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I know that you can't upload an avatar that is bigger than 64 x 64 pixels - what about if we're just linking to a avatar using that option, instead of trying to add it?
I tried adding a new one, and got the expected "too big" message. I tried linking to the avatar from my website, and got this message:
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Error - cannot find an image at the specified URL. Please make sure that you have entered a valid URL.
It's not my web storage space hanging up, as I use the avatar on another forum by linking to it. Is the bigger than 64 x 64 size the problem when linking as well?
It's not my web storage space hanging up, as I use the avatar on another forum by linking to it. Is the bigger than 64 x 64 size the problem when linking as well?
Some people have bigger than 64 x 64 avatars, and I didn't recall seeing them in the standard, so I thought I'd ask - that, and I'm actually getting an error message instead of the 'avatar too large' message.
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Maybe Michael will stop by in a bit and clear it up. I am thinking Reveal might be right though, it doesn't even like avatars larger than 64x64 even when hosted on another server.
I'd love to know how Micheal Morris can have a different pic for every post he makes....
But I do believe he's still busy with his ill father who'd just had triple bypass surgery recently.
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The URL for the original artwork is the link in the first post.
No, that’s something that has already been shrunk… Let me guess you didn’t make the above avatar your trying to use, huh? (Any chance you have the artist's name?)
I'd love to know how Micheal Morris can have a different pic for every post he makes.... .
I hacked the code of course
BTW, it's not different for each post - it's different for each display so if you refresh a screen with my posts you'll get different avatars. There are 127 of them in all, and there should be more once Ravnica is released
Stock avatars (ones inputted in the system and selectable) are often larger than 64x64. Admins can have avatars of any size -- Mine are 100x100. The most likely reason a remote avatar isn't working is that the remote server is blocking remote image linking (which is a fairly common practice).
I had assumed that, being linked to another website, and not on ENworld's servers, the KB limit wouldn't matter.
It's not a link though. It actually uploads it to the EN World server. Otherwise, there would probably be a ton of broken avatar images as links change frequently.
Ah! Now, I wish someone had explained that before, it makes a lot of sense!
I was continually running off the assumption that it just linked to it, as the other messageboards I am on just use a link, rather that use disk space. Thanks!
But then, why do we have an "Upload Avatar" section and a "Link to Avatar" section, if they do the same thing? (i.e., upload the avatar to ENworld servers?)
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Let me guess you didn’t make the above avatar your trying to use, huh? (Any chance you have the artist's name?)
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