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Post by sarobah » Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:56 pm

On the user control panel, for editing avatars there doesn't appear to be the option to upload a photo from one's own files. Is there some esoteric technique that I've forgotten about?

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Post by cloud » Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:28 am

No, nothing special or hidden their. What I had to do is upload my pic to a server I have and then use a HTML link to get it working...
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Post by sarobah » Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:23 am

> cloud wrote:What I had to do is upload my pic to a server I have and then use a HTML link to get it working...

That makes sense... but it's odd that, though I can't remember how I uploaded my present picture, I certainly didn't do it your way.

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Post by chloroformmeplease » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:17 pm

There use to be a way to do this without having to go through all of that. You use to be able to upload directly from your own photos stored on your computer.
I wish it was that way again.
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Post by Jason Toddman » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:50 pm

There used to be a tab in user profile that enabled you to do this, but it seems to have disappeared now. As you can see, I used one of my own drawings for an avatar and simply uploaded it from my own files.
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Post by Chase Ricks » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:56 pm

A rping friend drew mine. She also drew my signature too and has lots of requests on the other forum site we use. I simply copied the image from her website to here.
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Post by cellofello » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:08 am

> sarobah wrote:On the user control panel, for editing avatars there doesn't appear to be the option to upload a photo from one's own files. Is there some esoteric technique that I've forgotten about?

As others have noted, it used to be possible to do what you want, but that option seems to have gone away for some reason. I'm about to try an esoteric technique as an experiment.
BTW, as long as you're editing your profile, are you still a student? You had mentioned your job in your recent series of stories (and let me say that I love your writing), but I'm aware that you could still be a graduate student.

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Post by cellofello » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:17 am

> cellofello wrote:I'm about to try an esoteric technique as an experiment.

Yes, I believe it should work. You can still upload a photo as an attachment to a post. So if you don't have access to another website to post your photo, you can attach it to a forum post, then right click on it and do Copy Image Location (or your browser's equivalent of this Firefox option). The URL to the photo in my previous post is:
http://www.tieupgames.net/download/file.php?id=4787
My avatar is grandfathered, as it were, but if I did need to change it, I see no reason why I couldn't use the above URL.

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Post by sarobah » Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:50 am

> cellofello wrote:BTW, as long as you're editing your profile, are you still a student?

Yes. I am essentially a professional student :o)
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Post by sarobah » Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:53 am

> cellofello wrote:I’m about to try an esoteric technique as an experiment.
> Yes, I believe it should work. You can still upload a photo as an attachment to a post. So if you don't have access to another website to post your photo, you can attach it to a forum post, then right click on it and do Copy Image Location (or your browser's equivalent of this Firefox option).

I had thought of doing this, so it’s a “Well done!” to you for confirming it.
PS. It didn’t work :o(
Oh well, we tried :o)
Words, like Nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.