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Post by elevensies » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:12 pm

how the hell can i upload a avatar arghhhhhh

every pic i have it just sats too big, too many pixels too much this or that :thumbsdown:

im on a mac and not windows
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Post by Marlon » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:20 pm

Maximum size is 120 x 120 pixels
Maximum file size is 49.00Kib

Use this web link to reduce the size of your image to within the above limits (I found there was a lot of trial and error involved :wink: ):
http://resizeyourimage.com/EN/#transfor ... omode=true
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Post by elevensies » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:27 pm

thank you will give it a go :thumbsup:
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Post by Tcochrane92 » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:29 pm

On this note.. how do you upload a pic to the sig?
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Post by Marlon » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:33 pm

Click on your name (top right)
Select 'user control panel'
Select 'profile tab'
Select 'edit signature'
Then link to the image you want in your sig and add your text
Then submit

Note: there is a 255 character limit and also a file size limit for your signature image (600 x 150 pixels)
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Post by elevensies » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:36 pm

your right, what a clat trying to resize something to fit, i kinda got a bit of what i wanted...oh well now i know what my missis feels like haha :lol:

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Post by Tcochrane92 » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:37 pm

Thanks Marlon,

I'm slightly confused about the "link to the image" bit, do I need to have a link to photobucket or something similar?
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Post by elevensies » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:38 pm

iv just looked at that too, yes it seems like you need a image host to link into it
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Post by Marlon » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:47 pm

Tcochrane92 wrote:Thanks Marlon,

I'm slightly confused about the "link to the image" bit, do I need to have a link to photobucket or something similar?
Yes - you need to 'host' your image on a site like photobucket or postimage.org and link to it like this:
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Post by Smartbear » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:29 pm

Marlon wrote:
Tcochrane92 wrote:Thanks Marlon,

I'm slightly confused about the "link to the image" bit, do I need to have a link to photobucket or something similar?
Yes - you need to 'host' your image on a site like photobucket or postimage.org and link to it like this:

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Post by Marlon » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:44 pm

Smartbear wrote:
Marlon wrote:
Tcochrane92 wrote:Thanks Marlon,

I'm slightly confused about the "link to the image" bit, do I need to have a link to photobucket or something similar?
Yes - you need to 'host' your image on a site like photobucket or postimage.org and link to it like this:

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Post by markeg » Sat Mar 18, 2017 1:08 pm

Marlon wrote:
Smartbear wrote:
Marlon wrote:
Yes - you need to 'host' your image on a site like photobucket or postimage.org and link to it like this:

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I still can't see your sig Colin?
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Something very odd is going on - I can see my sig now but I can't see Number5's avatar :-?
Photobucket has a limit on the number of times an image file can be accessed for "free" accounts. If you have a subscription account then there is no issue.. might be the reason?

Otherwise it might just be a caching issue, especially if you've moved the file.
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