Animated Avatar problem

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:10 am

I just got an animated avatar. So i copy the address into the avatar spot in my profile. And click submit. But nothing happens! I wait and wait and wait. Then i click it again, and it doesn't even start to load!

help?

IantheGecko · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:11 am

It's probably just the forum being slow, I think.

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:12 am

IantheGecko wrote:

It's probably just the forum being slow, I think.

I mean, i leave it for hours and nothing happens.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:33 am

Your avatar was probably too big, animating avatars are usually huge.

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:36 am

...I'm clueless.....how many bytes are in a KB?

Inverse Tiger · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:39 am

1024, so avatars have to be less than 10240.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:40 am

A kilobyte contains 1204 bytes. Odd, considering a "kilo" usually means 1000.

You know you can just right click -> properties, and see the KB in the image, right? No need to find out how many bytes are in it and try to convert it to KB.

EDIT: Bah, Inverse.

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:45 am

mine says 2744 bytes.

...?

Vitruvian Dude · **Joined:** Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:06 pm **Posts:** 216

Try uploading from your computer instead of uploading from offsite. Otherwise, I got nothing.

furrykef · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:48 am

Acekirby wrote:

A kilobyte contains 1204 bytes. Odd, considering a "kilo" usually means 1000.

Close. It's 1024, not 1204. The reason it's 1024 is because it's a power of two: 2^10 = 1024. Computers like to work with powers of two because they work in binary, just as we like to work with powers of ten because we think in decimal.

- Kef

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:54 am

furrykef wrote:

Acekirby wrote:

A kilobyte contains 1204 bytes. Odd, considering a "kilo" usually means 1000.

Close. It's 1024, not 1204. The reason it's 1024 is because it's a power of two: 2^10 = 1024. Computers like to work with powers of two because they work in binary, just as we like to work with powers of ten because we think in decimal. [/math]

- Kef

.....huh?

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:54 am

furrykef wrote:

Acekirby wrote:

A kilobyte contains 1204 bytes. Odd, considering a "kilo" usually means 1000.

Close. It's 1024, not 1204. The reason it's 1024 is because it's a power of two: 2^10 = 1024.

etc etc

Whoops that's what I meant. Typos can get you.

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:59 am

So....any ideas?

furrykef · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:07 am

What's the URL of the animation?

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:08 am

furrykef wrote:

What's the URL of the animation?

http://www.avatarist.com/avatars/Games/ ... rn-out.gif
dont click

furrykef · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:09 am

Don't click? Why not? Not much point in posting it if I can't click it.

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:10 am

furrykef wrote:

Don't click? Why not? Not much point in posting it if I can't click it.

It's only cause the link is broken and the site doesn't allow direct links

Inverse Tiger · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:12 am

Maybe they don't allow hotlinking, so it's not working for that reason. Download it to your computer (right click, Save Image As) and then do the "Upload from your machine" option in the profile.

furrykef · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:13 am

Oh, it's a 403. Well, that's why it won't work. if it won't work if I click on it, then it won't work if you put in the forum software, either.

You can do one of two things: upload it somewhere else where it works, then link to it from there, or just upload it to the forum. I recommend the latter option: it should be quick and easy.

- Kef

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:14 am

Inverse Tiger wrote:

Maybe they don't allow hotlinking, so it's not working for that reason. Download it to your computer (right click, Save Image As) and then do the "Upload from your machine" option in the profile.

1. I do that and it just keeps my old one up
2.It's the same for all animated stuff

Inverse Tiger · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:20 am

Weird, worked for me (as you can see...)
EDIT: changed my avatar back

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:32 am

Hmm... I just tried it again and still nothing.....hmmm....

EDIT: i tried uploading it to image shack and that doesn't work either..

IantheGecko · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:39 pm

Photobucket is much better for picture storage. They even generate [img] tags if you wanna post a pic on a forum.

Make sure you use the Direct Link, not the Quick Link for Email/IM.

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:44 pm

Shadowfox wrote:

EDIT: i tried uploading it to image shack and that doesn't work either..

What are you saying didn't work? You couldn't upload it to ImageShack, or you successfully uploaded it to ImageShack but now you can't upload it to the forum?

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:37 pm

ed 'lim' smilde wrote:

Shadowfox wrote:

EDIT: i tried uploading it to image shack and that doesn't work either..

What are you saying didn't work? You couldn't upload it to ImageShack, or you successfully uploaded it to ImageShack but now you can't upload it to the forum?

I can't load anything to image shack. Exept images (lol) but when I try anything animated, It wont upload it.

Casimir III the Great · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:52 pm

Shadowfox wrote:

ed 'lim' smilde wrote:

Shadowfox wrote:

EDIT: i tried uploading it to image shack and that doesn't work either..

What are you saying didn't work? You couldn't upload it to ImageShack, or you successfully uploaded it to ImageShack but now you can't upload it to the forum?

I can't load anything to image shack. Exept images (lol) but when I try anything animated, It wont upload it.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9049/tailswornoutlr6.gif

^^Imageshack link. Try putting that in the link to offsite avatar.

Just out of curiosity, what browser are you using?

this-guy · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:52 pm

[s]

Works fine for me...

(Ugh, I just downloaded a furry)[/s]

The Joe beat me to it...

Shadowfox · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:01 pm

Casimir III the Great wrote:

Shadowfox wrote:

ed 'lim' smilde wrote:

Shadowfox wrote:

EDIT: i tried uploading it to image shack and that doesn't work either..

What are you saying didn't work? You couldn't upload it to ImageShack, or you successfully uploaded it to ImageShack but now you can't upload it to the forum?

I can't load anything to image shack. Exept images (lol) but when I try anything animated, It wont upload it.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9049/tailswornoutlr6.gif

^^Imageshack link. Try putting that in the link to offsite avatar.

Just out of curiosity, what browser are you using?

IE7
And, it's working now!
Also, if I take any animated address and put it in the off site box. Will it work?

furrykef · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:05 pm

An animated GIF is rarely ever seen differently from an ordinary GIF by software... to me, and to most programs and web stuff, a GIF is a GIF is a GIF. In other words, it shouldn't make a difference whether it's animated or not... your problems with the GIF probably didn't stem from the fact that it's animated.

- Kef

Vitruvian Dude · **Joined:** Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:06 pm **Posts:** 216

Shadowfox wrote:

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