Icons...

[rian_aphasia]

So when I first created my Dreamwidth account, I uploaded 6 icons, which I was planning to use here. Then, when I imported my lj to my Dreamwidth account, it brought my other 9 icons over too. I knew that 9 of my icons were going to be put down as Inactive, but had no clue which ones; I assumed it would be the ones that were imported.

Turns out, only one of my icons, my default, is one I'd put up here to use on a regular basis; the other 5 are very old. Is there a way to change my Inactive ones? I know the ability to do it multiple times would just give us a regular way to cheat the 6 icon rule, I'm not saying I want that. What I mean is a one-time thing to "fix" which icons we now have access to without deleting them completely. Because I'd prefer my old icons to actually show up on my old (ancient) posts and not change over to my default.

Comments

[smilingslightly]

I'm interested in the answer to this, too.

[matgb]

Assuming the method for selecting pics is the same as on LJ, they're selected by looking at the most used in posts over the last X months (I forget the period), so if you've imported then it'll select the icons used totally, and recent uploads are less likely to be selected.

It's not an ideal system, but it works.

FWIW, I'd also like to be able to chose my icons, it's annoying seeing some of my favourite "use in comments only" pics greyed out when some of the others are only ever used for occasional posts on specific subjects.

[chrismm]

I've wondered (and this is pure speculation--I really have wondered and have no clue)--what happens if you delete the ones you hadn't planned on using? Do the others become active if the number of icons you have active is less than you're allowed?

[barondave]

I have a paid account, but have been utterly unable to upload usericons. I know they're good -- they're the same ones as I use on LJ. I didn't import, I just used the Upload feature, which simply doesn't work for me. I've tried several time and several pics.

Suggestions?