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gsxrturbobike
05-13-2002, 09:00 PM
i put in my pic upload nuber in the sig area in my profile buts its not popping up any ideas?

Ratman69
05-14-2002, 12:29 AM
Well, for one you don't have the code right for the image.
Here's the location of your image
http://www.gixxer.com/uploads/1021330225.jpg

Here's how you would put the code in your sig
{IMG}http://www.gixxer.com/uploads/1021330225.jpg{/IMG}
except replace the {} with [].

Here's you picture posted correctly.
http://www.gixxer.com/uploads/1021330225.jpg

But there is one more problem. The upload feature is great for posting a pic that you want to show one time in a thread, but the pics don't stay there forever, so your sig would eventually stop working. Also, it puts a little extra load on the server that will slow it down for everyone else. Not much, but if a lot of people did it, it would cause a problem.

You need to find somewhere to host your picture. Often times your ISP will give you a little web space, like 5 megs. otherwise look for a picture hosting site like www.photopoint.com (http://www.photopoint.com)

From there you can put a picture, then get the exact address of it by right clicking and choosing properties, and then copy and paste the location into your sig.

Good luck!

Also, I forgot to add, we limit sig pics on this site to 175 pixels in height, and 700 in width, so you will need to use a graphic editor to make that picture smaller. If you have Microsoft Offfice on your computer you should have the Microsoft Photo Editor, that works great for resizing.

[ 01-05-2003, 07:07 PM: Message edited by: Hunter ]