Unexpected change of name / avatar display

[Tony Parsons]

Since the recent (and, i believe, on-going) update, I have notice a few 'anomalies' with my membership :

Firstly, instead of Tony Parsons, I am now tony_pars0ns1, and much of what I had already posted has apparently disappeared - I am sure I have made more than 168 posts !

Secondly, my avatar is no longer displayed, although this may be a consequence of the name change, and I can currently see no way to re-instate it.

Thirdly, this appears when I make a post :

 

• 'You have used all of the attachment space you are allowed. Manage Attachments to free up space'

Is this also a consequence of point 1 ?

Has anyone else experienced these issues, and is it just a question of waiting until things settle down ?

Tony - At least I am not Ynot Snosrap 😀

PS I am now apparently a Rookie ! Wow !!

Edited October 9, 2022 by tony_parsons1

[Sandy Vongries]

I believe All avatars are gone, except for those who already replaced then. As to your name, I'll have to pull a Sergeant Schultz.  Suggest you PM Admin Monday evening or Tuesday morning.

[Dustin McAmera]

I had to re-make my avatar. On my profile page, top-left, there was the big circle with a D for Dustin in it. Bottom-left of that is a little square which says 'Profile Photo' when you mouse over it. Click that, and it let me choose a photo to replace the circle-D. It even let me re-centre it afterwards.

[Sandy Vongries]

I needed to format square and resize image to size small.  Otherwise easy.

[rws]

Yes, I had something similar (maybe even more egregious) with my name, which went from rws to rws1664886108 -- the added numbers meaning nothing to me.  I have been trying to get a response about undoing this change but so far nothing.  I posted about the problem on this forum and haven't looked through for responses, so maybe something is waiting for me.  If I find anything out, I'll pass it on.

I also am a rookie.  At least I'm not a newbie anymore.

[rws]

No, I just checked and no answer to my post from yesterday.  I'll follow Sandy's advice and try contacting Admin in a day or two.  By the way, I also no longer have my avatar, but I assume that that will get solved too. 

On the positive side, the system remembers by login and password.

[Tony Parsons]

11 hours ago, Dustin McAmera said:

I had to re-make my avatar. On my profile page, top-left, there was the big circle with a D for Dustin in it. Bottom-left of that is a little square which says 'Profile Photo' when you mouse over it. Click that, and it let me choose a photo to replace the circle-D. It even let me re-centre it afterwards.

Thanks for this, @DM - I wonder how many other 'improvements' are in store for us to find and try to solve ?

[Tony Parsons]

Success with changing Avatar - thanks again. However, when I did it, the re-sizing options gave me an oblong image space - yet the Avatar is now circular. As Arte Johnson would say 'Very Interesting - but shtupid'. Also tried changing name, but that does not appear to have taken, even after logging out and in again. maybe it takes time.

Edited October 10, 2022 by tony_parsons1