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Hmmmm .. I've been trying to upload my flag. I know it's not too big because the message doesn't come up and instead it says my changes have successfully been made. Yet, the new flag has not shown up. I have refreshed and there is no change. Any ideas what might be up? Does it have to go through clearance first?

Hmmmm .. I've been trying to upload my flag. I know it's not too big because the message doesn't come up and instead it says my changes have successfully been made. Yet, the new flag has not shown up. I have refreshed and there is no change. Any ideas what might be up? Does it have to go through clearance first?


My flag isn't updating after I upload a new one/It says I have outstanding issues, but I've answered them/1000 other problems about pages not looking like what they are supposed to.

This is a problem with caching. The pages/flag/whatever is updating fine, but your browser is using an older version of the page when it is displayed. Caching is something your browser does to save bandwidth (especially for 56k users, who need all the bandwith they can get) by not re-downloading the same files every time it visits a page. Users with slower connections can use ctrl+f5 (force full refresh) to re-download the page just this once while keeping caching enabled if they want.

After making sure you've updated your settings, try a hard refresh, which forces your browser to re-load all images (as opposed to using the cache which has your old flag).

On most browsers, you just need to press ctrl-F5.

Thanks for the advice ... it still isn't showing up after a hard refresh which makes me think it hasn't uploaded properly or at all. Shrug. Got me. Thanks again.

Thanks for the advice ... it still isn't showing up after a hard refresh which makes me think it hasn't uploaded properly or at all. Shrug. Got me. Thanks again.
Patience. It takes a while

If you're using an ISP with a "web accelerator" or suchlike, they have server-side caches that you can't refresh. That's how it runs faster - by storing frequently used pages and preventing you from getting newer versions.

No matter what flag you upload, it's always going to have the same name each time (/images/flags/uploads/saturday_night_fevers.jpg), so your ISP doesn't see a need to refresh it. That's the trade-off for speedier dialup.

Of course, if you're using broadband, everything I just said is meaningless.