sorry for bumping.
I have only
recently found a new feature/change/whatever:
The avatar format has been changed, maybe due to Badspot updating the SMF software.
Not really that big of a deal, but might be useful for those people that like to block avatars etc.
old format was
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=[attachment number];type=avatarnew is
http://forum.blockland.us/avatarUpload/avatar_[profile number].[something like png, gif or jpg]For example, Badspot's is
http://forum.blockland.us/avatarUpload/avatar_2.gifand mine is
http://forum.blockland.us/avatarUpload/avatar_29015.pngEDIT: If you don't see your new avatar once you update it, empty your cache. This is a side effect with images like these because web browsers store images/pages to help make the page load faster.
You didn't see it before avatars were updated because SMF stored avatars like an attachment, and when you decided to update it, the URL for the avatar would get changed and then the old avatar gets deleted from the server.