Using animated gifs

(Carl Routledge) #1

Is it possible to use animated gifs in standard pages?
I have added one into the Media Folder but when i use it on a page it isn't animating. Its just showing the initial image (frame).

(Avi Miller) #2

There should be no problem with animated gifs. Is the image asset live with public read access? What URL is being generated for it?

(Carl Routledge) #3

Yep the image asset is live and public have read access. I've inserted it into the contents for a standard page using the insert image button. Will this effect it?

(Carl Routledge) #4

Even when i add the gif as an image into the media folder and then click the Current File link to preview the file it doesn't animate.

(Greg Sherwood) #5

Any chance you can attach the file here so we can try it out.

(Carl Routledge) #6

I'm unable to attach a file. There is no option to attach.

(Greg Sherwood) #7

Oh okay. Must be some setting on the forums.
Can you email to me?

(Carl Routledge) #8

I must still be a sleep cause when i click the e-mail button under you details there is no attach button in there either.

(Avi Miller) #9

I have enabled uploads to the forum for Squiz Clients. :slight_smile: You should now see an attachment box when posting.

(Carl Routledge) #10

Nope can't see anything to do with attachments when adding a reply.

(Avi Miller) #11

Sorry, try again. Had to change the forum permissions as well as the member group permissions.

(Carl Routledge) #12

It’s just a simple light bulb image but for some reason it won’t animate. I’ve tied another image as well and that does the same.
lightbulb.gif (6.8 KB)

(Greg Sherwood) #13

Works fine for me in a DEV version, but nothing changed from 3.4 for this. The image at http://beta.squiz.net/a_dev/_media/lightbulb.gif is being served through Matrix.

(Carl Routledge) #14

Ok my bad. On my XP Machine with IE6 the setting to do with animations wasn't checked…


I didn't even know there was such a setting.



Thanks for your help.