Unable to change my profile picture

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Nylon-Sock-100

Why is my new choosen profile photo not loading , I’m  ow stuck with picture of a pawn , with now stuck there, and unable to replace it with my new photo ! 

Iconic-Ninja
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Iconic-Ninja
I’ve waited 2 weeks to get a answer on my question and it didn’t even answered my question 🤨🫥
David

Sounds like the UI can't display your image for some reason - too large in terms of MB? Have you tried uploading a lower res version?

justbefair

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8704730-why-doesn-t-my-avatar-show says that it can take up to 24 hours for avatars to show.

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8614549-what-kind-of-avatars-are-allowed

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sawdof
Nylon-Sock-100 wrote:
Also all I’ve used the photo I’m trying to upload, a few times awhile back with no problems at all ! ….so why not now !

The site has always had different issues with images. Sometimes it's the format, sometimes it's the name/path/url. Recently they've supported webp - unsure if it is still the case.

I would try a simple filename on a simple directory first.

sawdof
justbefair wrote:

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8704730-why-doesn-t-my-avatar-show says that it can take up to 24 hours for avatars to show. ...

Meanwhile shouldn't it show the previous avatar?

Nylon-Sock-100
Yes it should !
sawdof
justbefair wrote:

... Avatars must NOT contain ...

Full nudity ...

Oh crap

Nylon-Sock-100
Also any photos that I post on the forums, comply fully with the terms of service regarding posting photos .
Nylon-Sock-100
Is there any chance that I’ve been hacked by someone on the site , perhaps even a friend !
Nylon-Sock-100
Well as can see, it’s now back to normal , and my new profile picture is showing , it all had to do with the size of the picture .
David
Nylon-Sock-100 wrote:
it all had to do with the size of the picture .

As in the height and width rather than the resolution or size of the file?

Martin_Stahl

It's kind of late now, so I can't see what it showed when you posted, but it could just have been a cache issue on your device.

Nylon-Sock-100
I just forgot about the size problem, cos normally when I post any pictures, I always use a screenshot ,which fits perfectly . …..I put this all down some poor quality catnip, that had with my evening meal this evening ! 😾
Nylon-Sock-100
Anyhow all’s well that ends well ! 😹
F1Fan_Acer

changed my name and profile pic

F1Fan_Acer

and in my Activity section it still has my old pfp and username

Martin_Stahl
F1Fan_Acer wrote:

and in my Activity section it still has my old pfp and username

It takes time for caches to expire