Avatars

Dilfan · Post by **Dilfan** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:37 pm

Will we be able to use avatars on this board? I do know that a lot of posters tend to identify others by their avatars, and it helps when users have changed their userid.
Thanks.

Post by **Admin** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:44 pm

In addition to Avatars, users also have the ability to upload a Personal Picture to their profile. So you may have done the latter, and overlooked the former.

Let us know if further assistance is needed.

Dilfan · Post by **Dilfan** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:08 pm

The problem that I have is that under options in the profile, use avatars is enabled but when I go to edit avatar, the "Don't use avatar" option is checked and I can't seem to figure how to enable this option.
I had checked this at first and then uploaded my jpg as a picture, but have since removed the jpg.
Thanks

Post by **Admin** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:14 pm

Click "Use Custom Avatar" in the lower box, and "Do not use avatar" in the upper box will automatically uncheck. Fill in the URL if your avatar is hosted on an internet server*, or upload an image from your own computer. Later, if you check the "Do not use an avatar" button, and press Save, it will have the effect of deleting your current avatar.

*This practice is strongly discouraged, unless you are the owner of the server upon which the image is stored. Using images from other locations is considered "bandwidth theft".

HTH

Dilfan · Post by **Dilfan** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:23 pm

That's the problem, I don't see a lower box. All I see is the one with the "Do not use avatar" checked.
Sorry to be so much of a pain!:(

Post by **Admin** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:31 pm

No trouble at all. In fact, in correcting our oversight, we actually found another setting we had wanted to correct. So, Thanks!

Try it now.

Dilfan · Post by **Dilfan** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:42 pm

Works like a champ now. Thanks mucho.....

JudiB · Post by **JudiB** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:42 am

I'm not doing so well....

I usually use ImageShack to reduce my pics to post on forums, and there's an "avatar" option.

That's not working here.. it's still too big.

So I put it into paint and "stretch/skewed"ed it till it's illegible... and still the upload is failing.

Hmmm... I was going to "attach" it here... but there's no "attach" feature. I tried the postcard thingee up there... but the only option is to enter a url... which gets into bandwidth issues....(no "browse" to get it off my hard drive)

Is this that proverbial rock/hard place thingee my mama warned me about?

JudiB · Post by **JudiB** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:43 am

WAIT!!

LOL... I'll be damned... it SAID THE UPLOADED FAILED. That lyin' sack o'....

Ok, I guess I need coffee.

(it said the upload failed, I swear it did!)

hahahahahahahaha

Jeeves · Post by **Jeeves** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:50 am

JudiB wrote:WAIT!!

LOL... I'll be damned... it SAID THE UPLOADED FAILED. That lyin' sack o'....

Ok, I guess I need coffee.

(it said the upload failed, I swear it did!)

hahahahahahahaha

It did the same when I uploaded my "Radosta's Cow" avatar, Judi, but you can see she's there in the upper left corner. Maybe some minor glitch.