Hello Vintage People!

[Kamakiri]

Hey everyone! Welcome aboard!

This forum software is a bit different than everyone's used to....but here are a few things we can now do!

* Run polls

* This website will host pictures for you (no more Printroom!)

* Click "view new posts", which will show all of the posts since your last visit, instead of having to scroll for them. Click on the list and be sent automatically to the thread with new action.

* You will receive email when you have a reply to your post, if you choose to do so. You will not receive further messages until you check the thread, when you will again receive an email if more posts.

* Add administrators/moderators

* Add custom pictures (avatars) under your user name....easily! Many other functions in User CP.

I did this for all of us, so let's have some fun!

 

[Walt]

Hey Kama,

so how do I place an avatar in my sig?

I am familiar with vBulletin software (some of the other sites I frequent use it), and normally there is a separate field for the avatar URL?

 

[Kamakiri]

Go to "user cp", then to "edit profile". The avatar controls are at the bottom.

For some reason it only allows 50x50.....I'll change that today.

 

[Walt]

Its under "user cp" - "edit options"

And yes my image is larger than 50*50 so it won't fit at present.

Hey nice work here - I hope it takes off for you.

 

[Kamakiri]

Avatar size is now 200 x 200, should be big enough

The only bad thing is that it will not recognize .bmp images....only .jpg and .gif.

 

[Walt]

I have an image 570*480 -ish.

What's a quick way to cut that thing down in size?

 

[Kamakiri]

Is that the same one you use in AU? I mean, I can open it up to that size, but it'll be absolutely huge I think. The only way I know of doing it is by going to a bitmap, which won't cut it.

Any ideas anyone?

 

[Don]

I like the new board much better! THANKS!

How many pics can we store or what is the total storgae size limit for each member?

 

[ProAc_Fan]

Great to see the new forum Kamakiri. Hope to have you come to the Falls soon. Hey Kamakiri how would I go about inserting photos in the message? When I click on img bar I get another window open with a prompt and http:// inside it. HELP!!

 

[Kamakiri]

Originally posted by Don
I like the new board much better! THANKS!

How many pics can we store or what is the total storgae size limit for each member?

There is absolutely no limit to what you can post. None at all! I paid for the bandwidth, so go ahead and use it!

 

[Kamakiri]

Originally posted by ProAc_Fan
Great to see the new forum Kamakiri. Hope to have you come to the Falls soon. Hey Kamakiri how would I go about inserting photos in the message? When I click on img bar I get another window open with a prompt and http:// inside it. HELP!!

When you go to post, you'll see "attach file". Click browse, and find the picture in your system. Nice and easy!

 

[ProAc_Fan]

Lets try this picture thing again..

 

[Don]

there ya go ...

kama is there a place within our profile to store pics? To link to from other places?

Like storing pics on my aol and then linking to them for my ebay auctions or au posts ...

 

[Walt]

Kama,

yes its the same one I use over at AU (the orange woofer) ... I know its large and I don't want you to make exceptions just for me, but I tried to crop it in "Paint" and that didn't work ... I need to shrink the bitmap image, but what proggy can I use to do it?

 

[Kamakiri]

Originally posted by Don
there ya go ...

kama is there a place within our profile to store pics? To link to from other places?

Like storing pics on my aol and then linking to them for my ebay auctions or au posts ...

Well you can modify your sig to include links, but nothing in the signature for jpegs yet. If you guys want, I can enable 'em, as long as you don't make it to big because it'll show up at the bottom of each post.

 

[Kamakiri]

Originally posted by Walt
Kama,

yes its the same one I use over at AU (the orange woofer) ... I know its large and I don't want you to make exceptions just for me, but I tried to crop it in "Paint" and that didn't work ... I need to shrink the bitmap image, but what proggy can I use to do it?

I have no problems just increasing the size, but it won't accept a bitmap image.....only .jpg and .gif so let me know if it still might work.

 

[Wardsweb]

Kama & Walt - I've sent Walt a resized image and asked if he wanted a different size. I haven't heard back yet, so I will attach the one I did. Just in case.

 

[Kamakiri]

I'm a nut, what can I say?

I'm going to be hiring a graphic artist to do a cool-looking homepage and logo soon ( $) So what do I need? Membership! Forum ideas! Moderators!

It's our site, so let's make it everything we want it to be.

 

[Walt]

WardsWeb ...

thanks for doing that for me ... I have it in my avatar now - reason I didn't get back earlier is I am at work now, and you probably sent the avatar to my home address (which is the one I registered).

I really appreciate your help ... thanks

 

[Walt]

Kama,

if you don't mind me asking ... why are you doing all of this? It is truly a generous thing to do as running a BB takes time (especially initially) and I would imagine that if you have a regular job, this will be cutting into your leisure time severely in the next few weeks.

Good on you for doing it, I think it is good that one of our crowd is running the site - that way the admin is responsive to suggestions ...

BTW - I am happy to do some moderation of the "New Technology" or "Off Topic" forums if required ... leave it to you