Why does xenforo forum software not allow animated avatars?

[xTOPSECRETx]

Why does xenforo forum software not allow animated avatars?

i try to upload a animated avatar on my new forum and I can't.

??

 

[Luke F]

There are plenty of ways to resize gifs in php without the need for imagemagick, etc.

It's not that it can't be done, the problem lies in the significant cpu consumption in doing so.

 

[Wildcat Media]

ImageMagick and/or GD are probably available at most hosting companies. The host I use offers both. If you type "which convert" at the shell command line, that will tell you the path to ImageMagick's "convert".

There are two ways to do it. One is to use ImageMagick, and the other involves splitting the GIF into individual frames, resizing each frame, and putting them back into one composite GIF file.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/718491/resize-animated-gif-file-without-destroying-animation

 

[Digital Doctor]

I would never want animated avatars.
However, animated avatars are a part of the culture of many forums. Business or more content-driven sites will never want animated avatars. But more fun/entertainment oriented sites will definitely want animated avatars.

I think many sites might be able to generate paid members by offering the animated avatar as a Paid Membership bonus.

 

[Lykke]

We found a way to do it 30 minutes ago, thanks to another post here on the forum:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/animated-avatars-in-threads.14807/

Thanks to Junior

 

[Digital Doctor]

Here is a site that describes how to do it.
Animated Avatars in threads

http://xfproud.com/support/threads/t-animated-avatars-in-threads.8/
Oh ... it seem to be the same thread, different location as the thread already discussed.
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/animated-avatars-in-threads.14807/