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Title: Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 01:50:55 pm: The url is:

http://www.columbia.edu/~pj2109/dancingmouse.gif

but i cant get MC to display it by my name or in the body of a document either. See below:

(http://www.columbia.edu/~pj2109/dancingmouse.gif)
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: JimH on April 20, 2004, 01:54:41 pm: It looks like an animated gif won't work with the board's software.
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Omni on April 20, 2004, 01:58:16 pm: Maybe your school doesn't allow external linking to images (to save on bandwidth), you know, like GeoCities. :P

A trick that as been purported to work is trying to rename your dancingmouse.gif to dancingmouse.txt.

I guess the idea is most forum S/W will try to guess the image type if the extension is not a standard one. <shrug> I don't have a GeoCities account, though, so I can't verify if this really works. ;)
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Omni on April 20, 2004, 01:59:36 pm: Quote from: JimH on April 20, 2004, 01:54:41 pm
It looks like an animated gif won't work with the board's software.

Then explain Xen's sig. :P
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: JimH on April 20, 2004, 02:01:48 pm: I don't know. Animated jpg? Animated fish? Finimated Ant?
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 02:09:49 pm: thanks for the replies.

its not a school thing, ive linked in static images in the past. its specific to this image.

Xen uses a gif also (http://home.revealed.net/xen/HoneyDripz.gif).

im at a loss...

will try linking a smaller image to see if that works
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Alex B on April 20, 2004, 02:15:20 pm: This is a test:

dancingmouse.gif
(http://www.sunpoint.net/~asoyapk2/pix/dancingmouseNOPICTUREANYMORE.gif)

dancingmouse.gif (http://www.sunpoint.net/~asoyapk2/pix/dancingmouse.gif)

HoneyDripz.gif

(http://www.adart.fi/mc/temp/HoneyDripz.gif)
(http://home.revealed.net/xen/HoneyDripz.gif)

(I will remove them soon.)

There is something wrong in the file format of the dancingmouse.gif. I cannot open it with Adobe ImageReady 7.01. The HoneyDripz is ok.

P.S. Edited a bit with www url. It seems that the image is OK in a www browser (at least in IE), but some software don't like it.
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 02:26:39 pm: PANIC NOT - AVATAR CRISIS AVERTED!!!!!!!!!!

im an idiot! i just realised that i was pasting the gif image into a html page then saving the entire page as a gif. no wonder the forum software didnt know what to do...

now i can get back to more productive things...
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: JimH on April 20, 2004, 02:29:16 pm: (http://www.jriver.com/~jriver/misc/mous_anim2.gif)
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Omni on April 20, 2004, 02:37:53 pm: Quote from: JimH on April 20, 2004, 02:29:16 pm
(http://www.jriver.com/~jriver/misc/mous_anim2.gif)

;D ;D

(I think I'll steal that gif and use it as my AV on another RP forum I'm on. 8))
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 02:37:59 pm: aah thats the one...

anyway its too big - it needs to be less than 100x100 pixels to be used on interact...

back to the drawing board ... dangermouse will have to suffice in the interim (note to self: dont use a login name that limits me to mouse avatars...)
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Alex B on April 20, 2004, 03:26:10 pm: Since I had the ImageReady already open I reduced it to 100x100. Be my guest.

(http://www.adart.fi/mc/pix/dancingmouse2.gif)
dancingmouse2.gif (http://www.adart.fi/mc/pix/dancingmouse2.gif)
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 03:41:45 pm: Alex B - thank you kindly

Omni -whats RP?

anyone on a 56k dial up - bet this page loads slllooooooowly
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: xen-uno on April 20, 2004, 03:46:12 pm: (http://home.revealed.net/xen/HoneyDripz.gif)(http://www.jriver.com/~jriver/misc/mous_anim2.gif)
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 03:48:20 pm: Quote from: xen-uno on April 20, 2004, 03:46:12 pm
(http://home.revealed.net/xen/HoneyDripz.gif)(http://www.jriver.com/~jriver/misc/mous_anim2.gif)

and....
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: xen-uno on April 20, 2004, 03:54:14 pm: This thread is just...too cool! :)
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: JimH on April 20, 2004, 04:17:45 pm: You sort of have to step back a bit to appreciate it. :-*

....one fish....

......................................two fish

.....................................................................red fish
[/color]

Amazing. Reminds me of when I saw the Sistine Chapel once.
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Alex B on April 20, 2004, 04:19:24 pm: During the Easter I got this to my mail. I wanted to post it here, but I didn't find any way to get the sound working in the forum. Link: the original file with music. (http://www.adart.fi/mc/easter/easterchicks.htm)

(http://www.adart.fi/mc/easter/image0014.gif)(http://www.adart.fi/mc/easter/image0022.gif)(http://www.adart.fi/mc/easter/image0031.gif)(http://www.adart.fi/mc/easter/image0041.gif)(http://www.adart.fi/mc/easter/image005.gif)(http://www.adart.fi/mc/easter/image006.gif)(http://www.adart.fi/mc/easter/image007.gif)

Tok Tok Tok Tok Tok Tok Tok Tooook Tooook tok tok tok tok Tooook Toooook tok tok tok tok Toooooooook Tooook tok
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Omni on April 20, 2004, 04:57:49 pm: Quote from: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 03:41:45 pm
Omni -whats RP?

RP = roleplay

Specifically, I was referring to a Neverwinters Nights multiplayer community I am active in, namely, World of Caenyr (http://www.worldofcaenyr.com/index.htm).

(For those not into games, Neverwinters Nights is an AD&D [Advanced Dungeons and Dragons] computer roleplaying game, or CRPG for short. :))
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: bebop on April 20, 2004, 06:12:48 pm: Alex b ...those chickens are just tooo much! It was almost a depends moment!!!

As an aside...changed my avitar after figuring out how by reading this thread (thanks,I like to learn new stuff), but was having trouble cutting a pasting into the profile area...any hints?
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Alex B on April 20, 2004, 08:26:12 pm: (http://www.adart.fi/mc/pix/mous_anim4.gif) Just couldn't resist...
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: xen-uno on April 20, 2004, 08:44:30 pm: (http://home.revealed.net/xen/BigSmile.gif)

(from the scalings archive)

Bebop > ...but was having trouble cutting a pasting into the profile area...

Whaddaya mean?
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: bebop on April 20, 2004, 09:12:45 pm: Well, i was cutting and pasting my password into the space on the profiles page...and it would'n paste! Keep trying, though and after a few times, it let me paste. Did the same thing when I cut ans pasted the address for my avitar. Been using the latest build, but maybe I was doing something wrong... B ?
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 09:18:11 pm: bebop

now im really confused...

the MC build has nothing to do with the interact forum...is that what you meant?
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: xen-uno on April 20, 2004, 09:25:53 pm: Sounds like he she was using the ~~mini-~~browser built into MC.
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: bebop on April 20, 2004, 09:34:40 pm: Now we're all confused...so, here's what I did. I wanted to change my avitar, so i opened my profile from the MC start page. Then I opened another window to where I keep my pass word...cut it, went back to the profile page and attempted to paste the password into the box provided on the profile page. Nothing happened, so tried the paste option again (using the right mouse click) and after a few tries it finally worked. Same for pasting my address for my site with the avitar. Maybe I have a bum mouse......and yup, I am definately a girl person. And the build I was talking about was the latest MC build.
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: JimH on April 20, 2004, 09:35:05 pm: I think, uh, it's a she, xen.

And who you callin' mini?
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: xen-uno on April 20, 2004, 10:07:40 pm: Sorry 'bop...we had similar confusion about one of the moderators here as well...so your not the first. I hope your lower jaw is a little more developed than Betty's is.

Mini struck out Jim...is it using the FireFox (FireBird then) engine you talked about in days yore?

10^-27
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 20, 2004, 10:25:22 pm: "similar confusion about one of the moderators here " - well xen does have a picture of a girl as his avatar...

bebop - dont worry about the version of MC. it wont affect filling in the form at all. pasting url's should be fine, pasting passwords sometimes isnt (dont know on this forum though). at least it works now eh! :)

pip [me man with girly login name]
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: bebop on April 20, 2004, 10:27:42 pm: no prob xen! And I've decided that this must be a mouse (and not the animated dancing kind, but the strangely shaped techie one) related problem!!! Was sending a link to family re: lava flows in Hawaii's Volcano National Park, and had the same prob with cutting and pasting addresses!
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: xen-uno on April 21, 2004, 09:48:35 am: *xen-uno jumps at the opportunity to plug FF

'bop,

If you haven't yet then check out FireFox. It is the best browser and there is boatloads of nifty extensions available. Want a new tab?..well then click on that there middle wheel. Your C-n-P problems will be history.

10^-27
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: bebop on April 21, 2004, 10:38:46 am: Thanks, Xen! Gonna check that out while I am searching for operating instructions for my Sky-Watcher telescope (didn't come with any, and it's been ages since I operated a telescope other than a good old Dobsonian!) ;D
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: bebop on April 29, 2004, 12:01:39 am: Xen - Love, love, love Firefox!!! thanks for the tip! Love those tabs, love being able to customize!!! Got it and am keepin' it! Now that I have my avatar working, have another question...how do you get that fish at the bottom or stuff in the body of the message? Is the procedure similar to putting the aratar up? Might sound dumb, but MC is my first forum foray, so am just trying to glean info from those in the know.
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: pipsqueak on April 29, 2004, 12:03:54 am: bebop

love the new avatar...
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: Alex B on April 29, 2004, 06:48:40 am: Quote from: bebop on April 29, 2004, 12:01:39 am
Now that I have my avatar working, have another question...how do you get that fish at the bottom or stuff in the body of the message? Is the procedure similar to putting the aratar up?

The new avatar is great!

Just write the link with image tags to the signature part of your profile:

[ img ]http://www.mysite.com/pics/mysignature.gif[ /img ]

Remove those extra spaces from image tags.
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: bebop on April 29, 2004, 10:03:03 am: Thanks Alex, will give this a try later today...gotta finish up the tax stuff! ;D
Title: Re:Way O/T - why cant i get my avatar to show...
Post by: bebop on April 29, 2004, 06:18:38 pm: thanks Pip...being as my interests are enviromental and social psyc, figureed it was rather appropriate...not to mention that there is a little pirate in a lot of us! Also thought the movie was a hoot and a half!!!