OT Testing

[SlyPokerDog]

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Where?

Click the merge. You'll see.

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[blue32]

Denny, Thank you for working to remove the Avatars/Pic's that's awesome!

 

[Denny Crane]

Denny, Thank you for working to remove the Avatars/Pic's that's awesome!

Migrating the site was not a trivial thing. I probably spent 60+ hours just preparing for the move. I practiced the import over and over again until I got it down to the fastest possible. I configured a bunch of servers. I googled for all sorts of add ons that we were certain to need.

Once we finished the move, lots of little things that were just broken. Skin with wrong colors in wrong places in places I hadn't seen. No skin other than the default blue S2 one.

There are LOTS of small details that people don't consider. All the URLs to the old site and threads in google and peoples' bookmarks and in posts on this site no longer worked. Those had to be addressed, and I'm not perfect. Ask those guys who tried to open the 2015 football recruits thread.

The thing is, I've pretty much been able to get done what needs to get done so far.

I'm still working on making it better, and will be forever, like it was with the old site.

All I ask is a little patience.

Thanks

 

[Denny Crane]

Also realize for every 3 people who want no avatars and signatures, there's probably 200 who want really big avatars and signatures. I'm doing my best to please everyone

 

[blue32]

Also realize for every 3 people who want no avatars and signatures, there's probably 200 who want really big avatars and signatures. I'm doing my best to please everyone

Oh yeah you're doing a great job. It is such a nice looking forum after the conversion. I don't mind avatars per say, I just like to streamline when/if the option is available!

Good work and go blazers

 

[Denny Crane]

Go Blazers!

And Bulls they're tied with Houston 75-75 right now.

 

[Denny Crane]

So here's the deal.

The addon to hide avatars and signatures simply does not work. It was written for xenforo 1.2 and we're using xenforo 1.4. The guy who wrote the addon has not maintained it/kept it up to date. I tried it, but it made it so user preferences threw an error and I could not even change any of the other settings.

When I removed the add on, I saw that preferences worked again. Something caught my eye:



That's half the battle, no? Is that enough, or do you really need the avatars hidden. The difference is this:


(that IS from the old site, with avatars turned off)

vs.



If hiding avatars is really a big deal, I can make it happen. I need to noodle on the right approach.

The question is whether to prevent the server from generating the HTML including the avatar (harder to do) or to hide the avatars using a CSS rule (trivial) and a tiny bit of JavaScript.

Please be patient with me. I'm not going to mess with it during the game / game thread time.

And let me know if hiding the avatars is a requirement at all before I even bother.

 

[santeesioux]

Yo guise, I don't have permission to look at the NFL topic on the OT board, wha happen?

I can look at it now, thanks if someone fixed it.

 

[Denny Crane]

And this is what you get without avatars:



I opened the chrome devtools console and entered:
$('avatarHolder').hide();

 

[barfo]

Add me to the list that dislikes the giant avatars. Looking at avatars is NOT the main reason I come here. I would rather shrink them than turn them off altogether, but if given the option of off or huge, I'd choose off.

barfo

 

[blue32]

And this is what you get without avatars:

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I opened the chrome devtools console and entered:
$('avatarHolder').hide();

If possible and easy, great option to have for those that want. I don't mind them so bad on the phone, but on the web they're too big and distracting IMO.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Add me to the list that dislikes the giant avatars. Looking at avatars is NOT the main reason I come here. I would rather shrink them than turn them off altogether, but if given the option of off or huge, I'd choose off.

barfo

They're not that big.

I think it really shows off my eyes.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

When I've posted in a thread, it shows my avatar and the thread originator's avatar:

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That's how I know I've participated in the thread.

I really like this feature. And the button to go to first unread post.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I really like this feature. And the button to go to first unread post.

It looks like shit when I print it out on my thermal fax machine to read it. The old forum was much more fax friendly.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

I like avatars to quickly tell who someone is, in order to seek out or scroll past them

 

[Denny Crane]

The avatars were 176x176 on the old site. They're like 156x156 on this one.

 

[Denny Crane]

I like avatars to quickly tell who someone is, in order to seek out or scroll past them

The purple pirate is a dead giveaway.

 

[barfo]

The avatars were 176x176 on the old site. They're like 156x156 on this one.

Really? That's very interesting... I would have sworn they were at least twice the square footage on the new site. I guess something is drawing my eye to them more on the new site...

The purple pirate appears pixellated.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

176z176 was the size limit. Most were that big.

Yours is 141z141 as displayed. The image is smaller, but the software is scaling it up to fit.

 

[BrianFromWA]

yeah, I never used avatars b/c I'm usually around either toddlers or on a lunch break.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

yeah, I never used avatars b/c I'm usually around either toddlers or on a lunch break.

My avatar is toddler and lunch friendly.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Yours is. Some aren't, and I wouldn't presume to tell someone to change their avatar for my convenience.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Yours is. Some aren't, and I wouldn't presume to tell someone to change their avatar for my convenience.

I'm sure we can make it so you only see my posts.

Problem solved!

 

[Denny Crane]

yeah, I never used avatars b/c I'm usually around either toddlers or on a lunch break.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...locker/ifoggbfaoakkojipahnplnbfnhhhnmlp?hl=en

 

[BBert]

Really? That's very interesting... I would have sworn they were at least twice the square footage on the new site. I guess something is drawing my eye to them more on the new site...

The purple pirate appears pixellated.

barfo

I agree. Pictures (avatars and sig pics) are too big in comparison to the text and avatars appear to be lower resolution.

 

[Denny Crane]

The software supports 3 sizes of avatars. I was asked by brainiac to use the big ones, so I did. The normal sized ones, that are stock sized, are 96x96 and the pages look like this:



I can easily switch to the smaller size if we want it.

Let brainiac make his case to keep them big, IMO.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Normal is nicer, I think. A lot of posts have a bunch of white space because we have that info panel on the left extending the post. Not that it's necessarily bad, but it is a thing.

 

[Denny Crane]

Smaller/normal avatars done.

 

[Sean.ivity]

The smaller ones work good.