[1776]

Is it a forum problem, or is it on my end?

[DocJohn]

It would be helpful if you posted some more detailed information about

1. Are they not working when you insert them into your post and then post it?

2. Or are they not working in the sense that you don't see them when posted on other people's posts?

3. Have you tried the suggestions listed here? What was the result of trying those suggestions??

http://forums.psychcentral.com/commu...t-%3Do%3D.html

Thanks, the more information you can provide, the more likely it is someone can help you with your issue.

DocJohn

[1776]

They don't show up in my post or anyone else's. I don't think it's on my end. The rest of the smilies work fine.

I'll try the suggestions in the thread you posted.

[pegasus]

No problems on my end >>>>> Have you tried logging out and logging back in again?

[1776]

Still no go. They were working the other day. I don't know what to think.

Thanks for the help.

[pachyderm]

I think they are working for me.

[Fuzzybear]

[1776]

They're not working for me. I have no idea why.

Thanks everybody.

[FooZe]

What follows is five copies of that image (or of a single frame from it), reproduced in five different ways. Do all of them show up for you? If not, what do you actually see between the > and < marks?

1. > <

2. > <

3. > <

4. > <

5. > <

I see five copies of the "Hug" smiley. For me, the first three move, the last two don't.

You can disregard the "attached images" thumbnails below. I was just using them to post some of the images above.

[1776]

Originally Posted by FooZe

What follows is five copies of that image (or of a single frame from it), reproduced in five different ways. Do all of them show up for you? If not, what do you actually see between the > and < marks?

1. > <

2. > <

3. > <

4. > <

5. > <

I see five copies of the "Hug" smiley. For me, the first three move, the last two don't.

You can disregard the "attached images" thumbnails below. I was just using them to post some of the images above.

1 and 2 are question mark gif's. 3, 4, and 5 work properly. They're hugs. 4 and 5 don't move.

[FooZe]

Well, now, there's something a little odd happening -- I see the "2." smiley in my original reply but not in the copy where you quoted it. The image URL in the original was:

http://pcf2.psychcentral.com/images/smilies/hug.gif

In the quoted copy (where no image shows up for me), the URL has turned into:

http://forums.psychcentral.com/images/styles/desert_sand/smilies/hug.gif

I'd like to see what DocJohn makes of this. I'm not sure if it has any bearing on your original problem or if it's a separate one. By the way, is the Desert Sand "skin" the one you're currently using? Do your results change at all when you switch to the Psych Central skin (which I used for the above test)?

[1776]

I switched to Tulip and all are visible except #2 in my reply.

[pegasus]

This is what I got on 'desert sand' skin FooZe...

What follows is five copies of that image (or of a single frame from it), reproduced in five different ways. Do all of them show up for you? If not, what do you actually see between the > and < marks?

1. > <

2. > <

3. > <

4. > <

5. > <

I see five copies of the "Hug" smiley. For me, the first three move, the last two don't.

You can disregard the "attached images" thumbnails below. I was just using them to post some of the images above.

[1776]

Sorry, FooZe. Yes, I was using Desert Sand.

[nycgal448]

[DocJohn]

If it works for you in one browser but not others, then you've got your answer.

As I say regularly to these kinds of threads -- we rarely make changes to our servers or templates, and when we do, dozens or hundreds of people are affected (and let us know when something is wrong).

When it's a one-off problem of this nature, it means something wonky is going on with your web browser, or a plugin or firewall protection that stops animated GIFs for instance.

DocJohn

[1776]

It turned out to be the skin.

[DocJohn]

The skins don't change or alter the content or body of the posts, so it's likely the changing of the skins just refreshed or reset your browser's cache files, so that images were properly reloaded from the server, and then displayed properly. I can switch between all the skins and the hugs show up correctly in all of them.

Glad it got figured out.

[1776]

Thank you for the help.