Sheldon spent several hours last night installing some important updates. Thanks Sheldon!!
:arrow: Maximum image size. Attached images now must be 500 pixels wide or less. The height is more generous, at 1000 pixels max. I believe if you try to post an image bigger than this, that it will rejected. This will save a lot of work for our moderators, who spend a lot of time resizing pictures. Special thanks to Silver who I think has re-sized more images than any of us! I haven’t tested this size restriction feature yet, let me know if there are any problems. Large images that are “linked” in are not yet restricted, but may be at some point.
:arrow: Sheldon’s made it impossible for automated forum sign-up by spamming websites, so we should see few if any new “members” signing up just for the sake of putting in spamming website links in their profile. Most of these sign ups were done automatically by computers, and that is now impossible. Sheldon also deleted over 200 of these fake members from our ranks. Since some of their websites were truly horrifying and inappropriate to this site, we’re very glad to see them gone!
:cheering: Thanks Sheldon for these updates! If there are any new problems that pop up because of these changes, let me know!
Thanks so much Sheldon! I know how time consuming running something like this is. And how annoying all those ‘little’ modifications - that take forevvverrrrr - can be.
All the time ya’ll have put into this site, to make it such a neat place for us lowly knitters, is greatly appreciated :mrgreen:
A side note to folks who want free software for altering photos… try downloading GIMP. With it you can crop/resize photos to any forum’s pixel standard, add special effects, you name it. It’s a virtual toybox for avatar and sig banner design.
Plus, if you get confused with it, there is a great help file, and I’m usually around to lend a hand via PM.
Our intention was to provide a bit more moderator coverage so that members who might PM one of us about an issue can get a quicker response.
SO, if you have questions that arent being answered on the Boards, or if you have technical questions, or if you just wanna say, “Hi Mod!” feel free to PM any one of us!
Thanks so much Sheldon & Amy…u both r wonderful 
