Hey -
I am trying to figure out how to get a picture to show up under my name. I went into "profile" but what I thought would work did not. Any suggestions?
Bridget
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Yes you do rock
Thought I'd post the moose one for now. Later maybe something less alaskana
It is all possible with Gods help.
Colostomy since 3/21/06
Colostomy since 3/21/06
- Juuust_Jim
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A friend of mine made a Thumbnail pic for me that i was gonna use here but it was slightly to big, so i had her reduce it since i dont have photoshop or any other program for that stuff. well when i got it in a size within the limits it was not in a Jpeg file, so I uploaded to my Photobucket and that changed it to a JPeg, but when I tried to upload it I got a message saying "Couldn't connect to the URL link?"
- Bob Webtech
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Hi Juuust_Jim,
Sorry about this delayed response. But I've realized now that although the "Upload Avatar from your machine" method works fine, the "Upload Avatar from a URL" method doesn't work on our system (it always produces the error message "A connection could not be made to the URL you gave").
The explanation is that, as a security measure, many web hosting providers, including ours, block scripts from connecting directly to external websites. Because of this restriction, every attempt to upload an image directly from an external website to our site will fail. As you probably discovered (as it's been over a month since your posting above), you can easily work around the problem by downloading the image from the external site to your computer and then using the "Upload Avatar from your machine" method.
To prevent other users from getting similarly confused by this problem, I have now removed the "Upload Avatar from a URL" option from the Profile screen.
Sorry about this delayed response. But I've realized now that although the "Upload Avatar from your machine" method works fine, the "Upload Avatar from a URL" method doesn't work on our system (it always produces the error message "A connection could not be made to the URL you gave").
The explanation is that, as a security measure, many web hosting providers, including ours, block scripts from connecting directly to external websites. Because of this restriction, every attempt to upload an image directly from an external website to our site will fail. As you probably discovered (as it's been over a month since your posting above), you can easily work around the problem by downloading the image from the external site to your computer and then using the "Upload Avatar from your machine" method.
To prevent other users from getting similarly confused by this problem, I have now removed the "Upload Avatar from a URL" option from the Profile screen.
Bob Baumel, UOAA discussion board administrator