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Immortal-D

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Forum avatars not accepting gifs?
« on: February 08, 2020, 08:52:58 pm »
Wasn't sure where else to ask this.  I just noticed that the site hosting my beloved mascot has gone down for good.  I uploaded the gif to imgur, but none of the links are being accepted by the forum (tried image page, direct view link, and copy/paste button).  Is anyone else able to use a .gif as their avatar?
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delphonso

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Re: Forum avatars not accepting gifs?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2020, 09:27:40 pm »
Might have needed to go to General Discussion, but it's fine.

Common problem for avatars is using https instead of http. You can just delete the 's' at the end and it should still work fine. Using the direct image link is required.
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Immortal-D

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Re: Forum avatars not accepting gifs?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2020, 09:39:44 pm »
Quote from: delphonso on February 08, 2020, 09:27:40 pm
Might have needed to go to General Discussion, but it's fine.

Common problem for avatars is using https instead of http. You can just delete the 's' at the end and it should still work fine. Using the direct image link is required.
I'm back baby 8)  I had no clue that you could delete the 's' and the link would still be valid.  I know the 's' is for secure, but still.
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