Haumea and her daughters

[yomikoma]

Haumea symbol
Hi'iaka and Namaka symbols

Comments

[cnoocy]

Yay!
One of these days you're going to have to update your icon. Or set up a cron job to do it so it stays in sync with the solar system.

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

I haven't changed icons in LJ before - does it change old posts where I've used it?

[cnoocy]

I have no idea.

[queue.livejournal.com]

I know that when you change your default icon, it changes the icon in any post that used the default. However, I think that if you were to upload a "replacement" icon, it would actually just function as a new one, even if you used the same keywords for it. Just a guess, though (but easy enough to test out).

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Since I only have 6 slots to play with it's actually harder for me to test it.

After testing

[queue.livejournal.com]

Deleting a userpic and uploading a new one with the same keyword will change the userpic in old posts. Uploading a pic with the same keyword as an existing pic will change the keyword of the old one to something random (e.g., "pic#8387348"). Deleting a pic will change old posts that use that pic to your current default pic.

Re: After testing

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks! So if I was to do this, the safest thing would be to upload a new pic with the same keyword and then remove the old one?

Re: After testing

[queue.livejournal.com]

Either way works. I deleted a pic, noted an old post went back to the default pic, then uploaded a new pic with the same keyword, and noted that the old post went to the new pic. It's robust. Looks like the post keeps the keyword as a pointer no matter what, and if it doesn't find a pic with that keyword then it throws up the default.

Re: After testing

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Cool. (Sadly, the keyword in question is "Twelve Planets" but that will only bother me.)

Re: After testing

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Yup, I experimented a while ago and got the same results. Yay for peer-reviewed research!

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

It's done - thank you all for your help!