Champion of the Force
Feb 13th, 2002, 03:55:36 AM
Presently the FAQ are as follows:
Q: What are avatars and signatures?
A: These are options that vBulletin has that a poster may use when posting:
* An avatar is a picture with a maximum size of 150x150 that, when enabled, is displayed underneath your name when you post. It can be added in the Control Panel, which can be found by following the link button near the top of the forum page. Currently you may only add an Avatar if it's file size is equal to or less that 15kb.
* A personal signature is an option where, when enabled, you can have text and/or pictures to appear below any posts that you make. They can serve to inform others of who you are, what you do and so on.
Note that if your signature becomes too large it can become distracting for other members. It is therefore recommended that you either keep your signatures short, or else avoid posting your signature more than once per thread so other members don't have to keep seeing it all the time.
Q: Is there a limit to how big or how many images I'm allowed?
A: Yes there is. In order to help keep the loading time of the board adequate for most users the administration have placed a restriction on images.
You may not use images in posts where the total filesize of the images together exceeds 30kb. Remember this includes ALL images in your post, not each image individually.
If you are intending to make use of images please be aware of these image limitations and be sure to check your image filesizes beforehand.
My suggestion is, for simplicities sake, to change the rule from including both avatar and signature to being signature only.
Already the board has an avatar limit (150x150, 15kb), and as such we no longer really need to dictate avatar sizes anymore. added to this that some posters tend to forget to include their avatar when totalling their images used in posts, it might be easier for all if the limit was the signature only and set it at something around 25kb-30kb.
The big downside that I can see is that if we were to make a signature limit and it was anything less than 30kb, it may put a lot of posters off-guard since some have deliberately downgraded or even abandoned their avatars to fully exploit the 30kb for their signatures. So anything less than 30kb may leave a lot of posters over the new limit which may have to be considered.
Any thoughts? Obviously if any change was decided upon it should be then brought to the posters for discussion before any change is implemented.
Q: What are avatars and signatures?
A: These are options that vBulletin has that a poster may use when posting:
* An avatar is a picture with a maximum size of 150x150 that, when enabled, is displayed underneath your name when you post. It can be added in the Control Panel, which can be found by following the link button near the top of the forum page. Currently you may only add an Avatar if it's file size is equal to or less that 15kb.
* A personal signature is an option where, when enabled, you can have text and/or pictures to appear below any posts that you make. They can serve to inform others of who you are, what you do and so on.
Note that if your signature becomes too large it can become distracting for other members. It is therefore recommended that you either keep your signatures short, or else avoid posting your signature more than once per thread so other members don't have to keep seeing it all the time.
Q: Is there a limit to how big or how many images I'm allowed?
A: Yes there is. In order to help keep the loading time of the board adequate for most users the administration have placed a restriction on images.
You may not use images in posts where the total filesize of the images together exceeds 30kb. Remember this includes ALL images in your post, not each image individually.
If you are intending to make use of images please be aware of these image limitations and be sure to check your image filesizes beforehand.
My suggestion is, for simplicities sake, to change the rule from including both avatar and signature to being signature only.
Already the board has an avatar limit (150x150, 15kb), and as such we no longer really need to dictate avatar sizes anymore. added to this that some posters tend to forget to include their avatar when totalling their images used in posts, it might be easier for all if the limit was the signature only and set it at something around 25kb-30kb.
The big downside that I can see is that if we were to make a signature limit and it was anything less than 30kb, it may put a lot of posters off-guard since some have deliberately downgraded or even abandoned their avatars to fully exploit the 30kb for their signatures. So anything less than 30kb may leave a lot of posters over the new limit which may have to be considered.
Any thoughts? Obviously if any change was decided upon it should be then brought to the posters for discussion before any change is implemented.