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RichPasco
RichPasco
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April 11, 2009
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Activating Custom Avatar

  • April 11, 2009
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Looking at my profile, I clicked on "Change Avatar" and uploaded my own photo.  Now I can see it on the selection menu (after all the cartoon characters) but I can't select it.  Above it it says "Pending."  Pending what?  How can I make it active?  It is the same picture but smaller (lower resolution) than my main profile picture.

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    pending review by a moderator. it usually takes from a couple hours to a day. it's a manual (human intervention) process... be patient.

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    RichPasco
    RichPascoAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    April 11, 2009

    As you can tell, my avatar's "pending" status was removed, and I could activate it.

    But I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't returned to the "change avatar" screen to check.

    Some kind of e-mail notification that it had been approved, or better yet, automatically activating it, would have been preferred.

         -Rich

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    Anonymous
    April 12, 2009
    As you can tell, my avatar's "pending" status was removed, and I could activate it.

    woo hoo! :)

    S_D_A_
    S_D_A_
    Inspiring
    April 23, 2009

    Sorry. I'm having trouble replying by email. This is the fourth post today that's gone blank. I raised a topic here and got your reply by email, responded to that and it arrived OK. But as you can see, it ain't all perfect yet.

    What that message said was

    It's not the avatar I'm having a problem with. Did that as I expect you can see.

    What I can't upload is a profile picture.

    k


    Are you using a supported format and meeting the size restrictions ?

    RichPasco
    RichPascoAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    April 11, 2009

    It would help if there was some explanation as to pending what? Like a footnote that says "pending moderator approval."

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    Anonymous
    April 11, 2009
    Like a footnote that says "pending moderator approval."

    agreed!

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    Anonymous
    Correct answer
    April 11, 2009

    pending review by a moderator. it usually takes from a couple hours to a day. it's a manual (human intervention) process... be patient.

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    Anonymous
    April 11, 2009

    i don't know why they don't review the profile pics as well as the avatars. i've already seen at least one example of a profile pic that's not safe for viewing at work...

    Kath-H
    Kath-H
    Inspiring
    April 11, 2009

    If anything, review those instead - if only because they show up much bigger, which might be awkward if you have supervisor-types looking over your shoulder. A teensy little avatar won't raise eyebrows so much, whatever it looks like. What's the worry, people are likely to use photos of their usually-hidden body parts or something? I really don't think so. Although we get some odd characters around here

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