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Posted by misterDog • 5/10/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

I guess my brain does not work any more.

Trying to update my avatar, but not having much luck. Here are the steps I am going through:
1. delete existing avatar, by going into edit profile, scrolling to where the current avatar is, checking the box for delete, then click update button at bottom page. At that point, I get the silhouette avatar.
2. Using the blogcatalog edit profile form, click on 'browse', navigate to my new avatar on my PC's desktop, select it.
2a. Click upload on the edit profile form.
3. All I get is a black box where my ugly face should be.
4. Clear all the cache, try Internet Explorer instead of firefox... same result.

A copy of the picture I am uploading is at this link:
www.danallen.com/pics/dog_50x.jpg .

Obviously, I am ignorant and doing something wrong. I am hoping some extra eyes and smarter brains will help me get past this hurdle.

Thank you in advance for any help or suggestions you can offer.

Best regards,
Dan

User Comments

5/10/08

misterDog

maybe the world is trying to tell me something... :-(

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5/10/08

crpitt

Using the correct sized avatar didnt work for me last time I updated so I uploaded a slightly bigger image and that worked.

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5/10/08

misterDog

crpitt, I was so excited reading your post, because it made sense that the problem might be noticed only when avatars are not being resized (cuz bug in software work like that lol). Unfortunately, I made my avatar 51x57, changed the name, reloaded, and same black square result.

Oh well.. maybe it will work if I wait awhile?

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5/10/08

machinehuman

this black matter avatar is also cool Like crpitt I also updated a bigger image. Hope it helps.

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5/10/08

thegoodknife

The image you are trying to upload is NOT a jpg. it is a PNG that has just been renamed as a jpg. Try opening the image in a image editor and saving it out as valid JPG. you should get some results then.

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1. 5/10/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Your kung-Fu is the greatest.
  (X-files reference)
2. 5/10/08
  
  Anok
  
  How do you know these things? You are techno-guru!
3. 5/10/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Anok, you mean thegoodknife. Have you seen his profile???
4. 5/10/08
  
  Anok
  
  Yeah, but still.
  
  He's smart AND cute.
  
  How does this happen?
5. 5/10/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Sum guys have all the luck
6. 5/10/08
  
  Anok
  
  Great, now that song is stuck in my head
7. 5/13/08
  
  misterDog
  
  OK goodknife! How did you know it was png?!?! :-)
  
  Good call. But seriously, how did you know?
  
  Funny story... when I first made the picture, I set the file extension to .jpg, but did not change the file type. I thought putting the extension would automatically change the file type, but obviously, I was wrong.
  
  How did you figure it out? I am most impressed.
  
  p.s. Size had nothing to do with it, it was all about how the bytes were ordered (file type).
8. 5/13/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  pretty easy, if you open an image in firefox it tells you the file format in the title bar.
9. 5/13/08
  
  misterDog
  
  well dang it does!
  
  Very observant of you! My compliments.. .**bowing with both hands extended over head **
5/10/08

offendedblogger

I like the black box, it makes you all mysterious looking n' stuff.

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5/10/08

Anok

But, um, yeah I thought it was on purpose and stuff. Kinda neat. Disturbing, but neat

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1. 5/10/08
  
  ekim941
  
  I just thought the flash didn't go off.
2. 5/10/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  If you stare at it long enough, weird things appear and disappear!!
  
  OK, maybe it's the Nyquil messing with my brain, but it's still cool.
3. 5/10/08
  
  Anok
  
  Chelle, if you even it out with dayQuil....
  
  No! Don't do it! (What am I doing, telling a nyQuiled out woman to use uppers and downers?) Yeesh!
4. 5/10/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Chelle, did you have coffee with Anok?
  
  Heheh
5. 5/10/08
  
  barryfromtexas
  
  Yeah you pushing now, Anok?
  
  BTW the black box is kinda cool
6. 5/10/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Hehehe.
  
  NyQuil is actually code for um, well, ya know...
  
  "Medicine".
  
  Ohhh yeeeeeah.
7. 5/10/08
  
  Anok
  
  I've got Robitussin too, if you need it.
  
  And for really special customers, I've got the antibiotics....shhhh
8. 5/10/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  I am putting the saddle on the horse now, I'll be there in oh, about 15 minutes.
9. 5/10/08
  
  barryfromtexas
  
  Ah I gotcha on the "medicine" or not .