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Get an error message every time I try to upload an avatar
jimj:
I get this error message every time I try to upload an avatar:
The following errors occurred when trying to save your profile:
The avatar you have selected is either too large or not an avatar.
How can I upload my own avatar?
I've tried uploading an image as small as 32x36 pixels (20 KB) so I don't think it's a size problem, but I don't know what the image requirements are.
PL1:
--- Quote from: jimj on January 08, 2022, 03:03:13 pm ---I get this error message every time I try to upload an avatar:
The following errors occurred when trying to save your profile:
The avatar you have selected is either too large or not an avatar.
How can I upload my own avatar?
I've tried uploading an image as small as 32x36 pixels (20 KB) so I don't think it's a size problem, but I don't know what the image requirements are.
--- End quote ---
The forum software auto-resizes avatar images so, like you said, that's probably not the actual problem.
- You can use larger images, but something in the 70x70px to 120x120px size range should require little to no resizing by the forum software.
- For example, PBJ recently updated his avatar to this 750x1000px image.
1. What file type is it?
--- Quote ---Allowed file types: txt, jpg, gif, pdf, png, zip, rar, jpeg, skp, svg, ai, gif, 7z
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2. Can you upload your avatar to the Not a Project thread then point to the uploaded image URL using the "Specify avatar by URL" option in your Forum Profile?
If your avatar won't upload there, it'll probably be due to a false positive for "failed security checks".
- If that happens, you can do a slight resize, crop, or image edit to work around it.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,160116.0.html
Scott
jimj:
--- Quote from: PL1 on January 08, 2022, 08:37:58 pm ---If your avatar won't upload there, it'll probably be due to a false positive for "failed security checks".
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Thanks for the tips. Yes, I got failed security check there for multiple versions of my file. However, I found another avatar image at another website I could link to via URL and that's working for me. This avatar is the same character, only the color is wrong so I can live with it. :)
PL1:
Not sure why you're having problems with uploading different versions of that avatar. :dunno
What color did you want?
This remix only took a few seconds and 10 mouse-clicks in MSPaint. ;D
Scott
jimj:
--- Quote from: PL1 on January 08, 2022, 10:27:59 pm ---Not sure why you're having problems with uploading different versions of that avatar. :dunno
What color did you want?
This remix only took a few seconds and 10 mouse-clicks in MSPaint. ;D
Scott
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Thanks! Of course I wanted orange, the same as my K.C. Munchkin jack-o-lantern. :)
I took the updated image you created, downloaded it and then tried to upload it to my profile and got the same error. It would appear I'm unable to upload any images to the forum. However, I was able to use the image you modified by referencing it via its URL.
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