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Discussion in 'Web Sites/Design' started by Guest, Jul 9, 2003.

  1. PointyHairedJedi

    PointyHairedJedi Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Sure! That's no problem at all.
     
  2. Garak

    Garak Cruisin' Premium Member

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    :)Thanks very much, i seriously appreciate it. God, people outside TNZ are so nice. You rock, take it easy.
     
  3. the_wildcard

    the_wildcard Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Hi, I was wondering, how many posts does it take for your avatar to appear? Do you need 101 or 100? I can't seem to get mine to appear even though the link works.
     
  4. Technomage

    Technomage Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    The server takes a while to update your 'status' - probably 15 minutes max.
     
  5. the_wildcard

    the_wildcard Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Thanks, I hope so. I just double checked the size and it is smaller than 100x100 so it should be okay.

    Plus I uploaded the avatar a while ago (like 1 month), so I hope it does work.
     
  6. Angry Angel

    Angry Angel Vice Admiral Admiral

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    It's working ;)
     
  7. the_wildcard

    the_wildcard Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Yep, thanks!
     
  8. 'Shippy

    'Shippy Commodore Commodore

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    I've seen avatars around here which I think are larger than 80 x 80 pixels. So, I thought I'd ask to make sure the avatar size is still the same.

    It says in the FAQ:

    This must be no more than 20KB - 60k for animated gifs - and 80x80 pixels at maximum, and must not contain any copyrighted materials.

    Is it 80 x 80? Or is the FAQ old?

    Edit: Found the answer in this thread: http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3419108&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1

    Sigh, the FAQ is old then.
     
  9. BlazerBoy

    BlazerBoy Dangerously Sexy Rear Admiral

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    I'll make sure that info get's passed along to our Tech Adminn, Charles Capps. As you no doubt have already figured out, the avatar max was indeed increased to 100 x 100 pixels just this week.
     
  10. Elim Garak

    Elim Garak Captain Captain

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    Is my avatar visible yet?
     
  11. Technomage

    Technomage Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Yes, it is! :cool:
     
  12. LittleRedhead

    LittleRedhead Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Nice Garak av. ;)
     
  13. Lupine

    Lupine Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Every time I try to get my avatar I keep getting a "Improper Picture Type" message. The image I choose is 94 X 100 so it's small enough and it's well below the max KB. And it's jpeg. What am I doing wrong?
     
  14. Technomage

    Technomage Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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  15. kozara

    kozara Commodore Commodore

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    Lupine (nice nick!) appears to be using www.imageshack.us which is designed for remote linking.

    For example. my av is at
    http://img93.exs.cx/img93/2558/StrontiumDog-gronkonly-av5.jpg
    When I try connecting to
    http://img105.exe.cx/img105/6204/thearax.jpg
    I get "Could not locate remote server."
    If I rename the exe to exs, it redirects me to imageshack. (no avatar at that exact address)

    Maybe one of their servers went down, or there's a typo. If you signed up with them, see if there's a typo. If you didn't, reupload it to imageshack (it'll be a different address).
     
  16. Lupine

    Lupine Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Yup, my problems were all typos. Because of my DOS days I was writing down "exe" instead of "exs". I also found that I was using a lower case "t" instead of the upper case "T". Thanks for the help. My avatar's now up. What do you think?
     
  17. BlazerBoy

    BlazerBoy Dangerously Sexy Rear Admiral

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    Yeah, those pesky DOS cammnds could trip anyone up. :D
     
  18. kozara

    kozara Commodore Commodore

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    Interesting. Though maybe make the grey darker so it's easier to see...him? And his floaty ball with the symbol inside.
     
  19. Tomato

    Tomato Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    This Thread was awesome!!

    Thanks for all the great info.
     
  20. LittleRedhead

    LittleRedhead Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Yeah I have to agree. Nice av but it could be darkened to make it more visible.