Fine by me lol

My first one was too big, I fixed it and now the rest have been the right sizes. Here's what ya do.
Once it's saved go into paint and resize. Once you save it there go look in the file you have it saved under and just place your mouse over it, it will show you how large it is at the bottom of the screen. The beauty of this is that resizing it you can always fix it for later.... it takes what 5 minutes????

It's just a matter of people not even bothering to read the posting rules. What drives me nuts is when it's the same person more than once! Really, it's gotten better and we do appreciate those of you who do read and follow the rules. Hopefully it won't come down to us having to do away with banners completely.

Thanks Baby K. The problem is (not sure if this is addressed on that site since I'm behind a firewall that blocks it...) but even if it's hosted elsewhere, if it's a large file-size it slows down the loading of the page for the poor souls who still have to use dialup, and makes the page hard to view for those who access using small screens/Palms/Sidekicks/iPhones/etc. So...hosting there may indeed be a viable option, but the size restriction still applies. :)

I still think the simplest solution is getting rid of them altogether lol

the big problem in my opinion is that some people (like me) don't understand the whole pixel thing. I think the best thing to do would be make all images appear in the summaries as a link. then banner lovers could click on the link and have a second page pop up with the banner image. Banner haters would have the option of hating them without ever having to see them. Banners really are a great thing it be a shame to lose something some of us love and work so hard to make. I also agree... if some people are breaking the rule over and over they should have to have all images approved before being allowed to post.

just giving my opinion.

I always make sure mine are small enough - though, I make them large first. But, it's called shrinking. Sometimes, you hafta shrink them first, before adding the writing, so you can read the writing - lol. It's a little extra work, but totally worth it. :) Though, I've stopped making them for the most part now - no inspiration - lol.