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16 Mar 2012, 8:08 pm

I was trying to change my avatar (it was a bunny pic and too big) but after I clicked submit it waited a minute then it went to a page that made me copy two words and warned me that my actions were logged. WTH? It said I should ask the owner to permenantly whitelist me.

Also, can someone tell me how to make the bunny picture the right size? I always have trouble with this.


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16 Mar 2012, 8:23 pm

What you probably saw was a Captcha, it's a mechanism used to stop spam-bots and other automated scripts and ensure that there's actually a human behind the screen on the other side of the connection. A lot of forum sites have them appear randomly to ensure their users are legit.

As for the bunny pic, the best option would be to download it and edit it using a photo manip program (or even a drawing program like MS Paint). Change the size to fit the max size parameters, and if it's above 16 KB in file size you can try converting it to a smaller file format such as .png or .gif. Then when you go to change your avatar, click on the button titled "Upload from your machine". A file system dialog should pop up, select the aforementioned edited picture, click submit, and boom! shiny new avatar photo. (Assuming you did everything I just said correctly and there isn't any outstanding issues with the site or servers.)

If you're using Windows, MS paint should be sufficient to change the size, for Mac users there should be some kind of drawing program you can use. If you're using a Linux OS like me then get GIMP, it's basically an open-source photo manip program comparable to Adobe Photoshop. It's free to download and free to use, in fact if you're using an Ubuntu OS then it should show up in the Software Center, just click and wait, you'll have it in a few minutes.


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16 Mar 2012, 9:59 pm

Roxas_XIII wrote:
What you probably saw was a Captcha, it's a mechanism used to stop spam-bots and other automated scripts and ensure that there's actually a human behind the screen on the other side of the connection. A lot of forum sites have them appear randomly to ensure their users are legit.

As for the bunny pic, the best option would be to download it and edit it using a photo manip program (or even a drawing program like MS Paint). Change the size to fit the max size parameters, and if it's above 16 KB in file size you can try converting it to a smaller file format such as .png or .gif. Then when you go to change your avatar, click on the button titled "Upload from your machine". A file system dialog should pop up, select the aforementioned edited picture, click submit, and boom! shiny new avatar photo. (Assuming you did everything I just said correctly and there isn't any outstanding issues with the site or servers.)

If you're using Windows, MS paint should be sufficient to change the size, for Mac users there should be some kind of drawing program you can use. If you're using a Linux OS like me then get GIMP, it's basically an open-source photo manip program comparable to Adobe Photoshop. It's free to download and free to use, in fact if you're using an Ubuntu OS then it should show up in the Software Center, just click and wait, you'll have it in a few minutes.


Every bit of that was over my head. I'm basically computer illiterate. I played around once long enough to change the size of one picture but can't even remember what I did to do it. I don't know what the programs you mentioned are or how to use them.


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17 Mar 2012, 7:11 am

^^ I've PM'd you about resizing it.


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17 Mar 2012, 12:40 pm

OliveOilMom wrote:
Roxas_XIII wrote:
What you probably saw was a Captcha, it's a mechanism used to stop spam-bots and other automated scripts and ensure that there's actually a human behind the screen on the other side of the connection. A lot of forum sites have them appear randomly to ensure their users are legit.

As for the bunny pic, the best option would be to download it and edit it using a photo manip program (or even a drawing program like MS Paint). Change the size to fit the max size parameters, and if it's above 16 KB in file size you can try converting it to a smaller file format such as .png or .gif. Then when you go to change your avatar, click on the button titled "Upload from your machine". A file system dialog should pop up, select the aforementioned edited picture, click submit, and boom! shiny new avatar photo. (Assuming you did everything I just said correctly and there isn't any outstanding issues with the site or servers.)

If you're using Windows, MS paint should be sufficient to change the size, for Mac users there should be some kind of drawing program you can use. If you're using a Linux OS like me then get GIMP, it's basically an open-source photo manip program comparable to Adobe Photoshop. It's free to download and free to use, in fact if you're using an Ubuntu OS then it should show up in the Software Center, just click and wait, you'll have it in a few minutes.


Every bit of that was over my head. I'm basically computer illiterate. I played around once long enough to change the size of one picture but can't even remember what I did to do it. I don't know what the programs you mentioned are or how to use them.


Haha, gomen nasai. I'm basically a computer geek, hell I'm intending to go into programming as a career. Sorry if I confused you.


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17 Mar 2012, 6:59 pm

There is a free decent solution for image resizing right online now too:

http://www.picresize.com/

Computer illiterate proof! :D


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17 Mar 2012, 7:20 pm

Hmm not bad, but I can do better. 8)
It gave 12,017 bytes for a file reduced to WP avatar size - but I got 8,019 bytes. (both jpeg)
The maximum size for WP is 15.77k and a different image may tip it over the edge.

Currently awaiting mail delivery of the image to convert...


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18 Mar 2012, 1:23 am

Cornflake wrote:
Hmm not bad, but I can do better. 8)
It gave 12,017 bytes for a file reduced to WP avatar size - but I got 8,019 bytes. (both jpeg)
The maximum size for WP is 15.77k and a different image may tip it over the edge.

Currently awaiting mail delivery of the image to convert...

Every time its uploaded in a image hoster the size decreases so you could in theory keep uploading it until it fits wp´s size standards if you were unable to use picture editing programs.



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18 Mar 2012, 6:17 am

spongy wrote:
Every time its uploaded in a image hoster the size decreases so you could in theory keep uploading it until it fits wp´s size standards if you were unable to use picture editing programs.
Hmm, not necessarily - it depends on the service and TBH I'd rather not use one that fiddled with my images unless I asked it to.

But if the size does get reduced it would probably be due to a lowish jpeg quality being imposed on the image as it's uploaded, so there would be a trade-off at some point between a file reduced sufficiently in size and the image being so degraded it's unrecognizable!

As it turned out I was able to get sizes of 5.4k and 7.3k for the two avatars, since shipped back to what I hope will be a happy customer...


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18 Mar 2012, 1:10 pm

It's more likely that the image was hosted on an unsafe site and our security software found that suspicious.


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18 Mar 2012, 1:27 pm

Thanks so much! He's right there as my avatar now!


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18 Mar 2012, 1:32 pm

My pleasure; glad you like it.
Heh - beware the Bunny of Doom... 8O


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18 Mar 2012, 1:50 pm

Cornflake wrote:
My pleasure; glad you like it.
Heh - beware the Bunny of Doom... 8O


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18 Mar 2012, 5:32 pm

We were taking him over to see my mother the other day. We were in the car and I had him in my lap. He climbed up on me and put his face in my neck. My daughter said "Awwww Mom, he's loving on you! He's cuddeling you!" I said "No he's not, he's going for my carotid artory!"

He's kind of scary to me because he used to bite.


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18 Mar 2012, 5:34 pm

:lmao: Put a saddle on him and you'd make a fortune selling rides for kiddies. Umm, provided he didn't just eat them. That might cause a few problems...


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18 Mar 2012, 6:12 pm

Yesterday, a friend of my older daughter's came over and brought her baby. They took Easter pictures with him. He was as loving as he could be toward the baby, which surprised all of us because we are all very nervous. Now, there are lots of other people wanting to come take pictures with him for Easter. I guess we could charge. The photographer lady here in town charges $120 to take a picture with a live bunny. Maybe we could charge $20 and have you bring your own camera. We just supply the rabbit and the front yard.


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