Forum pip questions.

[nashie1]

Sorry if this isn't allowed but I have a question about forum pips ( the pics that appear underneath your user name. mine is LT surge)

Anyway, i made some for my foeum but the images just appeared as a white square with a red cross. Is it just my computer or did I do it wrong? Are there any sizes or other issues that are required?

also, how do you make ones for Mods, Admins and stuff like that where they aren't based on post count?

 

[Jetx]

What host are you using? Wait, I dunno what invisionplus is, but does it handle in the same way as invisionfree? If it does, I could help you out. I do have pips and mod unique things.

Anyway, this is how I do it on IF:-
Log in to Admin CP
Users and groups -> Member titles/Ranks
Upload a pip/mod/admin image. (presuming you are uploading a mod image...)
Users and groups -> User Groups
Moderators (presuming you have a moderator group) -> Edit this group.
Group Icon -> select the mod image you just uploaded.
Complete edit.

I hope I explained that enough.

 

[nashie1]

Thanks but for some reason the pictures don't show up. Do you need them to be a certain size? and do you post the img tags like on this forum to show pictures or the actual file?

Sorry if i sound like a noob.

Also, do you know of anywhere were I can find tutorials for those and stuff like skins and general forum stuff?

 

[Magma Leader Maxie]

A red cross means that the images don't exist at the location they are supposed to be coming from. Like suppose an image is at http://www.site.com/images/a.gif and you are trying to link the image from http://www.site.com/a.gif. On an invision board, this results in a white square with a red cross. Fiddle with the image locations until they work.

 

[nashie1]

so are you saying should put the image url instead?

 

[Magma Leader Maxie]

I didn't understand you. Just make sure that the URLs are correct.

 

[Jetx]

You can't do that because it only allows you to upload it and then select it. =/
No URLs. The main reason that will have happened could because you deleted it.

EDIT: No wonder it isn't working - what kind of URL is this?!

http://www.invisionplus.net/forums/html/team_icons/[IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j179/nashie1/Staffpip.png

You're meant to upload it on your forum host, on the pip page. Not photobucket.

 

[Cipher 2008]

Mmm. On my board, it says something like "Pips must be in images/pips folder." So I put it in http:// www. website. com/images/pips/image.jpg (Spaces are just there to remove automatic URL tags).