Hi. Great work on getting the forum back up and running in such a short time. Quick question. My avatar has vanished. How can I get it back please.
Words of one syllable please. Thanks
Mel
Words of one syllable please. Thanks
Mel
A file to be attached to a posting is evidently restricted to a maximum size of 2Mb.
That is the case. Just for visibility into the reasoning, the avatar resolution is, in general, fairly low. This works out for forums because the avatar is just designed to help identify a person within their community.
If we had folks using very high resolution images, they'd get no added benefit from the massive file size, plus we'd have to dedicate actual art storage space to holding massive files. In time, that makes things more difficult as data tables being read in ten years will be much bigger than they are now, so normal operations would become slower (since it takes longer to access all data).
So, we just keep a respectable file size as the maximum. That said, I can help format images for folks who want to use specific pictures for avatars, but can't get them to show properly.
In this specific case the issue is exactly as Hobbyt600 called out, with the image needing to be square. If a larger format version of the image is available, Raywood, feel free to send it over to me and I'll do my best. The version currently used is a very small file size, so it'll be tough to properly edit it.