# .Gif files as profile pics? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [2015年十二月3日 16:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291 "2015-12-03T16:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlexBCodecademy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月3日 16:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/1 "2015-12-03T16:46:28Z")
Does discourse support gifs? Is there anyway to have a GIF as a profile picture? ---
**Author:** ![KevinWorkman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kevinworkman/32/122364_2.png) [@KevinWorkman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KevinWorkman)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月3日 16:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/2 "2015-12-03T16:57:40Z")
Yep, it’s supported. Go to your admin control panel → Settings tab → Files section, and then look for the “allow animated avatars” checkbox. ---
**Author:** ![Alankrit\_Choudh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alankrit_choudh/32/119698_2.png) [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月3日 17:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/3 "2015-12-03T17:07:18Z")
after doing that, do we need to ./launcher rebuild app ? ---
**Author:** ![KevinWorkman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kevinworkman/32/122364_2.png) [@KevinWorkman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KevinWorkman)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月3日 17:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/4 "2015-12-03T17:08:48Z")
From the settings page: > WARNING: run the avatars:refresh rake task after changing this setting. ---
**Author:** ![Alankrit\_Choudh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alankrit_choudh/32/119698_2.png) [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月3日 17:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/5 "2015-12-03T17:10:40Z")
I dunno where and what to do about that, where do i type avatars:refresh rake ? is it var/discourse/ or would it be ./launcher enter app ? ---
**Author:** ![KevinWorkman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kevinworkman/32/122364_2.png) [@KevinWorkman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KevinWorkman)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月3日 17:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/6 "2015-12-03T17:15:46Z")
I’m not really an expert either. I googled “discourse rake task” and got [this discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-run-uploads-migrate-to-new-pattern-rake-task/29083), in which @zogstrip says this is how to run a rake task: ``` # ssh into server cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rake uploads:migrate_to_new_pattern ``` I presume that you would simply change that last line to `rake avatars:refresh`. ---
**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月3日 17:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/7 "2015-12-03T17:18:20Z")
> [@KevinWorkman](#): > > I presume that you would simply change that last line to “`rake avatars:refresh`”. Your presumptions are 👍 ---
**Author:** ![AlexBCodecademy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月4日 20:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/8 "2015-12-04T20:18:28Z")
Thanks everyone!! Best, AlexB ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月23日 07:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/18 "2019-01-23T07:35:07Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [2019年二月22日 07:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291/19 "2019-02-22T07:35:10Z")
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