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I have been unable to upload my avatar. I used 80x100 size in .jpg and .gif and tried to upload the picture without luck. Even I uploaded to "My images" here http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=5828  but I can't even make this work.
I am wondering what can I possibly be doing wrong.

If that's the url you used for linking to the avatar, it wont work.  That's the page url - the image is at http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/5/3241_06_03_11_10_09_54.gif  (found by viewing the actual image through the context menu)  (right click menu on windows - option click on a mac - probably something else on linux!)

Hope that helps   :beer:



EDIT - I took the liberty of modifying your profile so the avatar shows properly   O0

As I suspected - you used the page url, not the image url.  Now you know how to change it at will   :D

Thank you very much!  Now I am a happy owner of an avatar :)
I never thought that the image may have a different url than the page. :banginghead:
:toast:

 What is the size of the avatar picture used in the profile? (mario mentioned 80 x 100 pixels) but I could not find any size reference for it. I just do not want to load the wrong size, either outragously big or really small Noticed he tried to upload it but do not see his image. Once I know what the size is I am going to use the upload and browse in the select to post image.

80x100 is correct, everything got scaled to this size, so keep your avatar as small as 80x100px

 Thank You! Curious, is it posted somewhere, or is this a standard size used? Tried to even find it
through the SMF (Simple Machine Website). Anyways, thanks again! Hope it does not show up in
one the gallerys instead. Ha Ha.

I too am having problems uploading an Avatar.  First I downloaded someone's an avatar from this forum right from the page it was displayed on.  I saw that it was 100 x 100 and seemed to be the same size as others I saw in this forum.

Then I resized my avatar accordingly and it still does not upload.

Then after reading this post I resized my avatar to 80 X 80 and it still does not work.

I have also tried linking to  my avatar pic on picassa web album.  That did not work either.  It also seems that most people do not have avatars here.  That is odd it is an art site.  Most of the people who do have avatars are moderators or senior members.  SO are regular members prohibited from having an avatar?

I checked the permissions and it looks as if all members can use avatars, but I do recall issues with uploading them from years ago.

Mine is hosted on Photobucket, and I have not changed it since my first day here 9 years ago.

We have a test member account and I will go experiment with that and report back what happens.  It may be as simple as the image host.  Can the image you want to use be posted here in this thread?  Using the [img] tag?

Then I can try setting it as an avatar for you to see if it is the image host, permissions, or something else.

Sorry for the troubles, but I'm sure we can get this sorted out!

Hi.

The forum does have issues uploading avatars.  I could not make it work that way.

But as the Lovely Little Fishy shows, external image hosting does work for general members' avatars.

Please check the URL you are using, as once before  (in this very thread)  a user was pasting the wrong info to get his avatar working.

If you still can't get it working, post either the image or it's URL and we'll attempt to make it work for you.

I've had this problem before. Uploading the avatar directly did not work. So I used the url of an image. But the image I used is a square, does the image get stretched to a 8:10 ratio?

Hi.

That is a question for our administrator.  I honestly never noticed, but it is entirely possible it alters the maximum width or maximum height - however I doubt it cares about aspect ratio.

But I am not familiar with much of the server side of things, more just with the forum settings and stuff.

I'll try a couple experiments to see what is going on.  Thanks for pointing that out   O0


EDIT - I just did a "view image" on your avatar and the image is HUGE!

It's best to link to an image closer to actual avatar image sizes.  So yes - the forum does resize the image for display, but the image loading is still the original so it's a huge waste of bandwidth to use such a large image for an avatar.

Ok thanks. You are completely right about the size. It was too large. I've changed it, but the ratio still changes.

OK, yes.  The forum is setting a maximum width of 80 pixels and a maximum height of 100 pixels.

So images that go over on both will have their aspect ratio changed.  If you really want it square you'll have to resize your original to 80 x 80.

By the by, there is no problem hosting your avatars here in our gallery if anybody needs an image host for theirs and doesn't want to open an account with another site.

Meanwhile, I'll ask CKleinhuis about increasing avatar sizes.  At least making the max sizes equal for width and height.

I think with the new computers and monitors a common avatar size is actually 250 x 250 and max file size of 750 kb to 1 MB.

I know that is a setting on a few other forums I frequent.

This may be related to the fact that we use an older version of the forum software and upgrading will lose some key features we really like, so we wont be upgrading the forum software for the foreseeable future.

I'm ok with increasing avatar size, but filesize shouldn't be over 100k.
even for 250*250 i think 50kb would be sufficient for nice quality. my avatar now has 5,7kb and I don't see any jpg-artifacts..

I often come here with my mobile phone that has a datalimit of 200mb per month.

(https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OP7Rxd3V8gv_H5iLD1_UCqG-YWY80SXcDvoYnl74IAU?feat=directlink)


Above Is the image I tried to link to earlier.

Below is one I just posted to Picassa.

(https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vupLzbKC-evzbvUD_pdjpx3E8CQWJu4Yp5qebWaFNuo?feat=directlink)

strange.. it seems like the forums software doesn't like embedding picassa pictures.. maybe christian can have a look at that.
until then, I suggest you upload these pics to your gallery on the forum and take the link from there.
if you need help in doing so, just ask. :)

Looks like you used an embedding link and not the actual image location.

Testing the real link here:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8Q_a6h8bHek/VfSut8yEnlI/AAAAAAAAB24/VyYv-FSlOeM/s2048-Ic42/One_Hour_6-3_01_46_80_80.jpg)

If that works, try using the url below if that is the image you wish as an avatar.



EDIT - Yup.

Picasa is using a weird system to provide sharing links.  The URL I used above was from following the link you tried to post and then viewing the image.  Then it was just a matter of copying it's location from the address bar.

Hope that helps!   O0

If you need assistance, just ask and one of us can set the avatar for you.

I tried the link it still does not work :(

I guess this is a good time to ask about the Devient Art site.  I have been leary of them because every time I find a tutorial there they want me to sign up to view it.  I do not like content that is hidden behind a sign up wall.  I made an exception for facebook and that turned out to be a big fiasco.

However it looks like DeviantArt might be a better place to put my fractal art wallpaper than picassa ( especially if they are going to use screwy links  to the pictures, that don't work).  The only reason I am there is because that is where blogger puts them.  I suspect picassa has started adjusting images and compressing them.  They didn't used to but I think they might be doing it to the occasional image.

First what is DeviantArt and why would anyone use it? What are the pros and cons of DeviantArt? Would my avatar have worked had it been there?

I just signed up for a DeviantArt account while typing this post.  I am still unclear as to what I can do with it.  It looks like I can put pictures there free of charge (no idea of any of the limits yet)

I guess now I can see those tutorials. :)

No idea why the avatar isn't working - blame google!  They are EVIL and Everybody should boycott them and all their subsidiaries   O0

I know I do.


DA is an Art Site.

Not much more to say.

Do you need them?

Of course not!

Not now that you found this site   :embarrass:

We have a Gallery which can host your images and even your avatar if you like.

Give it a try.

I think DA may allow slightly larger images, but larger images can be hosted in many ways besides them if that is your goal.

I hear they have a good community, so maybe it's worth joining them for that reason?

But it's all subjective and a matter of taste among individual users.

I know their site is free, so consider joining and giving them a try.  You have nothing to lose.

I have not been able to upload my avatar on the profile page.  Are you saying that if I upload to the gallery and then link to avatar there it might work?

Also my comment about deviant art stuff being behind an account sign up wall may have been in error.

I was looking at some tutorials there that had no text or download so I thought the watch button was for watching the tutorial and when I pressed that button it wanted me to sign up.  After signing up, I pressed watch button and it was really a "follow" feature.

I am not sure if this gallery would work with my blog.  I like the fact that on my blog it automatically makes thumbnails that that when clicked on bring up a viewer overlay.  Not sure if it could be done so easily if I hosted elsewhere.

Sorry for spinning this thread OT a little bit.  I am just trying to figure out so much stuff right now.

Ok uploading to my gallery seems to have worked.  I am now confused about the gallery.  I Thought I was uploading to an album (or gallery or whatever) named avatar.  Nothing shows up in my gallery but the images does show up under myimages.  It also mysteriously posted the image to one of the forums.  Does it always automatically post all images into the forums?  Is that how we are supposed to do it?   If that is how it works fine.  However,  I do not want to cause any problems by making a bunch of unwanted posts.  I guess I should try and find the help and FAQ files  :dink:

Hi.

It seems the avatar you uploaded here was placed in the Banner section and had to be moved.

I created a personal gallery for you in your section, and called it Avatars, but since I posted the image there, it shows as mine!

Sorry for the confusion, but we had to move the original or it would become part of the banner rotation at the top of every page.

Feel free to upload it again to the same section so it shows as yours, and we can delete the one I uploaded.

There was no way I could find to simply move the image to a personal member gallery as they do not appear in our drop down menus and therefore uploading it manually was the only option after I created the category for you in your personal gallery here.

Every site's gallery software works differently and I am sorry you had confusion with ours.

Let us know if you need any other help with this  (or any other) issues and we will do our best to assist.

Thanks for your patience and understanding   O0

It seems to be working now thanks for the help.

the width and height is determined by the usage, user images of larger size would not make sense, keeping image sizes low is a must have more or less