Dear Ben: Avatars

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:23 pm

On reading the threads it appears that when you changed the size of the avatar box, not only does it mean that some people can't see all the post and the avatar is far too big, but now 2 people (HT and Syl) have said they can't see youtubes, Syl sees them as a black line and now HT has said she can only see a black box. Could you be kind enough to put everything back the way it was, pretty please?

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:27 pm

Yipper - long rectangle black boxes, everywhere ...wondered WTH was going on?

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:30 pm

I'm leaving my avatar off at the moment.

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:42 pm

That's 3 people, if anyone else is having trouble could you add please.

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:45 pm

All works fine for me

Laughing

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:01 pm

Then why bother to add.

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:05 pm

Just pointing out that clearly there is actually nothing wrong with the forum and cleary its something wrong with the individuals systems they are using, as why is not everyone effected?

Maybe its down to what window version you are using

Who knows, but the immediate presumption its down to any changes by Ben just really makes me chuckle

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:08 pm

Er - Ben said it was DOH

by Victorismyhero Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:12 pm

no probs here either

on win 10....

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by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:15 pm

There is none on mine, but since Ben changed the avatar size people have been having problems with seeing all the post and youtubes. Just asking Ben if he would put it back the way it was, would like to use my avi, but it's too big now he has changed it and even if I make it smaller it goes on at the size Ben has set and blocks posts.

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:15 pm

Lord Foul wrote:no probs here either

on win 10....

Same, am on windows 10 also

by Victorismyhero Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:29 pm

and....throughout all this I never had problems with the avatar size either....

been and had a look on the admin page and all these settings are global, which means they "should" affect everyone similarly.

just a thought...do any of those affected know how to clear their cache?

by JulesV Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:51 pm

sassy wrote:That's 3 people, if anyone else is having trouble could you add please.

How about these then,
160px by 160px
Or 170 X 170?
Or I could make it bigger still.
Tested them on my avvi, no probs.

I have to say, the 3 people whose avatars appeared overly large to others, all 3 looked normal size on my lappy.
I do have the youtube problem tho - no vid visible, just a black stripe.

https://i.servimg.com/u/f35/17/32/06/02/avvi110.png
https://i.servimg.com/u/f35/17/32/06/02/avvi210.png

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by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:58 pm

Jules wrote:
sassy wrote:That's 3 people, if anyone else is having trouble could you add please.

How about this one then, it's 160px by 160px
Or 170 X170?
Or I could make it bigger still.
Tested them on my avvi, no probs.

I have to say, the 3 people whose avatars appeared overly large to others, all 3 looked normal size on my lappy.
I do have the youtube problem tho - no vid visible, just a black stripe.

https://i.servimg.com/u/f35/17/32/06/02/avvi110.png
https://i.servimg.com/u/f35/17/32/06/02/avvi210.png

Yipper, Quill/WYwolifie and Eddied kicked these issues around yesterday!
My PC {window10} had those avatars huge like Eddie was saying - it wasn't until later that the youtube video's went to that long black rectangle bar = solid black.
My tablet the avatars looked normal but zero youtube clips!
Syl adjusted her avatar down to very small earlier this morning; she said it looked really odd and out of proportion on her tablet but on mine & my PC it was NORMAL looking!

So there's something 'ODD GOING ON' for sure!

by JulesV Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:13 pm

4EVER2 wrote:
Jules wrote:

How about this one then, it's 160px by 160px
Or 170 X170?
Or I could make it bigger still.
Tested them on my avvi, no probs.

I have to say, the 3 people whose avatars appeared overly large to others, all 3 looked normal size on my lappy.
I do have the youtube problem tho - no vid visible, just a black stripe.

https://i.servimg.com/u/f35/17/32/06/02/avvi110.png
https://i.servimg.com/u/f35/17/32/06/02/avvi210.png

Yipper, Quill/WYwolifie and Eddied kicked these issues around yesterday!
My PC {window10} had those avatars huge like Eddie was saying - it wasn't until later that the youtube video's went to that long black rectangle bar = solid black.
My tablet the avatars looked normal but zero youtube clips!
Syl adjusted her avatar down to very small earlier this morning; she said it looked really odd and out of proportion on her tablet but on mine & my PC it was NORMAL looking!

So there's something 'ODD GOING ON' for sure!

Avvies containing text are tricky cos they need to be big enough so that the words are legible.
Not too sure what the youtube issue is but I suppose I can open YT url's in a separate window till the prob is resolved.

by Guest Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:41 pm

None of this was an issue until our fearless leader decided to jack around with some control perimeters on his newest PC ...then no one knew WTF was happening but we sure couldn't read Sassy's - Syl's posts - well not the first three words anyway affraid

It's been a real strange / convoluted mess!

by Original Quill Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:49 pm

I have the same problem. No youtube at all, and overlap on the avvies.

by Syl Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:51 pm

I logged back in tonight to see if I could sort out the Youtubes on here....I cant and they are still showing up here as long black boxes.

My avi was fine till yesterday, It looked fine to me, as did Sassys, though others said they were too big. I have halved the size of mine, but to me it looks very small and distorted now.

I'm on windows 10 too btw.

by 'Wolfie Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:48 am

Lord Foul wrote:
and....throughout all this I never had problems with the avatar size either....

been and had a look on the admin page and all these settings are global, which means they "should" affect everyone similarly.

just a thought...do any of those affected know how to clear their cache?

WHEN I see problems like this moving around between users, devices, and time of day, I have to suspect that the problem lies either with Forumation's master system -- or with the internet itself (i.e. with some of the ISPs, or the telecomm' carriers..) -- rather than at either the source (this Newsfix site..) or the destination (end user, and their device..).

I HAVEN'T used Windows, or IE, in years. Useless load of garbage that it is...

I noticed the problems with some avi's while using a tablet, with a Chrome browser;
And I've been having ongoing prob's with posting pic's and videos for months..

by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:01 am

Yikes. I'll put it back and see if that clears it up.

by eddie Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:46 am

Stop playing around with us dude. Rolling Eyes

by HoratioTarr Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:16 am

Syl wrote:I logged back in tonight to see if I could sort out the Youtubes on here....I cant and they are still showing up here as long black boxes.

My avi was fine till yesterday, It looked fine to me, as did Sassys, though others said they were too big. I have halved the size of mine, but to me it looks very small and distorted now.

I'm on windows 10 too btw.

I'm on windows 8, and I still can't see the youtube link.

by Guest Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:24 am

Well, put and avi back on, hope it's not too big this time

by eddie Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:02 am

Your avi is fine now sassy, at least for me it is.
I quite like it too.

by Guest Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:06 am

Thank goodness for that. Perhaps people will be able to see youtubes now as well

by eddie Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:09 am

YouTube links don't always load for me. I think it happens a lot on the music threads where there are lots to load.

by Guest Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:10 am

If it's a music thread, takes a long time for me as well. I think the problem is people not being able to see youtubes on threads where they were not music and there were no others, ie kinetic energy thread.

by Guest Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:13 am

sassy wrote:If it's a music thread, takes a long time for me as well. I think the problem is people not being able to see youtubes on threads where they were not music and there were no others, ie kinetic energy thread.

And the longer that thread is allowed to grow the slower it will be to load Rolling Eyes

by Guest Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:17 am

Perhaps there should be a limit on music threads before another is started? We want the music threads, they are fun, but waiting for them to load, isn't lol

by eddie Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:44 pm

4EVER2 wrote:
sassy wrote:If it's a music thread, takes a long time for me as well. I think the problem is people not being able to see youtubes on threads where they were not music and there were no others, ie kinetic energy thread.

And the longer that thread is allowed to grow the slower it will be to load

That's why I started a number "two" for one of them.

I'll keep an eye and only let them reach about two or three pages from now on.

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