Avatars

Post by **Baseball=Life** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:22 pm

So, Jason, can we have avatars for our Profiles on this site, or am I way out of line?

Scott L.

Post by **gohlkus** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:54 am

Note that I have an avatar, so yes. the board does allow you to use any image for your avatar (hosted elsewhere) that you want, assuming it's 80X80 or smaller (I may make that slightly larger). Otherwise, if you have an image you want me to host for an avatar, just ask me to host it, and I'll be glad to.

I'm working on finding ready-made avatar packs to upload. I don't really want to spend a ton of time making a bunch of new ones (though maybe I'll make a few A's avatars).

Post by **gohlkus** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:33 am

The stuff that's out there and readily available is definitely lowest common denominator. (Or it's anime, which is even worse.)

Edited to add: However, Google Image Search makes things insanely easy.

So -- go under "Profile" and pick an avatar from the gallery if you want. Your team not there? Let me know.

TheLegend · Post by **TheLegend** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:25 pm

is my avatar size going to be a problem?

I can probably find something a bit smaller if it is.

Post by **gohlkus** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:27 pm

Yeah, I was going to disallow avatars hosted elsewhere, because then I don't have control over size.

I think I'm going to allow two options: 1. upload an avatar that's 160X160 or less or 2. use one of the ones I scrounged up in the avatar library.

TheLegend · Post by **TheLegend** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:03 pm

how big is 160x160 in english? (a.k.a inches or cms or.... anything that's not pixels)

Post by **gohlkus** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:46 pm

TheLegend, I just changed your avatar to 160X160, so look to the left of your post and that's 160X160.

(Widths in inches are impossible to tell without knowing the exact dimensions of your monitor and the resolution you have it set at.)

You can right-click (control-click on a Mac) on an image in your web browser, select "Open image in new window," and in most browsers the title bar will have the pixel dimensions of the image. Or you can right-click the image, select "Properties" or "Get info", and it should come up with the height and width in pixels. Depends on your browser/operating system.

Post by **gohlkus** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:47 pm

(actually your avatar is now 155 wide by 160 tall, but whatever)

TheLegend · Post by **TheLegend** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:33 pm

so is everything fine now? Will the picture be the right size in all my posts?

Gawd I wish I knew more about computers and stuff

Southpaw Slim · Post by **Southpaw Slim** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:12 am

AVATAR UPLOADS ARE IN EFFECT!

Dave L · Post by **Dave L** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:55 pm

160x160 pixels works...and...DOMINATES!!!