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Help! What Happened to my Avatar?

DatsAmore
Perth, Western Australia
Joined: 03-Dec 2011
239 posts
Post #1 | Tuesday, 31-Jan 2012 @ 11:00am
I'm not sure when, but my avatar photo has gone on the fritz! I've tried re-loading it, but no luck.  I've even tried changing it for one I've re-sized (from 640x480 to 100x75), but no luck there either.
 
Is there something I'm maybe missing?  Please help!!
 
Cheers,
Alan.
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DatsAmore
Perth, Western Australia
Joined: 03-Dec 2011
239 posts
Post #2 | Tuesday, 31-Jan 2012 @ 11:45am
All fixed now! 
 
Thank you Mystery Avatar Fixing-Type person!
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andrewzuku
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 10-Feb 2011
127 posts
Post #3 | Tuesday, 31-Jan 2012 @ 6:08pm
Neither myself or Ash (beetwenty) did anything at all. This really is a mystery!
 
All I can think is your browser cached the old avatar, and did some weird stuff since the old and new avatars are stored with the same filename on the server...
 
http://www.datsun1000.com/Images/Avatars/DatsAmore.jpg
derrick719
three hills alberta canada
Joined: 11-Feb 2011
231 posts
Post #4 | Tuesday, 31-Jan 2012 @ 6:46pm
Edited by derrick719
Tuesday, 31-Jan 2012 @ 6:47pm
I just had the same prob changed it prob 50 times and it kept coming up as my old one. Finally git frustrated and gave up and signed off next time I came in it was my new one.
69 datsun 1000 deluxe. 73-78 Mazda b1800
65 datsun 1600 roadster. 
88 300zx turbo 2+2. 94 pathfinder
andrewzuku
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 10-Feb 2011
127 posts
Post #5 | Tuesday, 31-Jan 2012 @ 7:02pm
Edited by andrewzuku
Tuesday, 31-Jan 2012 @ 7:03pm
Ok, now I'm sure it's a caching issue.
 
To speed things up, browsers won't reload images they've seen before. They can get confused and use an old (cached) version of an image, based on the filename alone.
 
I guess it's actually my fault for being a bit OCD and naming the avatars filenames after their username.
 
I'll put a note saying to refresh the page when you upload a new avatar
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