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  • Evan Jardine 108 posts 168 karma points
    Jun 25, 2009 @ 01:50
    Evan Jardine
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    Use Twitter Avatar

    Hey

    I have added my twitter alias into my profile and my avatar comes up next to it.  When I go to set it as my avatar I get a message that it can't be found and to add my alias in my profile.

    Not sure if this is a bug or to do with the fact that my updates are protected? Any ideas?

    Cheers

    Evan

  • Warren Buckley 2106 posts 4836 karma points MVP ∞ admin hq c-trib
    Jun 25, 2009 @ 09:36
    Warren Buckley
    100

    Hey Evan,
    Try switching to a Gravtar and saving that first then go back and update it to your twitter profile and see if that works.

    Remember to force a referesh as you may see a cached version.

    Warren

  • Ian Huntington 23 posts 53 karma points
    Jun 25, 2009 @ 17:18
    Ian Huntington
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    I cannot get my Twitter avatar :( I'm currently the mad moose apparently when I should have a wonderful pac-man-esque ghost icon I just specially made. When I enter my Twitter name into the Profile page it does flash the correct image next to the text box but on the Avatar page I get the moose. I tried Warren's suggestion above but that doesn't seem to make any difference, for me at any rate.

    Thanks

  • Warren Buckley 2106 posts 4836 karma points MVP ∞ admin hq c-trib
    Jun 25, 2009 @ 17:28
    Warren Buckley
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    Hmm tried it with twitter updates unprotected just to see if that is the problem - my guess is that its highly likely.

    Another suggestion is that you could use Gravatar www.gravatar.com which is a more universal thing on blogs and such by associating an image with an email address.

  • Warren Buckley 2106 posts 4836 karma points MVP ∞ admin hq c-trib
    Jun 25, 2009 @ 17:29
    Warren Buckley
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    As I have just posted this message - I CAN see your profile picture Ian of a red pacman ghost upside down. Have you definately forced your cahce CTRL + F5?

  • Ian Huntington 23 posts 53 karma points
    Jun 25, 2009 @ 17:32
    Ian Huntington
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    It now seems to be working correctly. You may have also noticed my username has changed to my real one, sadly alas. I thought it was probably time.

  • Warren Buckley 2106 posts 4836 karma points MVP ∞ admin hq c-trib
    Jun 25, 2009 @ 17:35
    Warren Buckley
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    What did you do to solve it, so Evan can know what to do and then mark the topic as solved.

  • Ian Huntington 23 posts 53 karma points
    Jun 25, 2009 @ 18:03
    Ian Huntington
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    It just seem to correct itself after I updated my profile data in Twitter but I don't see how that should have corrected the problem because the previous profile information matched. Perhaps a quirk at Twitters end may be?

  • Evan Jardine 108 posts 168 karma points
    Jun 26, 2009 @ 00:55
    Evan Jardine
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    I've got it working,

    - Removed Twitter alias in my profile, saved

    - added twitter alias back in, saved

    - set Gravatar then set twitter avatar Ctr +F5 a few times

    I had to do the last step a few times and then it just appeared...

    Thanks

    Evan

  • Warren Buckley 2106 posts 4836 karma points MVP ∞ admin hq c-trib
    Jun 26, 2009 @ 09:15
    Warren Buckley
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    OK, Evan have you reported it as a bug over in the bug forum of our.umbraco.org with steps to reproduce. So that the guys can take a look into it and fix it.

  • Stephan Lonntorp 195 posts 212 karma points
    Jun 26, 2009 @ 09:37
    Stephan Lonntorp
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    I think it's re-saving your profile that does the trick. However, the preview of the twitter image is of a blue cartoon with its brains popping out of its head, not a preview of your actual twitter image...

  • Evan Jardine 108 posts 168 karma points
    Jun 29, 2009 @ 00:08
    Evan Jardine
    0

    Added solution to the Bugs section.

    Cheers

    Evan

  • Damian Green 452 posts 1433 karma points
    Apr 09, 2014 @ 23:49
    Damian Green
    0

    im still getting this almost 5 years later! Tried alsorts and cannot get it to pick up my twitter image or even a webcam image.

    :(

    Stuck with the stupid pink thing.  Anyone know how to sort this?

     

  • Jan Skovgaard 11280 posts 23678 karma points MVP 10x admin c-trib
    Apr 10, 2014 @ 08:34
    Jan Skovgaard
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    Hi Damian

    Yeah, I had the same frustration. I changed my Twitter avatar a year ago and it was never picked up. I think it's due to changes in the Twitter API and unfortunately there has been no time to make changes to the integration on our.

    However I managed to change my avatar by using my gravatar instead. And you also have the option to upload an image I think.

    Hope this helps.

    /Jan

  • Damian Green 452 posts 1433 karma points
    Apr 10, 2014 @ 10:29
    Damian Green
    0

    Hi Jan

    Yeah i ended up doing the same thing and using gravatar also.  Doesnt seem to have updated on here though - will see what shows after i add this post. :)

    Damian

     

  • Damian Green 452 posts 1433 karma points
    Apr 10, 2014 @ 10:32
    Damian Green
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    Yay! Took a few attempts but looks like its finally updated! :)

    Goodbye Mr pink thing - whatever it was! :)

     

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