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  • Started 1 year ago by nburrell11
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nburrell11
nburrell11
Posts: 46

i know this isnt very computer related, but how can i change my avatar. i accidently clicked use identicon and now it won't let me use any other avatar

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whs
whs
Posts: 10357

Click on "view your profile" on the top right of this page. There you can change it. Click on avatar (right top again)

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nburrell11
nburrell11
Posts: 46

when i find an image to upload, it just gives me a blank page and then when i go to the homepage and go to the forums it isnt changed. so how can i stop using the identicon?

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whs
whs
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Did you uncheck the box "use identicon instead"?

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thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1887

I think there was a system problem, actually. Looks like the file permissions didn't get straightened out during the server move last weekend, so some of the avatars weren't writable by the server.

Problem should hopefully be resolved now.

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firbec
firbec
Posts: 29

I also have problems with no possibility to change avatar. Does anybody know, when this mistake will be solved ?

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thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1887

I just changed the permissions on the files again... I'm not sure what is going on... I'll have it sorted out.

You should be able to upload an avatar now.

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firbec
firbec
Posts: 29

still nothing. When I press UPLOAD AVATAR, nothing happened, just white screen and DONE at the bottom...

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thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1887

Ah, I figured it out. There's some issue with resizing jpg files which I'll have to fix.

Save your avatar file as a PNG file first, and then it will work.

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firbec
firbec
Posts: 29

he he, you´re really GEEK THE GREAT.

thx and have a nice day...

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thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1887

I think I fixed the problem with jpeg avatars now as well.

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Aleeve
Aleeve
Posts: 2782

:P

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2815

cool cool

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xenomex
xenomex
Posts: 124

I used to have the same problem, but the only soloution was to convert my image using photoshop to 50x50.

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2815

@xenomex really i have never had that problem and i tried a 1024x768 and it worked just fine so that is kinda wierd?

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xenomex
xenomex
Posts: 124

KWL! i tried 320x240 and it just left be with a blank page, i thought it was a browser problem, but it wasn't,
by the way, when was it that you put up tha avatar JAck?

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pipo
pipo
Posts: 427

what's identicon, anyway? i haven't tried it.

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thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1887

An Identicon is a graphical image based on an algorithm... it's kinda like a fractal.

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xenomex
xenomex
Posts: 124

@geek,
Algorithm? whats that?

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thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1887

Here's more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identicon

And some actual examples:
http://haacked.com/archive/200.....rints.aspx

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