Attached is what I see when Harold is the Featured Member (one of his ever changing avatars). Should it not have a Max height / width reletive to CP > Profile Settings > Avatars or is it not set on this forum?

I hope it will...

Displays the same in both Firefox 3.0.3 and IE7.

On the same note it would be nice to be able to click a box killing the pixel restrictions on the avatars in the forums as they distort the avatars if some are smaller then the size limit while others are the size limit.

Every update and release I upload I have to manually edit 2 or 3 files to remove the max width and height restrictions on my board making upgrading and stuff a real pain. Many users have asked in the past as well how to delete those tags and what files to do it in for this same reason.

Fixed the featured member avatar stretch. As for the pixel restrictions elsewhere, the better way to handle this is for us to actually find a fix so it doesn't distort the images.

It's not actually supposed to resize anything unless it's larger than the set limit. I need to get some examples of where it's doing this and then figure out a proper fix, as removing the restrictions altogether would allow the users to upload large avatars that distort the layout.

What it is doing is stretching the avatars in both the threads and the show members file.

If your max width and height are 100x100 and someone uses an avatar of say 50x60 it distorts it to 100x100 no matter what, really looks bad and ugly.

When the code is sent to the browser it sends with all avatar images width="max_avatar_width" height="max_avatar_height" not checking to make sure it is actually smaller or larger.

Not exactly sure I used the correct field stuff but you get the idea.

But the thing is, it doesn't do that on all servers. For example, take a look at Scriptkeeper's avatar, first one in this thread. That one is only 79px × 50px and it keeps the dimensions properly.

Well, for one not everyone uses the exact same server setup, OS, Settings, or software. If you would like I will setup a server just for you to try this on my configuration or even give you the install CD so you can setup a box on your own to see what it really happening with the average server (Linux).

This is a problem for many of the users running this software and I have found that the site person either do not know how to modify the software to get around this, just make it so that you have to make your avatar an exact size, ignore the appearance of the crappy looking avatar distortion, or just plain don't use avatars at all when they come across this problem as they don't want to be bothered with fixing it or asking how to fix it.

This day and age everyone wants avatars so it has become a major concern in many places.

I do not have a non modified version of the UBB.threads at this time handy to be able to find the code that is the problem as I have modified every one I have as soon as I download it and test it for bugs and related problems before going live with it or I would post the file and code direct where the problems are coming from. I do know it is 2 distinct files that need to be modified striping out the code mentioned above.

That would be fantastic if you have a setup I could test/debug on. I'd really like to fix this properly, it's just that none of the sites I have access to have the issue, so a bit hard to debug and fix

I will set you up and PM you the information for the FTP, MySQL Database, and the sub domain location. Would you like a secure site lock down requiring a user name and password to enter the site to make it private and not open the the general public?