How to change profile picture on Affinity forum?

[walt.farrell]

2 minutes ago, Stargazer49 said:

Can you do the same for me as well?

Having now made 4 posts, and having registered when you did, I think you now have access to that function.

[Stargazer49]

On 4/24/2020 at 11:00 AM, ChrisVie said:

@Patrick Connor

Could you do the same for me please?

Nevermind.

 

[dre.]

thanks, this post unlocked it for me

[Patrick Connor]

Came here to say "you can now" @dre. and I see you have found out ☺️

[DreamEngine]

I also cannot edit my profile image. Can I please be able to do that?

[Patrick Connor]

@DreamEngine

< Reply edited as previous post was misunderstood, sorry>

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums

[DreamEngine]

A very strange comment from a moderator. I have invested my hard earned money in the product and have no reason to not continue to ask questions about the product and expect to get civil answers to those questions.

It does not say that you have to have signed up for any particular length of time to change your avatar and it looks like a bug.

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, DreamEngine said:

It does not say that you have to have signed up for any particular length of time to change your avatar and it looks like a bug.

Why don't you read the posts of the thread you are currently contributing to?

 

 

1 hour ago, DreamEngine said:

and have no reason to not continue to ask questions about the product

No one and nothing stops you from asking questions. Editing a profile picture and asking questions are completely different matters.

[Patrick Connor]

@DreamEngine

Newly joined members cannot edit their profile picture, sorry. That comes after 4 days and more than 3 posts, on your next post.

To explain, you start in a forum group with restricted abilities to stop spammers. The ability to edit your profile picture (and other advantages) will come after 4 days of forum membership, automatically as you make a post, but only if that post is your 4th post (or above). So anyone who has made more than 3 posts, where one of those posts is made after the 4th day, gains the ability to edit their profile picture edit posts longer and other forum features.

[Sven2157]

This is kind of dumb.  I'd like the same please, but what would be even better, is to just get rid of this feature all together. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Sven2157 said:

I'd like the same please

After another 1 or 2 posts you'll be able to change your profile picture. As Patrick mentioned above, the current restrictions are part of the spam prevention methodology for the forums.

[Sven2157]

4 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

... the current restrictions are part of the spam prevention methodology for the forums.

That's a bunch of BS!  This has nothing to do with SPAM prevention, it's a dumb feature of the forum that limits the users - not spam bots!

[Sven2157]

On 9/12/2022 at 12:42 AM, Patrick Connor said:

@DreamEngine

To explain, you start in a forum group with restricted abilities to stop spammers.

 

6 minutes ago, Sven2157 said:

That's a bunch of BS!  This has nothing to do with SPAM prevention, it's a dumb feature of the forum that limits the users - not spam bots!

Same ... If this is a SPAM issue, you have bigger problems than avatars!  Spammers are already in and don't care about their personal avatars.  Duh!

[Studio50]

Is it rude to ask if I can get the function unlocked? Thank you very much

Oh, not necessary anymore, just got unlocked by this post! Happy holidays to all

[T R E N T R E K E R]

On 3/10/2020 at 9:27 AM, Barni M. said:

I've been trying to update my profile picture on this forum and I can't seem to find a way to do it.

Could anyone explain how to do that please?

same thing here.  there is no option to change from the default.

[Alfred]

14 minutes ago, T R E N T R E K E R said:

same thing here.  there is no option to change from the default.

You joined last July, but you’ve only made three posts. Making a fourth post will unlock the ability to change your avatar.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, T R E N T R E K E R said:

same thing here.  there is no option to change from the default.

One or possibly two more posts should unlock that capability for you.

[Pšenda]

11 hours ago, T R E N T R E K E R said:

same thing here.  there is no option to change from the default.

 

On 9/12/2022 at 7:42 AM, Patrick Connor said:

@DreamEngine

Newly joined members cannot edit their profile picture, sorry. That comes after 4 days and more than 3 posts, on your next post.

To explain, you start in a forum group with restricted abilities to stop spammers. The ability to edit your profile picture (and other advantages) will come after 4 days of forum membership, automatically as you make a post, but only if that post is your 4th post (or above). So anyone who has made more than 3 posts, where one of those posts is made after the 4th day, gains the ability to edit their profile picture edit posts longer and other forum features.

 

[XeataOne]

But WHY?  I just wasted 30 minutes trying to figure out how to get my profile photo setup.  There was no notice that it was "impossible for a new user" so I just kept searching....  Glad I found this forum where everyone is asking for a link to get it done.

Can anyone tell me when I WILL be able to add a forum photo?  Or can I, too, ask for a custom link to allow me to add my logo?

[Komatös]

1 minute ago, XeataOne said:

But WHY?  I just wasted 30 minutes trying to figure out how to get my profile photo setup.  There was no notice that it was "impossible for a new user" so I just kept searching....  Glad I found this forum where everyone is asking for a link to get it done.

Can anyone tell me when I WILL be able to add a forum photo?  Or can I, too, ask for a custom link to allow me to add my logo?

Welcome to the forum.

The first posting from a new user has to be approved before he/she can change setting in the user profile. You should now be able to set a logo.

[walt.farrell]

7 minutes ago, Komatös said:

Welcome to the forum.

The first posting from a new user has to be approved before he/she can change setting in the user profile. You should now be able to set a logo.

Last I knew, it required 4 or more posts and several (3?) days of membership. 

[Komatös]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

Last I knew, it required 4 or more posts and several (3?) days of membership. 

Makes sense!

[DreamEngine]

34 minutes ago, XeataOne said:

But WHY?  I just wasted 30 minutes trying to figure out how to get my profile photo setup.  There was no notice that it was "impossible for a new user" so I just kept searching....  Glad I found this forum where everyone is asking for a link to get it done.

Can anyone tell me when I WILL be able to add a forum photo?  Or can I, too, ask for a custom link to allow me to add my logo?

Just change it. No other forum does this.

Try and be user friendly and make your software the same.

Please.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, DreamEngine said:

Just change it. No other forum does this.

Try and be user friendly

It's a part of the spam-prevention measures that Serif have decided to use for the forum, as I understand it.

You have been here long enough, and made enough posts, that you should be able to change yours if you want to. Click on your name in the upper-right corner of the page, then click on Profile in the dropdown, and you should be able to add a profile photo if you want one.

Edit: Or click on the D icon in your post, which should take you to your profile directly.

[XeataOne]

4 hours ago, Komatös said:

Makes sense!

AHA.  Thanks!

I wonder why this is not posted.   Seems to cause a bit of confusion.  Meantime, I'm fine knowing the answer.