posting avatar pic ?? Help!!

[oc ender]

ok,i tried several times.I can post pics but havin' a heck of a time tryin' to post an pic for my avatar.It says my file is to big and needs to be rduced to 6kb,how the heck do you go about that.I can only do that when emailing.??

[wncred]

it took me a while to figure that one out myself! i used photoshop to get mine small enough. i went into image in the tool bar and under that it has an option for resizing. just take it to the smallest it will go. if no photoshop try another photo editing software. most have a resize option except iphoto on a mac

[Smurfwarrior]

Yeah, hitting 6k is a pain in the butt. Wish it was larger and more user friendly. Some pics I just can't get down to that size.

[Bob P]

If you're using Windows, download Irfanview. It will allow you to trim, resize (use the slowest method), and adjust the JPEG compression for an optimum file size.

[Sir Adam]

We hope to change this at some point - the problem stems from our last host who tended to bill us for using up too much space (bandwidth wasn't a problem) - that's also why there hasn't been a place for each person to upload images, etc....

We have a new host now where that won't be a problem, but are still working the kinks out with them (site slowness at times, etc...).

[Smurfwarrior]

Very cool! Thanks for all the hard work you guys do to keep this going.

[oc ender]

Yes,thanks for the awsome site and all the work that goes into keeping it going.and i appreciate the advice,will work on it.

Thanks all.

[jatakasawa]

Obviously getting out and paddling is the best way to meet c-boaters and become a part of the community but I can't express enough how vital Cboats.net was for me to get into this thing and touch base with some of you. Thanks for having this platform to allow me to weasel my way into the community a little better. This forum is great for us that are still new to the sport.