Avatars

[EHM-1980 Brian]

hi guys - i downloaded the badge generator and have created my first badge but how do i get it up on the site? i know you go into control panel and do it from there but when you click on 'avatars' its says to enter the url?? so where do i load the pictures to get them off a url? - sorry but i think i'm computer illiterate today :[

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Brian,

You're actually better off using the automatic badge generator that our former EGLL hub chief, Ben Horsfall, made. It builds the badge for you and keeps it updated as and when you gain promotions and/or complete tours/events.

In the following URL, replace XXXX with your 4-digit pilot ID (0654 in my case) and use that as the avatar URL.

http://fly-euroharmony.com/pilots/badge/XXXX.png

Or more specifically, now that I know your PilotID:

http://fly-euroharmony.com/pilots/badge/1980.png

But to actually answer your question, you'd need to upload your generated badge to a web hosting provider. Image Shack and the like do this sort of thing, but since I have many hosting spaces available to me I know very little of such things.

[EHM-1980 Brian]

i tried that link murray but it comes up 'page cannot be displayed' ?

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Brian,

Yup, does (much) the same for me... I'll have a dig around and see if it's something obvious.

UPDATE: You do appear in the result set when I manually run the query that the badge generator uses, so I'd expect you to get a badge the next time it runs Brian. I'll see if I can figure out a way to do it manually for you, but otherwise can I ask you to have a little patience

[EHM-1980 Brian]

grand Murray your help will be very much appreciated.... i feel naked without my badges lol ..... not that i have many yet but ya know what i mean lol :]

[EHM-1152 Thomas]

You can hit me slap and tell me not to point out somthing so obvious if this isn't the problem but could it be that you havn't changed the XXXX for your pilot ID?

[EHM-1980 Brian]

get your face ready to be slapped tom ha ha - i cant even get into the link let alone change the XXXX to my I.D but thanks anyway

[EHM-1152 Thomas]

Aww well. Don't hit too hard though!  I only said that because the first time I clicked it I forgot to change the XXXX.  It works for me now though.  Good luck trying to fix it!

[EHM-1980 Brian]

cheers mate - thanks for your help anyways

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Done it... not the easiest thing in the world to figure out neither.

If you use the URL I posted above (the one with your pilot ID already added) you'll find your badge. The award engine clearly doesn't think you've got any awards yet, hence the badge engine hadn't built you a badge. I made a special version of the badge script and manually made you a badge.

[EHM-1980 Brian]

Murray........take a bow my friend - is everyone in euroharmony a genius or what? ( except me seemingly ha ha ) thanks Murray really appreciate your time and effort

[EHM-1980 Brian]

one more question actually Murray - does that mean it will automatically update every time i get promoted? so i wont have to do anything else with it?

[EHM-0654 Murray]

That's correct Brian, you don't have to do a thing other than get the promotions/awards and wait for the overnight award engine run.