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Title: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: hotel21 on 11 June 2009, 13:17:27
As above. 

Some of the sigs are growing almost by the day and some avatars are mahoosive.  Have already deleted a few as some folks have read my PM requests but ignored the content.

Please crop yours if it exceeds the guidelines to save admins deleting it.

ta.....   :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Entwood on 11 June 2009, 13:57:45
 :y :y :y :y :y :y

Well said  :)
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 11 June 2009, 16:18:12
Ok Hotel, will check mine and that is good news! :y :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Andy B on 11 June 2009, 17:06:59
Avitars to be 110 x 110 then?  :-X
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 11 June 2009, 17:08:16
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Avitars to be 110 x 110 then?  :-X


Has been for some time Andy! ::) ::) ;) ;) ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Andy B on 11 June 2009, 17:09:20
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Avitars to be 110 x 110 then?  :-X


Has been for some time Andy! ::) ::) ;) ;) ;D ;D ;)

I'm willing to be lead!  ::)  ::)  ::) :y but need to be shown.  ::)  ::)
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Bumbazor on 11 June 2009, 17:28:45
There's someone's avatar in this thread that is 112 wide (as reported by IE context menu properties anyway)... :-X
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Andy B on 11 June 2009, 17:42:39
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There's someone's avatar in this thread that is 112 wide (as reported by IE context menu properties anyway)... :-X

I was trying not to point that out as mine is a little wider ..... but with no idea what to do about it!  ::)  ::)  ::)  ;)
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: nick v6 on 11 June 2009, 18:10:08
i hope mines ok :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: hotel21 on 11 June 2009, 20:04:31
If you want to argue about 2 thou' then argue away.....

Just makes the 'rules' tighter for all with no grey areas......   ;)
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Bumbazor on 11 June 2009, 20:10:09
Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: hotel21 on 11 June 2009, 20:11:32
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
No!!   ;D

I'm not clever enough to sort that one so have to use the old persuassion tactic instead!!

 ;D
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Del Boy on 11 June 2009, 20:11:35
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
Thats a good idea  :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Bumbazor on 11 June 2009, 20:30:01
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
No!!   ;D

I'm not clever enough to sort that one so have to use the old persuassion tactic instead!!

 ;D

Ok fair enough. I don't know how much control the admins have over customisation of the code and I though a bit or Perl or PHP could handle it, but as you say first try (gentle?) persuasion!
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: hotel21 on 11 June 2009, 20:41:21
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
No!!   ;D

I'm not clever enough to sort that one so have to use the old persuassion tactic instead!!

 ;D

Ok fair enough. I don't know how much control the admins have over customisation of the code and I though a bit or Perl or PHP could handle it, but as you say first try (gentle?) persuasion!

Oh, believe me, we have clever folks here who could rewrite all manner of things but, personally, I'm more of a whitworth spanner/lump hammer type rather than a software engineer, if you follow....   ;D
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Jimbob on 11 June 2009, 21:05:44
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?


we did, but it caused issues so had to be turned off  :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: crazyjoetavola on 11 June 2009, 22:54:59
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
No!!   ;D

I'm not clever enough to sort that one so have to use the old persuassion tactic instead!!

 ;D

Ok fair enough. I don't know how much control the admins have over customisation of the code and I though a bit or Perl or PHP could handle it, but as you say first try (gentle?) persuasion!

Oh, believe me, we have clever folks here who could rewrite all manner of things but, personally, I'm more of a whitworth spanner/lump hammer type rather than a software engineer, if you follow....   ;D


....a rare vintage indeed H21 :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Andy B on 12 June 2009, 01:36:32
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
No!!   ;D

I'm not clever enough to sort that one so have to use the old persuassion tactic instead!!

 ;D

Ok fair enough. I don't know how much control the admins have over customisation of the code and I though a bit or Perl or PHP could handle it, but as you say first try (gentle?) persuasion!

Oh, believe me, we have clever folks here who could rewrite all manner of things but, personally, I'm more of a whitworth spanner/lump hammer type rather than a software engineer, if you follow....   ;D


....a rare vintage indeed H21 :y

Isn't that a  55o thread?....... it's a long time since I've cut a Whitworth (or any kind) of thread on a lathe that I'd even need to know!  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 12 June 2009, 17:20:15
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
No!!   ;D

I'm not clever enough to sort that one so have to use the old persuassion tactic instead!!

 ;D

Ok fair enough. I don't know how much control the admins have over customisation of the code and I though a bit or Perl or PHP could handle it, but as you say first try (gentle?) persuasion!

Oh, believe me, we have clever folks here who could rewrite all manner of things but, personally, I'm more of a whitworth spanner/lump hammer type rather than a software engineer, if you follow....   ;D


....a rare vintage indeed H21 :y

Isn't that a  55o thread?....... it's a long time since I've cut a Whitworth (or any kind) of thread on a lathe that I'd even need to know!  ;D ;D ;D ;D


Ah the good old days of BSF, BSW, and........what was the rest?? ::) ::)  When things were in the language of £. s. & d's! 8-) 8-) 8-)
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: amigov6 on 12 June 2009, 18:12:56
Mine must be fine as it's recently been added to!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D 8-) :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: dbug on 12 June 2009, 19:33:33
For andy b - try this mate  (http://www.dbug.co.uk/pics/oof/andyb.gif)  - thats the right size.  Right click it and you can save it to your local drive, rename it and then upload to where ever you like :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Andy B on 12 June 2009, 21:00:44
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For andy b - try this mate  (http://www.dbug.co.uk/pics/oof/andyb.gif)  - thats the right size.  Right click it and you can save it to your local drive, rename it and then upload to where ever you like :y

Thanks dbug ....... now how did you go about that? In simple terms though.  ::) :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Tony H on 12 June 2009, 21:11:41
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Could the forum have an auto resize feature for avatars, or not allow linking to one outside the dimensions?
No!!   ;D

I'm not clever enough to sort that one so have to use the old persuassion tactic instead!!

 ;D

Ok fair enough. I don't know how much control the admins have over customisation of the code and I though a bit or Perl or PHP could handle it, but as you say first try (gentle?) persuasion!

Oh, believe me, we have clever folks here who could rewrite all manner of things but, personally, I'm more of a whitworth spanner/lump hammer type rather than a software engineer, if you follow....   ;D


....a rare vintage indeed H21 :y
Not that rare :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 12 June 2009, 22:58:56
Hence why i have no avatar.....atm....it was on here since day 1 or maybe 2 ....admins correctly pointed out i had a complaint about it.....so i just deleted it.
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: hotel21 on 12 June 2009, 23:08:09
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Hence why i have no avatar.....atm....it was on here since day 1 or maybe 2 ....admins correctly pointed out i had a complaint about it.....so i just deleted it.

As I've already said, i am no computer tech by any manner of means, but know that the software we use on OOF was able to cope with abstract avatar sizings until one update where it all went the shape of the pear and we had to conform to size guidelines.  I know that some are outside the max sizings (like mine by 2 thou') but, ultimately, some that are in use are extreme to say the least.....  We do not have an issue with those that are within a handfull of whats asked, to be honest.  Its those that are WAAAAY outside that we have issues with!

The larger sizes cause havok with a number of users, in particular those who log on via their mobiles or PDA's.  I only really came to realise this fully when I started to log on via my phone on a regular basis, hence the personal interest.

Thanks in advance to those who have already managed to do something with theirs, just a pity you simply took the ultimate option with yours, dave.  Its been a regular sight on here, as your say, from the earliest days of OOF and it was a pity that you used the ultimate sanction....   :-/
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Entwood on 12 June 2009, 23:15:01
TD .. if you want you can e-mail your piccie to me, I'll resize it and ping it back ??? You can then upload to wherever you use.
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Gareth Lewis on 13 June 2009, 01:08:02
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TD .. if you want you can e-mail your piccie to me, I'll resize it and ping it back ??? You can then upload to wherever you use.

Following on from Entwood's offer I'd also be happy to help any other OFF members who would like an avatar either amended or created. Send me a pm and I'll see if I can help. :y :y
Title: Re: Sigs and avatars - see scrolling news
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 June 2009, 06:41:45
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TD .. if you want you can e-mail your piccie to me, I'll resize it and ping it back ??? You can then upload to wherever you use.

Thanks for the offer Entwood  :y, I could have resized it myself, but as i dont own that Omega anymore I couldnt see the point of going to the trouble  ;)