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We Have Avatars

Posted by RDellimmagine VMware Moderator Aug 29, 2009

Avatars are now available. You know, the little icons that show up next to your name. It's time for something more exciting than boring guy/gal: http://communities.vmware.com/people/guest/avatar/48.png

Here's how:

  1. Log in
  2. Go to http://communities.vmware.com/people/<your-username>?view=profile
  3. Click "Change avatar" in the actions box
  4. Upload your avatar
  5. Select it to display

That's it! Avatars display 128 pixels x 128 pixels and 75 x 75 (depending on which page), so pick an image that is simple enough to be visible at a small size. Have fun!!

I'm starting with a computer screen, RDellimmagine, while I look for something more creative...

I'm looking forward to what ideas you all come up with.

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A Google search option is now available on the VMware Communities advanced search page. The Google search option uses Google's "site:communities.vmware.com" feature to limit results to the VMware Communities site, and functions as a good complement to the VMware Communities native search function.

google-search.jpg

For IE users, we fixed a bug in the VMware Communities native search. IE users who search within a large number of communities will no longer see a blank page caused by search strings exceeding IE's 2083-character URL maximum. Instead, those searches will default to a site search, which does not encounter this issue.

Thanks to all who gave feedback on search. If you have more to add, please do!

Regards, Robert

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The Account Management Portal, through which you log into VMware Store and Communities, will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance tonight (Friday, August 14, 2009) beginning 6:00PM Pacific Daylight Time, for approximately 5 hours. During this time, VMware Communities will be up; however, unauthenticated users will not be able to log into the site. If you wish to contribute to Communities during this outage period, I recommend you log in prior to this timeframe to make sure you have the proper access rights. Otherwise, the Communities pages will appear in "Guest" mode (i.e. read-only) until you can sign in once again.

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VMware Communities will be unavailable at 5pm Pacific on August 12 for a maximum of 30 minutes.

We are upgrading the cluster software on VMware Communities for increased stability.

Thanks, Robert

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