Can not add avatar...

[Hugh Jass]

When I go to my profile page and try to upload an avatar it just cycles three little squares in the upper right corner and never actually uploads/adds the image I'm trying to use.

The image is 400x400 but I have also tried a 200x200 one and it doesn't work either.

 

[Jaskalas]

Can confirm, this is still broken.

Left it idle for a couple minutes. Upload permissions / script and server limits need to be checked.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Ditto. Not working for me either.

 

[Crono]

Posted this elsewhere as well, but current size limit for avatars appears to be 7 KB.

 

[RaistlinZ]

7KB is ridiculous. This is the only avatar I can upload then. They need to increase the 7KB limit.

 

[Rubycon]

7KB limit makes me look like I'm looking at the world from behind a fence that's too tall!

 

[Ken g6]

I seem to have lost permission to upload an avatar. 🙁

But let me post a (Linux) Bash script that might help others compress their avatars: http://pastebin.com/dc9nG3vQ

Requires at least ImageMagick and JPEGrescan.

 

[Titillating]

There is not a 7KB limit. In fact, it's currently set to be unlimited. There may well be issues with avatar uploads, but it is most likely a technical error rather than any limit that was set. The matter will be looked into on Monday.

 

[Jaskalas]

I can confirm it is a size limit for uploading avatars.

Cannot be uploaded:
6.95 KB or larger.

Successfully uploaded.
6.86 KB or smaller.

To be perfectly happy fitting in a nice .png graphic at 200x200, I'll need about 50 KB.

 

[edro]

Yuck. There is a thin blue line on the perimeter of the circle avatar, even when uploading a white avatar.

 

[MongGrel]

7KB limit makes me look like I'm looking at the world from behind a fence that's too tall!

J/K

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