Avatars

[anthony]

With the CDN implementation, avatar changing has become a slight problem due to the cacheing of all content by the CDN for quick global delivery.

When you upload an avatar for the first time, it will work correctly -- then it will get cached by the CDN for global delivery. The cache lasts for 7 days.

Avatars are the only image that can change with consistency here -- as a result I have decided that avatars do not warrant precedence over the CDN and server performance implementations.

Basically, if you change your avatar here, it will take somewhere in the realm of 7 days before the CDN refreshes its cache to deliver your new image OR we have always made available Gravatar, which pulls from their server to load your avatar.

If you're the type of person who wants to change your avatar a lot, then you're going to have to use Gravatar instead of the upload method. This will instantly pull your new avatar and any change you make to your avatar at Gravatar.

I'm sorry, but avatars just do not warrant disabling the performance functions that the CDN provide, caching and delivering static content to users with blazing speed around the globe.

We have a solution for those who like to change their avatar a lot, Gravatar. For those who don't, just upload and leave it. If you want to change it, do so and it will update within a 7 day period as the cache refreshes automatically at the CDN.

 

[Recovery4Me]

:) I agree with your wise decision. Thank you for all that you do!

 

[LuckyDuck]

It was abit confusing at first, but it worked.

If anyone registering with gravatar and is looking for confirmation in their email system but doesn't find one, the way I went around it was to create a wordpress account. After that, the gravatar access is easy.

Still no confirmation gravatar email sent to my other email. That's why I made a main account with wordpress on my unused account.

Good luck! Makes sense that the system is changed. The site upload acts up and "forgets" and returns you to your orginial avatar. This one is in your control.

LD

 

[anthony]

It isn't the site upload... it is caching. When you upload a new avatar here, it is uploaded. What you see though is the cached version held at your CDN location. The CDN cache refreshes every 7 or so days, so it would take that long before you see the new image, providing you also dropped your browsers cache too.