Photos/Avatars for profiles

[ladiedragon]

I'm curious..are we not allowed to have them here? or what, I've looked all over my profile and cannot find the spot to add an avatar. This forum is identical to another I am on, and I can put an avatar in there. sorry if this has already been posted.

[lady serena]

I'm not positive but I think DB temporarily shut them off for now.

[ladiedragon]

thank you for answering lady Serena. It's frustrating to ask a question-and see that 68 people have looked at it but no one seems to know. And there are..the last time I checked..quite a few moderators on here, so just a bit frustrating.
I guess i could go looky and search but I wouldnt know where to start.

[DeadBishop]

Hi LD, sorry I didn't post here.  I had about 30 people ask via renmail about this same thing, and thought you were one of them.  We've turned them off to keep any files from being uploaded to the forum's server, as it could pose a security risk, and the last thing we need is more hackers messing with this new forum after all the work I did to get it up and running.  They may be turned on at a later date, but at this point we're just playing it safe.

[Zoë]

Probably a good idea to stick on the side of caution for now, god forbid there's another crash.  *crosses fingers*

[PyroMaster]

Good idea...

[ladiedragon]

ok i get it, so bascially at a later time the rest of us maybe will have the opportunuty to have an avatar, like the mods already do right now. thats cool

again not trying to be a pain, just trying to understand. cool

[Rage]

ok i get it, so bascially at a later time the rest of us maybe will have the opportunuty to have an avatar, like the mods already do right now. thats cool

again not trying to be a pain, just trying to understand. cool

No cupcake, I believe what DB is saying is that we will not be able to use avatars. The people who already have them got them up before the ability to add an avatar was removed.

Would that be correct DB?

Not to sound like a jerk but those of you that already have avatars may want to remove them just so that this question doesn't keep coming up. I understand your reason for removing the ability install avatars.

[Princess Amanda]

I had a devil of a time getting photos up and now they are so large you can make out my pores and I can't figure out how to size them.  A photos 101 guide (assume mediocre computer skills) would be helpful.

(Awesome job on this site by the way.)

[DeadBishop]

I haven't completely abandoned the idea of having avatars, they're just on hold for the time being.  I don't want to build a fire just yet if it's going to attract wild animals...

[willin]

Not to sound like a jerk but those of you that already have avatars may want to remove them just so that this question doesn't keep coming up. I understand your reason for removing the ability install avatars.

we the few who did put avatars/photos in the profiles before the option to do so was removed,
don't have the ability to remove, change or turn them off.  the profile photo field is not there anymore. 

i expect the ability will be restored, & everyone will be able to add their own before too long,
(but hey what do do i know?) 

[renfairephotog]

what software do you have? Most will have image size and web optimization features.

[DeadBishop]

Yes, you'll have to resize the image yourself.  Some online hosts off the ability to resize during upload or even  afterwards.  I'm alos looking to see if there is a setting here that will default all images to a certain maiximum size to help.

[Mistress Charlotte]

This clears up a lot.................  I thought I was just stupid.  To bad I've spent an hour trying to figure it out..........

[Lord Figaro]

I did the same thing Mistress C, I couldn't figure it out and thought I was missing something. In time I'm sure DB and John will work it all out.