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bricktherapy · Joined: 21 Jun 2013 Posts: 5 Location: Johns Creek

Ok...I give. How do I upload and avatar? Tried in my profile to find URL as requested??
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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: Uploading avatar

rbm · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:14 am Post subject:

UPDATE
I found the problem. The forum software doesn't like URLs created by Picasa and certainly doesn't like filenames of JPEGs which have non-ASCII characters (such as space). Once I uploaded a JPEG to Photobucket and kept the name to strictly ASCII printable characters, the avatar worked.

Hope this helps others in the future.

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I'm having great difficulty getting this board to recognize my avatar. I've created a JPEG of 80x52 and 8Kb in size. Jpeg quality is set to very low. I'm using Mac OS-X Preview to edit the image.

I hosted the image on Photobucket and copied the direct link. I paste that into the box provided on the Profile page but the board does not accept the link (silently rejects it and returns me to the Profile page)

I've tried avatars with sizes and resolutions similar to other members' avatar also without success. I've tried my Picasa album as well, thinking it might be a problem with Photobucket. All yield no success.

Here is the image I'm trying to use:

My preference would be to use this avatar instead, if possible:

Any hints to get this working?
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Jim · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:18 am Post subject:

If you're trying to use Picasa, it will work - you have to take out a bunch of code, though.

Use the search button above - try Picasa and Jim. The copy and paste lost the colors - too tired to fix it.

I have to delete 8 characters from the end of the line, and then take out a whole line of something in front of the location. When I copy the link, it looks like this: <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jim.vaughn6/SeattleTrip/photo?authkey=WBZ2yf32lSQ#5188617144128692722"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/jim.vaughn6/SAGrzVdK4fI/AAAAAAAAAQU/AUbX3ebFT28/s800/DSC03207.JPG" /></a> The part in red is what I have to remove manually. Even then, if there's a comment for the picture, it doesn't transfer. If anyone else uses a mac and Picasa, and you know a better way to do this, please let me know.

http://k11og.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4484&highlight=picasa
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Ernie-NH · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:06 am Post subject:

Good morning,,

Has something in the Forum Profile page changed ?? It seems no longer to accept the URLs from Photobucket ?? Whats up... or is t me ??

Ernie in NH
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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:31 pm Post subject:

It's most likely photo bucket. They dumped the 3rd party host linking, unless you are paying for PB's premium membership at $300+ per year.
You will probably need a different photo host.
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Ernie-NH · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 4:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks Scott...

Have you or anyone else heard of IMGUR.COM ????

Regards all.... // Ernie in NH
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