login
FAS has upgraded our forum security. Some members may need to log in again. If you are unable to remember your login information, please email food.allergy.supt@flash.net and we will help you get back in. Thanks for your patience!

Author Topic: Disappearing Avatar  (Read 12706 times)

Description:

Offline GoingNuts

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 9,715
Disappearing Avatar
« on: April 10, 2012, 04:44:57 PM »
My avatar disappeared, and when I went to Imageshack it seems to be gone from there as well. 

So, I tried adding a new one, and it doesn't seem to be saving. 

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!
"Speak out against the madness" - David Crosby
N.E. US

Offline rebekahc

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 3,429
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2012, 05:04:00 PM »
That's weird.  Since it disappeared from imageshack, I assume it isn't something on our end, but I'll definitely look into it!  If you want, email me your avatar (or even just the link you're trying to use) and I'll see if I can get it back into your profile.

I checked your profile and see the no image button is marked.  I do know our security system checks avatars and keeps possibly malicious ones off - not sure if it automatically checks the no image button if the avatar image is corrupt...

If your image was corrupted, that might explain how it disappeared from imageshack, too.
« Last Edit: April 10, 2012, 05:09:40 PM by rebekahc »
TX - USA
DS - peanut, tree nut, milk, eggs, corn, soy, several meds, many environmentals. Finally back on Xolair!
DD - mystery anaphylaxis, shellfish.
DH - banana/avocado, aspirin.  Asthma.
Me - peanut, tree nut, shellfish, banana/avocado/latex,  some meds.

Offline GoingNuts

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 9,715
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2012, 09:06:53 PM »
I'll send it to you tomorrow.  I had the same thought about it being corrupted, so I tried using a new one.  It just doesn't save, and then it checks "no image".

I'm feeling like a total techno-idiot!
"Speak out against the madness" - David Crosby
N.E. US

Offline rebekahc

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 3,429
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2012, 08:37:32 AM »
Ok, I think I've gotten it fixed.  :crossed:
You didn't need the img tags, just the direct link.
TX - USA
DS - peanut, tree nut, milk, eggs, corn, soy, several meds, many environmentals. Finally back on Xolair!
DD - mystery anaphylaxis, shellfish.
DH - banana/avocado, aspirin.  Asthma.
Me - peanut, tree nut, shellfish, banana/avocado/latex,  some meds.

Offline GoingNuts

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 9,715
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2012, 04:19:29 PM »
Thank you so much!  I felt naked without my avatar, LOL.
"Speak out against the madness" - David Crosby
N.E. US

Offline MandCmama

  • Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1,396
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 01:03:16 PM »
Hey! Mine's gone too!!!
Pennsylvania, USA
DS#1 (Born 11/2006)- allergic to peanuts and tree nuts
DS#2 (Born 3/2009)- allergic to egg, peanuts, and tree nuts (and Penicillin as of ‘18)

Offline rebekahc

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 3,429
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 01:13:30 PM »
Odd - send me an email or PM with a link to your avatar and I'll see what I can do.  Do make sure you're using the direct link and not the img tagged one, though.

TX - USA
DS - peanut, tree nut, milk, eggs, corn, soy, several meds, many environmentals. Finally back on Xolair!
DD - mystery anaphylaxis, shellfish.
DH - banana/avocado, aspirin.  Asthma.
Me - peanut, tree nut, shellfish, banana/avocado/latex,  some meds.

Offline MandCmama

  • Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1,396
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 01:28:03 PM »
I'll have to remember to send it from home...work won't let me onto photobucket!
Pennsylvania, USA
DS#1 (Born 11/2006)- allergic to peanuts and tree nuts
DS#2 (Born 3/2009)- allergic to egg, peanuts, and tree nuts (and Penicillin as of ‘18)

Offline ajasfolks2

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 11,940
  • Committee Member Firebird
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2012, 05:14:57 PM »
Odd, I'm having same issue today. 

My orange
arrow is gone . . .

I re-entered the direct link to photobucket image and it's not showing.

Neither is my message ("Committee Member Firebird")  Nevermind, message is there now.





« Last Edit: April 18, 2012, 05:18:01 PM by ajasfolks2 »
Is this where I blame iPhone and cuss like an old fighter pilot's wife?

**(&%@@&%$^%$#^%$#$*&      LOL!!   

Offline rebekahc

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 3,429
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2012, 05:56:37 PM »
Very strange.  My only guess is that one of the security checks is doing it.  I'll see if there are any bug reports with the software, too.
TX - USA
DS - peanut, tree nut, milk, eggs, corn, soy, several meds, many environmentals. Finally back on Xolair!
DD - mystery anaphylaxis, shellfish.
DH - banana/avocado, aspirin.  Asthma.
Me - peanut, tree nut, shellfish, banana/avocado/latex,  some meds.

Offline admin rebekahc

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,886
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2012, 06:31:48 PM »
Couldn't find anything in the error logs or bug reports, so I found the link to the image (at HB) and added it back for you.  Rather than using the direct link, I loaded it to my computer and uploaded it to our server (it's one of the perks of being admin ;) ).
TX USA

Offline ajasfolks2

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 11,940
  • Committee Member Firebird
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2012, 09:11:03 PM »
Thank you, my dear!

 :smooch:

(but still weird and goofy . . . !)
Is this where I blame iPhone and cuss like an old fighter pilot's wife?

**(&%@@&%$^%$#^%$#$*&      LOL!!   

Offline Mfamom

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 14,450
  • Committee Member Hermes
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2012, 04:31:09 PM »
my avatar keeps disappearing too. 

When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them.  The First Time.


Committee Member Hermes

Offline ajasfolks2

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 11,940
  • Committee Member Firebird
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2012, 10:06:41 PM »
I lost my avatar again tonite?

I did diddle with my profile today to add siggy line.  Does that have anything to do with the loss of avatar?  (Please just tell me I'm an idiot . . . )

ETA -- so I went back in and there was nothing selected for avatar.  This is tiny version of what I used to have.

When you alter profile siggy, do you need ot always "re select" the avatar and the URL?

Weird that it dumped it when all I did was add siggy line?

« Last Edit: June 06, 2012, 10:12:11 PM by ajasfolks2 »
Is this where I blame iPhone and cuss like an old fighter pilot's wife?

**(&%@@&%$^%$#^%$#$*&      LOL!!   

Offline Mookie86

  • Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 6,374
Re: Disappearing Avatar
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2012, 10:22:24 PM »
You're not crazy.  I've mentioned that problem before.  Any time you alter your profile in any way, it gets rid of the avatar; at minimum, a web-based one.  I'm not sure if the same problem exists if it is not a web-based avatar where you provide the URL.  Every time I add or modify a signature, the avatar info. vanishes.