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Post any questions or problems regarding Board usage here.
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When I asked for help, mine was coming up as about 800x800, and squishing everyone's messages into a really tiny column on every thread I'd ever posted on. Fortunatly it was a really slow time on the board when I was trying to fix it.
The "fixed" version was still about as big as acids, so I guess it was still too big (but at least better). I shrank it again, and even though it's still a tiny bit bigger than yours, I'm guessing that's probably close enough by now. I can't resize it by pixels, only by %, so this is all guesswork.
The "fixed" version was still about as big as acids, so I guess it was still too big (but at least better). I shrank it again, and even though it's still a tiny bit bigger than yours, I'm guessing that's probably close enough by now. I can't resize it by pixels, only by %, so this is all guesswork.
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In that case I recommend something like this:
http://www.irfanview.com/
It's a fairly small program but allows a reasonble range of editing functions including resizing by % and pixel.
I should also menton it's free for non-commercial purposes.
http://www.irfanview.com/
It's a fairly small program but allows a reasonble range of editing functions including resizing by % and pixel.
I should also menton it's free for non-commercial purposes.
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The graphical resizing is done by PHP using, I think, its GD library which is not always present on a system (it depends on compilation settings). When it's not, the remotely linked oversize avatars apparently will not be refused and neither resized :(Dan Rowden wrote:According to the board settings avatars are supposed to be limited to 80 x 80 pixels, but for whatever reason they don't get resized, hence, some, such as "acid's", are actually 100 x 100.
Don't know why that is.
You might want to ask Kevin to check the PHP GD-settings he or his hosting provider has or hasn't enabled, and perhaps it's something to tweak at phpBB install time as well.
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Kevin,
My profile page only gives the option of "link to off-site Avatar" - but I have seen other boards with an upload option, so I think that's what you are talking about. Did the upload option inadvertently get disabled? Perhaps someone meant to disable the link to off-site avatar option instead to resolve the resizing problem.
My profile page only gives the option of "link to off-site Avatar" - but I have seen other boards with an upload option, so I think that's what you are talking about. Did the upload option inadvertently get disabled? Perhaps someone meant to disable the link to off-site avatar option instead to resolve the resizing problem.
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Re: Help Desk
Was something wrong with the board yesterday?
I repeatedly got this message over a period of more than six hours of trying to access, whereas all other sites worked fine.
General Error
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I repeatedly got this message over a period of more than six hours of trying to access, whereas all other sites worked fine.
General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]
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Re: Help Desk
Must have been - I got the same message all day. Kevin must have fixed it.
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Apparently someone else using the same server was running some faulty code that opened too many database connections without closing them.Sapius wrote:Was something wrong with the board yesterday?
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Re: Help Desk
Just curious - why are Genius Forum and Worldly Matters forums available in either prosilver or subsilver 2, but The Reasoning Show forum is only available in subsilver 2?
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It's either because it came later and wasn't subject to the coding that provided all forums with both options or I missed something in the creation of The Reasoning Show forum. I'll take a look and see if I can address it from the admin panel, but I doubt it.
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Re: Help Desk
Since the coding change, "search" only searches the posts made since the coding change. Is there any way to update that so that it will search through all the posts again?
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Elizabeth Isabelle wrote:Since the coding change, "search" only searches the posts made since the coding change. Is there any way to update that so that it will search through all the posts again?
if you go to google and in the box type
site:theabsolute.net and then the search terms it does about the same thing (difference being you might bring up other pieces of Kevin's site).
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Actually, the google search method that Katy mentioned is probably the best option, since the forum's own search function ignores a lot of words (to reduce processing time).
So if you were searching for, say Otto Weininger, you would go to google and type:
otto weininger site:theabsolute.net
or
"Otto Weininger" site:theabsolute.net
However, the old posts should be indexed along with the new ones, with regard to the forum's own search function, so I'll see what I can do.
So if you were searching for, say Otto Weininger, you would go to google and type:
otto weininger site:theabsolute.net
or
"Otto Weininger" site:theabsolute.net
However, the old posts should be indexed along with the new ones, with regard to the forum's own search function, so I'll see what I can do.
Re: Help Desk
I’m not sure if it really matters, but there is no mention of the date on which the Pod-cast discussions took place. Or is it mentioned somewhere that I don’t know about.
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I've not bothered with date-stamping the discussions as the intention is for them to be of a timeless nature (making the date pretty meaningless). However, I could add month/year of discussion if it you makes you happy, Sappy!
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Thanks! The joy makes me roll on the floor like a bitch flashing fanny, Danny! :DDan Rowden wrote:I've not bothered with date-stamping the discussions as the intention is for them to be of a timeless nature (making the date pretty meaningless). However, I could add month/year of discussion if it you makes you happy, Sappy!
Good one though! :D
You don't have to alter your logical assertions on my account though, please.
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