Minor avatar bug / main page

JustinBridou · Post by **JustinBridou** » Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:04 am

Hello,

First point: a minor avatar bug

I noticed that several users had their avatar replaced by a small icon followed by the text "user avatar". In fact, it is because the browser does not find the corresponding image resource and displays the alternative text. Here is, for example what is displayed:

: User avatar; 2019-12-30_08h55_49.png (3.65 KiB) Viewed 3582 times

It seems like it only affects users who don't have an avatar, but not all of them. For some, nothing is displayed, for others, it is this missing image that is displayed.
If we look at the source code of the page, we see the link to the image that is problematic:

: HTML source; 2019-12-30_09h04_04.png (6 KiB) Viewed 3582 times

And of course, the resource being unavailable, we get a 404 error, and the alternative text "user avatar" is then displayed instead of the image.

: 404; 2019-12-30_09h05_17.png (2.58 KiB) Viewed 3582 times

As we can see the level "gallery" is doubled, and indeed the resource does not exist at this location. But there is a higher level (simple "./images/avatars/gallery/blank.gif").

It is not very serious, but it is not very aesthetic either.

Second point: the main page

It may be time to refresh the home page a little

Indeed, one can always read there:

Please note that some people have reported problems browsing Doll Forum using Internet Explorer 9.
We therefore suggest use one of the many other browsers available such as
Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Safari - all available for free download.

Er... IE9

hmmm, who still use it

EDGE has replaced IE 11 (that was released in 2015). Although it is the official browser from Microsoft, it was certainly possible until now to use the old IE11 alternatively. In the coming EDGE version (based on CHROMIUM), this will no longer be possible, IE is definitely dead.
So, a reference to IE 9, it's really ancient and not really up to date.

Post by **Tsall** » Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:15 pm

Thanks for the bug reports.

First point: a minor avatar bug
I can confirm that. It looks like it affects only some very old accounts. We will have a look at it and fix it soon.

Second point: the main page
With main page you mean the landing page https://dollforum.com/? We will have a look.

Post by **Nescio50** » Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:47 pm

Tsall wrote:Second point: the main page
With main page you mean the landing page https://dollforum.com/? We will have a look.

This is on the home page (https://www.dollforum.com/), I agree that this is way outdated and should be removed.

JustinBridou · Post by **JustinBridou** » Tue Dec 31, 2019 3:16 am

OK, it's better now. Super

Bonne année à toute l'équipe de TDF

Post by **Tsall** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:06 am

The IE warning on the start page was removed at the same day of your report.
The text "user avatar" with the missing "blank.gif" is now corrected. That was a relict from a very long time ago. It looks like much older versions of this forum software did handle members with no avatar image different.

Thanks for reporting both bugs.