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madopal
Euchre wrote:
No no no, you replace the zero with the size you get from the calculator. the width should always be 720. That keeps everything in the image proportional.


If you omitted it, I'm assuming the browser would keep it proportional, yes? At least that's what happened when I just did it.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:02 pm
Euchre
No no no, you replace the zero with the size you get from the calculator. the width should always be 720. That keeps everything in the image proportional.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:59 pm
madopal
Euchre wrote:

To embed an image resized to fit properly, use the following as your code template:
Code:
<img height="0" width="720" src="http://url.ext">
[url=http://url.ext]Click here for full size[/url]



Um, height="0"? I just tried that, and the image went away. Just setting the width="720" seems to be sufficient.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:57 pm
Euchre
Sorry to double post, but this is to address a way to help with images stretching the forum.

If you feel you'd rather not attach an image as suggested above by Mikeyj (still the best option really), you can use some post coding to keep the image within a 1024x768 display area. Yes, many people still have 4:3 aspect ratio monitors and for the sake of visibility stay at such a resolution.

If you resize the image before embedding, make the image 720 pixels wide or less. This allows for the left frame with the user info and avatar without invoking a horizontal scrollbar in a maximized browser window @ 1024x768. If you feel that too much detail is lost, you could provide a smaller thumbnail with a link to the full sized image. Most photo and image hosting services offer this capability. If you are hosting the image from a source that doesn't support thumbnails, and are not up to creating them manually, read on.

To embed an image resized to fit properly, use the following as your code template:
Code:
<img height="0" width="720" src="http://url.ext">
[url=http://url.ext]Click here for full size[/url]

Replace the URL dummy link with the URL of your image.
For calculating the image height, here's a handy proportional size calculator:
http://www.scriptygoddess.com/resources/proportioncalc.htm
As noted on the page, insert the current dimensions into the top fields then enter 720 as your width in 'New Width' then click the 'Resize!' button. If the new height yields a non-whole number (has decimal places), you can just round up or down yourself, or clear the field 'Number of decimal places' and hit the 'Resize!' button again.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:19 pm
Euchre
Partially in celebration of the fix to YouTube embedding, and partly because it will undoubtedly be relevant to this viral:


YouTube: Link

Please take special note of 1:09-1:52.

If you have difficulty with extracting the desired results from the Search function, here's a primer on it's most effective use:
How to Use Search
If you would like to suggest others make use of the feature and would like them to read that post for help in doing so, here's a handy thing you can add to your post:
Code:
How to use [url=http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22540]
[img]http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/templates/paperWood/images/lang_english/bs_command_search.gif[/img][/url][/quote]


If the previous efforts have failed and you wish to alert someone of their error, please use our friend the trout to advise them of the situation and help alert others of the correct place to post.
To properly trout someone:

1. Politely link to the previous post on the subject that qualifies the current one as trout

2. Make your post's subject [TROUT]

3. Add our friend the trout emoticon your post.
Code:
:trout:


This makes it far easier for the mods to find and label - and it makes it fun.

For more information on trout, see here.

PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:41 am
vapor
To help keep everyone up to date without having to wade through a ton of pages, a wiki for the Super 8 ARG has been created.

http://super8.wikibruce.com

If you're just getting started, it is a good place to get caught up.

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:31 am
Mikeyj
Attaching images to posts

With respect to images (of ET or otherwise), massive screen caps and the like, try and avoid the image tags [img][/img] and attach pics to the post instead.

With the tags the image can <<<streeeetch>>> the forum and make the rest of the thread harder to read. When attaching the forum resizes the pic to fit and the original can still be viewed.

To attach an image to a post reply, look at the top left under Options and click Add an Attachment. You can still go back to Message body and edit your text after submitting the attachment.

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:05 am
Giskard
 Forum Guidelines - Please read before posting!

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  • Please refer to the general unFiction posting guidelines here.
  • Please try and keep the forum as tidy as possible, which is mostly done by using the Search function to see if what you want to post is not already being discussed! You'll find the Search function at the top right-hand side at all times.
  • Tagging your posts also helps keep the forum clean and easily usable. Use for example tags like [META] or [PUZZLE]. If a puzzle is solved, the original poster is kindly asked to edit his or her post to add the tag [SOLVED] to the topic, to indicate that puzzle is now solved.
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Have fun!

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 5:17 pm
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