There are two BG&E forums here -- a General/Off-Topic/Hints & Tips Forum, and a Community Technical Help Forum.

It is in everybody's best interest if you keep your posts to the correct forums.

From now on I will be locking or moving Community Help threads I find in the General/Off-Topic/Hints & Tips Forum! Please post properly.

The maximum allowed for sig pics is 500 in width by 100 in height. The maximum file size should be no more than 64kb. Avatars should be no more than 15kb in file size. If you visit other forums and their guidelines are smaller, I suggest you go with their's to avoid problems.

IMPORTANT - AVATAR RESIZING
The Forum software automatically resizes the Avatar's to 64 x 64 pixels.
However the bytes remain the same as the original size.
It is very important that you stick to 15kb and ensure that before you set your avatar that it doesn't exceed the dimensions and size set out above.
There is another reason why this needs to be enforced.
If the link to the avatar doesn't work - the Forum software doesn't resize it - messing up the thread layout.

I appreciate your co-operation on this.


ADDING SIGNATURE AND AVATARS

To place a pic in your signature do the following:

• 1. Click GO drop down menu followed by My Space then Profile(1.)
  
  
  
  
• 2. Click Edit Profile then scroll down to the Signature section and place the URL of the pic you want to use in the white Edit Box (3.) It must look like this:
  [ IMG ] URL to Imagehost NOT to your Hard drive [ /IMG ] taking out all spaces.
  
  
  
  
• 3. To add an Avatar, do step 1, but after clicking Edit Profile scroll down to the Avatar / Picture URL section and click on Edit (2.) A window will pop up which looks like this:
  
  
  
  
• 4. Make sure you select URL for your Custom Avatar (4.) and NOT Upload Custom Avatar or else you'll get a Permissions Error.
  
  
• 5. Click on the Select This One and your image will appear where (5.) is.
  After a few seconds, you'll get a confirmation that your avatar has been updated successfully.
  
  Please Note: You need to ensure that your chosen avatar and signature images are stored on an Imagehost that allows remote-linking.
  There are many sites on the internet that are free, and where you can store your images.
  'Hotlinking' images from your hard drive doesn't work.
  
• 6. You will be allowed 1 sig image and 1 line of text under your sig.
  
• 7. If you are unsure how to accomplish the above, or are having problems, please PT someone and get help.
  
  PRIVATE MESSAGES
  
  To Private Message someone, do the following:
  
  Click the GO drop down menu followed by My Space then Private Messaging
  
  Click the New Private Message Button and a window will pop up.
  Highlight a username in the Left Column then click on the Add >> Button.
  The selected username will now appear in the Right Column
  
  Click on the Invite Members Button to initiate the Private Message.
  
  NO ADDING TEXT TO YOUR AVATAR TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A RANK.

IMPORTANT ALL READ!!!
Avatars & Sigs; Keep them clean and appropriate. Determination of what is clean and/or appropriate is at the sole discretion of the admins and mods. Violators will not be warned and will be banned. Consider this your first and final warning. If you think your sig or avatar may be inappropriate, it probably is, so don't risk a ban over it. This will be strictly enforced, regardless of who the perpetrator is.

NOTE: The Sig and Avatar threads on all UBI forums are monitored. Anyone caught trying to increase their post count on the sly by spamming the test threads of several different forums will be noticed.

IMAGE FORMATS
Please use Image Formats: *.JPEG or *.PNG.
These are smaller in size than *.BMP.
So if you are using a *.BMP Signature, please change it to *.JPEG or *.PNG.
Doing so will speed up page loads.

Thank you for your cooperation.

- djnogg

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