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Adding a picture as an avatar.. having probs? Look here!
« on: August 16, 2006, 17:50:56 pm »
Hi all

I have noticed that at the moment lots of people need help and advice regarding adding pictures as an avatar.

So here are some instructions that just might help...

Almost any photo or picture can be added as an avatar (the picture that is under your user name) so long as it is not too big.
The picture needs to be no bigger than 120 pixels wide and 160 pixels tall and no more than 100kb in file size. You can resize photos with a lot of photo software and there are a range of freely downloadable photo resizers available on the internet. There is a post in the photo gallery about those.

If you have problems with resizing pics please feel free to send them by email to me at helen@pippin7.freeserve.co.uk and I will be happy to do them for you. I usually email them back to you or might post them in the this thread for you. If I post them in this thread
you can save them to your computer by clicking on the name just below the pic and then use the folowing instructions to help you add it as an avatar..

If you go towards the top of the page you will see a button marked profile.. press that...

Then you need to look to the left and in the second box down (the modify profile box).. select " forum profile information"

Then you select - "I will upload my own picture" .. then press browse and select which picture you want as  your avatar from your computer.

Once you have found it and added it scroll to the bottom and press the change profile button.

If you need more help shout!

Helen xxx

 
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« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2006, 16:57:34 pm »
Hi helen, here it is! Thank you xx

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« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2006, 16:58:03 pm »
Ok stay there be right back!

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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2006, 17:01:15 pm »
Here you go hun... Instructions are above...

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« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2006, 17:17:08 pm »
Yay, thanks Helen, your so clever!! Is it to tricky to explain how you make your avatar show lots of different pics?! I noticed yours was doing it earlier!! Don't worry if its to hard to explain xxx  :-*
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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2006, 17:39:26 pm »
To have an avatar that is a picture show of lots of pictures you need photoshop software.. instructions are in the photogallery..

BUT, if like me you don't have photoshop the alternative route is to speak nicely to Gareth one of the admins and he may have time to make you one! Thats how I did it!

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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2006, 19:56:06 pm »
He he he! Ill look at the thread! Don't really know Gareth that well so might be abit cheeky asking him!! Thank you again x
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« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2006, 19:58:43 pm »
Oh go on Clare.. he doesn't bite.. in fact he's quite a sweety and I am sure he wouldn't mind....

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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2006, 19:06:46 pm »
Helen...

  I am sorry to bother you with this...but I was wondering if you had any advice. I have never had any problem uploading my pics and changing out my avatars. All of the sudden I can't upload a new one. I have tried resizing it to smaller and it still won't upload. Just curious if you may know how I can fix it?  Thanks for you time! I know you are really busy!

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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2006, 19:50:13 pm »
Never too busy to help!

Can you either post the pic you want here or e mail it to me at the address in the first post and I will take a look for you xxx

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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2006, 20:23:54 pm »
Hi helen....

 Here is a picture. I have tried it w/ numerous different pictures and I go to browse, find one I like and click upload, but nothing happens. It doesn't tell me it's too big or anything. I have never had trouble with this before  :-[ :-\

Thank you for your help!
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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2006, 20:28:35 pm »
You are having probs as the site used to resize pics automatically.. it's not doing so at the moment as we are on a temp server so pics have to be resized manually.

I will resize your pic for you now and repost it back in this thread xxx

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« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2006, 20:32:29 pm »
Here you go.. instructions for adding are in the first post xxx

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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2006, 00:19:10 am »
Thank you VERY much Helen! 

Hope Willy is over his mashed potatoe break-out!   

Have a great night!!

Thanks a million!

Shelby :) :) :)
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« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2006, 19:48:10 pm »
Helen- I know how to change my avatar but it won't do it today. The right pic comes up when I browse but when I click on change profile, nothing happens. Still same old pic???
Is there a glitch? Never had any problems before...???
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