatars as well as to not display avatars at all. This way users with a faster Internet connection can experience the forums in all their glory and those with limited bandwidth can still function on it effectively. gRegor wrote: Bitmaps are a large file format and cannot be used for avatars anyway. This is why I emphasized BITMAP in the original post... As far as I know it's among the largest image formats (due to it's explicit nature) so it's not very Web friendly.  _________________ ====..FreeFall..=================SIG==================..FreeFall..==== Sephiroth: I will... never be a memory! --- Everything changes when you say it out loud. |
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Joined: 21 Aug 2007 | Posts: 23 | Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:34 am
bamccaig wrote: This is why I emphasized BITMAP in the original post... As far as I know it's among the largest image formats (due to it's explicit nature) so it's not very Web friendly. Ugh, I rather dislike threads lacking edit functionality... I also hate not making sense... I blame lack of caffeine because I haven't had a cola product in a week and I usually drink 8 cans of coke per day... My name is Brandon and I'm a coke addict... To clear up what I meant, if a bitmap with the maximum allowed dimensions is only 30 KB then surely the Web friendly formats (i.e. JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.) will be a lot smaller. So I guess I was arguing with myself. You probably shouldn't need more than 15 KB for a 100x100 avatar... But hotlinking is still wrong!  _________________ ====..FreeFall..=================SIG==================..FreeFall..==== Sephiroth: I will... never be a memory! --- Everything changes when you say it out loud. |
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Joined: 21 Aug 2007 | Posts: 23 | Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:20 am
bamccaig wrote: Ugh, I rather dislike threads lacking edit functionality there's an edit button...right at the top left corner of your post [quote] [edit] [x] _________________ 
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Joined: 25 Jul 2007 | Posts: 275 | Location: so cal
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:22 am
[quote="blor"] bamccaig wrote: Ugh, I rather dislike threads lacking edit functionality there's an edit button...right at the top left corner of your post Quote: [edit] [x] hmmpf...my bad...guess you can't in the news and ____ section _________________
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Joined: 25 Jul 2007 | Posts: 275 | Location: so cal
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:36 am
Yeah, no edit function in N&A at the moment. Be warned! _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2003 | Posts: 25184 | Location: East Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:27 am
Editing is enabled for News & Announcements now; being one of the oldest forums it probably just got overlooked. Oops.
I don't mind the avatar/paging user preference suggestions. Maybe someday they'll be implemented. I'm not disregarding them, they're just relatively low in priority at the moment. Being able to disable display of avatars would be a good preference for dial-up users, but in the meantime keeping the size low works (plus they can always disable images in their browser). Hotlinking isn't wrong if sites willingly permit it. Posts-per-page preference is a good idea (up to a threshold, maybe 50; don't care to have people querying 7000-some posts for threads like "Post a picture"). _________________ "The revolution starts today, not tomorrow." :: got g-Love? |
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Joined: 02 Nov 2002 | Posts: 4224 | Location: Chicago, IL
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:29 am
gRegor wrote: don't care to have people querying 7000-some posts for threads like "Post a picture"). Ha ha. Yeah. I thought about those ... we have some monster threads. _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2003 | Posts: 25184 | Location: East Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:51 am
gRegor wrote: Posts-per-page preference is a good idea (up to a threshold, maybe 50 that'd be cool...better than what it's set at now....15? _________________
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Joined: 25 Jul 2007 | Posts: 275 | Location: so cal
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:55 am
I am probably just blind or stupid (which then this might be a good question then, since this site is for new comers and old comers alike!) There's no music samples, are there? If so, where is it located? I know most people and find other means to find music samples (myspace, other sites) but it was just a thought...for a band's website, maybe to have the music player available/easily found? Thanks! 
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:30 pm
gRegor wrote: Being able to disable display of avatars would be a good preference for dial-up users, but in the meantime keeping the size low works (plus they can always disable images in their browser). well, i would miss seeing everybodie's avatar if i had to disable them so the forum would work correctly.  _________________ "Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed." prov 16:3 |
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Joined: 29 Jan 2003 | Posts: 1907 | Location: cypress, texas
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:59 am
I'm really disappointed there is no way to buy shirts and things online anymore. I was hoping with the new site, it would be updated with new designs and things. Seems a shame, because I know other people like me who may not get to see Eisley would buy a shirt online. _________________ 
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Joined: 14 Jul 2007 | Posts: 155 | Location: Houston, Texas
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