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Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:47 am
by Hawthorne
echo - that crazy avatar that "somehow" I got, only shows when I respond to a thread. When I start a thread, my 2 cats appear!

Is that what you are seeing?

Johnny, Caroline, ANYONE! HELP!!!

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:13 am
by -SWS
park_ridge_dave wrote:Have we been "Hacked"?

I think -SWS needs a shave. Also, I thought this was a "Smoke Free Forum"

EDIT: Gee I was just getting used to the smoking chimp too

Dave
Maybe we have been hacked... But there only seems to be a few of us with the reverting-avatar problem. I noticed my old smoking chimp avatar yesterday and promptly changed back to my most recent avatar. Then when I checked this morning, my old smoking chimp was back again...

Hawthorne wrote:echo - that crazy avatar that "somehow" I got, only shows when I respond to a thread. When I start a thread, my 2 cats appear!

Is that what you are seeing?

Johnny, Caroline, ANYONE! HELP!!!
Well, I haven't started any threads, but my old smoking chimp avatar still managed to take over twice----like an alter ego out of control. Pass the cigarettes and bananas please...

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:18 am
by park_ridge_dave
I was just being "funny" with the hacked reference. It's more probable that there was a slight "glitch" in the system.

Of course we coulda been HACKED

I kinda liked the chimp though

Cheers,

Dave

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:21 am
by roster
This all started when I sold an 'o' to help pay for the first month of my share of ObamaCare.

Yikes! Help! Now the socialists have gotten hold of my avatar!

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:40 am
by -SWS

I just intentionally reverted back to my old smoking monkey avatar. Who knows what avatar I'll soon discover instead...

P.S. I can see the message board lost the ability to host animated-GIF avatars for those of us affected. That smoke coming out of the monkey's cigarette is and was animated smoke. Yet directly above Rooster manages to choke his chicken in vivid animation.

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:38 am
by TrinhVu
Please resubmit your avatar. There was a bug and that should be fixed now.

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:44 am
by park_ridge_dave
-SWS wrote::lol:
I just intentionally reverted back to my old smoking monkey avatar. Who knows what avatar I'll soon discover instead...

P.S. I can see the message board lost the ability to host animated-GIF avatars for those of us affected. That smoke coming out of the monkey's cigarette is and was animated smoke. Yet directly above Rooster manages to choke his chicken in vivid animation.
Was That A CHICKEN Joke (Jo Ann Worley Laugh-in)

Sorry Roster I just couldn't resist

Also I think Trinh Vu has all the fun! (check the Avatar )

Dave

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:03 am
by roster
park_ridge_dave wrote: Also I think Trinh Vu has all the fun! (check the Avatar )

Dave
Despite my current state of severe airway restriction while awake, that did not escape my attention.

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:06 am
by park_ridge_dave
Roster u too funny!
Dave

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:26 am
by -SWS
TrinhVu wrote:Please resubmit your avatar. There was a bug and that should be fixed now.
Okay, I just:
1) completely deleted my smoking chimp avatar,
2) verified that my posts appeared with no avatar as a result,
3) re-uploaded my animated-GIF smoking monkey avatar (after 1st verifying the animation still works locally on C-drive) , and
4) checked online, only to see the animation feature is still broken for me.

That's the same animated GIF file that used to produce smoke motion as my former avatar here. I honestly don't care that the animation feature doesn't work for my avatars. But I'll leave that avatar in place just in case you decide to investigate further. Drop me a PM if you want me to perform any additional avatar experiments. Again, I'm content with static avatars...

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:43 am
by -SWS
-SWS wrote:
TrinhVu wrote:Please resubmit your avatar. There was a bug and that should be fixed now.
Okay, I just:
1) completely deleted my smoking chimp avatar,
2) verified that my posts appeared with no avatar as a result,
3) re-uploaded my animated-GIF smoking monkey avatar (after 1st verifying the animation still works locally on C-drive) , and
4) checked online, only to see the animation feature is still broken for me.

That's the same animated GIF file that used to produce smoke motion as my former avatar here. I honestly don't care that the animation feature doesn't work for my avatars. But I'll leave that avatar in place just in case you decide to investigate further. Drop me a PM if you want me to perform any additional avatar experiments. Again, I'm content with static avatars...
As an additional experiment, I just now:
1) Downloaded Rooster's hilarious animated chicken avatar (kudos, Rooster),
2) Verified Rooster's avatar's animation works locally on my C-drive (it works just fine locally),
3) uploaded that same animated-GIF using the control panel here, and
4) observed that the animated GIF works fine for Rooster's account but does not work for mine.

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:45 am
by echo
-SWS wrote:4) observed that the animated GIF works fine for Rooster's account but does not work for mine.
Yup, that's what I'm seeing too. Roster's such a show-off aint he!?

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:50 am
by Hawthorne
Trouble is that I don't remember how to get an avatar on the forum! I did it a long time ago with some help from jnk.

I'm not that computer literate!

I tried to upload it again but it says it is not the right size!

I still can't fix it. Why can't admin put it back the way it was??????

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:53 am
by echo
Size is 150 (width) x 102 (height)

I assume you found the place to upload it since it's complaining about size.

goottttaaaaa love 'puters, eh?!

Re: My Changed Avatar!

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:55 am
by -SWS
Hawthorne wrote:I still can't fix it. Why can't admin put it back the way it was??????
Well, just maybe they can pull your old avatar file from backup media? I liked your former feline avatar, BTW.
echo wrote:
-SWS wrote:4) observed that the animated GIF works fine for Rooster's account but does not work for mine.
Yup, that's what I'm seeing too. Roster's such a show-off aint he!?
He's a veritable rubber-chicken show off if you ask me...