avatar - invalid url

[Kent C]

A few people have mentioned this lately - with the new veteran threads and changing avatars but when I tried an image that met the parameters - 200x200pxl and 19.5kb whichever is less... from a site on the web, I (we) get "invalid url". The workaround is to put it on your harddrive and upload it but wondering if that is a bug or if anyone has been able to get the - from the web style to work?

 

[tiburonfirst]

thanks, kent - sure would be good to find an explanation or, better yet, a solution

angus, alex ?????

 

[AngusATAT]

It really depends on the site you're trying to link from. Some don't allow other sites (like this one) to link to their images. It's considered stealing bandwidth.

It's best just to upload from your computer, or from your account on a site such as Photobucket.

 

[Kent C]

It really depends on the site you're trying to link from. Some don't allow other sites (like this one) to link to their images. It's considered stealing bandwidth.

It's best just to upload from your computer, or from your account on a site such as Photobucket.

Understood. Thanks Angus.

 

[Kent C]

OT but I've tried various methods to resize images within the

 

[tiburonfirst]

It really depends on the site you're trying to link from. Some don't allow other sites (like this one) to link to their images. It's considered stealing bandwidth.

It's best just to upload from your computer, or from your account on a site such as Photobucket.

but this is where i'm getting the invalid url notice! not when i'm inserting the image in the body of a post - only when i want to use it as an avatar.

 

[mekakeisei]

I'm having that same problem.

 

[Alžběta Madragana]

I tried uploading a pic from my hard drive - said File Upload FAIL...
The pic was 59kb size and the right size paramater on pixels...
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm???
I'll keep working on it...
Computers can so much be like 'HAL' on "2001 - A Space Odyssey"...

 

[classwife]

After you upload your avi pic and hit save...you will see it on the screen. If you hit save a second time it will say upload failed.....because you have already uploaded it !