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    avatar problem

    Trying to add an avatar for weeks now and i have been told there is problems adding one to your account but i see new members with an avatar added to there account.

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    Re: avatar problem

    Have a read of this post and give me a shout.

    It's all down to a glitch in the forum software
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    Re: avatar problem

    Weren't the powers that be promising an upgrade to things this year? Like maybe moving to something more "modern" ?

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    Re: avatar problem

    Weren't the powers that be promising an upgrade to things this year? Like maybe moving to something more "modern" ?
    For five years and counting...
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    Re: avatar problem

    Weren't the powers that be promising an upgrade…
    Yep they were.

    … to things this year?
    Can't say that I've heard that one.
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    Re: avatar problem

    How come the staff don't just drop and change to a new setup like VBulletin? Transfer over the stickies and important article things (like the user reviews section) and restart things from there?
    Just seems rather silly to keep limping on with forum software that is developing quite a few little cracks with no real repairs in place

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    How come the staff don't just drop and change to a new setup like VBulletin?
    Do you think that the magazine staff actually run and maintain the forums of a global company?
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    Re: avatar problem

    Do you think that the magazine staff actually run and maintain the forums of a global company?
    No but the poor souls are there to kick.

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    Re: avatar problem

    My appologies
    I guess I forget that AP is more than just the forum and the magazine Transfer the "kicks" to the higher ups

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    Transfer the "kicks" to the higher ups
    And you think we don't? By the time they're back from NYC… "Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance"
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    Re: avatar problem

    "Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance"
    Send reinforcements, your going to advance?
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    Re: avatar problem

    Alright… bad example of the extended chain of command involved (alluding to Chinese whispers). Short answer is if it were in the power of AP editorial it would have been done years ago! End of

    …try posting on any other photography magazine website and getting a response from editorial staff within a few minutes and then come back and tell me about the forum software… mutter… mutter…
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    Re: avatar problem

    …try posting on any other photography magazine website and getting a response from editorial staff within a few minutes and then come back and tell me about the forum software… mutter… mutter…
    And... out of work hours on a FRIDAY night!
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    And... out of work hours...
    No, you've lost me?
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    Re: avatar problem

    And... out of work hours...
    No, you've lost me?
    well, maybe pointing out the fact that you're answering after 7pm on a Friday night, when most office staff are off for the weekend... i.e. dedication

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    Re: avatar problem

    Nope, I still don't get it? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

    Isn't modern technology great?
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    And... out of work hours...
    No, you've lost me?
    well, maybe pointing out the fact that you're answering after 7pm on a Friday night, when most office staff are off for the weekend... i.e. dedication

    i think he means there is no time that isn't work time for him
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    Re: avatar problem

    And... out of work hours...
    No, you've lost me?
    well, maybe pointing out the fact that you're answering after 7pm on a Friday night, when most office staff are off for the weekend... i.e. dedication

    i think he means there is no time that isn't work time for him
    What? Never off duty - like a policeman?

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    Re: avatar problem

    'e's drawn a line - it's thin and blue
    I can only surmise my guess is true!




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