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Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:09 pm
by Howard Mass
Tinypic is on the list.
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:45 pm
by Miamis3rdRing
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 7:20 am
by Howard Mass
coolstorybro,
I'll pass on the suggestion.
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 2, 2012 5:37 am
by Kobe>Jordan>God
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 2, 2012 8:26 am
by Howard Mass
The new policy will go into affect Monday and we are starting out with the following.
Imageshack
Imgur
Photobucket
Tinypic
We might add others in the future but we want to keep to the more popular and safer sites.
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2012 11:53 am
by NyCeEvO
Hey Howard,
It appears that this policy also affects posting pictures in a post, not just the avatar or signature.
I tried to post an image from flikr like this:
[img]...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xorsyst/3627681312/...[/img]
and I received the message:
'Please select images from allowed sites'
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2012 4:46 pm
by RIPskaterdude
Yeah, we can't even post pictures in a post now. You have to upload every single thing you try to post, which can be a hassle if you just want to share a simple picture like
On a forum or whatever.
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2012 5:12 pm
by ChildishGambino
xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:Yeah, we can't even post pictures in a post now. You have to upload every single thing you try to post, which can be a hassle if you just want to share a simple picture like
On a forum or whatever.
i second this....i can understand avatars and sigs...but just regular pics and gifs? is this a punishment? lol
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2012 10:51 pm
by JV4MVP
NyCeEvO wrote:Hey Howard,
It appears that this policy also affects posting pictures in a post, not just the avatar or signature.
I tried to post an image from flikr like this:
[img]...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xorsyst/3627681312/...[/img]
and I received the message:
'Please select images from allowed sites'
I have the same problem with imageshack
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2012 10:52 pm
by JV4MVP
ChildishGambino wrote:xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:Yeah, we can't even post pictures in a post now. You have to upload every single thing you try to post, which can be a hassle if you just want to share a simple picture like
On a forum or whatever.
i second this....i can understand avatars and sigs...but just regular pics and gifs? is this a punishment? lol
Completely agree... such a hassle
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2012 11:04 pm
by RIPskaterdude
Gonna be tough for people to even make game threads now, since they'll have to upload every single picture of any player. Couldn't we at least make an exception for images off sites like espn, nba, yahoo, etc? Major sites?
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2012 11:12 pm
by Bertrob
Allow Tumblr please
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2012 11:39 pm
by ChicagoStrong
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 6, 2012 12:40 am
by Howard Mass
Let me look into this.
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 6, 2012 1:11 am
by [GR]
Regression2u wrote:ChildishGambino wrote:xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:Yeah, we can't even post pictures in a post now. You have to upload every single thing you try to post, which can be a hassle if you just want to share a simple picture like
On a forum or whatever.
i second this....i can understand avatars and sigs...but just regular pics and gifs? is this a punishment? lol
Completely agree... such a hassle
Yeah, something must be done.
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 6, 2012 5:27 am
by Mapelgleaf
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 6, 2012 5:59 am
by RIPskaterdude
Thanks guys!
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 6, 2012 7:09 pm
by Klomp
xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:Yeah, we can't even post pictures in a post now. You have to upload every single thing you try to post, which can be a hassle if you just want to share a simple picture like
On a forum or whatever.
It's to enhance the security of RealGM. There's been a history of images from some sites triggering viruses. To avoid this, the admins are narrowing the list of available hosting sites. While it may be a hassle to upload pictures to Imageshack or another applicable site, it's a lot better than possibly getting a virus.
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 8, 2012 6:06 am
by Howard Mass
I believe this has been fixed.
Klomp says the other best. Users thought they had viruses when they did not because of bad sites and we flat out wanted to stop this.
Re: Signature and Avatar Site Hosting Requests/Policy Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:55 am
by DRK
bertrob wrote:Allow Tumblr please
Seconded.