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marc

Member

Registered: 2003-11-27

Posts: 22

Can't upload avatar

The image is within the border and size requirements for this board. I've tried uploading the image from my computer in .png and .jpg format and the message says the changes have been saved, but there's no avatar in my posts or in my profile.

What am I missing here?

farphel

Forum Fellow

From: New Hampshire - USA

Registered: 2003-09-18

Posts: 250

Website

Re: Can't upload avatar

I had the same problem a while back.  My solution was to load it from a URL which worked...  :?

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marc

Member

Registered: 2003-11-27

Posts: 22

Re: Can't upload avatar

Well, I just did that too, but it's definitely easier uploading from local :?

dariball

Member

From: Germany - Frankfurt

Registered: 2002-10-20

Posts: 118

Website

Re: Can't upload avatar

for me uploading from local, also doesn't seem to work....
bbs bug??

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Blaasvis

Member

Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 467

Re: Can't upload avatar

no, this is a problem to fix by setting the rights the good way on the avantar directory
I got the same problem with a forum i maintain.

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dariball

Member

From: Germany - Frankfurt

Registered: 2002-10-20

Posts: 118

Website

Re: Can't upload avatar

hmm makes no sense to me because:

why should files copied from a url make no problems and uploaded avatars do? isn't it the same dir? or am i too stupid for that :?:

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Blaasvis

Member

Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 467

Re: Can't upload avatar

your user info is stored in a record in the database, and so is your avantar link.
if you try to upload a link is made in database and the avantar is add to the directory.  if it is a web link, it is put into your user info record.

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dariball

Member

From: Germany - Frankfurt

Registered: 2002-10-20

Posts: 118

Website

Re: Can't upload avatar

i won't start hairsplitting but:

the picture doesn't seem to be linked, for me this looks more like the picture is always copied into the directory :

my avatar for example is :
http://bbs.archlinux.org/images/avatars … 6234cf.jpg

to test that i just delted the url, the image came from, and my avatar still works

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dipp

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2004-02-13

Posts: 15

Re: Can't upload avatar

I can't upload any avatar either from my local computer Strange and annoying problem.

I really hope someone is going to fix this perhaps easy bug?

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Leigh

Member

From: USA

Registered: 2004-06-25

Posts: 533

Re: Can't upload avatar

I always just figured I wasn't allowed to have a avatar since it
would never upload or show up, and the people with avatars
were just special and privledged archy gurus.

Anyway thanks for the info. I tried it from url and poof I'm now
special like you guys 

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