So i thought i'd start a thread here going over some of the regular questions that come up. I hope this helps:
RESIZING & CUSTOMIZING AVATARS: Go to:
SnipShotUpload you photo
Once it's uploaded go to 'Adjust' in the header of the page. Once it's selected it will turn green and you'll get a window like this:
Next, lets set the image width and height:
Be sure click the 'lock' symbol in between W___px & H____px, so that it's off. Also, enter 155 x 75. Once you've made all the changes you want, click save. Save to where ever you'd like on your computer, then upload to 'Forum Profile' / 'My Avatar' on our site.
Hope that helps.
There's many other online editors, and applications you can use. I just found this one, tested it, seems to work fine and is very easy to use.
IMAGES IN THREADSthe above example shows how when an image is linked and is wider it will now use the horizontal scrolling.
additionally by default, if you click on the:
you get:
which by default limits the size to 470px. well within the forum width requirements.
if you image is smaller then 470 it will still make it 470px unless you manually change it. you can always remove the size=470px portion of the tag. just be share to leave no space then. so you'd have (img)