Lakemonster
12-06-2005, 12:02 AM
Ok. busy day........
actually....... setting up the forums is a snap... getting kinks squared away and enabling permission..... and setting other variables... so thats why some of this is funky right now.
Issue 1: Uploads and avatars.
Avatars in this setting are limited to 80x80 pixels and a file size of 19k
I have boosted the size for pic uploads in jpeg, gif and bmp to 50k and a pixel size up to 500x600. I may boost the upload size up to 70k later.
Otherwise..... please secure hosting for your pics (if you are an Internet Service subscriber.... then you have webspace)
To keep this site affordable.... and non-commercial..... disk space will need to be limited.
I may set up a coppermine photo library for around a dollar per member per month for members to use. This would allow members to show large pics not only here.. but elsewhere on the web by hotlinking. The dollar a month would go to PN expenses. Dunno about that yet.
Issue 2:
Style format........ I can ( I think) switch us over to "legacy" mode. This is like we had it at the old PN with all the user info at the side instead of above the post. There may be some database issues to contend with to do that..... Im gonna wait a few days for folks to get in and then make a poll about the issue.
Issue 3:
The WYSIWYG editor.......
This is the post/reply interface. As you can see. this one we are using now is pretty straight forward..... you just click the picture to get the ubb code desired. Also lets you align right, left, center and take care of font color and size..... italics.. bold......... etc without entering ubb code ( this)
This version also allows you to [font=Comic Sans MS]use [/font][font=Arial Black]your [/font][font=Fixedsys]own [/font][font=Georgia]fonts.[/font]
[font=Georgia][/font]
[font=Arial Narrow][size=7][/size][/font]
[size=7]I think I like this one....[/size][font=Century Gothic][size=3]........ no...... I better not.[/size][/font]
[size=3][/size]
[size=3]you get the idea.[/size]
[size=3][/size]
[size=3][/size]
[size=3]we can go to the old one.... we'll have a poll on that too.[/size]
[size=3][/size]
[font=Georgia][/font]
[font=Arial Narrow]anyway... Im pretty fried at lookin at all this shit for the night.... so you guys play and tinker....... and I'll look in in the am.[/font]
[font=Arial][/font]
actually....... setting up the forums is a snap... getting kinks squared away and enabling permission..... and setting other variables... so thats why some of this is funky right now.
Issue 1: Uploads and avatars.
Avatars in this setting are limited to 80x80 pixels and a file size of 19k
I have boosted the size for pic uploads in jpeg, gif and bmp to 50k and a pixel size up to 500x600. I may boost the upload size up to 70k later.
Otherwise..... please secure hosting for your pics (if you are an Internet Service subscriber.... then you have webspace)
To keep this site affordable.... and non-commercial..... disk space will need to be limited.
I may set up a coppermine photo library for around a dollar per member per month for members to use. This would allow members to show large pics not only here.. but elsewhere on the web by hotlinking. The dollar a month would go to PN expenses. Dunno about that yet.
Issue 2:
Style format........ I can ( I think) switch us over to "legacy" mode. This is like we had it at the old PN with all the user info at the side instead of above the post. There may be some database issues to contend with to do that..... Im gonna wait a few days for folks to get in and then make a poll about the issue.
Issue 3:
The WYSIWYG editor.......
This is the post/reply interface. As you can see. this one we are using now is pretty straight forward..... you just click the picture to get the ubb code desired. Also lets you align right, left, center and take care of font color and size..... italics.. bold......... etc without entering ubb code ( this)
This version also allows you to [font=Comic Sans MS]use [/font][font=Arial Black]your [/font][font=Fixedsys]own [/font][font=Georgia]fonts.[/font]
[font=Georgia][/font]
[font=Arial Narrow][size=7][/size][/font]
[size=7]I think I like this one....[/size][font=Century Gothic][size=3]........ no...... I better not.[/size][/font]
[size=3][/size]
[size=3]you get the idea.[/size]
[size=3][/size]
[size=3][/size]
[size=3]we can go to the old one.... we'll have a poll on that too.[/size]
[size=3][/size]
[font=Georgia][/font]
[font=Arial Narrow]anyway... Im pretty fried at lookin at all this shit for the night.... so you guys play and tinker....... and I'll look in in the am.[/font]
[font=Arial][/font]