The avatars should all be loading again but feel free to upload a new one anytime or yank my chain if help is required.

The login issue stems from trying to login from the non-secure (http) version of the main page.

If you come here from a bookmark change the bookmark to:
  (You need to Login or Register

I hard coded the POD page links tonight so if you come from a link on that page you will be served the secure version (https) of the main page. Any click inside the forum will switch every browser to using https as well.

Or, just don't logout if you are the only one using your computer.