missing smileys etc

[merlin]

in the more smileys section, "welcome to idnet" "thanks" and " groan" always appear as half a square, with a red cross in the corner, but no smiley.
all other smileys are ok and work!!!

rarely an avatar does the same,

anyone any ideas please

[Rik]

What browser, AV and firewall, Bob?

Have you tried pressing Ctrl+f5, does that bring them through?

[Simon]

Have you tried clearing your cache, Malc?

[Simon]

Sorry, Bob! 

[merlin]

well theres a thing , i did,nt do anything and they,ve come back ok, they had been like that for ages, must be the work of the hoobs !!!

simon which cache did you mean ? every so often i clear the prefetch cache.

thanks RIK and SIMON for your help

[Rik]

The browser cache, Bob. Sometimes there may be a problem with an avatar that's hosted on an external site, eg PhotoBucket, not being available, but smileys should always work. If they don't, clearing the cache and refreshing often cures the problem.

[merlin]

no simon i've never cleared malcs cache , yeah i.m losing it now !!!

bob

[merlin]

rik how do i get to the browser cache ??

bob

[Rik]

Which browser, Bob?

[merlin]

hell RIK you,re faster than a high speed bullet.
its IE6,
yes i know firefox,IE7 but i tried them and could,nt get on with them too well
bob

[Rik]

Tools > Internet options > General > Delete files (middle of the window).

What didn't you like about FF? I've got IE6, FF & Opera on two machines, IE7, FF and Opera on this machine. I prefer FF of the four browsers, but it's very much personal taste.

[merlin]

thanks rik, i clear that fairly regularly , but i know them as temp files ,not cache, thats why i was confused

i tried FF but there was something i could'nt do on there one day , and only IE could, that was when i changed back.
from the way your post reads ,it suggests you can have FF and IE6 both on the same computer at the same time.
without restarting can you switch between the two
if thats the case think i'll give FF another try, and if i get confused etc i can always switch
bob

[Rik]

You can put all three browsers, plus Safari if you're a masochist , on the same machine, Bob and just pick and choose which one you use. One needs to be declared as your default browser, but you can change that at any time.

[Sebby]

thanks rik, i clear that fairly regularly , but i know them as temp files ,not cache, thats why i was confused

i tried FF but there was something i could'nt do on there one day , and only IE could, that was when i changed back.
from the way your post reads ,it suggests you can have FF and IE6 both on the same computer at the same time.
without restarting can you switch between the two
if thats the case think i'll give FF another try, and if i get confused etc i can always switch
bob

I had the same issue with FF, until Simon introduced us to the IE Tab add-on. Now, you can easily make FF use the IE engine to render a particular page, if there's trouble with FF.

By the way, if you ever have a problem with images on a page, always try Ctrl+F5 as this forces the browser to reload from the server.

[madasahatter]

must be the work of the hoobs !!!

Why do we get the blame for everything?It's just not fair 

[Rik]

Don't worry, Mad, it's usually the admins. 

[merlin]

thx sebby for the IE tab, and thx to all for the ctrl+5 tip that's a new one to me

[Inactive]

Don't worry, Mad, it's usually the admins. 

The Hoobs get the blame for things that they don't cause.

[Sebby]

They're not so innocent.

[madasahatter]

The Hoobs get the blame for things that they don't cause.

Thanks for standing up for us In - appreciated 

They're not so innocent.

 

[Malc]

Have you tried clearing your cache, Malc?

[Malc]

They're not so innocent.

Yes we are 

At least we don't call everyone Malc !!!!!

[Sebby]

At least we don't call everyone Malc !!!!!

[Rik]

Reply #2, Sebby.

[Inactive]

Not too difficult in you case Seb.. 

[Sebby]

Reply #2, Sebby.

Ah, I get it now.

Not too difficult in you case Seb.. 

Right, that's it, me and you, outside.

[Malc]

Right, that's it, me and you, outside.

Do you want to borrow the Hoobyhammer?

[Sebby]

I don't need any weapons.

[Malc]

Go get him 

[Inactive]

Ouch, Seb.

[Sebby]