XOOPS: My Avatars 2nd tutorial for personal collections

Posted by: carnukeOn 2004/11/1 23:30:00 12078 reads
Resized Image MyAvatars Tutorial- Carnuke

This tutorial is intended to help entry-level users to process their own avatars and prepare them for uploading to their Xoops website. I strongly recommend that users also read my first tutorial herehttp://houseofstrauss.co.uk/files/avatar-tutorial/avatars.htm if they need guidance about using the sql file in the database. I also recommend that users try out the procedures FIRST on a test site, preferably on XSAS local server installation. If you are learning new techniques, you should always do this in a safe, non-production environment, where mistakes don't matter.

This tutorial pack contains the following:

1- avatars folder (empty except for a blank file to be deleted)
2- collection folder (containing 100 mixed images for processing)
3- myavatars.htm (the tutorial file)
4- myavatars.sql file (the database file to accompany the avatars)
5- myavatars.swf file (must be kept with myavatars.htm)
6- PicSizer.zip (compiled exe application for image processing.)
7- Readme file. (this file)

The whole tutorial pack can be downloaded herehttp://houseofstrauss.co.uk/files/avatar-tutorial/myavatars.zip (4.5mb)


Please make sure you can view flash and then open myavatars.htm in your browser. Do not separate myavatars.htm from the .swf file, or the tutorial won't work. View the whole tutorial and make sure you understand the content. You can also preview this tutorial online herehttp://houseofstrauss.co.uk/files/avatar-tutorial/myavatars.htm

You will need to unzip, and install PicSizer application on your machine in order to implement the tutorial. The zip file here has been directly downloaded from the authors site herehttp://www.axiomx.com/picsizer.htm If you have any doubt about the safety or authenticity of this application DO NOT install it without first visiting the authors website and making your own choice about using it. It is distributed as freeware and I have not detected any spyware or malicious componants in the application.

I think it's a good piece of software that is both easy to use and very well specified for this particular application. It is finally your choice to use it or not!

TERMS OF RELEASE
This tutorial pack is made available for public use without charge, guarantee or restrictions. It is supplied in the hope that it will be useful and helpful to users. I will be glad of any feedback and suggestions and offer comment where I can. If you redistribute the tutorial or any part of it you must observe the credits and terms of release as displayed here and the terms of any supporting software.

PicSizer application queries should all be directed to the author at her websitehttp://www.axiomx.com/picsizer.htm (Copyright, Luisa Arevalo Klose.)
Thanks to Satish Kumar. S. athttp://www.debugmode.com/wink/ for the Wink flash tutorial writer.


Richard Strauss mailto:carnuke@xoops.org