ChatterBank1 min ago
Different Avatar on Profile to one on Answers etc?
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I notice that some ABer's have a different Avatar on their Profile pic to that on the answers they give.
Is this intentional,and if so how do you do it?
Elsie wants to know,as she wants to be my profile pic! LOL
Is this intentional,and if so how do you do it?
Elsie wants to know,as she wants to be my profile pic! LOL
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Hi Mr V
This is just a "feature" of the way Gravatar works. See
http://en.gravatar.com/site/faq/#answer-1-2
which says:
> I changed my gravatar, but I still see my old one on sites!
> We cache your gravatars for periods of time, which means that your new gravatar will
> take effect after the old one expires from the cache. The reason we do this is to be able
> to serve your (and indeed everybody’s) gravatar images much more quickly and reliably.
What's happening on the profile page, then, is that you're looking at two different sized images for the same member and one of those images may have been cached more recently than the other. So it's not something you do intentionally and, if left alone, both images will settle down to the same image (at different sizes) ...
This is just a "feature" of the way Gravatar works. See
http://en.gravatar.com/site/faq/#answer-1-2
which says:
> I changed my gravatar, but I still see my old one on sites!
> We cache your gravatars for periods of time, which means that your new gravatar will
> take effect after the old one expires from the cache. The reason we do this is to be able
> to serve your (and indeed everybody’s) gravatar images much more quickly and reliably.
What's happening on the profile page, then, is that you're looking at two different sized images for the same member and one of those images may have been cached more recently than the other. So it's not something you do intentionally and, if left alone, both images will settle down to the same image (at different sizes) ...
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