Avatars

[whiskeryron]

Why is my Avatar different to the one on my profile ?

[smurfchops]

Don't know but you look very suave and sophisticated lol .... try pressing CTRL F5 when in your User Profile page ..

[factor-fiction]

Probably because you haven't cleared your cache and logged out and back in. I can see a grey/white haired chap with glasses and ablue check shirt. What can you see whiskeyron?

[ChuckFickens]

your browser does what is called caching. this means it stores a local copy of things like pictures you see on the internet so if you go to another page a few minutes later with the same picture on it then the browser can use the copy stored on your computer rather than downloading it from the internet again. This speeds up your overall internet usage.

this can have the side effect that when some pictures are changed (such as your avatar) it doesn't always update what you see because your browser shows the old, cached, version of the picture.

Now you have to realise that the picture you see in your profile is a larger version of your avatar than you see in normal threads, therefore it is actually a different picture (despite it showing the same thing). so what is basically happening is you have your old avatar stored in the cache for one size/version of it and the new one for the other size/version.

Most browsers have the option of holding down CTRL and pressing F5 to clear the cache, and doing this will make sure you are seeing the latest version of your avatar on any page you are viewing.

[whiskeryron]

That's the one you should see factor 30, must try clearing it.
Thanks smurfy.

[whiskeryron]

Thanks Chuck, I've cracked it now.

[buildersmate]

What big ears you've got, Ron.
All the better ....................... etc

[Jemisa]

I see a Koala and a Koala on your profile too. What should we see?

Jem

[factor-fiction]

Yes I saw a grey haired bloke in a blue check shirt yesterday evening and then changed to a grey faced koala with big ears at around 8pm last night. I'm a bit puzzled because Ron said I should be seeing the bloke in the check shirt.

[whiskeryron]

Sorry guys, with your help I managed to work it out, didn't like the pic 'grey haired bloke',
reverted back to Kaola.( silly old sod).