11-02-2003 16:03									#1
	AVATARS: internal system changed Get a bigger avatar today!

As part of our load reducing measures, we've changed our avatar system so that custom avatars are stored directly on the server and not in the database

On the user end this should not have any kind of difference in terms of using the custom avatar feature. The only difference will hopefully be in the page generation speed.

If you experience any problems, please report them here

	12-02-2003 03:42									#2
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Thanks Markos. One benefit is that my avatar now shows correctly when I'm on the forums from work. For unknown reasons I would always get the "broken image" symbol for it. Now it works just fine.

	12-02-2003 05:09									#3
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All seems fine so far.

	12-02-2003 17:22									#4
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If I don't have any problems, where should I then report to?

	12-02-2003 23:47									#5
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Does this mean our avatars will not disappear when it is busy?

	13-02-2003 03:30									#6
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They still disappear when it is busy (at least, they did for me yesterday just before I was posting in this thread).

	13-02-2003 14:19									#7
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Hey Skanky, your avatar looks messed up.

	13-02-2003 16:32									#8
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Looks normal to me.
What style are you using?

	13-02-2003 16:34									#9
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Looks fine to me.

	13-02-2003 20:39									#10
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If he uses Opera 7(as me), he might have problems getting the animation to work. I just see a slow motion of every animated page on Apolyton for some odd reason?

	13-02-2003 20:46									#11
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I use Opera 6.01.......there are sometimes problems with 'Poly and Opera (though this has not been true recently) but I have never had trouble with avatars.

	13-02-2003 23:25									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Nikolai If he uses Opera 7(as me), he might have problems getting the animation to work. I just see a slow motion of every animated page on Apolyton for some odd reason?

I've also found that Opera7 sometimes has problems displaying animated images.
Right clicking on the image and telling it to reload always fixes the problem, but it's still annoying.

	13-02-2003 23:31									#13
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I've reduced loading times by choosing not to view avatars.

	14-02-2003 00:50									#14
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hi ,

, well Mark , the avatars stay now , even when a lot of people are here

Mark you are just full of ideas to constantly improve things

have a nice day

	14-02-2003 14:20									#15
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spiffy, some day i'll get a custom avatar :P

	14-02-2003 14:29									#16
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Yeah, and one day I'll get that Deity title.

	14-02-2003 15:01									#17
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quote: Originally posted by panag , well Mark , the avatars stay now , even when a lot of people are here

yes, it seems to have worked

quote: Mark you are just full of ideas to constantly improve things

working on something new in the load-reduction front at this moment

	14-02-2003 18:04									#18
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG yes, it seems to have worked

Well done if it has.......I asked above about whether the avatars would stay now and I was lead to believe otherwise.

spoiler(highlight to read): It was Skanky's fault

	14-02-2003 18:22									#19
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the avatars may stay with more people cause the general load on the server has been reduced. the settings though to de-activate avatars on high load have stayed

	14-02-2003 18:28									#20
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Ah I see. I did notice yesterday the avatars were more resilient, but they still could go at peak times.

Sorry Skanky.

	14-02-2003 20:07									#21
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No No No!

Blame Skanky! Don't apologize!

all seems to working well Mark

	14-02-2003 20:17									#22
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hi ,

Markos ; what happend to the idea about those avatars based on people's hitpoints , .....

have a nice day

	15-02-2003 00:10									#23
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Ah I see. I did notice yesterday the avatars were more resilient, but they still could go at peak times. Sorry Skanky.

See, see! Falsely accused, I was!

	15-02-2003 10:03									#24
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Let's see......

Seems ok.

	15-02-2003 11:08									#25
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I blame Skanky for Spike's error of judgement (you just can't win )

	15-02-2003 17:38									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Frozzy I blame Skanky for Spike's error of judgement (you just can't win )

Yeah well he was pretty unclear.

* DrSpike is happy to shift fault on to a natural scapegoat.

	16-02-2003 11:25									#27
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In the FAQ it says that custom avatars are allowed after 500 posts yet i've seen people with less than that get one. Why is it???

	16-02-2003 11:27									#28
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When avatars were originally introduced, the rule was 500 posts or 1 year of being here. People who were here 1 year but didn't have many posts could get a custom avatar. When the rule was changed, they kept their custom avatar but couldn't switch to a different custom one.

	16-02-2003 14:10									#29
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Also, some people got to 500 posts and changed to a custom avatar. They then did something naughty enough to warrent a PCR (post count reduction) and hence had less than 500 posts whilst still retaining their custom avatar.

	16-02-2003 17:09									#30
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Both those reasons sound right, but I haven't seen anyone with a custom avatar and less than 500 posts anyway.