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2008-06-06 2:01 PM

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Subject: old avatar keeps re-appearing
Yesterday I changed my avatar with a new pic.  Looked fine with the new one yesterday.  This morning I logged on to BT and its still there.  Got into Madison and logged on to check PMs from min-camp attendees and now my old avatar has re-appeared.  I went to control panel to delet it and uploaded the new one again.  Appeared to upload fine but now the old avatar is still showing up in my blog and next to my name in thread responses.  Huh????

2008-06-06 3:48 PM
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Subject: RE: old avatar keeps re-appearing
Have you tried clearing out your cache?  Sometimes that is the cause of it.  At least it has been for me.
2008-06-06 8:48 PM
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what the heck is a cache and how do you clear it ? 
2008-06-06 9:02 PM
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Subject: RE: old avatar keeps re-appearing
I know that when I have that problem, I hit the control button on the key board and the refresh icon on the screen. hope this helps.
2008-06-06 9:15 PM
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Subject: RE: old avatar keeps re-appearing

Ontherun - 2008-06-06 9:02 PM I know that when I have that problem, I hit the control button on the key board and the refresh icon on the screen. hope this helps.

Just tried this and it worked! Thanks

2008-06-07 7:23 AM
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Subject: RE: old avatar keeps re-appearing
For future reference, cache is the storage of temporary internet cookies which are used to identify your computer by the sites using it. Sometimes the cookies only remember what was there and need to be cleared out for new memories to be created. 

2008-06-07 11:49 AM
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Subject: RE: old avatar keeps re-appearing

BAMBAM66 - 2008-06-07 8:23 AM For future reference, cache is the storage of temporary internet cookies which are used to identify your computer by the sites using it. Sometimes the cookies only remember what was there and need to be cleared out for new memories to be created.

Close, but not quite. Cache and cookies are both kinds of temporary storage, but they're used and managed differently.

Your browser cache is sometimes referred to as 'Temporary Files'. These are local copies of pages and images stored by your browser so that it doesn't have to continuously get them from a server every time you visit a page. This speeds things up considerably.

Avatars are cached locally by your memberid and the word 'profile', so when you change the image on the BT server, your computer still sees an image in the same place with the same name so it figures "eh, nothing's changed, I'll use the version I have here in my cache rather than get it off the server". A web site has some control over what your browser should and shouldn't cache, but it's mostly controlled by the browser.

Cookies are text files with data about a particular session. A website that you visit has to have code that specifically says "write this information into a cookie with this name." To use the information it has to have code that says "read this information from this specific cookie". It's used for things like log in information, view settings etc.

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