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Am I In The Avatar Twilight Zone?


ang1e0251

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ang1e0251 Contributor

I've changed it repeatedly with different pictures but no go. Help! I'm very tired of the 4th of July arrangement.


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jerseyangel Proficient

It looks like you were successful--I always need to refresh my screen (sometimes twice) when I change avatars in order for the new one to show up. :)

ang1e0251 Contributor

It does? I'm still seeing Fourth of July.

jerseyangel Proficient
It does? I'm still seeing Fourth of July.

I see a brass container of flowers. Did you refresh?

curlyfries Contributor
Did you refresh?

If you're as computer challenged as I am was :ph34r: , that means push the F5 button on your keyboard. :rolleyes:

ang1e0251 Contributor

I am computer challenged but I rebooted this morning and I just went in and refreshed twice. I'm still seeing patriotic flowers. Are you seeing that or the watering can arrangement?

I'm SO confused....

psawyer Proficient

I see a metallic watering can full of flowers with the spout facing left.


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ang1e0251 Contributor

That's what it should be! How come I'm still seeing red, white and blue except on the My Controls page? I've always had it change for me before.

ang1e0251 Contributor

Wow, nobody knows why I can only see my old avatar but you all see my new one?

jerseyangel Proficient
Wow, nobody knows why I can only see my old avatar but you all see my new one?

Gosh, you still can't see it? I'm at a loss, I admit I'm not the most computer-savvy person. I thought for sure you'd be able to see it by now.

I hope someone can shed some light on this for you :)

ang1e0251 Contributor

Like I said, Twilight Zone!!

psawyer Proficient

This is strange. Refreshing the page should cause the browser to refetch the images, even if it has one in the cache that appears to be current. You might try this: clear the cache completely, exit your browser completely (all windows), and start a new browser session. This will absolutely force a new fetch from the source on this board:

https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/uploads/av-24958.webp

ang1e0251 Contributor

Yea............it worked!! Thank you, Peter!

I did it the way you described but when I came back to the forum it was still the old one! But I refreshed and finally.......suscess!!

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