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09-06-2004, 02:03 PM | #1 |
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tech question ~ avatars
ok... we have to option of putting in a "Avatar URL" if we want to use something over 19.5... i tried this myself, and it tells me i've specified and invalid URL... which i didn't... i'm far from perfect, but i copy and paste like the best of 'em
so, i'm thinking... either the option is disabled... OR i notice is asks for "http://www."... i have lots of places i can host stuff, but no "www" spots... is this my problem? thanks
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09-06-2004, 03:24 PM | #2 |
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*suspicious squint* Yer not gonna use me pic as an av are you? 'Cause I'm not above photoshopping yer onto Fabio if ye do.
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09-06-2004, 03:43 PM | #3 | |
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I just tried it myself--at first I got that it was not a valid file type (jpg, gif, etc., which that particular pic wasn't). I then tried another which was a valid type (and was from a http://www... website) and I only got:
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09-06-2004, 05:53 PM | #4 |
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I've tried and it works for me...
<--- See for yourself However I simply deleted the "http://www." in the blank and copied and pasted the entire link of the avatar.
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09-06-2004, 06:36 PM | #5 |
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I found out why. The pic I originally linked wasn't the original source. I traced it back to the original source and then it got the picture (it was just more than 60 x 60 so it couldn't use it.)
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09-06-2004, 08:53 PM | #6 | |
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will mess with it again later
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09-09-2004, 01:43 AM | #7 |
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I found one website (the website of an online newspaper) where it's totally impossible to 'specify a valid URL' even if you copy&paste like God himself. Maybe the site has some kind of procection?
Anyway, every other site I've tried to steal avatars from have worked. So I guess you're just going to have to get your avatar from another place, BJ.
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09-09-2004, 01:58 AM | #8 |
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Ah, too bad Tom. Guess ye can't use mine after all.
*BoP who didn't even know that you could use urls for Avs*
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