Want to see avatars on the SDMB? Here's a script.

[Czarcasm]

@runner pat

I think it’s once an hour.

Looks like a mall cop.

Well, I’ve never been one of those.

[Czarcasm]

@Fenris

I can edit mine, and I’m a guest.

User CP->Edit Your Details (left hand side of the screen)->Scroll down to the Additional Information section…if you’ve got any pic link in those boxes, I think the script pulls it. Mine is in the “Additional details about yourself” field so I know it pulls from that one.

That’s interesting. Does that mean that a guest could put put something in that line and have it show up as an avatar via the script?

[hajario]

@Fenris

I can edit mine, and I’m a guest.

User CP->Edit Your Details (left hand side of the screen)->Scroll down to the Additional Information section…if you’ve got any pic link in those boxes, I think the script pulls it. Mine is in the “Additional details about yourself” field so I know it pulls from that one.

There are two different ways that the script gets a picture.

1. From a URL to a photo sharing site (or really a picture anywhere on the net) that is in your user profile.

2. From an actual picture that you uploaded to your profile which is a feature only available to paid members.

It sounds like Inner Stickler’s pic is from the second option. It may be a weird unintended consequence of our tiered membership and after market script that you can’t undo that avatar unless you pay again.

[hajario]

@Czarcasm

That’s interesting. Does that mean that a guest could put put something in that line and have it show up as an avatar via the script?

Yes.

[Inner_Stickler]

@Fenris

I can edit mine, and I’m a guest.

User CP->Edit Your Details (left hand side of the screen)->Scroll down to the Additional Information section…if you’ve got any pic link in those boxes, I think the script pulls it. Mine is in the “Additional details about yourself” field so I know it pulls from that one.

I don’t have that line. This is what my Additional Information section looks like. No pic links to be seen.

[hajario]

@Inner_Stickler

I don’t have that line. This is what my Additional Information section looks like. No pic links to be seen.

The only way to get to it is: User CP->Edit Your Profile Picture.

Can you see that? I am guessing that that option is only available to paid members even if you just want to delete what is there.

Your best bet, if you want it removed, is to PM an Admin who should be able to edit it out.

[Inner_Stickler]

@hajario

The only way to get to it is: User CP->Edit Your Profile Picture.

Can you see that? I am guessing that that option is only available to paid members even if you just want to delete what is there.

Your best bet, if you want it removed, is to PM an Admin who should be able to edit it out.

I suspected as much, I just wanted to make sure that Fenris and I were on the same page since it appears we should have the same display.
edit: I’m not upset or anything. As far as I’m concerned the picture can stay or go. But, I figure there might be people who are in a similar situation who would appreciate a heads up as well as any members who are thinking of becoming guests who might want to remove their profile pic beforehand.

[Fenris]

@Inner_Stickler

I don’t have that line. This is what my Additional Information section looks like. No pic links to be seen.

That’s what mine looks like too, but you can put a pic link under the “Additional Information” line (where you put the line about “Greatness and avoiding pasta”). Clearly you didn’t.

Y’know what would be interesting–see which one the script pulls second: in other words, if you take out the pasta line and put a link to (say) that pic link above, which one would take precedence?

[Inner_Stickler]

Ok, I swapped it for a link to a pic of me with a beard so if it changes we’ll know which field takes precedence.

[Czarcasm]

@Inner_Stickler

Ok, I swapped it for a link to a pic of me with a beard so if it changes we’ll know which field takes precedence.

Well, it’s been an hour or so-has his avatar changed? Has mine changed?

[CarnalK]

Yes, his lovely beard is showing and you are currently Blart.

[Czarcasm]

Thank you.

[VinylTurnip]

@Crazyhorse

Very cool. That covers pretty much every platform except IE and the Commodore-64.

Hmph. Oh well.

SYS 64738

[cmyk]

@vinyl turnip

hmph. oh well.

sys 64738

****** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****
64K RAM SYSTEM37821 BASIC BYTES FREE

READY.

0 GOTO HTTP://WWW.BOARDS.STRAIGHTDOPE.COM.SDMB
1 RUN SDMBAVATARS.USER.JS
2 END

RUN

?SYNTAX ERROR
READY.
▇**

Ahh, fond memories.

[Crazyhorse]

@Inner_Stickler

Ok, I swapped it for a link to a pic of me with a beard so if it changes we’ll know which field takes precedence.

If you right click your displayed avatar and choose “view image” it is in fact coming from the SDMB and stored, somewhere, in your profile

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/image.php?u=53900&dateline=0&type=profile

It looks like if you have been a member at one time and uploaded an avatar, then let your membership lapse, the image remains buried in your profile but the controls to edit it or replace it are taken away. I will have to look into this and make sure I understand what is happening before making any changes to the script but if this is a problem it can be prevented within the script if necessary.

I see the new URL that you put in your bio, but it doesn’t have "SDMB Avatar: " in front of it, so it won’t get picked up by the user script. It normally takes up to 1 hour for any changes to avatars to be picked up.

Czarcasm, I don’t see any avatar for you at all but you are also still a charter member and have full ability to edit your profile avatar so maybe that is why the change worked and Stickler’s didn’t.

[Crazyhorse]

@Crazyhorse

I see the new URL that you put in your bio, but it doesn’t have "SDMB Avatar: " in front of it, so it won’t get picked up by the user script. It normally takes up to 1 hour for any changes to avatars to be picked up.

Also the link goes to a display page but not the image itself - try

SDMB Avatar: Imgur: The magic of the Internet

[Irishman]

@Crazyhorse

It looks like if you have been a member at one time and uploaded an avatar, then let your membership lapse, the image remains buried in your profile but the controls to edit it or replace it are taken away. I will have to look into this and make sure I understand what is happening before making any changes to the script but if this is a problem it can be prevented within the script if necessary.

I doubt it should be necessary to make changes. This seems a sufficiently rare issue that it is negligible. I can’t imagine the board mods not honoring a poster’s request to delete the image file from their profile because they are no longer a paid member and thus cannot access the tool themselves.

[Full_Tilt_Boogie]

@Irishman

It’s a feature from the history of the board servers being slow. Sigs are off by default in the control panel, but you can turn them on.

Go to
User CP > Edit Options
Then scroll down to Thread Display Options. There’s a tickbox to Show Signatures.

Being able to post a sig, that’s a different story.

That story being…?

I enabled “show signatures” when I joined the board - the fact as to why I still can’t see mine or anyone else’s I guess shall have to remain a blessed mystery.

[Giraffe]

@Full_Tilt_Boogie

That story being…?

I enabled “show signatures” when I joined the board - the fact as to why I still can’t see mine or anyone else’s I guess shall have to remain a blessed mystery.

Most people don’t show their signatures very often. To display a signature, you have to check the “Show your signature” box when posting. I’ll post mine, can you see it?

[Full_Tilt_Boogie]

@Giraffe

Most people don’t show their signatures very often. To display a signature, you have to check the “Show your signature” box when posting.** I’ll post mine, can you see it?**

Nope.