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Title: Avatar Help?
Post by: ambaker on March 30, 2013, 12:52:24 PM
For some reason I am avatar challenged.

I understand that it wants a link to a web site.  Apparently it does not like Flickr. 

Is there a size requirement?

I'm just wondering if I am missing something very fundamental, or just dumber than my children think...


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Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Francois on March 30, 2013, 01:17:20 PM
It works from Flickr, you just have to select share on Flickr and select only the address to the image in the long string it gives you.
Title: Avatar Help?
Post by: Greg Bartley on March 30, 2013, 08:04:37 PM
so one must have a flickr account then !
Title: Avatar Help?
Post by: ambaker on March 30, 2013, 09:07:53 PM
Tah-dah!

Thanks!  I figured it was something fairly simple, but would probably have spent days figuring it out.  If ever...  :wink:
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Francois on March 30, 2013, 09:49:19 PM
you're welcome
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: jojonas~ on March 31, 2013, 08:51:07 AM
All sorted out? Good.
I'll just paste this in then for future reference  :)

ah thanks !
btw how do I  get a profile  pic to work ?
cheers

simple:
  -find an image you want to use
  -right click it
  -copy the url adress
  -then paste it in in your forum profile.

I don't know if the forum resizes images, so try to find a small image you want to use. :)   no worries! the forum resizes.
everone else; sorry for going all OT over here ;)

(http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3299.0;attach=21283)
(http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3299.0;attach=21284)
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Pete_R on April 12, 2013, 06:10:59 AM
so one must have a flickr account then !

No. You can use other locations. As long as the image is accesible via url.
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Ed Wenn on July 16, 2013, 11:21:58 AM
Guys, thanks very much for helping to answer these questions. I should have been on it, but I wasn't, sorry :-[
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: huevos_rancheros on January 19, 2015, 10:26:40 PM
Was wondering if anyone could help me out on this too? im having a hard time making it work out.

Didnt know if i really should make a new post about it.

Maybe i could a mod my info and the link to the picture i wanted...i feel like ive tried it a million times now.
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Francois on January 19, 2015, 10:28:48 PM
Are you having trouble finding a link that works or just with the interface?
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: huevos_rancheros on January 19, 2015, 10:32:31 PM
Im not 100% i think its just the interface, i mean its very simple to grab the link from my flickr, but when i paste it  and hit change profile my photo just comes up blank after it reloads.

i thought i could figure it out, but after a couple months thought i would ask.haha
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: jojonas~ on January 20, 2015, 07:26:33 AM
Im not 100% i think its just the interface, i mean its very simple to grab the link from my flickr, but when i paste it  and hit change profile my photo just comes up blank after it reloads.

i thought i could figure it out, but after a couple months thought i would ask.haha
can you post the link you're trying to use here?
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Adam Doe on January 20, 2015, 06:58:47 PM
Im not 100% i think its just the interface, i mean its very simple to grab the link from my flickr, but when i paste it  and hit change profile my photo just comes up blank after it reloads.

i thought i could figure it out, but after a couple months thought i would ask.haha

Same boat here. The URL from Flickr just doesn't seem to work. Here's the one I am trying to use:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adoephoto/11153548816/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/adoephoto/11153548816/)
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: huevos_rancheros on January 20, 2015, 07:01:40 PM
Glad im not the only one, haha, i kept repeatedly reading this thread thinking i was missing something. which i might be, but im trying all the right stpes.

Here is my link as well https://www.flickr.com/photos/satchmolouie/15674855874/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/satchmolouie/15674855874/)
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Indofunk on January 20, 2015, 08:06:22 PM
Try taking out the "s" as such:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adoephoto/11153548816
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Adam Doe on January 20, 2015, 08:14:59 PM
Try taking out the "s" as such:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adoephoto/11153548816 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adoephoto/11153548816)

No luck.
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Francois on January 20, 2015, 09:34:54 PM
Or try the link from the link button
https://flic.kr/p/hZARtN
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Adam Doe on January 21, 2015, 03:40:00 AM
Or try the link from the link button
https://flic.kr/p/hZARtN

Thanks for the suggestion Francois, but that didn't work either.
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: jojonas~ on January 21, 2015, 08:09:11 AM
here's a link to try. it needs to be a direct link to an image, usually ending with ".jpg"
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/11153548816_177bed5979_s_d.jpg

I'll put up a guide shortly
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: jojonas~ on January 21, 2015, 08:30:00 AM
okay, here's a click by click guide.

it's how how I made the avatar I'm currently using.  :)
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Adam Doe on January 21, 2015, 01:36:06 PM
OK, that, with the additional step of removing the "s" from "https" that Satish suggested, worked. Thank you!
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: jojonas~ on January 21, 2015, 03:06:16 PM
great!

ohyeah, the https was a new thing that came with the flickr redisign
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: Ibon on January 21, 2015, 04:08:23 PM
Thank you so much jojonas~!!!
It works. It was very helpful your post and the advice about the ¨s¨.
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: jojonas~ on January 21, 2015, 05:27:49 PM
I'm just glad to see more avatars around here. it's so much easier to remember everyone :)
Title: Re: Avatar Help?
Post by: huevos_rancheros on January 21, 2015, 07:12:22 PM
Thanks jojonas! Now i feel involved!!