I win again

[Bigred]

To address these things in no particular order:

We support
.jpg
.png
.gif
.bmp

When you attach a picture to a post, it will bring up a grid of the allowed file types and thier max dimensinos and filesize. bmp's are purposely clamped down to encourage folks to use the other more effiecient formats, but is still there for that odd poster with a smallish image and no image software.

The posting rules are in the terms and conditions link at the bottom of the forum.

There are thumbnails handled by the system, but they still need some configuration tuning.

[mkerr]

Not true on the security issues. I think .jpg, .gif, and .png are plenty. Those are the three main formats that any graphics person will ever use. I know because those are the only three I'll touch. Bitmaps may look good and all, but a png will do the same thing in 1/4 the file size.

Respectfully, I don't agree because the reason I had the problem is because my avatar (used most recently on dakkadakka) didn't work here. Not only was it a BMP, but it was in the 90x90 neighborhood. I actually had to edit the image twice to get it up.

I think we should be be as permissive as possible with these things, regardless of our personal feelings. We want users from other forums to have an easy time coming over here.

Dakkadakka allows for more image formats and a maximum avatar size of 120x120, so I suspect that other dakkadakka users might have the same problem. I haven't checked Warseer, but I think they are using vBulletin too.

In any case, the size of a BMP isn't an issue because there is a maximum image size.

The avatar dimensions more than likely do exist, but I don't really see a need to change them at this point.

Perhaps not, but we defintely want to cast the widest net possible. If it's an easy change, then it might be worth changing.

- mkerr

[mkerr]

When you attach a picture to a post, it will bring up a grid of the allowed file types and thier max dimensinos and filesize. bmp's are purposely clamped down to encourage folks to use the other more effiecient formats, but is still there for that odd poster with a smallish image and no image software.

That's cool. I haven't tried posting a picture, but I'll mess around with that next.

But BMPs don't work for avatar images (GIFs, JPGs and PNGs only).

The posting rules are in the terms and conditions link at the bottom of the forum.

I see the Terms of Service link, but you may want a

There are thumbnails handled by the system, but they still need some configuration tuning.

I noticed some weirdness with thumbnails when I uploaded a gallery. The 145KB limit on gallery issues was a bit of a hassle too (I had to take my image down to 800x600 or so and compress the crap out of it).

Is there a disk space consideration here? Where is the forum being hosted?

- mkerr

[mkerr]

Wow, I already LOVE this forum! I'm already practicing hitting the REFRESH key, lol!

-mkerr

[Bigred]

Just upped the size of jpgs to 175K, which is plenty for a decent image of roughly 1024x768.

We're nailing down thumbnail support now. They should be working tomorrow.

I also had a period of slow response and needing to hit the refresh button. Server logs show no spike in traffic or bandwidth, so it must have been a internet connection issue between Austin and the server. It seemed to go away after 5-10 minutes. Wierd.

This kind of our general bug/update thread now ...

[Darkwynn]

The Quick reply is kind of clunky

[Darkwynn]

test

[Bigred]

test-quick reply

[Brass Scorpion]

I have now tested the edit button. This post has been edited as a test.

[RealGenius]

Brass Scorp, on my view your location wraps down into your Post count.