Avatars re-enabled

[jeffersonairplane]

so animated gifs are allowed ?

[Vod]

so animated gifs are allowed ?

We should probably wait until the April Fools' joke is over before we ask such serious questions. 

[NeuroticFish]

It is now once again possible to upload an avatar to the forum.

Wonderful news, many thanks!
I had to try it out, I thought it may be just an April 1st joke.

[Lauda]

We should probably wait until the April Fools' joke is over before we ask such serious questions. 

I guess most people do not realize what the joke is about. 
It took me a while to figure it without reading all pages of the thread, hilarious indeed.

[koshgel]

Testing avatar..

[amiryaqot]

thanks theymos, that is great to have avatar for my account

[MadZ]

Can we have animated gifs?

No.

I think yes!

yes you can have a gif avatar if you say i can make an gif avatar for you

I edited my earlier post, check it please

Only I'm seeing the gif avatar

The one in your profile is actually animated, but not the Spongebob one everyone else can see isn't 

I tried uploading one earlier and it didn't allow me, it was below the file size limit as well. Anyone else get a message saying animated gifs are not allowed?

[sgk]

It is now once again possible to upload an avatar to the forum.

Wonderful news, many thanks!
I had to try it out, I thought it may be just an April 1st joke.

I also thought it as an April Fool's joke at first, but then I tried it out and it worked perfectly. This is the first time ever I am able to set an avatar 

Too bad we can't have animated avatars, but hopefully we'll be able to do it in new forum.

[ndnh]

Wow! I saw devthedev's avatar when I logged in and checked PM and  

Then checked it out. Put one on me. 100kB and 120px*80px... and finally It worked!!
Then came here to see this thread.

[redsn0w]

Finally I've added my avatar  , thanks again.

[cakir]

Can we have animated gifs?

No.

I think yes!

yes you can have a gif avatar if you say i can make an gif avatar for you

I edited my earlier post, check it please

Only I'm seeing the gif avatar

The one in your profile is actually animated, but not the Spongebob one everyone else can see isn't 

I tried uploading one earlier and it didn't allow me, it was below the file size limit as well. Anyone else get a message saying animated gifs are not allowed?

You need to trick the SMF to upload gif
As you can see I've uploaded it successfully https://vid.me/YwJs

[Havelivi]

Can we have animated gifs?

No.

I think yes!

yes you can have a gif avatar if you say i can make an gif avatar for you

I edited my earlier post, check it please

Only I'm seeing the gif avatar

The one in your profile is actually animated, but not the Spongebob one everyone else can see isn't 

I tried uploading one earlier and it didn't allow me, it was below the file size limit as well. Anyone else get a message saying animated gifs are not allowed?

You need to trick the SMF to upload gif
As you can see I've uploaded it successfully https://vid.me/YwJs

you don't have gif avatar that is normal avatar same like other 2 members above posted from you,
but thanks to theymos to get an avatar for me.

[hilariousandco]

We should probably wait until the April Fools' joke is over before we ask such serious questions. 

I guess most people do not realize what the joke is about. 
It took me a while to figure it without reading all pages of the thread, hilarious indeed.

I think it's pretty funny how most people are still oblivious. Kudos to Theymos.

[cakir]

Can we have animated gifs?

No.

I think yes!

yes you can have a gif avatar if you say i can make an gif avatar for you

I edited my earlier post, check it please

Only I'm seeing the gif avatar

The one in your profile is actually animated, but not the Spongebob one everyone else can see isn't  

I tried uploading one earlier and it didn't allow me, it was below the file size limit as well. Anyone else get a message saying animated gifs are not allowed?

You need to trick the SMF to upload gif
As you can see I've uploaded it successfully https://vid.me/YwJs

you don't have gif avatar that is normal avatar same like other 2 members above posted from you,
but thanks to theymos to get an avatar for me.

Did you click the link and watch the video I posted?
If you didn't shut up.

Also check here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=205338

[redsn0w]

Can we have animated gifs?

No.

I think yes!

yes you can have a gif avatar if you say i can make an gif avatar for you

I edited my earlier post, check it please

Only I'm seeing the gif avatar

The one in your profile is actually animated, but not the Spongebob one everyone else can see isn't 

I tried uploading one earlier and it didn't allow me, it was below the file size limit as well. Anyone else get a message saying animated gifs are not allowed?

You need to trick the SMF to upload gif
As you can see I've uploaded it successfully https://vid.me/YwJs

what do you mean with trick the SMF to upload .gif files? Can you explain better? Thanks.

[trafficolaa]

it was really amazing surprise for me to get an avatar for my account, thanks for re-enable.

[cakir]

-snip-

what do you mean with trick the SMF to upload .gif files? Can you explain better? Thanks.

Normally SMF forum doesn't allow you to upload .gif extension files. (It may be changed now).
But if you rename the extension to .png you can upload it as animated gif. (It should be under or equal to 120x60 px)

[WhatTheGox]

It is now once again possible to upload an avatar to the forum. You must be a full member or above to upload an avatar. Go to this page (also linked in your "Forum Profile Information" settings):
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=avatar

You can only upload new avatars: you can't choose one from the server or use a link as you could before. (If you are currently using one of these types of avatars, the upload avatar page will say that you don't have an avatar.) Also, uploaded avatars are not resized: they are simply rejected if they are too large.

Pretty cool great job, i dont know why this decision was made but its a good one and brings a bit more life into the forum.

[shogdite]

Thought I was going crazy when I started seing all the new avatars today

[redsn0w]

-snip-

what do you mean with trick the SMF to upload .gif files? Can you explain better? Thanks.

Normally SMF forum doesn't allow you to upload .gif extension files. (It may be changed now).
But if you rename the extension to .png you can upload it as animated gif. (It should be under or equal to 120x60 px)

Oh thanks, I didn't know it... but I have read that theymos had said "no" when someone has asked if it was possible to add a .gif file as avatar. Maybe he didn't want ... I don't know.