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  • 04-03-2009 4:49pm
    #1
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭


    For regular users to choose. See here for details. An announcement or banner ad would be nice too.

    (I'm not involved in this campaign, just a supporter.)

    adam
    Post edited by Shield on


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    #2
    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    Don't think this will be happening,the avatar i mean.


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    #3
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    I've no particular problem with allowing people to decide to choose it as an avatar.... but its awful big innit? I'll look to see if it needs to be the exact size of our avatars or if it is dynamically resized.

    DeV.


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    #4
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Racists.


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    #5
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Stick this in your sig instead:

    blacked-out.jpg

    Or subscribe with the cash you save from using ripped muzak. ;)


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    yeah, we just kicked that around here. We think its fine. (ie we'll make it available shortly). In terms of precedent, in future we'll draw the line at the usual campaigns we wouldnt have in sigs or on banners and non-commericial only. So, this campaign fits but a "skittles paint the rainbow with your avatar" is going to be met with snorts of derision most likely! :)

    DeV.


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    #7
    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    Shows what i know about stuff :p

    Didn't think we'd do it because of the war going on over this issue.


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    #8
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Select here.

    Or use your trendy boards.ie subscriber powers to replicate mine.


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    #9
    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    CuLT wrote: »
    Select here.

    Or use your trendy boards.ie subscriber powers to replicate mine.

    Actually,while have you (:p) did you see the avatar pack i uploaded to development a few weeks back. Didn't know whether i resized them suitably or had them in the right format.


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    #10
    humanji
    Registered Users Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    Ooh, I'm fighting the man and I love it!


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    #11
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    CuLT wrote: »
    Select here.

    Or use your trendy boards.ie subscriber powers to replicate mine.

    Has uploading this had an adverse effect on regular avatars? They appear to have become teeny-tiny on my profile page whereas subscribers' avatars remain the same size.


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Cool, thanks CuLT.


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Nerin wrote: »
    Actually,while have you (:p) did you see the avatar pack i uploaded to development a few weeks back. Didn't know whether i resized them suitably or had them in the right format.
    Sorry, ignored it because I'm only paying attention to bug reports for the last month or two. Anything else that I do goes through DeV first.
    Earthhorse wrote: »
    Has uploading this had an adverse effect on regular avatars? They appear to have become teeny-tiny on my profile page whereas subscribers' avatars remain the same size.
    Possibly, it wanted to "regenerate thumbnails" after which may have done something weird.


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    #14
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    CuLT wrote: »
    Anything else that I do goes through DeV first.

    Always a good idea to have separate DeV and Live environments.


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    #15
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    What did daft.ie Dave say when Dev phoned him? ;)


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    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    Earthhorse wrote: »
    Always a good idea to have separate DeV and Live environments.

    Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrddddddddddd! :D


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    #17
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Thanks lads.

    I thought the same myself DeV, so I made a few myself for Foot.ie.

    http://verbo.se/blackout-ireland-avatars/

    adam


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    humanji
    Registered Users Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    mike65 wrote:
    What did daft.ie Dave say when Dev phoned him?

    Daft Dave Dialled Dev?



    Also, anyone else regretting changing their avatar because they can't find their posts when scrolling through a thread?


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    #19
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    humanji wrote: »
    Daft Dave Dialled Dev?



    Also, anyone else regretting changing their avatar because they can't find their posts when scrolling through a thread?
    You get used to it. Twitter has been like that for days.


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