New guide for pic sizes.

[sewnutzcl1]

I just want to make one point on this;

This has been an ongoing discussion in the mod forum for quite some time and is not because of one mod but a decision reached between everyone one of us that particitated in the discussion. I used to have dial up and I love the picture threads and the graphics and found then that it was not only the graphics that everyone had in their sigs but the plethora of pictures that slowed things down, especially when said pictues were oversized. So the final decision was made by Jokaroo for the benifit of everyone!

[SpiderWeb]

Originally Posted by sewnutzcl1

I just want to make one point on this;

This has been an ongoing discussion in the mod forum for quite some time and is not because of one mod but a decision reached between everyone one of us that particitated in the discussion. I used to have dial up and I love the picture threads and the graphics and found then that it was not only the graphics that everyone had in their sigs but the plethora of pictures that slowed things down, especially when said pictues were oversized. So the final decision was made by Jokaroo for the benifit of everyone!

Well I will make another point as well ...

It was ONE mod that started this because she was determined to stalk those 4 threads ONLY.

It was discussed in the MOD threads, amazing, this affects everyone that is a member here and not one discussion was open to what other members felt or could add input to the situation that was created.

Yes, the admin had the final say .... but again ... what is new on that one ... admin always did make decisions without caring what members truly felt.

[Wiremaster]

Originally Posted by Patrish

After a time of discussion amongst the new Roo admin and the mods the sizes have been specified.

First I wish to thank everyone who has been respectful to the tentative rules previously posted I very much, along with other mods, appreciate all the concerted efforts.

I also want to say it means a lot that all of you have put forth an effort to abide by the rules as we were trying to discern what would best work for all members of the forum.

The new sizes are as disclosed;

The average size should be approximately 500 pixels for single pictures. [This can also follow the next rule]
Roo will allow for 600 pixels, especially for multi boxed cartoons. However; if you go to 650, that is fine as well. Sometimes you will have to decide if the writing would best be seen at 650.

Anything bigger will be a breach of the picture size rules.
800 is too large, and therefore should be avoided.

700 seems a bit large too, BUT due to the former ruling which was not yet standard, we will allow for the older pics at 700 pixels to remain as they are.

If anyone has any sites they prefer to use to minimize pixel size, please refer them in here until this thread is closed.

If anyone has any concerns whatsoever; please refer them in private.

I bid you all a very nice day, and may the sun shine on you even in the roughest weather.
Peace!

I am sorry it took me so long to answer but I had a Hernia surgery and have been unable to sit long enough to make postings on the Roo at all
Your sizing rules of 500-650 are unreasonable as 99.9% of the members do not have the ability to resize pics and the programs are too expensive to buy just for resizing a toon
While I have offered this service to anyone that needs it done, it had become obvious that it would be a full time job just doing that for the members to meet your rules.

As I have pointed out numerous times there is a single program the the Roo can put in place the will automatically resize any over size pic to the sixe limits set by the admin, this also allows the pic to be clicked on and opened in a seperate window at full size.
Jeryy had been using it with great success in Toonville and I can get the name of that program for you with no problems. The best part is its free, the last I heard.

700 was a viable size and was even agreed on by most of the MODS, 800 was the point at which stretching started. For those using a Dial up on very old computers, its not the pic size that slows them down, its the file sizes and some oif the sig being used now are extremely large file sizes and they even hang my computer up and I am on a high speed cable.
As one of the largest posters on this site, both in number of posts and numbers of threads created, my own experience says 750 should be the absolute max size of a pic used for a thread. This will allow those without the benefit of a resizer to post their toons and pics without fear of reprisal from delete happy mods but it also allows those of us with bad eyesight to see them better. Once you start compacting pics down you lose detail and it gets more difficult for us poor people with bad eyes to even see them.

Tim, from what I have seen so far you have been doing a great job of smoothing out some very ruffled feathers here and I commend you on your job so far. In all fairness listen to the members that do all the postings of threads and pics, not just to the MODS that don't hardly even do a thread and some of them don't at all, MY belief is if you don't play the game you don't make the rules. I am not here to pick on any individidual MOD nor bash any of them. They have a tough job to do and bieng a MODS is not supposed to be a popularity contest. When a MOD gets out of control or it becomes a power play, then maybe that MOD needs a small vacation from the job or back off so cooler heads can prevail.

Everytime a MOD has asked me to make a change in a thread or post of mine I have done so. The last time was to reduce a pic to a 700 size. I did so willingly and without question. The key there was I was asked to do it, not come in and find my thread locked deleted or moved where I can no longer access it, and all three have have happened to me by a MOD with a hot head, not the same MOD tho.

I have written all this before taking my pain medication so I would have a clear head when I did it, thats how important an issue this is to me. Now the pain is rolling in on waves. SO I implore you to consider the size max of 700-750 as a benefit to the majority of the thread makers and posters, after all with out them there would be no Roo to be a MOD or Admin of.

Thank you for your time and have a good day
Wire Master

[squirt]

I knew you would have a thing or two to say babe, that we had not thought of, that was very eloquent and I know what it took for you to sit and compose it, bravo I say!!!

[Wiremaster]

Originally Posted by squirt

I knew you would have a thing or two to say babe, that we had not thought of, that was very eloquent and I know what it took for you to sit and compose it, bravo I say!!!

Thank you babe, The Meds and the ice packs are doing their job now so I will be fading in and out all day, so I'll have try and play catch up during the better moments LOL

[SpiderWeb]

Originally Posted by Wiremaster

Thank you babe, The Meds and the ice packs are doing their job now so I will be fading in and out all day, so I'll have try and play catch up during the better moments LOL

I hope you feel better soon ...

[JokerooTim]

Originally Posted by Wiremaster

I am sorry it took me so long to answer but I had a Hernia surgery and have been unable to sit long enough to make postings on the Roo at all
Your sizing rules of 500-650 are unreasonable as 99.9% of the members do not have the ability to resize pics and the programs are too expensive to buy just for resizing a toon
While I have offered this service to anyone that needs it done, it had become obvious that it would be a full time job just doing that for the members to meet your rules.

As I have pointed out numerous times there is a single program the the Roo can put in place the will automatically resize any over size pic to the sixe limits set by the admin, this also allows the pic to be clicked on and opened in a seperate window at full size.
Jeryy had been using it with great success in Toonville and I can get the name of that program for you with no problems. The best part is its free, the last I heard.

700 was a viable size and was even agreed on by most of the MODS, 800 was the point at which stretching started. For those using a Dial up on very old computers, its not the pic size that slows them down, its the file sizes and some oif the sig being used now are extremely large file sizes and they even hang my computer up and I am on a high speed cable.
As one of the largest posters on this site, both in number of posts and numbers of threads created, my own experience says 750 should be the absolute max size of a pic used for a thread. This will allow those without the benefit of a resizer to post their toons and pics without fear of reprisal from delete happy mods but it also allows those of us with bad eyesight to see them better. Once you start compacting pics down you lose detail and it gets more difficult for us poor people with bad eyes to even see them.

Tim, from what I have seen so far you have been doing a great job of smoothing out some very ruffled feathers here and I commend you on your job so far. In all fairness listen to the members that do all the postings of threads and pics, not just to the MODS that don't hardly even do a thread and some of them don't at all, MY belief is if you don't play the game you don't make the rules. I am not here to pick on any individidual MOD nor bash any of them. They have a tough job to do and bieng a MODS is not supposed to be a popularity contest. When a MOD gets out of control or it becomes a power play, then maybe that MOD needs a small vacation from the job or back off so cooler heads can prevail.

Everytime a MOD has asked me to make a change in a thread or post of mine I have done so. The last time was to reduce a pic to a 700 size. I did so willingly and without question. The key there was I was asked to do it, not come in and find my thread locked deleted or moved where I can no longer access it, and all three have have happened to me by a MOD with a hot head, not the same MOD tho.

I have written all this before taking my pain medication so I would have a clear head when I did it, thats how important an issue this is to me. Now the pain is rolling in on waves. SO I implore you to consider the size max of 700-750 as a benefit to the majority of the thread makers and posters, after all with out them there would be no Roo to be a MOD or Admin of.

Thank you for your time and have a good day
Wire Master

We could also use frames to keep the content inside the post box, and just have scroll bars inside the post, but I never thought of it. Ill see waht I can do

[Wiremaster]

Originally Posted by SpiderWeb

I hope you feel better soon ...

Thank you Spidey
I just came out of LALA Land again, Long one this time, almost 5 hours and soon will go back into it again a I just did another dosage of pain meds. I am getting real tired of the pain and the surgeries. Hopefully this was the last one for awhile. This has been the eigth one in 2 years. Anymore I think are just going to have to wait till after summer so I can actually get out enjoy nice days for a change, without the wheel chair this summer LOL.

[Wiremaster]

Originally Posted by Jokaroo-Tim

We could also use frames to keep the content inside the post box, and just have scroll bars inside the post, but I never thought of it. Ill see waht I can do

Thank you for listening to me Tim, I really do appreciate it
I will support you and your endeavors here to improve Jokaroo. I may belong to other 2 other boards and a MOD in one of them, but J-roo is the first board I joined and is my home and like everyone else that calls it home I get defensive when the changes become detrimental to it. The sig pic size of 500 was a good decision but the lowering the amount od characters allowed in there wasn't since all the uploaders add a bunch of characters to the links. Is there something that can be done about the Filecabin uploader. Its killing our threads with the dreaded RED X problem. I loaded 4 pics there last week and posted the pics in 2 dufferent sits and They are RED X ed in both sites now

[essex boy]

Originally Posted by Jokaroo-Tim

We could also use frames to keep the content inside the post box, and just have scroll bars inside the post, but I never thought of it. Ill see waht I can do

I agree something like that would be good if possible.
Not everyone uses the same uploader.