MarkG: How do you restrict the width and hight of avators ?

Robert Plomp · June 21, 2002, 05:09

Hey Mark,

Currently I'm busy implementing an avator functinality in my self-created messageboard.
I can't find out how to restrict the pixel-size of the images the members upload.

Can you tell me how you did ?

thanks in advance,

CyberShy

Robert Plomp · June 21, 2002, 05:10

Ps. Anybody else who knows the answer is invited to reply as well

MarkG · June 21, 2002, 05:13

it's an intergrated feature of this script, i'll have to get into the code and find out

Robert Plomp · June 21, 2002, 05:17

if you want to do that for me, I'll be very thankfull !

My msgboard is completely self-made, no UBB or something.
If you ever want to step over from UBB to CyberShy's msgboard system, just tell me

(never tested with more than 8 users at the same time though

)

Skanky Burns · June 21, 2002, 06:53

It might need a little more load testing before full-scale use then.

Robert Plomp · June 21, 2002, 08:39

hey, it's already being full-scale used,
but not on huge loads as apolyton.

But I think there are very little messageboards on the internet with that much activity.

There are about 200 new posts a day on my msgboard. Somtimes more then 50 an hour.

I'll setup a demosite soon, and invite apolytoners to come over and test it.
It has some nice features, as "Who read this post so far" and it does very well show which posts are new and which ones did you read before (not threads, but posts)

I need to work more on the postcount system though.

Chris Wilkinson · June 21, 2002, 10:17

Sounds cool

Robert Plomp · June 21, 2002, 11:29

thanks !

here are a few screenshots of my forum: (it's all dutch, but I think you'll understand the idea

)

Thread-list. It shows threads with new posts you didn't read so far in red

this one shows a thread with the bottom (orange) post being 'new' and never seen before by you

a poll

a new post

a new post, which shows smileys after checking the checkbox

new post, build your own poll. Easy by this happens without the page having to reload. It just changes when you select the right box etc.

this one shows the people who read a particlar post.

Sirotnikov · June 21, 2002, 18:01

Btw, Cyber, welcome back - you were missed

Robert Plomp · June 21, 2002, 19:06

thanks !

but I've been here all the time...........

FrustratedPoet · June 21, 2002, 19:24

is it just me, or are all of those links broken???

(I bet it is just me ...

)

Tuberski · June 21, 2002, 19:27

Quote:

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
is it just me, or are all of those links broken???

(I bet it is just me ...

)

I get: connection refused on IE.

So, it's not just you.

Provost Harrison · June 21, 2002, 19:55

Yeah, it is just one of the administrative option of the vB engine, it is pretty straightforward.

alva · June 21, 2002, 22:22

sorry, but get refused too

lot's off broken links

Robert Plomp · June 22, 2002, 07:07

I'm sorry, my server has been offline all night.
It's up and running again.

Ignorance · June 22, 2002, 16:47

Checking image size is easy in PHP thanks to its image functions.
Oversized images can then be resized or denied.

Robert Plomp · June 25, 2002, 06:00

Nobody can help me ?

Ari Rahikkala · June 27, 2002, 08:39

Quote:

Originally posted by CyberShy
It has some nice features, as "Who read this post so far"

Ye elder Suggothian gods and their bratty Earthly avatars! Just how heavy is this?

p.s. if you're doing it on PHP (I can't view the images so they provide no fclues), refer to http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php . Other languages probably also have similar functions, Google for the documentation.