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    Avatar Sizes

    Any chance of raising the limit on Avatar sizes? I got a couple that are dimensionally correct but I can't seem to squish them down enough on file sizes.

    If it is a user bandwidth issue, could the default be NOT to show signatures/avatars? That way it is the user discretion to view or not view them?

    If it is Hexus bandwidth issue, could the limit not be raised for offsite avatars?
    Last edited by sleepyhead; 14-10-2008 at 01:51 PM. Reason: Being a numpty and writing physical rather than file

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    Re: Avatar Sizes

    I think the problem is how it affects the layout of the page rather than a bandwidth issue?

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    Re: Avatar Sizes

    I think he means file size rather than dimension
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    Re: Avatar Sizes

    ROFL...yes file size I meant! What was I thinking of when I wrote physical???!!

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    Re: Avatar Sizes

    Would be nice to have offsite avatars

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    Re: Avatar Sizes

    IIRC avatars are BLOB'd (ugh) into the database. Unless there's a better mechanism for storage I doubt I'll be increasing the size limit.

    Leave it with me though and I'll look into it.
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    Re: Avatar Sizes

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve View Post
    IIRC avatars are BLOB'd (ugh) into the database. Unless there's a better mechanism for storage I doubt I'll be increasing the size limit.

    Leave it with me though and I'll look into it.
    Oh yeah.... Surely the advanced vBulletin would allow off site urls by now.

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    Re: Avatar Sizes

    personally i don't think off site URLs for avatars is a good idea.

    Hexus is nice and fast, but other sites aren't, and if it's going to mess with load times etc. I think it would be bad

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