Forums help.

[O-P-M]

I didnt know where else to put this but, once I figure it out you can delete this thread.

I was wondering why I can't see sigs, or avatars when logged in using Firefox. I fixed this problem on another message board but can't quite seem to figure it out. Is it a plugin problem?

 

[xonik]

No offense, but have you tried the User CP?

http://www.hardforum.com/profile.php?do=editoptions

As for avatars, I've never seen them in my four years of being a member here...

 

[mpcamer1220]

Avatars make the forum looked cluttered with useless crap. There will never be any here.

 

[xonik]

Oh, you mean like sigs with computer specs?

 

[mpcamer1220]

You can turn those off though

 

[Ice Czar]

no avatars no graphic sigs
and
http://hardforum.com/announcement.php?f=75&announcementid=21

(22) No active links, graphics, cussing or advertising allowed in the SIGNATURE.
Sig line is limited to 10 lines total (including line spaces) as viewed @ 800 x 600 resolution or no more that 15 words per line.


aside form the clutter, its just unessessary overhead
especially when the forums rampup for a hot and heavy discussions which can see as many as 50,000 a week
(forum total)

the clutter part is the main point though, and having to scroll that much further to get to where you need to be

 

[DougLite]

Don't forget, there are members on dial-up out there. Having to pull all of that stuff down would increase their page load times pretty dramatically. Really, a title of a few bytes tells you about as much as a graphical avatar would.

Also, the clean look of this forum was one of the things that attracted me to it. I for one like not having goofy avatars, over the top smilies, and sigs that measure in the kilobytes. This is my humble opinion, but it's one that is shared (for the most part) by Kyle, so that's the way it is

 

[CommanderFrank]

Viewing signatures is enabled in your user CP, so unless you just enabled that feature, the problem would be with your Firefox settings. As stated, Avatars will never be used on this board as long as Kyle owns it

I didnt know where else to put this but, once I figure it out you can delete this thread.

I was wondering why I can't see sigs, or avatars when logged in using Firefox. I fixed this problem on another message board but can't quite seem to figure it out. Is it a plugin problem?

 

[4keatimj]

Viewing signatures is enabled in your user CP, so unless you just enabled that feature, the problem would be with your Firefox settings. As stated, Avatars will never be used on this board as long as Kyle owns it

I dunno, even if Kyle doesn't own it y wouldn't be allowed . Any way, they are against the rules of the forum aren't they? I don't think anyone would be game to change those either, again there would be too much of an outcry.

I don't like avatars for the same reason everyone else here doesn't, they look stupid and add clutter to the website, which isn't needed here. The clean look adds to the appeal of these great forums.