Question: Can we get larger images in posts?

Now that we have settled the avatar situation, let us examine whether this forum could move away from the current 640-pixel limit on images within posts—at least according to the rules, though I notice exceptions are occasionally made.

Allowing 1024x1024 might cause some issues, but I believe an 800x600 limit (be it 600x800 or 800x800) would be harmless. 😁

Alexander Kern42 said:Now that we’ve finally sorted out the avatar situation, I wanted to float an idea regarding our image constraints—specifically whether this forum could move away from the current 640-pixel limit for width or height (at least, according to the official guidelines, though I've noticed we tend to be a bit more lenient in practice).

It’s possible that allowing 1024x1024 images might cause some layout issues, but I suspect moving toward an 800x600 standard—be it portrait or landscape—wouldn't cause any real headaches for anyone... 😁

It would probably be smoother if they just implemented a plugin that automatically scales everything down to 800x600, then lets you click to expand them back to full size.

Alexander Kern42, give us a thread for more emojis—specifically for us emoji addicts 🙂.
I see your creative juices are flowing lately 😉 😍
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Oh, and I’m all for 800x800 😍
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mistystag99 said:It might be better if they just installed a mod that automatically shrinks all images down to 800x600 or something, then you could just click them to expand.

Yeah, I guess that would actually be a decent fix.👍

mistystag99 said:They should just install a plugin that auto-scales everything down to 800x600 until clicked.

I doubt a plugin like that even exists for this version of vBulletin, but let someone more knowledgeable weigh in.

Not sure that's a good idea either.
I've seen forums using similar tools where users just dump massive 2500x2000 pixel images—files hitting 1MB each—and suddenly pages are crawling even on decent broadband.

Alexander Kern42 said:I'm not entirely certain if such a thing even exists for this specific version of vBulletin—though I suppose I should defer to someone with a bit more technical expertise on the matter...

I can't say for certain that such a move would be advisable...
I’ve come across a few different forums where people start adding those specific extensions—and then, predictably, users begin unceremoniously dropping massive 2500x2000 pixel images into threads. We’re talking files that are easily 1MB or more per shot... it makes certain pages crawl to a halt, even on a decent high-speed broadband connection...

It exists...
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=199100

Honestly, seeing someone dump a monstrosity like that into a thread—I really think the moderators should just step in and scrub it. It’s the kind of thing that can be dealt with quite easily if one actually sticks to the forum guidelines... But generally speaking, if we could just move toward making 99% of these posts image-based, the threads would look significantly more organized and polished...

You're making some really good points here... 🙂