Dizzy Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Yeah... Peter's got an avatar and it's just how I imagined he would look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Yeah... Peter's got an avatar and it's just how I imagined he would look  Better looking than a monkey.lol That's an old one. Used to have it on here before but then it vanished. Gary must have done some digging to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 My 2 monkies went last week Peter and they were cute.... I then had a photo of me as a toddler drinking from a beer can  And now just for Gary I have none at all while he tests my image..... although if he doesn't hurry up I'll be putting it back myself the other way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 My 2 monkies went last week Peter and they were cute.... I then had a photo of me as a toddler drinking from a beer can  And now just for Gary I have none at all while he tests my image..... although if he doesn't hurry up I'll be putting it back myself the other way  As you can see it works fine - it was a worthwhile exercise and I have now discovered what peeps are doign wrong. It is a shame it took so long for someone to email me what they were trying to do so I could show them where they were going wrong. When it doesn't upload your profile it actually gives an error message at the top of the page saying what is wrong. In this case it was down to the fact that the file size was greater than 6kb. I achieved a lower resolution by using the save for web facility in photoshop - simples! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Nice one Gary.... Â I might leave that one for a while as it's rather fitting for me don't you think and I'm sorry it took me so long to email you my test image. Â We weren't really doing anything wrong though as you never told us they had to be less than than 4kb you just said less than or equal to 80 x 80 px Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Bloody Hell what is wrong with me  It STILL wont work for me.......  Tried to put the one back of me as a baby (that I usually use) and nothing again by 'upload from pc'.  Image size 72 78 px File size 4kb  I will not be beaten by a stupid little image and an upload button... well ok yes I might be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sorry Gary but my file size was less than that.  It does tell you that the file size shouldn't exceed 6k  Mine was so grainy and pixcelated that I didnt measure the file size I counted it!  Just dosn't work!  Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 We are going to be in soooo much trouble Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Gary.... can you please email me the actual test image that YOU got to work for me after you changed it (ie the little yellow confused smiley)..... and I will try it from my PC. Â If it still doesn't work then it will be obvious why not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sorry Gary but my file size was less than that.  It does tell you that the file size shouldn't exceed 6k  Mine was so grainy and pixcelated that I didnt measure the file size I counted it!  Just dosn't work!  Bill  So how did I get your mug shot to work by following excatly the same process? Of course there could be a browser compatability issue although I experienced all the same problems you have been having until I worked out how to do it properly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Is this is what's called 'Care in the Community' Â Thanks for emailing the image Gary... I will try now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Ooooohhhhh.....  Gary.... as you can see the very same image that you used DOES NOT work from here therefore it is not actually us who are doing anything wrong  I'll try again using firefox instead of Internet explorer.  If that fails then you just must have special powers as you own the forum and website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 It does not work if I use Firefox either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 ...and just copied your actual curent avatar image Gary which is 71 x 80 px and 4kb in size and that doesn't work either... Â I have no idea why I tried that though.. maybe I thought the pc would think I was you and it would then work for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Gary....  Have you checked the phpBB settings etc at your end... it may work for you as you have a higher level of permission and access than we do.  This might help (taken off the phpBB Board help) although obviously the directory must be there as you have managed it but maybe we don't have PERMISSION to use it.  I am unable to upload avatars from my computer, regardless of the settings.  There are two possibilities here, the first is you have not created the directory you specified as the storage location for avatars, ie. as specified in the Admin -> General -> Board Configuration -> Avatar settings section.  If the directory does not exist uploadeable avatars are automatically disabled.  You should create the required directory (ensuring it has global write access or other appropriate permissions to allow the webserver to write files to it).  ****The second possibility is that your provider has disabled file_upload support. You should contact your provider and ask them if this is the case. There is not a lot you can do, there are still three other avatar settings left to choose from including uploading via an URL which will work fine.****  another also says that  ...check the permissions of the ../uploads and ../uploads/user_avatars directories, they need to be set with 777 permissions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 or just email me your pictures or put them on photo bucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Â Naah we'd much rather that you FIX the 'upload direct from your PC' option now Gary so we can all use it after all the stick you gave us for us allegidely 'doing it wrong' Â We accept your very sublbtle appology though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 I would prefer to upload from my computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 I might not be doing anything from mine very soon....  For the past hour every time I come on here an 'avast shield' warning pops up and my computer is going into security overdrive... it's scared.... of you maybe Gary  Apparently my PC has also just reported your website to Microsoft Gary...sorry  S**t it's at it again and only when I come on here... gotta go.. it would seem.  Have fun everyone and I've not even put my avatar back yet or backed up my pc Oh well not to worry, whats the worst than could happen eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Microsoft Security Essentials is doing the same on my PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 My pc doing the same with avast stating I had an infected URL but it only did it when I openend PJs' last post in 'Photos of Warrington - New Camera Club'. tried again later all ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Blimey Algy, its only text so I don't think it was me, least i hope not  The way this forum works I'm really surprised no one has blamed it on the EU yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Mine flagged up a threat twice yesterday on 3 different machines....... Â This has only happened since Brown sign us up to the EU treaty the other year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Right on cue Baz, Observer next to blame an immigrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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