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Apr 1st, '06, 22:44
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Hello! Newbie, and a question!

by LeilaLuv » Apr 1st, '06, 22:44

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Leila and im new to this forum, not to tea tho. I'm a HUGE tea fan :)

My question is about our signature. I tried posting an image, Im very familiar with the bb code, BUT the images come out HUGE when I preview my post. Is that normal?? Or am I doing someting wrong here??

Any help is very much appreciated,
Thanks!
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by Warden Andy » Apr 1st, '06, 23:35

Maybe the picture you are tring to post is huge? I don't think posting a picture would enlargen it.
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by LeilaLuv » Apr 2nd, '06, 01:07

No its not a big piture, its a small blinkie =o( Im thinking the same thing why did it enlarge?? im confused, I know that the blinkies are not big cuz I post them at another forum with bbcode as well..............


anyone?? :oops:
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by LeilaLuv » Apr 2nd, '06, 01:14

Heres on axample of what IM trying to explain. U see this pic in my signature?? It the same size as the one on my Icon, the exact same one.


Any Ideas why it gets that big??
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image size explained

by ilya » Apr 2nd, '06, 18:12

The reason that your image is enlarged is because we standardize all images to a width of 380 pixels. This was put into place to reduce overly large images so they woudl not break our interface. Once I learn a bit more php, I'll go back and make the code a bit more intelligent.
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by rabbit » Apr 2nd, '06, 22:07

Until then everyone will get the point that you really, REALLY love tea!!! :lol:
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
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by LeilaLuv » Apr 2nd, '06, 23:24

Thanks! now I wont bust my head like I was doing all night, lol I tried EVERYTHING..........just let us know when you dod fix it PLEEEEZE.

So Imma take my tea cup off now, cuz I wanna put kenshin back on. =o)

Thanks!
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by rabbit » Apr 3rd, '06, 09:57

Wow, another animé fan I see :lol: You should tell Richard about the wonders of Kenshin!
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by Richard » Apr 3rd, '06, 10:19

I watched the first episode of Boogiepop Phantom!

I don't know if I liked it. It seems like, "Paranoia Agent, but without the surrealism." And I loved Paranoia Agent.

Welcome, Leila!
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by teaspoon » Apr 3rd, '06, 11:05

Psst, Leila... I love your avatar!!! Kenshin is so good, and such a pretty anime...

~tokyo teaspoon
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Tea in the Sahara with you."
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I am the size of 1 tsp.
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by LeilaLuv » Apr 3rd, '06, 14:43

yep I love Kenshin. I watched all the samuri X movies and all of the Kenshin episodes. But my all time Favorite is Ghost in the shell, I LOVE ghost in the shell.

We have lots of collections here at my house. I only bought once of the dvd's and then decided to do the netflix thing, and ......well you know we have all the software here to copy =o) :oops:

Anyway, Im watching all of the Inuyasha series now, I didnt think I was gonna like it at all, but I find myself stuck to the tv every time I pop the dvd in.

We just watched Elfen Lied..WOW I have to say, WONDERFUL anime! It's a lil graphic, but great non the less.


Thank for the warm welcome!! Nice to see other Anime fans here =o) :D
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by robert_anderson » Apr 3rd, '06, 18:33

Seems as if an if statement would fix the problem quite easily...

if ( image width is larger than 380px )
  • make width 380px
else
  • keep as is
Dunno the exact way to translate that to PHP, but it shouldn't be too difficult I don't imagine.
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by EvenOdd » Apr 4th, '06, 02:34

The "image width is larger than 380px" is the hard part. You have to be able to get the properties of the image file rather than just doing width=380 by default in the html.

I haven't done PHP in a long time, and don't feel like looking it up :]
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by rhpot1991 » Apr 4th, '06, 13:28

Why not use some CSS magic here? Personally I like all the images being the same size, makes everything look nicer, when you get different size images things start to look bad.

CSS max-width:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visudet.h ... max-widths

CSS max-height:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visudet.h ... ax-heights

Not sure that I have ever used these on images before, but theoretically they should squeeze the images if they are larger than the max.

If IE gives you some problems this will help (I use it on all my sites anymore):
http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/

EDIT: I think I changed my mind on this idea. Large images would be reduced in viewable size but not in file size and it would make people real sad when they are downloading several images that are a few megs in size. It could still work if a file size was enforced while choosing an image, but it would be much better to reduce the image size as it is uploaded.

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by Kestrel » Apr 4th, '06, 14:17

Whoo! Kenshin rocks.

Anime in general rocks. And it goes so well with tea.

I recommend Neon Genesis Evangelion (with tea and Ramen), Cowboy Bebop (and selecting a flavor of tea to drink while watching that will compliment the music and storyline of each episode), Ghost in the Shell (I would recommend a black or white tea with this one), Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (gorgeous artwork in this one - I would choose a tea with a lot of subtle but artful flavor notes to go with this one, maybe a green or white tea), Trigun (with black tea and donuts!), and Slayers (all three series - this one's very light and comedic, for the most part, and would go well with any tea, although I wouldn't recommend a white, because you might get so wrapped up in the anime you'd miss some of the subtle flavors of the white tea).

But everyone should see Ghost in the Shell and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust at the very least. Even if you're not the type to watch a whole series, those are both movies, so there's no excuse not to watch!

:)
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