Avatars

John Upham · Post by **John Upham** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:47 am

Carl,
Please implement avatars for this forum.

John

Carl Hibbard · Post by **Carl Hibbard** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:15 am

I don't like avatars so they are turned off - do you have a reason to need them?

Cheers
Carl

John Upham · Post by **John Upham** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:20 am

That doesn't seem very democratic for a forum : do the views of the users matter?

John

Carl Hibbard · Post by **Carl Hibbard** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:26 am

I have already had requests to turn off smilies let alone avatars, do you feel they enhance things in some way then?

Do you allow them on the forum you run?

I await a general consesus from users then...

Cheers
Carl

John Upham · Post by **John Upham** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:29 am

Why not turn off signatures, locations, URLs, email aliases? Do they enhance anything? Who knows...

John

Carl Hibbard · Post by **Carl Hibbard** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:43 am

I checked the excellent Atticus forum where they are turned on but hardly used and then I checked your own Andrew Martin Chess Acedmy forum where the option isn't even turned on and decided to also leave it off for now

Cheers
Carl

John Upham · Post by **John Upham** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:54 am

Avatars <em>are</em> enabled on the AMCA Forum and have been since we started it. Not all users have given them self one. Check my posts for example. The Avatar is

http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com ... 48b2ac.gif

Also check

http://www.borderleague.org.uk/ and select "Forum" from the menu.

Phil Makepeace · Post by **Phil Makepeace** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:05 pm

I think that avatars which relate to a member's standing in the chess world e.g. a club or county logo or badge, should be allowed. That way, they add to the profile information supplied.

I don't see any need for smileys on a board of this nature - to be honest, the only one that I can think will ever be appropriate in a post is the 'rolling eyes' one whenever Ilyumzhinov drastically shortens FIDE time-limits.

Signatures just get in the way.

Carl Hibbard · Post by **Carl Hibbard** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:47 pm

Ok I agree

I have added some samples and also John's request into the available list, feel free to send me any images that you want to include

They need to be a maximum of 80x80 in size

Regards
Carl

Greg Breed · Post by **Greg Breed** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:02 am

Hi all,

If the only avatars are hats then you might as well turn them off. They are a bit cack aren't they?

If you stipulate an avatar size then you can allow whatever people want.

Carl Hibbard · Post by **Carl Hibbard** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:09 am

Greg Breed wrote:Hi all,

If the only avatars are hats then you might as well turn them off. They are a bit cack aren't they?

If you stipulate an avatar size then you can allow whatever people want.

Not the best no but all I had time to lookup yesterday to be honest

Let me know what you want added or provide a link to something more suitable

Image size is 80x80 pixels maximum as mentioned above

Or email me whatever you require

Cheers
Carl

Carl Hibbard · Post by **Carl Hibbard** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:48 am

Greg Breed wrote:If the only avatars are hats then you might as well turn them off. They are a bit cack aren't they?

I have uploaded a few more now, the fish aren't bad but I am bored with it now...

Point me in the direction of some more if you want!

Cheers
Carl

Greg Breed · Post by **Greg Breed** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:54 am

I-I-I say, that's a-that's a massive improvement. some of those Disney ones are so cute. I'll stick with Yosemite Sam for now. Yee-haw...

Mike Gunn · Post by **Mike Gunn** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:58 pm

Here's a vote for the removal of smileys.

[vomiting smiley]

Carl Hibbard · Post by **Carl Hibbard** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:06 pm

Comments noted

although this all seems hard work

Cheers
Carl