Eh...
It still doesn't work, and since I'm now convinced that there is a bug at fault and not my own stupidity, I submitted a ticket. I'm putting this here in case anyone else has a similar problem. If there's an answer, I'll post that too.
This is what I wrote:
"Dear Sir or Madam,
before I start - I'm sorry if I'm going to sound crabby. I am crabby. I mean no offense, but I've been at this for quite a while now, and it's getting late where I live.
So please bear with me.
I'm a very new user, in fact, I just joined today. My first WTF-moment happened when I made my first post - the formatting was horrible, and I had no idea what to do about it. A senior member helped me out - so problem solved. I just thought that you might like to know that the text-editor doesn't deal well with copypasta.
Now, my actual problem.... I'm certain you know how it is, you join a new board, you want to get comfortable. One very important part of this is your avatar. As stylish as your blue blob is - nobody wants to be a blue blob forever.
Now 90% of the boards I use have a lovely little 'upload avatar' button right in the profile. Hm. Nothing there. Ah well, let's try 'Images'! And - lo and behold - some kind of gallery thingy. And there! How very nice - a ready made folder called 'profile photos'. I click the folder and ... wait, where is the upload button? There is no upload button! Said senior member tried very patiently to help me, but without positive results.
Scratching my head I decided to look through your help to find a solution. I do have my blind and stupid moments; I'm quite aware of that.
Hm. Let's try to make a new folder! It worked beautifully, and there! Look! An 'upload' button! Yes! They do exist!
Now, I might be a little stupid, but I'm not completely brainless. Looking into the addy-bar of my browser (the second I tried, since this might have been a browser-problem) I thought, let's just paste "avatar" over the number standing for my custom folder(I figure the scramble-salad behind it is tied to the adds)! Maybe the upload screen for my profile photos is actually there, and somebody just forgot to put in the link?
Result: "Error! You are not authorized to upload images into this album."
Wait, WHAT??? I'm not allowed to upload pictures in my own "profile photos" folder??? WTF???
So, please, give me my upload-button. I don't want to stay a blue blob forever!
Sincerely,
sleepyowlet"
Now, let's see what happens...
It still doesn't work, and since I'm now convinced that there is a bug at fault and not my own stupidity, I submitted a ticket. I'm putting this here in case anyone else has a similar problem. If there's an answer, I'll post that too.
This is what I wrote:
"Dear Sir or Madam,
before I start - I'm sorry if I'm going to sound crabby. I am crabby. I mean no offense, but I've been at this for quite a while now, and it's getting late where I live.
So please bear with me.
I'm a very new user, in fact, I just joined today. My first WTF-moment happened when I made my first post - the formatting was horrible, and I had no idea what to do about it. A senior member helped me out - so problem solved. I just thought that you might like to know that the text-editor doesn't deal well with copypasta.
Now, my actual problem.... I'm certain you know how it is, you join a new board, you want to get comfortable. One very important part of this is your avatar. As stylish as your blue blob is - nobody wants to be a blue blob forever.
Now 90% of the boards I use have a lovely little 'upload avatar' button right in the profile. Hm. Nothing there. Ah well, let's try 'Images'! And - lo and behold - some kind of gallery thingy. And there! How very nice - a ready made folder called 'profile photos'. I click the folder and ... wait, where is the upload button? There is no upload button! Said senior member tried very patiently to help me, but without positive results.
Scratching my head I decided to look through your help to find a solution. I do have my blind and stupid moments; I'm quite aware of that.
Hm. Let's try to make a new folder! It worked beautifully, and there! Look! An 'upload' button! Yes! They do exist!
Now, I might be a little stupid, but I'm not completely brainless. Looking into the addy-bar of my browser (the second I tried, since this might have been a browser-problem) I thought, let's just paste "avatar" over the number standing for my custom folder(I figure the scramble-salad behind it is tied to the adds)! Maybe the upload screen for my profile photos is actually there, and somebody just forgot to put in the link?
Result: "Error! You are not authorized to upload images into this album."
Wait, WHAT??? I'm not allowed to upload pictures in my own "profile photos" folder??? WTF???
So, please, give me my upload-button. I don't want to stay a blue blob forever!
Sincerely,
sleepyowlet"
Now, let's see what happens...



