by ChiefAdmin » Sun Jul 12, 2026 8:51 pm
Uploading and Using Avatars in this forum is subject to the "built in" size constraints of the forum software.
The minimum and maximum that is allowed are measured in Kib (kilobytes). Also there is a maximum of 6.0 Pixels.
Here are the dimensions that are allowed:
Over all size: 20x20 up to 90x90- The reason why each figure is the same in each of those "groups" is due to the fact that it is easier to achieve a size of 20x20 or 90x90 than say for example 20x30 and 80x90.
Additionally, the allowable pixels has to be UNDER 6.0 - it cannot be over 6.0, not even by .1
One other important suggestion and advice: DO NOT try to make the size of your photo an even 90x90 even though the software is supposed to allow such size - it does not! Instead, use 80x80 as the maximum size.
The Administrator of this forum uploaded one favorite photo of a wild horse taken about three years ago in Nevada.
The size was very much over the limit - in all size respects as described above. So the first step was to re-size the photo to a much smaller dimension.
It took several attempts of resizing the photo in order to arrive at something which could be further reduced with respect to total pixel size of under 6.0
There is an online source - a website which is totally devoted to just providing one thing: Reducing the size of your photos!
This will be mentioned in the sub-forum to this main Forum.
One word of caution: When you select a photo which you want for uploading as your Avatar, make sure you have the main photo in one location on your computer files, and then copy it and put that copy in another file location, and with a different file name. In doing so, if you ruin one "test" photo, you can still come back to the original and make a copy of it, then follow the same steps as you did with your first attempt to resize.
ChiefAdmin
[i][b]Uploading and Using Avatars in this forum is subject to the "built in" size constraints of the forum software. [/b][/i]
The minimum and maximum that is allowed are measured in Kib (kilobytes). Also there is a maximum of 6.0 Pixels.
Here are the dimensions that are allowed:
Over all size: 20x20 up to 90x90- The reason why each figure is the same in each of those "groups" is due to the fact that it is easier to achieve a size of 20x20 or 90x90 than say for example 20x30 and 80x90.
Additionally, the allowable pixels has to be UNDER 6.0 - it cannot be over 6.0, not even by .1
One other important suggestion and advice: DO NOT try to make the size of your photo an even 90x90 even though the software is supposed to allow such size - it does not! Instead, use 80x80 as the maximum size.
The Administrator of this forum uploaded one favorite photo of a wild horse taken about three years ago in Nevada.
The size was very much over the limit - in all size respects as described above. So the first step was to re-size the photo to a much smaller dimension.
It took several attempts of resizing the photo in order to arrive at something which could be further reduced with respect to total pixel size of under 6.0
There is an online source - a website which is totally devoted to just providing one thing: Reducing the size of your photos!
[i]This will be mentioned in the sub-forum to this main Forum.
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[b]One word of caution:[/b] When you select a photo which you want for uploading as your Avatar, make sure you have the main photo in one location on your computer files, and then copy it and put that copy in another file location, and with a different file name. In doing so, if you ruin one "test" photo, you can still come back to the original and make a copy of it, then follow the same steps as you did with your first attempt to resize.
ChiefAdmin