I hope everyone is liking the new forum layout, a lot of bugs have been fixed and posts should be easier to read. Also images in posts are automatically thumbnailed with the big version available on click, that will make threads with lots of images easier to read, while still making big images available.

The avatar process has changed, if you had already uploaded an avatar with the old system it is still available, you just need to reset it by going to Avatar Management inside the new Member Panel.

The size of the avatars have increased from a max of 110 pixels up to 150, so if you upload a new avatar it will be resized correctly.

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Damon Linkous
1992 Hobie 18
Memphis, TN

How To Create Your Signature

How To Create Your Own Cool Avatar

How To Display Pictures In The Forums.
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thanks

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Rob
OKC
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Site looks great.

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nice update Damon

Indeed, like the update.

trying to change my avatar photo so i disable the current one. then i upload a different picture (with different name) but the old avatar returns. i don't see the new photo in the avatar group so i can't choose the new one. been using computers for 24 yrs but this has me stumped............
j

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Sounds like you did the right things, the avatar programming is kind of flakey.

I only see one avatar with your user ID so I activated it, is that the new one or the old one?

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Damon Linkous
1992 Hobie 18
Memphis, TN

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How To Create Your Own Cool Avatar

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that's the old one i was trying to remove. how do i 'delete' it? or am i allowed to do that from here?

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Venture 15 (sold)....'89 Nacra 5.8 (sold)...'91 Nacra 5.8NA (sold)
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Had a similar issue a while back. Tried what you did and gave up. Several days later my new avatar appeared.

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Pete Knapp
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Despite several reports of problems creating or adding Avatars I haven't been able to reproduce the problem.

One thing that might be an issue is that you don't need to disable your current avatar before uploading the new one. The link at the bottom of the avatar management page for disabling your avatar is just to use if you no longer want to display an avatar at all.

To change avatars just go to

Member Panel >> Avatar Management >> Upload avatar

Click "Choose File" to browse for the image and Upload.

That's it, the new Avatar should display as soon as you visit or refresh a page where avatars are displayed.

I just changed mine using those steps.

Let me know if that helps.

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Damon Linkous
1992 Hobie 18
Memphis, TN

How To Create Your Signature

How To Create Your Own Cool Avatar

How To Display Pictures In The Forums.
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during the first attempt at changing my avatar i did not disable the current one but simply uploaded a new one. i was informed of the avatar name it was given by the system. the new photo did not show up in the avatar group, just the old one. i uploaded it again and had the same result, so that's when i first disabled the current one and uploaded the new one again, but the old one kept popping back in.

i reloaded pages and went back to a forum that i had participated in but it still showed the old one, so i gave up and decided to commence whining. i find whining works sometimes.

the new one is in now (did you assist with that personally?) if so, thanks!
j

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I didn't do anything further to your avatar after I activated the first one. Did you re-upload after that?

Must be some kind of caching in the Avatar management that I can't identify.

Whining is usually no problem and how I find out things aren't working as they should, as long as it's polite, you wouldn't believe the things I deal with by PM, the contact form, and email.

Could be like this dude Jason that runs some kind of recruiting website who deals with a complaint on Twitter.



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Damon Linkous
1992 Hobie 18
Memphis, TN

How To Create Your Signature

How To Create Your Own Cool Avatar

How To Display Pictures In The Forums.
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Ok I have changed my Avatar, but it is now sideways. Not sure what I did to get it to turn sideways, lol. Help, please

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Jim
New Orleans

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shipchips1

Ok I have changed my Avatar, but it is now sideways. Not sure what I did to get it to turn sideways, lol. Help, please

What?

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Damon Linkous
1992 Hobie 18
Memphis, TN

How To Create Your Signature

How To Create Your Own Cool Avatar

How To Display Pictures In The Forums.
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Never mind, it is right side up now, thanks for fixing it. LOL



Edited by shipchips1 on Jul 06, 2013 - 08:49 PM.

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Jim
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'80 P16 1980 - 1996
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