OVERSIZE AVATARS AND SIGS - PLEASE READ!!

[Ziggy]

Bumped as a reminder.

& yes, I will remove Will's avatar imminently.

[magpie]

what about the huge mega bong pics that aren't resized and take ages to load up knocking the page out etc in the for sale section.this is a pxss take more than any sig pic or avatar and must eat loads of "BANDWIDTH" will the zone tries to resize those pics?

[Ziggy]

If a pic is hosted elsewhere, I don't think it has much effect on the site's server bandwidth - it's obviously a pain for people viewing the site though, particularly on slower/mobile connections. I'll see if I can find out how much 'effort' the re-sizing bit takes...

Pics on a for sale thread only effect that thread though - & it's in the seller's best interests to sort it out! Avatars and sigs appear wherever a user posts - & IMO are more of an annoyance.

If everyone wants to stump up to pay for us to employ someone to tidy the site full time, I'm sure we'll manage to get everything close to perfect. Until then, you'll have to make do with what we manage to do in our own free time... & try to help us out by sticking to the above!

[sihooker]

I've just removed my animated avatar

I didn't realise it was 22Kb!

[Ziggy]

I've just removed my animated avatar

I didn't realise it was 22Kb!

Ta! That's nothing compared to some though - there were plenty in the 1mb+ bracket that were the catalyst for us trying to have a 'tidy up'!

(Have a look at your sig next )

[sihooker]

Oh bloody hell, it's 48Kb!!! I feel myself slowly disappearing....

[Ziggy]

Oh bloody hell, it's 48Kb!!! I feel myself slowly disappearing....

2 secs & I'll sort it for ya.

Edit: Done

[sihooker]

Cheers Ziggy

[magpie]

so a little spinning flag + a resized cut down pic side by side is too many mega fartz then?

how many is this?

[Ziggy]

If you right-click on each pic & select properties, you can see the file size and dimensions of each pic

[magpie]

cheers mr stardust

[MartinW]

Think my sigs ok @ 550 x 130 x 22230 bytes but not sure about my avatar @ 150 x 113 x 12220 bytes.

Erm... is that 12kb? cos if so I'm gonna have to delete it

[magpie]

avatar = 11.93 kb ^

[Ziggy]

Sorted Martin

[MartinW]

Cheers ears!

[DanThe]

Is willnz ex-police by any chance?

Ziggy also helped me resize my illegal sig, no insults, threatening behaviour or court action was used, he was very helpful

[Duke137]

I like the fact Willnz avatar has been replaced with the oversized avatar replacement lol

[Nay]

If a partial reason for this being to help the slow coonts on rubbish grade broadband and mobile connections, then all as it takes is a bit of zone upgrading.

Make a 'mobile' or 'lite' button at the top of the page which just removes the [img] tags from page rendering. Users are then left with a link to photobucket or imageshack, rather than a picture?

Or modify the site and make a genuine mobile attempt?

EDIT:
25KB for a sig is a pee pee take. I could draw you a low quality white box for more memory!

Seriously should be around 50/60 kb mark. Only what 10-15 posts per page? Thats nothing! What about the 4-5mb photos people post up from their image hosting accounts.

Its not your server load either!

[magpie]

get em told^

[Ziggy]

If a partial reason for this being to help the slow coonts on rubbish grade broadband and mobile connections, then all as it takes is a bit of zone upgrading.

Make a 'mobile' or 'lite' button at the top of the page which just removes the [img] tags from page rendering. Users are then left with a link to photobucket or imageshack, rather than a picture?

Or modify the site and make a genuine mobile attempt?

EDIT:
25KB for a sig is a pee pee take. I could draw you a low quality white box for more memory!

Seriously should be around 50/60 kb mark. Only what 10-15 posts per page? Thats nothing! What about the 4-5mb photos people post up from their image hosting accounts.

Its not your server load either!

50/60kb would have been reasonable - but as it's perfectly possible to make an image of the max dimensions only 25k, what would be the advantage?

As for upgrades, how about people stick to the rules as they are - or is your time that much more valuable than Steve's?

[Dezzy]

Is willnz ex-police by any chance?

Ziggy also helped me resize my illegal sig, no insults, threatening behaviour or court action was used, he was very helpful

I got the email and think i am fully legal now arnt i guys?

Oh and as above i think a few of them are street wardens Dan

[Ziggy]

I got the email and think i am fully legal now arnt i guys?

Oh and as above i think a few of them are street wardens Dan

No!

Your avatar is slightly too big (file size), and your sig is too tall by 6 whole pixels!

Realistically though - don't worry about it.

[Ziggy]

Is willnz ex-police by any chance?

Ziggy also helped me resize my illegal sig, no insults, threatening behaviour or court action was used, he was very helpful

I only bumped this post because it was easier than typing it out again myself - don't blame Will

He wasn't doing a very good job with his over-sized law-breaking avatar anyway. Got to be worthy of a temp ban now I think about it...

[magpie]

cooler!

[StuBeeDoo]

what about the huge mega bong pics that aren't resized and take ages to load up knocking the page out etc

This boils my p155 as well!
If I'm on my wireless connection and I unknowingly click on to a page that has loads of pics that are oversized my connection crashes. Of all the sites I go on, the 'Zone is the only one it happens on, so I don't believe it's down to me having a sub-standard wireless set up. Why can't people resize their pics when they host them????????????? It's so easy to resize them on Imageshack, even I can do it. All mine are resized for 15in monitors and I've got several threads on the 'Zone I've put loads of pics on and they all load-up fine. IIRC, I only started to get the problem with my connection crashing after the 'Zone started automatically resizing pics, which in turn was when the ghastly black background kicked-in, wasn't it?? Is it all related by any chance?????

In the subject of sigs and avatars, I got a PM from Ziggy ages ago because mine were too big. I don't have a clue about pixels and KBs. No problemo, I just deleted the pics - who really needs avatars and sigs anyway??

[Dezzy]

I got the email and think i am fully legal now arnt i guys?

Oh and as above i think a few of them are street wardens Dan

No!

Your avatar is slightly too big (file size), and your sig is too tall by 6 whole pixels!

Realistically though - don't worry about it.

Thanks I feel I have won a small victoury here today. I am too big but have been cleared.

In your faces.

[325isporttech1]

How can i reduce the size of my sig? didnt realize it was 75000kb

[AlpineAde]

There are a few ways to reduce its size. PM me a link to it (where you have it online, ie. photobucket, imageshack, etc) and I'll have a look.

[AlpineAde]

How can i reduce the size of my sig? didnt realize it was 75000kb

I've re-rendered it to 25 odd kB. I had to take away some of the quality to do it but, hey, at least it leaves you out of any hassle.

Right click and save this to your computer.

[Ziggy]

O/T stuff moved to here http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=163597

[325isporttech1]

How can i reduce the size of my sig? didnt realize it was 75000kb

I've re-rendered it to 25 odd kB. I had to take away some of the quality to do it but, hey, at least it leaves you out of any hassle.

Right click and save this to your computer.

Thanks for that, yes its best to stay out of trouble i think

I will apply it later when i get 5 minutes, cheers

[town325i]

i think the mods need some lessons in doing this look at the daimlermans sig it huge bloody dulux cabby

[Ziggy]

i think the mods need some lessons in doing this look at the daimlermans sig it huge bloody dulux cabby

Yes, but he's re-sized his. Unlike, for example... you.

[daimlerman]

It's me age,honest,and my cabbie is SO pretty,you just need it large...