Thanks for posting this up, I’m sure it’ll help orientate newbies who are new to this forum business.
Here’s how I upload sigs and avvies:
For uploading sigs, I resize the image to the dimensions written in the Forum Rules page in Photoshop before uploading to ImageShack. You don’t need to give your e-mail address for registration to get your images uploaded. Be sure to click the thumbnail to see the bigger picture before right-clicking for the image link under Properties.
For avatars, I use shrinkpictures.com (which automatically resizes to 100x100 pixels), but you could just specify the dimensions in Photoshop and just upload to ImageShack or any other normal image-hosting sites too.
I’ve had experience with this stuff before on a car chase forum, so this isn’t new to me. But Pixar Planet was the first time I actually created a sig, so thanks to Wall-e and rachelcakes1985 for the help!
Lovely idea, Rachel! It’s nice to have a solid thread where new members have an opportunity to learn the ropes here at Pixar Planet. I may ask permission of my fellow moderators to make this thread a “Sticky”, if that’s all right with you.
Why, yes, I did. A most interesting tidbit, indeed.
I think it’s funny that whenever someone chooses to use a member of this forum board as an example for their “tutorials”… they always pick me, for some reason. Heh.
In addition to such image hosting sites as TinyPic and ImageShack, Photobucket is another suitable place to upload your graphics. Membership is required, but registration is free.
Thanks for the feedback, Mitch. Appreciate it! Thanks for making this a sticky, too. About Photobucket… I was a bit hesitant to putting that as an option because I always see the Photobucket image not found error. Heheh. But, of course, if people want to use it they can.
I think that’s because you’re the member who is the most fond of using the “bolding the person’s name and putting a dash next to it” method of responding.
Rachel - No problem! Thank The Star Swordsman for making it a “Sticky”, though.
Concerning Photobucket - Really? That’s interesting. I wonder why you receive an error message? Perhaps it depends on the type of computer you’re using? I’ve browsed that website on my laptop, my dad’s MacIntosh, and our family computer (PC), and it always works for me. Huh.
By some fluke, I figured out that we can strike out text here using BBCode, so I’ve added that to the guide. That will come in handy for crossing out information that isn’t relevant any more but still needs to be kept in the post. I might get to seeing what other BBCode can be used on Pixar Planet, too, when I have the time.
Quick q:
Does anyone know how to create a screensaver? I know u can make a file of photos and have that play as a screensaver, but I want to make on w/ a frame and have it be an actual screensaver, know what i mean? help?
wallerat - This thread is to help people with technical queries that are related to Pixar Planet forums. Perhaps you could use Google to help solve your question of how to create a screensaver. There are other computer-related forums that would probably be able to solve your problem more effectively.
Rachel and wallerat - Eheh. My apologies. I directed wallerat to this thread for assistance in creating a screensaver, but I wasn’t sure as to whether or not it would be a good place to receive information on that particular subject.
