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My avatar vanished. (Original Post) grumpyduck Apr 2021 OP
I just had this happen and it was uBlock Origin. I disabled it for DU and my avatar came right back RKP5637 Apr 2021 #1
I found the uBlock fix to it. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #6
Interesting!!! Thanks!!! RKP5637 Apr 2021 #9
I can see your avatar Orangepeel Apr 2021 #2
We took a vote. Sorry. marble falls Apr 2021 #3
Ha! Nevilledog Apr 2021 #5
Disable your ad blocker on DU liberaltrucker Apr 2021 #4
Ha! That worked for me too. eppur_se_muova Apr 2021 #7
Several threads in the community help forum. Only with Firefox and removing question everything Apr 2021 #8
They still Jerry2144 Apr 2021 #10
Create your custom avatar. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #12
thank you Jerry2144 Apr 2021 #13
Sent the instructions in the mail, but here they are. Once you have an image on your PC. . . TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #14
Got it Jerry2144 Apr 2021 #15
Speaking of Avatar do we have one Tree Lady Apr 2021 #11
Try this one. It's a smaller version than the one at the CDC website and should import. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #16
Thanks to all who replied! grumpyduck Apr 2021 #17

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
1. I just had this happen and it was uBlock Origin. I disabled it for DU and my avatar came right back
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 05:47 PM
Apr 2021

Others can see it OK, but on your system it is blocked by uBlock Origin or similar.

TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
6. I found the uBlock fix to it.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 06:10 PM
Apr 2021
uBlock Instructions to create a Custom Filter to allow DU icons to appear.

There was a website update a few weeks back that introduced a domain which is being blocked by the uBlock EasyList Filter. Or, just as a fluke, it was added the same day that I was notified that I could experience temporary website issues.


The following steps will remediate this issue.
Note: I have EFF Badger, NoScript, uBlock, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials & HTTPS Everywhere. This issue is limited to uBlock.

1) Click on the uBlock Browser icon. A list of blocked and allowed hostnames will appear.

2) Look for ezoic.net, and if you click on it, g.ezoic.net will appear.

3) On the right hand side, in the white area half-way down, will be 3 gears to open the Dashboard. Click on that.

4) Create a Directory(folder) on your drive and name it DemocraticUnderground. In there, open a plain text file called Custom_EasyList_uBlock_Filter.txt

5) In the uBlock Dashboard, click on 'Filter Lists' towards the top to display all active website blocking filters. Click on the 'Update' tab to get a fresh list of files. The EasyList should have a black checked box to the left of it.

6) To the right of EasyList will be an eye icon. Click on that. This will open up the contents of the entire file.

7) In the upper right of that window, on the same line as the Search magnifier, will be a square box with an arrow pointing to the upper right. Click on that. This will open up a text version of that same file.

8) Right click, Select All and Copy.

9) Paste that entire file into that Custom_EasyList_uBlock_Filter.txt file you created. This should place you at the bottom of the file. Click save to temporarily save it.

10) There will be 7 ezoic file strings in that file, but it's the last one you want (ezoic.net). If you are at the bottom, search ezoic.net and check the up button. This should take you to a line that looks like ||ezoic.net^

11) Delete that one line from the file, making sure there isn't a blank line. Save the file again.

12) Uncheck the EasyList selection in the 'Filter Lists' and click on the yellow Apply Changes tab that will now highlight.

13) Select the 'My filters' option.

14) Click on the 'Import and append' tab. Select that text file you just created. Click on 'Apply changes'.

15) You shouldn't have to refresh uBlock in your browser window, but if you do, turn off uBlock, click that circular arrow to the right to refresh, then turn it back on, and click that circular arrow.

16) Save these instructions off as a file in that same DemocraticUnderground folder as your Custom Filter.



What you have done was take that EasyList filter and create your own custom version of it. The drawback is that it won't get automatically updated.


I tried adding 'Trusted sites' for ezoic.net , g.ezoic.net & upload.democraticunderground.com and they only worked for the first refresh. After that they failed to work. The only solution I found was to perform the steps above.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
7. Ha! That worked for me too.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 06:42 PM
Apr 2021

I had read a suggestion it had something to do w/the latest update of Firefox but ... I guess not.

question everything

(47,271 posts)
8. Several threads in the community help forum. Only with Firefox and removing
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 06:49 PM
Apr 2021

Unlock solved it.

A new Adguard instead

TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
12. Create your custom avatar.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:48 PM
Apr 2021

.

Click on the following image link:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.8LSexWmY5t2h5_GCG5tJjgAAAA%26pid%3DApi&f=1


Right click the image and save it to your PC as a file, like Vegas_Knights.jpg

Upload it and since the file is 6K in size (175x175), DU will automatically resize it to 48x48.


I added it as my image for a little while to let you check it out. Or you can grab the one I have and save that off to load up.

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Jerry2144

(2,046 posts)
13. thank you
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:41 AM
Apr 2021

I could not find any link to making your own avatar in the choices. I gotta be prepared for our city hosting the cup.

TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
14. Sent the instructions in the mail, but here they are. Once you have an image on your PC. . .
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:52 AM
Apr 2021

.

My Profile at upper right.

In the Avatar section, click Edit.

"To choose a new avatar image, select a category. Or upload your own." Click on 'upload your own'

Click the Browse... box and you will be prompted for the path and file. It has to be under 10K in size.

Then click Upload box and that's it.

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Jerry2144

(2,046 posts)
15. Got it
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:58 AM
Apr 2021

Thanks again V you have to be a star member to do it. It is worth a few bucks.

The admins should update those teams and include Seattle’s new team. But Kracken odd sort of toxic here.

TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
16. Try this one. It's a smaller version than the one at the CDC website and should import.
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:59 AM
Apr 2021

Save it on your PC (41KB), open up Paint and save it as a GIF file (8KB) and then upload it.

It's pretty tiny. The next one might be better.





Here's another one. I can't preview it here. Save it to your PC. It's 8K so you don't need to edit it.

I added it to My Profile. You might be able to lift it from there as well.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51uxniWyy7L._AC_UL160_SR160,160_.jpg

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