how change avatar pic?

[Billy Ray]

Okay,
so I loaded a new avatar pic and it shows up in my Forum Profile now, but not in my posts.
Made the change a couple of days ago and still does not show in my posts.
How do I do this?

thanks,
billy

[Jerry Adams]

hit F5 or click the refresh button on your browser?

I see some crude native american art?

There's a turtle and a snake being held by a human with some circles?

[Billy Ray]

I've had my browser on an off several times…

both the old pic and new are Native American pictographs… but neither is 'crude' :)
the old one shows a figure with a snake, the new one snows three ghostly figures (Barrier Canyon style… two or three thousand years old)

billy

[David Ure]

It can take several hours to show up correctly.

[Greg Mihalik]

Clear your cache…

… it just "flipped" (this minute)

It's VERY interesting ….

If I'm Not logged in I get you old avatar.
Once I do log in, I see the new one.

…and now a moment later, the old one is back, while I'm still logged in.

PFM

[Billy Ray]

Crazy Greg !

logged in or not I get the old pic…

Cache? Where/what is that?

billy

[Greg Mihalik]

Cache would only affect what you see.

However, I am clearing my cache as well.

The new avatar only shows up when I'm in Reply mode, the first time.
After I post it flips back to the old version.

Close my browser, then open, it's the old version.
I login, post, and see the new version.

I refresh and I get the old one again.

Very Interesting.

[Jerry Adams]

oh yeah

if I click on "Billy Ray" or your avatar, I can see the new one

when I go back, I see the old one

wait a day and see if it works?

[Billy Ray]

wait a day and see if it works?

I guess I don't have any other choice than waiting…
Just thought someone out there might have the answer…

crazy…

billy

[Jerry Adams]

just a guess

sometimes software updates periodically, like once a day

someone could suggest you reboot your computer? that's a good one for service people because it let's them skedaddle, and then you'll have to call back when it doesn't work but you'll get a different service person so the first service person will be off the hook : )

[David Ure]

Just give it a bit of time and it will show up correctly. I have had it take a day.

[Roger Caffin]

Hi Billy

It WILL turn up – eventually. Often the picture is cached at your ISP's machine. That is, they keep a local copy so they can feed you the page faster without having to wait for BPL to send the pic. This is helpful – except when it isn't.

I don't know what browser you are using, but with some Shift/Refresh will tell the ISP to go back to BPL to get a new copy.

Other times, it seems the 3rd party servers which host BPL take their own sweet time. We have no control over that.

Cheers

[Billy Ray]

Thanks Roger, but still strange that it shows up in my Profile but not in my posts.

billy

[Roger Caffin]

Oh, I entirely agree, strange are the ways of computers …

You could try reloading the same (new) avatar photo just to see if you can kick the server into some action. No logic behind that at all, but sometimes …

Cheers

[Billy Ray]

It's 3 days short of a month now and I still don't see my new avatar on my posts… though I have seen the new avatar at my Forum Profile since about day 2 after changing… and others have said they see the new avatar on my posts…

very strange.

Billy

[Roger Caffin]

Hi Billy

Try uploading a NEW avatar pic maybe?

Cheers

[BlackHatGuy]

Yeah, 'tis a strange thing, the BPL software. Always has been (well, for as long as I've been here anyway).

FWIW, I see your new avatar if I look at your profile, but your old avatar on all of the posts.

I would also suggest reloading the new one, sometimes that works.

[Bob Moulder]

>>>suggest reloading the new one, sometimes that works.

I tried that 2 times after the original attempt, even downsizing the photo in case that was the issue, but the old one remains on my posts that I see, but hopefully the new one is seen by others. All seasonal and what-not, y'know? ;)

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Is this the one you see?? Strange indeed, sometimes.

[BlackHatGuy]

Interestingly enough, same with yours. I see the new one if I look at your profile, but see the old one on your posts.

BTW, how much does your pup weigh?

[Bob Gross]

"BTW, how much does your pup weigh?"

More importantly, what is the pup's base weight?

–B.G.–

[Bob Moulder]

Clearly some BPL glitch. Maybe somebody'll take a look at it. I'm pretty dense sometimes, but my persistence usually yields the desired result.

My dog Cyrus weighs about 58 lbs. "Australian Cattle Dog Mix" the shelter called him, or Blue Heeler or some such. He was born without a tail.

Yours appears to have some German Shepherd in him (her?). Do you hike with him?

This should not count as thread drift since we're talking about avatars, right? ;)

[Bob Moulder]

>>>what is the pup's base weight?

The most he's ever carried (total, incl pack) is 8 lbs, which was food, bowl, snacks, leash (less than 1 oz) and sometimes water. Usually less.

.

[BlackHatGuy]

"Yours appears to have some German Shepherd in him (her?). Do you hike with him?"

Probably, but no real idea. Shelter had no idea either. I'm told she probably has a lot of norwegian elk hound in her.

No, she's not a hiker. She can barely walk, really. She's 16 and on a downward path these days – very little muscle left in her hind legs (she can walk but if she stands still for more than about a minute her butt just slowly sags down to the ground until she's sitting), and (minor at the moment) dementia has made it so that she's in a state of very high anxiety any time I put her in the car to go somewhere (these days only to the vet). She's a sweet girl though.

[Billy Ray]

So.
I started this thread to get help with changing my avatar.
So that I do not miss any responses I set up 'watch the thread' which sends me an email every thing there is a posting to this thread.
So now I am getting emails every time you guys post about your dogs.
Please… could you take the dog discussion to another threat???? Please?

thanks,
Billy

[Bob Moulder]

Sorry, gone to PM.

I did try once again with the avatar change, still no luck, this time with a teensy-weensy file.

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