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kevin
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PostPosted: July 28, 2004 9:12 PM    Post subject: how to display an image (avatar) under your username Reply with quote

i've been getting the question, "how do i make a picture appear beneath my username?" a lot lately, so i figured it was time to do a tutorial. Smile


  1. go to your profile (there's a link that says "profile" near the top of every page of the site)

  2. scroll all the way to the bottom of the profile page, where you'll find the "Avatar control panel"

  3. to use your own picture as your avatar, follow the instructions in the following thread (NOTE: offsite avatars are limited to 80 pixels on a side. if yours is larger than this, it will be automatically resized by the forum software):

    http://quit-smoking-support.woofmang.com/viewtopic.php?t=814

  4. to use one of the "built-in" avatars:

    1. click the "Show gallery" button next to the line that says, "Select Avatar from gallery:" (NOTE: there are nearly 600 avatars available, so the gallery page will take a while to completely load)

    2. scroll through the gallery and find an avatar that you'd like to use

    3. click the button *below* the avatar

    4. scroll to the bottom of the page

    5. click "Select avatar" (this will take you back to your profile page)

    6. scroll to the bottom of your profile page and click "Submit"


  5. you're done!
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PostPosted: April 25, 2005 5:16 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, I tried all of that... Pics are on my own hard drive, and I still get the little red X..

Whats the deal??
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PostPosted: April 25, 2005 7:25 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

files on your local computer aren't accessible over the internet, imagen; the image you want to use has to be on a publicly-accessible server in order for this to work.

take a look at the instructions in the topic i linked to, above; they'll explain exactly what you need to do. Smile
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PostPosted: April 25, 2005 7:35 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

*singing* "If I only had a brain"

Thanks Kevin..

~Im Embarassed
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PostPosted: July 1, 2005 6:30 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote


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PostPosted: July 1, 2005 6:32 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy Yikes, how to I make it smaller?

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PostPosted: July 2, 2005 10:59 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

bkking wrote:
Very Happy Yikes, how to I make it smaller?

Blessings,

first of all, congratulations, barbara - you got it!

now, if you use the image as your avatar (see the post i linked to, above, about posting images, for instructions), the forum software will automatically resize it for display. but that won't change the actual size of the image.

to change the actual size of the image, you can use the program "paint" that comes with windows (look in "help and support" in the start menu to find out how to find it). once you get your image opened in paint, go to the 'image' menu and choose 'stretch and skew'. under 'stretch', choose a number less than 100% (it'll probably work best if you choose the same number for both boxes), then use 'save as' on the 'file' menu to save it with a new name (this way, you'll have both the large and small versions). then upload it and use it wherever you like.
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PostPosted: July 2, 2005 12:10 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy Thanks Kevin,

I will fool with it again when I have the brain and time to do it. Laughing

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PostPosted: June 22, 2006 11:30 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've tried to use an avatar from the site gallery but even after submitting when I return to my profile the image or the box with ? in it is gone. It isn't a big concern that I dont have an avatar, just wanted to let you know that maybe there are technical difficulties. Thanks, Julie
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PostPosted: June 22, 2006 5:42 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

it worked for me julie; why don't you send me a pm telling me what you did, step by step? maybe i can help you figure out why it didn't work for you... Smile
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PostPosted: August 7, 2007 8:32 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kevin,

I also tried to us an avatar that is provided by this site, picked one, went into my profile, downloaded the avatar list, clicked the button below my selected avatar , went to bottom of page hit select, then clicked submit on my profile page. No image on my profile page, just a red X in the image box.

What am I doing wrong?

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PostPosted: August 7, 2007 8:48 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

it sounds like you did everything right, genny - let me take a look at it and see if there's something broken.
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PostPosted: August 7, 2007 10:03 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kevin, I tried again, I also noticed that when I selected an avatar and returned to my profile page, my quit date was balnk, had to re-enter. Is the problem with my computer?

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PostPosted: August 7, 2007 10:34 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

no, genny, the problem is with my programming - i fixed the avatar thing, but i can't take the time right now to track down the problem with the quit date, so we'll just have to live with resetting that whenever we change our avatars for a while... Embarassed
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PostPosted: August 7, 2007 11:23 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you Kevin for correcting the problem

Happy to know that my computer is not acting up


A great day to you

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