Avatars And Trasparency

EyceKubes · Post by **EyceKubes** » October 11th, 2012, 7:15 pm

A little problem I'm having is with avatars and the lack of support for transparency. I've tried my current avatar in multiple formats however the outside of it either turns black or white. So my conclusion is that is no support for transparency. Would it be possible to enable it? And if so, what file format should I use; I typically use .gif files for transparent images.

Post by **Wowfunhappy** » October 11th, 2012, 7:21 pm

Before you give up, try using a png file, if you haven't already. That's what all the icons on the forum use, and many of them have transperancy, so I wouldn't be surprised if it worked.

If that doesn't work though, then no, Xenforo must not support it...

Newah · Post by **Newah** » October 12th, 2012, 12:30 am

One thing I know is that .jpg files do not support transparency, .gifs do, but not many websites support their form of transparency. But png is perfect.

Post by **Adz** » October 12th, 2012, 4:30 am

Transparent .GIF isn't a very commonly used format, as others above have said. I'd suggest trying .png

Semesto · Post by **Semesto** » October 12th, 2012, 2:57 pm

I guess try the .png, high quality and supports the transparent stuff.
Your avatar will be quite fancy once you get it working.

nonic5 · Post by **nonic5** » October 12th, 2012, 3:47 pm

Can you link us to the awesomeness it's supposed to be?

Post by **Adz** » October 12th, 2012, 3:49 pm

I'm assuming it's exactly the same as his current avatar, but without a white background

nonic5 · Post by **nonic5** » October 12th, 2012, 3:52 pm

Adz wrote:I'm assuming it's exactly the same as his current avatar, but without a white background

Or a fading flashing one that makes us go to the ER <3

EyceKubes · Post by **EyceKubes** » October 12th, 2012, 9:22 pm

nonic5 wrote:Or a fading flashing one that makes us go to the ER <3

No it won't make you go the the ER. It's the same one but no white background, like what Adz said. Just got home, so I'm going to try it now.

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EDIT: Alright I got something. My avatar is transparent, however, I realized that the forums have a black layer behind the avatar itself. Would it be possible to either change it to transparent or remove it completely?

nonic5 · Post by **nonic5** » October 13th, 2012, 12:44 am

Hedlokd wrote:No it won't make you go the the ER. It's the same one but no white background, like what Adz said. Just got home, so I'm going to try it now.

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EDIT: Alright I got something. My avatar is transparent, however, I realized that the forums have a black layer behind the avatar itself. Would it be possible to either change it to transparent or remove it completely?

I see it worked?

Post by **Hollabyte** » October 14th, 2012, 7:26 am

Actually to me it doesn't look like it did.

EyceKubes · Post by **EyceKubes** » October 14th, 2012, 11:33 am

Hedlokd wrote: Alright I got something. My avatar is transparent, however, I realized that the forums have a black layer behind the avatar itself. Would it be possible to either change it to transparent or remove it completely?

Newah · Post by **Newah** » October 14th, 2012, 12:06 pm

Wow, that's weird. Good catch Hedlokd! But yes, this should certainly be removed.

EyceKubes · Post by **EyceKubes** » October 18th, 2012, 10:41 am

Still not fixed. Hasn't anybody noticed my post above or is it just not possible?

Post by **Adz** » October 18th, 2012, 10:46 am

I've had a quick play around with it, but haven't yet figured out how to fix it seamlessly

EyceKubes · Post by **EyceKubes** » October 18th, 2012, 6:29 pm

Adz wrote:I've had a quick play around with it, but haven't yet figured out how to fix it seamlessly

Thanks for trying so far! Would like to see it gone eventually. But if not... eh. It's not the end of the world

freekboy31 · Post by **freekboy31** » October 19th, 2012, 12:02 am

I hope this fix will work for you.

EyceKubes · Post by **EyceKubes** » October 19th, 2012, 10:44 am

freekboy31 wrote:I hope this fix will work for you.

nope. Chrome wont allow it and IE says there's a syntax error :/

Semesto · Post by **Semesto** » October 19th, 2012, 5:37 pm

Hedlokd wrote:nope. Chrome wont allow it and IE says there's a syntax error :/

Try a different browser.

freekboy31 · Post by **freekboy31** » October 19th, 2012, 9:30 pm

In Chrome, there should be a warning if you want to continue to install with "Continue" and "Discard" buttons. It will work if you activate the extension. The javascript file contains some minor CSS modifications for this site.