For T Man or the person who is in charge...

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For T Man or the person who is in charge of this kind of issues:

well, it's more like a request., is it possible to have a animated avatar? and to submit a GIF preview of our skins some where in the site?

about the avatars: a 50x50 GIF file (no larger than 15k)

and about the skins: The preview image must not exceed 100x100 pixels; not for WB skins or Wallpapers(yea i know.., who have seen a good GIF wallpaper?), no i mean on little things like cursor or beatnick animations and i dont know, maybe also on FX skins(are they skins :P ?)

just two little ideas
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Nice thought Tycus - animated avetars......

But for now I'd like to just be able to change my old avtar- I've been trying to upload a new one for weeks - I get the " Upload Successful " Message - yet the old one is still here.


Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I get the " Upload Successful " Message - yet the old one is still here.

Just a Q....are you upping the new one with a new filename?...

TYCUS ... I think for many, animations all over the place are more a distraction than a benefit.  I for one wouldn't support their adoption...

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I would ve happy if soemoenn could tell me how to fix my settings so I could see the animated smileys animate.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo: Just a Q....are you upping the new one with a new filename?.


Yes   ...thats the first question buzzh58 asked me...he was able to change his today . Although he had tried a few times and his cursor only spun endlessly on other occasions ...today he got it on first try. When I do it - it says successful..
So I had buzz try to upload mine for me. He also got the " successful upload message but it was still the same avetar from 2 years ago. I have deleted all cookies and cache etc. Not sure why this is happening. I cant change my desktop screen shot on that page either.
ps: both buzz and I are using the newest version of FF...but I tried in IE 6 too - same result.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ok..who fixed it.....

this time when I uploaded it - page changed but stayed a blank white page- cursor spun for 15 minutes then I got bored so I hit reload - I got the " post data message and do you want to retry click ok " so I did and presto ...avetar uploaded.....only problem ..wasnt exactly the one I wanted. sigh....but for now..ill just leave it.

PS : I changed the file name to just " avetar " just in case . Both had " fairyy " as the beginning of file name - not sure it mattered but was worth a shot.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
smedley i would assume if the smileys are'nt animated in your browser then you need to tick "show animations in web pages" in your windows "internet options" clik on "advanced" tab and tick the box "show animations in web pages" under multimedia ?? if that don't work then i'm buggered as to what needs to be done apart from giving me that comp and buy a new one
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
tick "show animations in web pages"


I have FF latest version and ZA latest version.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"...I have FF latest version and ZA latest version..."

same in here
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Po'

i remember a friend having a similar problem with FF a while ago...

try checking the follwoing:

1. enter "about:config" in the FF url bar

2. find the entry for "images.animation_mode"

3. check it has "normal" as it's value, if not, change it to "normal"

4. see if it works now...

if it doesn't work you could try re-creating your user profile in FF by going to c:/documents and settings/(your user name)/application data/mozilla    make a backup of the Firefox directory, then delete it.  FF will re-create it when you re-start FF, and re-install your extensions....

if none of that works, it's probably some setting in ZA, and i dont use ZA anymore, so i can't find the setting

good luck and happy hunting
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bouncing Around
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
smilies still not qorking, but ani's are.

Thanks liquidguru and xSCORPx . It was my ZA. But, you were the first 2 to offer help on this in weeks. Thanks again! I wouldn't have known what to look for.
Toot
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A little thing like changing a 50x50 avetar - 45 minutes later - sign in - sing out - delete cookies - cache - sign in sign out - upload 15 times. End up with same avetar. The irritating part is the message you get.
Upload successful in one place then upload failed above it. I only uploaded one item. Talk about a mixed message.



Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What's the address of the page you guys are using to try and upload a new avatar/image ?
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What's the address of the page you guys are using to try and upload a new avatar/image ?


Interesting - I just went to " My Account " and the tab to upload images - it shows my page but someone elses addy in browser


http://greenreaper.wincustomize.com/MyAccount.aspx?p=images
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This site is way too wiggedy wiggedy wiggedy as it is without having to wait for animated avatars to load.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Fairyy~, I had the same problem. I finally managed to upload my icons when I uploaded from the Stardock site. Click the link, then sign in and try to upload your images that way. https://forums.stardock.com
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm not that animated . . I don't need my avatar to be.   

It's not like we have much of a say . . . but I vote "No". I'll stick with skinning the site (hoping for aquarium skin support!)
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's just an avatar, why would I want it to move. Not logical...
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Fairyy~, I had the same problem. I finally managed to upload my icons when I uploaded from the Stardock site. Click the link, then sign in and try to upload your images that way.


Kilo- im only trying to change my non animated 50x50 jpeg avetar in my own account. The link I left in post 14 shows my account , my avetar, my desktop but im not grimreaper ........thats not my WC personal site addy mine is http:fairyy . wincustomize . com/

im getting ads when logged in - stardock cental wouldnt log in yesterday from 6pm to 730 pm - kept saying that stardock server could not be reached ( good grief - animated avetars - might as well forget about logging in in this decade )
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Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I had to post the above post in sections. First time all that posted was one line. No wonder I cant change my avetar if im not even me. Wonder if Grimreaper is fairyy ?

All week has been a challenge for me to even load a page in under 2 minues. But now im not even me.


Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wonder if Grimreaper is fairyy ?


That would be GREENreaper.  I always wondered about that Marvin the Martian hat.

When you get sorted Fairyy~ I have some suggestions for Natural Desktop.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That would be GREENreaper. I always wondered about that Marvin the Martian hat.

When you get sorted Fairyy~ I have some suggestions for Natural Desktop.

Grim - green - see - im in a dither i cant even read correctly.

Well back to my addy appearing in browser - but still no change in personal icon even though it says " upload successful . Below is the address of the page when trying to upload avetars( personal icon ) giving up for now - guess im stuck with this one for now.

http:// fairyy. wincustomize .com/ MyAccount .aspx?p=images

Whats natural desktop ?
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Natural desktop is very cool: https://www.stardock.com/products/natural/

Big image: Link

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