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Thomas T

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I attempted to change my avatar yesterday and it appeared to take. When I go to my profile page, the "new" avatar (me) is there but the old avatar (Sue Lyon) still shows up on my posts. What am I doing wrong?
 

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It was still cached on our CDN (something we do for up to 24 hours to improve site speed). We purged your old one and your new one is visible.
 

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It was still cached on our CDN (something we do for up to 24 hours to improve site speed). We purged your old one and your new one is visible.

How often is this refreshed? I changed my avatar a couple days ago, but the old one still shows up.
 

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How often is this refreshed? I changed my avatar a couple days ago, but the old one still shows up.
So nobody but me, I guess? I still can't get it to change, though when I click on personal options > Avatar, it shows the new picture I loaded. But clicking "OK" still won't get it to show up anywhere else in the forum.
 

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Speaking of avatars, found this really nice Hi-Def photo of a great white shark that I'm using as my desktop background.

Want to switch it over to an avatar, but can't seem to do it. Is it just to large or is there some way to save it in a smaller version I can use? Not a big graphics user, running Windows 10, but I can't figure out how to shrink it, or if it's even possible.
 

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Same problem for me. I changed my avatar yesterday but the old one still displays.
 

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Speaking of avatars, found this really nice Hi-Def photo of a great white shark that I'm using as my desktop background.

Want to switch it over to an avatar, but can't seem to do it. Is it just to large or is there some way to save it in a smaller version I can use? Not a big graphics user, running Windows 10, but I can't figure out how to shrink it, or if it's even possible.
Hi Stan!

Here's how I shrink an image:

1. Right click on the image to get a list of options. From there, click on "Edit", which should be listed 5th from the top. This should activate the Paint program, which will house the image.

2. From there, click on the Home tab, and then click on the "Resize" option. At that point, you should be presented with the option to resize by percentage (IE. 60 for 60%) or pixels (By picking a lower number). Either way, it should be a simple process! The "Maintain aspect ratio" option should also be checkmarked by default.

3. Select "File" tab for Save/Save as options. Change the filename if you want to save the original image, along with your smaller version.

Good luck!

CHEERS! :)

Tony
 
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My avatar did change to the Cinerama logo a few days ago. Now its back to Krakatoa East of Java. It should be the Cinerama logo. Its the same with IE 11 and Chrome.
 

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I have been having the same problem as well, trying to change to a new one, but the old one is there. Even tried to just delete the old avatar without putting a new one, but the old one is still displaying.
 

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Not a big deal, but it would be nice if someone responded to what the problem is with the avatars. I understand they only update them once a day but, it doesn't seem seem to be working.
 

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Sorry, fellas. Just found this thread.

I'll be sure to point our trouble-shooters towards this thread (and these recent posts)!
 

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I have forwarded the issue onto the support staff and ownership.

They usually figure out this sort of thing pretty quick.
 

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I forwarded your forward, Mike, so hopefully Dave will see it.
 

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And...I just realized that--quick as a bunny--I am now seeing a rather "cut off" Cinerama logo in Roland's avatar!

Boy, when Ron forwards something...people jump :D
 

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