Voigtkampf
02-29-2004, 11:50
Greetings to everyone
Some might have noticed that I have become the new assistant moderator, in devoted service to the Org, the most extraordinary and special place online I know of, as many of the respected members might agree with me. Now, this is not due to the poll for the new assistant moderator of the Mead Hall, a place that was emptied since our beloved princess frogbeastegg became a full time moderator (once again, congratulations for that assignment, my fair lady); in the said poll, our respected fellow member Monk deservingly won and became the new assistant moderator in charge of the Mead Hall (on that, also once again, congratulations Monk; don't stop writing and waste yourself on the administration work). During the time of the election process, I have been contacted and made an offer to take part in some process on the Org, and I have gladly accepted, not knowing that with the said job the rise in the honorable ranks of an assistant moderator was included. Enough to say, my surprise was great and genuine, and I was very happy indeed to be bestowed with such an honor.
Now, after being introduced with my tasks here on the Org, I will share my new appointment with you, so I would kindly ask for your attention.
I have no particular area of work in sense that I am confined to the borders of a certain forum; in that case one might consider me to be a sort of a ronin moderator. My job will be to aid to all the respected members with their issues with the custom avatar and sig pictures. This feature is not familiar to everyone around here, or it is not familiar enough so that many are unaware of it. Let me make a little rundown:
When a new member enters these halls, aside from his rise from the rank of a junior patron to the full fledged member, what comes usually very soon (a feature brought in to discourage various spammers etc.), the member will have a standard ikonboard picture. This one he can trade for one she/he likes more once the respected member has reached the total of 500 posts. The choice is made between a great number of various avatar pictures or can be obtained by creating a link to the webpage where the desired avatar picture is displayed, but there is also a possibility of creating custom avatar AND sig pictures and uploading them to the Org, where they can be easily accessed.
EDIT: The URLavatars are available to everyone but junior/senior patrons. The 500 post requirement is for the system avatars only.
How to upload custom avatar and sig pictures?
It is quite simple, yet certain limits are installed, for reasons easily understood. First of all, go to the picture uploader page (http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Uploaders/picupload.php), where you can also see the basic rules for the usage of the feature. I will state them here as well.
First of all, the picture cannot be bigger than 10 KB maximum, both the avatar and the signature pictures, for the sake of the modem users.
The prescribed max dimensions for the pictures are:
avatar - maximum 160 pixels width and 240 pixels height
sig - maximum 500 pixels width and 150 pixels height
The accepted formats are .gif, .jpg, PNG, BMP and flash.
No sound, under no circumstances.
Why? Well, due to the limitations of the board, page layout and tendencies of some people to exaggerate beyond any sense of proportion. Some forums have scared me away merely for the fact that the my entire 19" monitor is covered by a single post of a fellow that has a gigantic avatar picture, huge signature pics and flashing texts everywhere, along with few dozen of his "Fearless king Doom, ruler of the Underworld and UT 2005 champion" signatures while his entire post consists out three simple letters; "lol". No sound because hardly anyone wants to hear any barking, screaming or gun fire while listening to the Bach's 3rd Brandenburg Concert or the latest Limp Bizkit album.
My pictures meet the expected criteria, what now?
Simple enough; browse your documents and find the wanted pictures, and now rename them. For avatar pictures use the name A_username and for your signature picture use P_username. If you ignore this option I won't be able to tell to whom the picture belongs and will be compelled to delete it. Leave no empty spaces in your filename and avoid illegal characters (/, \, etc.) Done? Now you can upload them.
How many pictures can I have?
I thought one set (i.e. one avatar and one sig picture) should be enough, but I will allow two sets, if anyone desires to have them. In that case, the names of the said files must be A_username1 and A_username2 for avatar pics and P_username1 and P_username2. I don't see why anyone would need more, and we cannot allow that people simply make a tremendous mess out of this feature by uploading far too many unnecessary pictures. If you eventually decide in favor of some new avatar/sig pictures, the old can be erased and replaced with the new ones.
All right; I have done everything as instructed, what next?
Wait. Once the pictures are uploaded I will transfer them to patron pictures section (http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pics/) where you can use them accordingly. Sometimes, a little patience will be necessary, because I am, as a great number of people here at the Org, working and sometimes have to go for shorter business trips of some two-three days, so be patient if it happens while you try to upload your pictures, I will definitely get around to it.
Any questions?
Feel free to PM me, anytime. If you are trying to upload your picture, you may freely give me a notice and I will get back to you, for sure.
What about inappropriate pictures, wrong names etc.?
Well, if I cannot figure out from whom they are, I will delete them and waste no thought about it. If you have sent me a picture that doesn't quite meet the criteria and I can tell from whom it is, I will, if possible, get in touch and notify the respected member and point out the problem with the picture and ask him to correct it. I will not, under any circumstances, alter the pictures myself, because of all negative implications bound to it.
So, that would be it, for the beginning, at least. I hope you will take advantage of this feature since it as a very useful one. 'nuff said, as they say, let's get to work
...
This is the direct copy of my post as made in Entrance hall: New, read this first and in the Tavern; I will use this opportunity to thank TosaInu for giving me the chance to become a part of the greatest and the most profound online community I know and express my great joy to be able to contribute to this great place.
Therefore I step forward to pledge my allegiance and express my hope that we all may successfully work together for many years to come, and hopefully become friends
Respectfully,
voigtkampf
Some might have noticed that I have become the new assistant moderator, in devoted service to the Org, the most extraordinary and special place online I know of, as many of the respected members might agree with me. Now, this is not due to the poll for the new assistant moderator of the Mead Hall, a place that was emptied since our beloved princess frogbeastegg became a full time moderator (once again, congratulations for that assignment, my fair lady); in the said poll, our respected fellow member Monk deservingly won and became the new assistant moderator in charge of the Mead Hall (on that, also once again, congratulations Monk; don't stop writing and waste yourself on the administration work). During the time of the election process, I have been contacted and made an offer to take part in some process on the Org, and I have gladly accepted, not knowing that with the said job the rise in the honorable ranks of an assistant moderator was included. Enough to say, my surprise was great and genuine, and I was very happy indeed to be bestowed with such an honor.
Now, after being introduced with my tasks here on the Org, I will share my new appointment with you, so I would kindly ask for your attention.
I have no particular area of work in sense that I am confined to the borders of a certain forum; in that case one might consider me to be a sort of a ronin moderator. My job will be to aid to all the respected members with their issues with the custom avatar and sig pictures. This feature is not familiar to everyone around here, or it is not familiar enough so that many are unaware of it. Let me make a little rundown:
When a new member enters these halls, aside from his rise from the rank of a junior patron to the full fledged member, what comes usually very soon (a feature brought in to discourage various spammers etc.), the member will have a standard ikonboard picture. This one he can trade for one she/he likes more once the respected member has reached the total of 500 posts. The choice is made between a great number of various avatar pictures or can be obtained by creating a link to the webpage where the desired avatar picture is displayed, but there is also a possibility of creating custom avatar AND sig pictures and uploading them to the Org, where they can be easily accessed.
EDIT: The URLavatars are available to everyone but junior/senior patrons. The 500 post requirement is for the system avatars only.
How to upload custom avatar and sig pictures?
It is quite simple, yet certain limits are installed, for reasons easily understood. First of all, go to the picture uploader page (http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Uploaders/picupload.php), where you can also see the basic rules for the usage of the feature. I will state them here as well.
First of all, the picture cannot be bigger than 10 KB maximum, both the avatar and the signature pictures, for the sake of the modem users.
The prescribed max dimensions for the pictures are:
avatar - maximum 160 pixels width and 240 pixels height
sig - maximum 500 pixels width and 150 pixels height
The accepted formats are .gif, .jpg, PNG, BMP and flash.
No sound, under no circumstances.
Why? Well, due to the limitations of the board, page layout and tendencies of some people to exaggerate beyond any sense of proportion. Some forums have scared me away merely for the fact that the my entire 19" monitor is covered by a single post of a fellow that has a gigantic avatar picture, huge signature pics and flashing texts everywhere, along with few dozen of his "Fearless king Doom, ruler of the Underworld and UT 2005 champion" signatures while his entire post consists out three simple letters; "lol". No sound because hardly anyone wants to hear any barking, screaming or gun fire while listening to the Bach's 3rd Brandenburg Concert or the latest Limp Bizkit album.
My pictures meet the expected criteria, what now?
Simple enough; browse your documents and find the wanted pictures, and now rename them. For avatar pictures use the name A_username and for your signature picture use P_username. If you ignore this option I won't be able to tell to whom the picture belongs and will be compelled to delete it. Leave no empty spaces in your filename and avoid illegal characters (/, \, etc.) Done? Now you can upload them.
How many pictures can I have?
I thought one set (i.e. one avatar and one sig picture) should be enough, but I will allow two sets, if anyone desires to have them. In that case, the names of the said files must be A_username1 and A_username2 for avatar pics and P_username1 and P_username2. I don't see why anyone would need more, and we cannot allow that people simply make a tremendous mess out of this feature by uploading far too many unnecessary pictures. If you eventually decide in favor of some new avatar/sig pictures, the old can be erased and replaced with the new ones.
All right; I have done everything as instructed, what next?
Wait. Once the pictures are uploaded I will transfer them to patron pictures section (http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pics/) where you can use them accordingly. Sometimes, a little patience will be necessary, because I am, as a great number of people here at the Org, working and sometimes have to go for shorter business trips of some two-three days, so be patient if it happens while you try to upload your pictures, I will definitely get around to it.
Any questions?
Feel free to PM me, anytime. If you are trying to upload your picture, you may freely give me a notice and I will get back to you, for sure.
What about inappropriate pictures, wrong names etc.?
Well, if I cannot figure out from whom they are, I will delete them and waste no thought about it. If you have sent me a picture that doesn't quite meet the criteria and I can tell from whom it is, I will, if possible, get in touch and notify the respected member and point out the problem with the picture and ask him to correct it. I will not, under any circumstances, alter the pictures myself, because of all negative implications bound to it.
So, that would be it, for the beginning, at least. I hope you will take advantage of this feature since it as a very useful one. 'nuff said, as they say, let's get to work
...
This is the direct copy of my post as made in Entrance hall: New, read this first and in the Tavern; I will use this opportunity to thank TosaInu for giving me the chance to become a part of the greatest and the most profound online community I know and express my great joy to be able to contribute to this great place.
Therefore I step forward to pledge my allegiance and express my hope that we all may successfully work together for many years to come, and hopefully become friends
Respectfully,
voigtkampf