DarkJedi
01-21-2006, 01:53 AM
Hello all.
First, I'd like everyone to keep on lookout for the occasional Announcements that appear under your User CP link (top right) and above whatever forum of posts you're looking at.
There was an Annoucement Option in the old UBB threads version of software but since it was so corrupted, we were never able to utilize it. Occasionally, we will have something that is required reading for all and you never know, we might have Promotions for you or Contests.
Onward to Avatars:
Here's the deal on the avatar situation. vBulletin software has two options...Generic Avatars and Custom Avatars.
Generic Avatars is a tool for Webmasters should they wish to use Avatars as some ranking system tool and upload a couple of avatars themselves onto the server which as a sorta Post Count or Hierarchy type usage. You get what I'm saying, right? Generic means= webmaster controlled avatars.
Custom Avatars are what you guys choose just like the old UBB days. Here's the deal on UBB vs vBulletin which scares alot of webmasters. If the Webmaster chooses Custom Avatars for you, the user, to utilize....then there can be a downfall.
What is that, you ask? Well, the upload option.
I'm going to ask all of you to think about continuing to link to your own various photobuckets for your avatar needs. Sure, there is a Upload option but if everyone uploads avatars, it can cause serious lag in some unforseeable future.
Alot of webmasters make the avatar a contest. Take Comingsoon, for instance. They correspond the size of avatar you can have with the post count you have. In other words, those starting off will only be able to have 50 by 50 and a certain file size. When, you reach 3000 posts or something, the size moves up to 80 by 80 with increased file size. Keeps going to their limit of however much it is.
I'm not going to do that. You all can the avatars but like I say above, I would appreciate it if you continue using your own photobucket(or whatever site you use) link.
As you all also know, the rights to have a avatar depends on how you use it. Like the rules from UBB, no porn allowed for your avatar needs. If avatars are found offensive or you are abusing the right, we can now take them away from you. So please be cool with this option.
Stay within the rules and have fun.
First, I'd like everyone to keep on lookout for the occasional Announcements that appear under your User CP link (top right) and above whatever forum of posts you're looking at.
There was an Annoucement Option in the old UBB threads version of software but since it was so corrupted, we were never able to utilize it. Occasionally, we will have something that is required reading for all and you never know, we might have Promotions for you or Contests.
Onward to Avatars:
Here's the deal on the avatar situation. vBulletin software has two options...Generic Avatars and Custom Avatars.
Generic Avatars is a tool for Webmasters should they wish to use Avatars as some ranking system tool and upload a couple of avatars themselves onto the server which as a sorta Post Count or Hierarchy type usage. You get what I'm saying, right? Generic means= webmaster controlled avatars.
Custom Avatars are what you guys choose just like the old UBB days. Here's the deal on UBB vs vBulletin which scares alot of webmasters. If the Webmaster chooses Custom Avatars for you, the user, to utilize....then there can be a downfall.
What is that, you ask? Well, the upload option.
I'm going to ask all of you to think about continuing to link to your own various photobuckets for your avatar needs. Sure, there is a Upload option but if everyone uploads avatars, it can cause serious lag in some unforseeable future.
Alot of webmasters make the avatar a contest. Take Comingsoon, for instance. They correspond the size of avatar you can have with the post count you have. In other words, those starting off will only be able to have 50 by 50 and a certain file size. When, you reach 3000 posts or something, the size moves up to 80 by 80 with increased file size. Keeps going to their limit of however much it is.
I'm not going to do that. You all can the avatars but like I say above, I would appreciate it if you continue using your own photobucket(or whatever site you use) link.
As you all also know, the rights to have a avatar depends on how you use it. Like the rules from UBB, no porn allowed for your avatar needs. If avatars are found offensive or you are abusing the right, we can now take them away from you. So please be cool with this option.
Stay within the rules and have fun.