Hi guys.
As our membership increases and the number of threads+posts increases, there's a wider range of avatars and sigs being used by people.
It's getting to the point now that sometimes it's hard to find the post among the signatures, and the amount of bandwidth potentially being consumed by large signatures and avatars is getting too much.
So I've introduced a few new rules to the
IceInSpace Forum Posting Guidelines.
Quote:
Avatars must be no bigger than 80x80 and 25k in size. Remember that there could be 20 avatars on a single loaded page, please be considerate and keep them as small as possible.
Please keep signatures to a minimum, and don't have large blocks of text or large images in your signature. Please try to keep them smaller than 3-5 lines in size. Remember that there could be 20 signatures on a single loaded page, and sometimes it's hard to find the post amongst the signatures. Please be considerate and keep them as small as possible.
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I'm going to need your assistance in this for now:
1) The change to the avatar size/limit is for people who change their avatar from now on - it will still display large avatars for people who already have large ones. Can those people
please change their avatar to meet the new rules. That includes me, because mine currently exceeds the rules (it's 80x80 30k). In a week, I will manually remove the avatars that are still too large.
2) The change to the signature rules is not enforcable via forum admin code just yet. Some code will be written to enforce it in the near future, but for now I appreciate your assistance in changing your signatures to meet the new requirements.
Thanks for your participation in this - i'm not trying to crack down on creativity, but I have to be mindful of the reasons for these forums - it's for information exchange and not for a display of the best signatures or avatars. The bandwidth and page load times (especialyl for dialup users) are also a major concern as we get larger so I have to mindful of this.
Let me know if you have any problems with these new rules. I'm happy to discuss it.
New Rules for Avatars and Sigs
L.
