Avatar showi ng or not showing in the Activity Stream List

[newfreedom]

Hi

Can anyone explain in 'easy to understand' instructions how i can make my avatar appear in the activity stream ? Thankyou.

Presently i show-up in the activity stream list with an empty /blank space where my avatar 'SHOULD' or could be.

I haven't the capacity at the moment to browse all the settings to try & 'work this out for myself'

Many Thanks in advance to Responses for this xxxx

[CFTraveler]

I don't know if there is a way. I think it has to do with how the template works. But we'll look into it, those that are more technically savvy than some others (like me.)

[newfreedom]

Ok, Thanks CFT. for your answer, it's a suprising answer, since i assumed it was something 'i needed to fix using the settings in some way'... so the fact that there may be 'nothing to do'is 'very interesting'

Thankyou for the Explanation, it's been something that's been 'bugging' me in the background for quite some time, so it's good to final 'put the issue to bed' :thumbsup:xx

[ButterflyWoman]

I've never actually paid attention to that. I don't use the Activity Stream quite that way. I did have a look, though, and I don't even have a guess as to what it might be. It seems pretty random as to which avatars show and which don't. Very strange!

It's probably some setting in the back end, but I have absolutely no clue where or what that would be. I'll have to think on it, and make have a look and see what I can find. The board software is... quirky. ;)

[IA56]

As I undertand there is profile picture to put into your site, and there is Avatar Picture to put in and this is showing in your threads when where you write on the site own threads or answere others.
There is on the left side on your site to click on Edit...to make this changes.....Both on your profile and your Avatar.

Love
ia

[CFTraveler]

As I undertand there is profile picture to put into your site, and there is Avatar Picture to put in and this is showing in your threads when where you write on the site own threads or answere others.
There is on the left side on your site to click on Edit...to make this changes.....Both on your profile and your Avatar.

Love
ia
You know more than we do, lol.

[IA56]

You know more than we do, lol.

:jester:

Love
ia

[Astral Projection]

I still haven't worked out how to set an avatar, lol

[DarkChylde]

I was wondering does my avatar show when you see the what's new list of threads? Or nothing is there.
A reply would be greatly appreciated. ty.

[DarkChylde]

I just realized how my request comes off as ; vain - seems as if I'm asking to check if my stamp is visible or not everywhere
but the reason I'm asking is because I can see more of the personally made avatars then the ones in option.I thought that might help in figuring things about the glitch.
The other thing is that I don't read names by contributors to a thread and see their Avatar/DP only- so that way I can instantly go right to the thread I'd like to read.

So if you see mine , please do tell .

[newfreedom]

I was wondering does my avatar show when you see the what's new list of threads? Or nothing is there.
A reply would be greatly appreciated. ty.

It doesn't show, nothing is there (least not for me) can you see it yourself in the 'What's New' list ?

What's interesting is that when we moved from the old forum to the new forum, my then avatar did show up in the 'what's new' list, it only stopped showing when i first decided to change my avatar here on the new forum.

[DarkChylde]

It doesn't show, nothing is there (least not for me) can you see it yourself in the 'What's New' list ?

What's interesting is that when we moved from the old forum to the new forum, my then avatar did show up in the 'what's new' list, it only

stopped showing when i first decided to change my avatar here on the new forum.




then the settings are definitely wonky , because I can't see mine on the what's new list too , but interestingly I can see yours.

Most Odd.

[newfreedom]

then the settings are definitely wonky , because I can't see mine on the what's new list too , but interestingly I can see yours.

Most Odd.

I never even gave it a thought when i started this thread that 'others' might be able to see my avatar in the 'What's New' list when i could not see it myself ! - i just assumed it didn't show :wacky1:

[Timothy]

I assumed only Admin and new member avatars were seeable in what's new.

[newfreedom]

I assumed only Admin and new member avatars were seeable in what's new.

Hi Tim,

i have just scrolled through the 'What's New' activity stream as far as i could & i can see approx. 11 different avatars, all (bar 1, i think) have had the same avatar for year(s) as i recall.

Are you able to see the new members avatars then ? ...because my 'What's new' activity stream does definately not show them.

What is shown would appear to be different for each person then :mrgreen:

[DarkChylde]

yes I agree , we are all getting different settings for the avatars , really very strange.

[DarkChylde]

in the threads (like this one) do you guys see an avatar for everyone or only for some and none for others?

[IA56]

in the threads (like this one) do you guys see an avatar for everyone or only for some and none for others?

Hi DC,
I see CFT´s, LeonC´s, BW´s, Robert Bruce´s, Susan´s and my own avatar .

Love
ia

[newfreedom]

Hi DC,
I see CFT´s, LeonC´s, BW´s, Robert Bruce´s, Susan´s and my own avatar .

Love
ia

When i checked through the 'What's new' activity thread yesterday as far as i was able to, i too could see those same avatars, plus a couple more

[newfreedom]

in the threads (like this one) do you guys see an avatar for everyone or only for some and none for others?

In threads (like this one) i am able to see everyones' avatar, that has one. Some people don't have an avatar & so their name appears by itself without a picture.

The members who donot have avatars show up in my 'What's new' activity stream as having this instead of a picture:

http://www.astraldynamics.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=1167&stc=1

Others have a picture, others whose pictures don't show, have just a white space :-)

[DarkChylde]

what's going on? I see whats new like this :http://www.astraldynamics.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168&stc=1

[DarkChylde]

I find it very suspicious that susan the moderator has her avatar showing where as (both NF's and mine's) are missing
I think this is a covert mission to distract us from what's going on (clearly her feigned innocence is to blame)
If you are in her good books you get your avatar to show other wise not.
Clearly everyone can vouch for this right? a mission to get her more followers to her particular brand of cult (Satanic) I suspect :shock:

[Timothy]

In a thread I always see everyone's unique avatar, plus new members. Could this be a problem then...with our device's ... I'm using an android cell phone.

[newfreedom]

what's going on? I see whats new like this :http://www.astraldynamics.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168&stc=1

Yeah, that's how i see it too, some avatars are shown, some are not, some show the symbol i added earlier, that means they have no avatar. I thought it was something that i had to adjust within the settings here on the forum, when i first asked about this, but CFT & BW said it wasn't, so since there was nothing for me to do, then that was fine :-)

[newfreedom]

In a thread I always see everyone's unique avatar, plus new members. Could this be a problem then...with our device's ... I'm using an android cell phone.

Tim, i don't know, but CFT & BW did give there thoughts on it, at the beginning of the thread, how the forum template works, or some settings in the backend, perhaps.

It was going to be looked into, to see if it could be fixed, nothing has changed (for me at least) so i guess it was un-fixable.

i like colours & pictures, so it would be nice to see all the different avatars next to each other in the activity stream, but that's all that it means to me.

P.S. yes, i always see everyones' avatar in the different threads too, it was only in the 'What's new' activity stream, where i was getting some avatars showing & some not showing.

[DarkChylde]

yes it's a glitch in the system , maybe the moderators can put in a request to have it fixed?

[susan]

I love your post DC. I hope and think it's a joke.
My computer skills are bare minimum. If any one of you has noticed when I try to copy as a quote I can never get the blue bubble. Only once I managed this but failed to remember how I did this. Everyone else here on the forum can manage.
A glitch in the system seems to be the issue.
I've just come in , haven't checked rest of forum but if BW or CFT haven't commented I'll put a note in the admin section. :)

[CFTraveler]

I wonder if it has something to do with the type it is? Jpeg and pngs are the usual stuff I see....could it be something else? I'm afraid I'm as hopeless as Susan when it comes to some of these things.

[CFTraveler]

Apparently it seems to be a thing in vbulletin. I don't know if this is at all helpful, but I found this:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-4/vbulletin-4-questions-problems-and-troubleshooting/411878-avatar-not-showing-in-activity-stream

[newfreedom]

I wonder if it has something to do with the type it is? Jpeg and pngs are the usual stuff I see....could it be something else? I'm afraid I'm as hopeless as Susan when it comes to some of these things.

Ah, ok....... if we use a custom avatar it does show in the 'What's new' activity stream, would that mean it is the Jpeg & pngs then ?

[DarkChylde]

I love your post DC. I hope and think it's a joke.
My computer skills are bare minimum. If any one of you has noticed when I try to copy as a quote I can never get the blue bubble. Only once I managed this but failed to remember how I did this. Everyone else here on the forum can manage.
A glitch in the system seems to be the issue.
I've just come in , haven't checked rest of forum but if BW or CFT haven't commented I'll put a note in the admin section. :)

Gotcha ta laugh! :D , see , well call this "connecting" here , welcome to the family , my salutation was long overdue.

[DarkChylde]

custom made avatars do not show up on what's new.They upload fine and appear fine on the page where you changed them but that's it.

[DarkChylde]

In a thread I always see everyone's unique avatar, plus new members. Could this be a problem then...with our device's ... I'm using an android cell phone.

Yes it's definitely a machine thing too , they show up on my android but not on my laptop.

[newfreedom]

custom made avatars do not show up on what's new.They upload fine and appear fine on the page where you changed them but that's it.

Well i can see my custom made avatar & your custom made avatar now, in the 'What's New' ..... so it does seem to be the case for me that it now works,...... they do show :mrgreen:

i was going to choose the Zen avatar too :D ....... but then i spotted the Astral Dynamics one, which felt a slightly better 'fit'

Well for now, i have found my solution...... if i want to see my avatar in the 'What's new' activity stream..... then i have the option to choose a custom made avatar :thumbsup:

[newfreedom]

In a thread I always see everyone's unique avatar, plus new members. Could this be a problem then...with our device's ... I'm using an android cell phone.

I am using a computer, but my daughter's smartphone shows the forum just the same way as the computer does, so for us there appears no difference with devices :-)

[DarkChylde]

I am using a computer, but my daughter's smartphone shows the forum just the same way as the computer does, so for us there appears no difference with devices :-)

I rechecked several times too , and yes it's not a machine issue at all , the way it appears is all the same on machine and android exactly.

I can be sure of what I claim since , the admin/Cf would have seen it on her Lenovo-pad/tablet and spotted the difference.(that is if she also uses another thing like a laptop or a computer itself).


BTW : I changed my avatar from self-made to the ones opted for in here for , now it's showing entirely for me on both "whats new" to this "avatar not showing thread).I assume you all can see it in "what's new" , right?

[CFTraveler]

Yep, I can see it.