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pj knows... you should pm him.

Originally Posted by cloudWalker

pj knows... you should pm him.

I don't think that you can do that with html... At least, in your avatar...

(lol, html vs Cpp)

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make an animated gif with 2 or more frames
and set the frame delay to 180,000 milliseconds (30 minutes)

Originally Posted by Ynot

make an animated gif with 2 or more frames
and set the frame delay to 180,000 milliseconds (30 minutes)

The only way anybody would see that shift is when they stay on that long. It isn't the same as rotating.

The system here doesn't appear to be set up to allow outside-hosted avatars. That's the only way I know how to do it. My sig works because it is pointing to an image on one of my own servers, which is running a chron job that changes the image the sig is pointing to every half hour.

I'm pretty sure theres not, but is there a way to upload an ava in the form of a .swf? I would solve Goldney's problem and I could have an epic ava too =).

You could try linking to a script instead of an image format file. A script that substitutes the image depending on the time it's requested. But I imagine avatars are only allowed in image formats (jpg, gif, etc.) so you'd only be able to utilise this mechanism for substitution in your signature, considering we have HTML allowed...

Code:

<img src="http://www.mysite.net/imgsub.php">

So no need for cron but still need for a dedicated server with PHP/Perl.

So... doesn't anyone have an answer?