Forum Avatars and Signatures
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:49 pm
This thread is here to make clear what the position is on this forum regarding avatars and signatures, and help anyone who is having trouble with either of these.
1) Signatures
Each registered user in their profile has the ability to create a signature, which is displayed at the bottom of every post that member makes. This signature can consist of any combination of text or a URL with formatting such as bold etc.
Images are not allowed as part of your signature.
To make a URL or to apply text formatting, you need to use tags which get interpreted when you make your post.
Eg: to make text bold put [b] then your text and then [/b] to turn it off again. Equally, use [url]to make a link and then[/url] to turn it off.
2) Avatars
These are little pictures which appear under your name when you make a post. Any pictures have to meet the following criteria:
- No bigger than 100 x 100 pixels in size
- File size of no bigger than 25Kb
- Image has to be a gif, jpeg or png file
- No animated avatars are allowed
Once you have created your avatar, go to your profile and in the Avatar section, either click the Browse button to find the avatar on your local PC, or put the URL in the second box. Either method will upload the image to the forum.
Any problems with creating your avatar or signtaure, please use this thread to make them known and we'll try and get them resolved.
Stu
1) Signatures
Each registered user in their profile has the ability to create a signature, which is displayed at the bottom of every post that member makes. This signature can consist of any combination of text or a URL with formatting such as bold etc.
Images are not allowed as part of your signature.
To make a URL or to apply text formatting, you need to use tags which get interpreted when you make your post.
Eg: to make text bold put [b] then your text and then [/b] to turn it off again. Equally, use [url]to make a link and then[/url] to turn it off.
2) Avatars
These are little pictures which appear under your name when you make a post. Any pictures have to meet the following criteria:
- No bigger than 100 x 100 pixels in size
- File size of no bigger than 25Kb
- Image has to be a gif, jpeg or png file
- No animated avatars are allowed
Once you have created your avatar, go to your profile and in the Avatar section, either click the Browse button to find the avatar on your local PC, or put the URL in the second box. Either method will upload the image to the forum.
Any problems with creating your avatar or signtaure, please use this thread to make them known and we'll try and get them resolved.
Stu