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    1. 11-02-2007 11:01 PM #1
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      Right, I want an avatar that changes every half-hour or so. How can this be done?
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    2. 11-02-2007 11:03 PM #2
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      Yep.... manually
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    3. 11-02-2007 11:10 PM #3
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      pj knows... you should pm him.
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    4. 11-03-2007 01:22 AM #4
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      Quote Originally Posted by cloudWalker View Post
      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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    5. 11-03-2007 01:42 AM #5
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      make an animated gif with 2 or more frames
      and set the frame delay to 180,000 milliseconds (30 minutes)
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    6. 11-03-2007 02:00 AM #6
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      Quote Originally Posted by Ynot View Post
      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.
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    7. 11-03-2007 04:42 AM #7
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      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 =).
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    8. 11-03-2007 06:48 AM #8
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      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...

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      <img src="http://www.mysite.net/imgsub.php">
      So no need for cron but still need for a dedicated server with PHP/Perl.
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    9. 11-04-2007 09:31 PM #9
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      So... doesn't anyone have an answer?
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    10. 11-04-2007 09:43 PM #10
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      Well, either get yourself a server or just ask an acquaintance sys admin to upload your avatars to their server and make a simple cron job or...forget about it!
      Last edited by Merlock; 11-04-2007 at 09:48 PM.
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    11. 11-04-2007 09:50 PM #11
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      Yeah, I might go with the forget about it and do it manually approach. Thanks everyone though.
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