DiamondZ Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I found this cool animated avatar and I wanna use it for the forums, but for the life of me I just can't seem to figure out how. Any tips/help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wembly Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I have no idea how to help with just this information, maybe you could explain more like is it in the wrong format or is it too big or is it just not showing up after being saved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritzie Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I just changed my avatar from an animated one and I never had any issues with mine. Is it a GIF file? Those are what animated files are? And like mentioned, it could be a size issue? Are you get any error messages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondZ Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 Nope no error messages. Just doesn't show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noog Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Could you post the image URL here for us to see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondZ Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 This is the avatar I wanna use I had it before but Then I lost it. http://www.avatarist.com/avatars/Funny/Do-not-fall-down-stairs.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wembly Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 You have to use the address for the picture, not the whole site so you need to use this address http://www.avatarist.com/avatars/Funny/Do-not-fall-down-stairs.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondZ Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 I tried that and it said it can't be opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wembly Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Okay, copy and paste the link I put above into the url section where you change your avatar. I just changed my avatar to your picture and it worked fine. Edit: just kidding, it was fine for 5 seconds then it went blank again. I think that possibly its that site's fault for it not working. Maybe the site doesn't have enough bandwith or whatnot for that picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Actually, when I try to access that image with my referrer header set to a domain that's not avatarist.com, I get bounced with a HTTP 403. It looks like that site is configured to block hotlinking. Translation: That website doesn't want its images placed on other sites, and is blocking requests for images embedded as such. Solution: Download the image, upload it to Photobucket or another image hosting site, and link to it there. :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondZ Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Okay I'll try but doesn't it lose the animation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wembly Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 No, it should still have it if you save it as a gif file or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondZ Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 This is what it say "We could not determine the avatar you were trying to update with" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wembly Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I put it in my photobucket, use this address or copy it to your own and it should work. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/devilkatie/TDN/Do-not-fall-down-stairs.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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