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radiofranky
07-20-2011, 08:54 PM
currently VB is only support JPEG for avatar, but not GIF. However, I saw few ppls on vb.org uses GIF as avatar image. How and where should I mod?

thanks

River J
07-20-2011, 09:34 PM
Are you talking about for your own forum? You can enable it in usergroup settings.

radiofranky
07-21-2011, 03:17 PM
avatar can only use JPEG file. I think

TWood
07-21-2011, 03:55 PM
Usergroups>Usergroup Manager>(Registered Users)Edit Usergroup>Picture Uploading Permissions>Can Upload Animated Avatar>Yes (Whew!)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/07/24.png

setishock
07-21-2011, 04:21 PM
Also you should be made aware that animated gifs as avatars will not only increase your page load times they will get quite annoying to some. Same with animated sigs.

FTG LIQUID CL
04-01-2013, 02:09 AM
I have vb 4.2 and I can not get animated gif. to work as my avatar or profile picture.I have both options enabled in the usergroup settings.Does anyone know how to make this work?

sukagwe
04-01-2013, 08:32 AM
just rename your GIF file into PNG or JPG. :D

kNeo
04-05-2013, 02:51 AM
Just an FYI for anyone wondering -- the default image handler for vBulletin doesn't handle animated GIFs well, so if they have to resized to fit the avatar restrictions, they won't work right.

The only real way to get around this is to use imagemagick and/or to load an animated gif under the width/height/size limits.

Not sure about profile pics though. Assume they're similar (?)

FTG LIQUID CL
04-07-2013, 06:57 PM
You must upload a gif that fits the size you have set.

Digital Jedi
04-07-2013, 11:39 PM
Also you should be made aware that animated gifs as avatars will not only increase your page load times they will get quite annoying to some. Same with animated sigs.

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