Avatar Problems

[Chri$]

I just updated my avatar and i got a message saying that my avatar choice had been updated etc.

When i go into my controls the avatar shown is the new one, but the old one is still appearing on the forum.

Does anyone know why this is and how to fix it?

Thanks

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Try deleting the old one and then update your avatar info with no avatar- then go back type in the URL adress of the new one and update it like that .

 

[Chri$]

Thanks Tokis-Phoenix i will try that now

 

[Chri$]

Ok, so i removed the avatar - then checked and it worked.

Then i uploaded a new image - and the old one has come back even though i uploaded a completly different image!

 

[Chri$]

And now it's suddenly worked!

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Ok, so i removed the avatar - then checked and it worked.

Then i uploaded a new image - and the old one has come back even though i uploaded a completly different image!

Thats really weird , maybe the mods can help here on this one?

 

[WILDER]

It did it to me yesterday, kept changing it but kept putting the old one back up using the browser.
Found another tweety and used and address instead and it changed.

 

[Lateral Line]

Always worth making sure you are looking at the real page and not a cached image. Try refreshing your browser, this forces the browser to reload the site from the server rather then from it's own local file store.

With Internet Explorer, you can do that by pressing F5.

 

[Annastasia]

Yes, I always have to refresh my browser before the new avatar shows. It uploads fine, but it doesn't show until I do that.

 

[Chri$]

I'm not sure if that was the problem.

When i tried the first time, my avatar uploaded fine but my old one still appeared. I then turned off the computer and returned later on. But the old avatar was still showing. So the server would have to load from the server when i logged on for the second time?

 

[smithrc]

Just F5 wont 'always' refresh the cache.

A Forced refresh that will update the cache is Ctrl-F5

 

[Lateral Line]

So the server would have to load from the server when i logged on for the second time?

No, the cached files are stored locally on your hard disk. The rationale is that if you've already downloaded a file/image/whatever, pulling it up from your local drive is much faster than downloading it again from the net, which speeds up your session. The downside is that if you get into a situation like this, it can be frustrating if you don't know what is going on.

Smith, yes, Ctrl-F5 is more forceful, although I've always found F5 alone good enough for this particular scenario. Ctrl-F5 is probably better. I don't know if clicking the "Refresh" icon works, never tried, tend to use the keyboard a lot myself - mouses and things are "new fangled things that'll never catch on"!

 

[Chri$]

Thanks smithrc and Lateral Line

At least i now know what the problem was and how to fix it.