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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! :)

    Phillip M Jones
    Phillip M Jones
    Inspiring
    April 27, 2009

    I just tried uploading a profile pic again and found it was already there. So it looks as if one or all of my previous attempts had formed a queue and the log jam is now broken.

    k


    Ken Grace wrote:

    I just tried uploading a profile pic again and found it was already there. So it looks as if one or all of my previous attempts had formed a queue and the log jam is now broken.

    k

    Great Pic!!!

    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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