How do we add an avatar
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Post by How do we add an avatar on Feb 16, 2011 10:07:05 GMT -5
I know personally, it's easy for me to associate a picture with a person. I rarely even look at the name, but the picture. I've noticed a couple members here have theirs, but I cannot for the life of me add mine! I went under my profile, and I see the option to add one, but am failing miserably  I saw where you can copy and paste the URL (which I copy and pasted from facebook). DIdn't work. Suggestions? |
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Jen
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Post by Jen on Feb 16, 2011 13:53:02 GMT -5
How are you copying the picture URL? I pull up the picture I want as my avatar, and then right-click on it and select "Copy Image Location." That gets the location of the picture itself and not just the page it's appearing on - make sense? Then you need to set the avatar width and height right below it, up to 100x100.
I have found that it's a bit buggy, though - I just changed mine to my Facebook avatar and tried to change it back to the one I'd had in Photobucket, but I couldn't get the old one to work again. Not sure what's going on there!
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Post by misty on Feb 16, 2011 16:16:41 GMT -5
I have found FB images to be twitchy in general. I have more success with images hosted other places.
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Jen
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Post by Jen on Feb 16, 2011 16:36:42 GMT -5
Oooooh, Misty . . . we can add animated GIFs! That's pretty cool!
BTW, I also have to say that I like the size of the avatars - easier to see than they are on certain other sites.
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Post by akfirefly76 on Feb 16, 2011 17:02:25 GMT -5
yeah... now to find a good face pic of me, a site to upload it, and I'll be recognizable! or, I can stick to my idol, Julia.
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Post by misty on Feb 16, 2011 20:26:19 GMT -5
Oooooh, Misty . . . we can add animated GIFs! That's pretty cool! Heh heh - it probably annoys some of my friends who don't like moving sparkly shit on message boards. *ahem*Tracy*ahem* |
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Post by luvmybabyboy on Feb 16, 2011 22:24:12 GMT -5
Boo  I tried again, didn't work. I have the pic pulled up from facebook. When I right click on it, the only thing I can click that makes sense is "copy". I have no option that says copy from location. Awell. |
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Post by akfirefly76 on Feb 16, 2011 22:50:20 GMT -5
Oooooh, Misty . . . we can add animated GIFs! That's pretty cool! Heh heh - it probably annoys some of my friends who don't like moving sparkly shit on message boards. *ahem*Tracy*ahem* I'm averting my eyes... At least it is simple line drawings in black and white. The blinking smilies are more annoying than your current avatar, so I'll still be your friend.  |
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Post by kst2914 on Feb 17, 2011 11:41:17 GMT -5
I've tried as well to add a pic, but can't seem to find the url. All I can come up with is where it's located on my computer. Ie: in my docs.
So I've decided to use a generic from the list.
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Post by triskelemom on Feb 17, 2011 15:04:05 GMT -5
Um, yeah... I totally hotlinked mine.
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Post by misty on Feb 17, 2011 18:15:06 GMT -5
Um, yeah... I totally hotlinked mine. Hotlinking FTW! What a rebel. |
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Post by kst2914 on Feb 17, 2011 20:18:34 GMT -5
Um, yeah... I totally hotlinked mine. Hotlinking FTW! What a rebel. See, I'm so not tech savvy that I have no idea what that is  |
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Post by LP'smama on Feb 18, 2011 9:23:54 GMT -5
Hotlinking FTW! What a rebel. See, I'm so not tech savvy that I have no idea what that is dittohhhhhh. |
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Post by misty on Feb 18, 2011 9:31:48 GMT -5
Hotlinking is just linking straight to someone else's image, without saving it in your own online location. It uses up the other person's bandwidth, so often the owners of other sites do not like it.
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Post by luvmybabyboy on Feb 20, 2011 2:46:05 GMT -5
Just to let everyone know--I STILL haven't been able to add mine. It's making me kinda pissy. It's just the point now--I want to figure it out! Grrrrr...
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Post by pitbull on Feb 20, 2011 23:37:35 GMT -5
AUGH! I STILL can't do it! I pulled up the pic in snapfish. I right-clicked on it and picked "copy image URL." Then, I pasted that into the field for avatar url, and set the size to 100x100. Nothing happened! Help?
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Post by luvmybabyboy on Feb 20, 2011 23:42:02 GMT -5
try photobucket?
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Post by akfirefly76 on Feb 20, 2011 23:50:53 GMT -5
AUGH! I STILL can't do it! I pulled up the pic in snapfish. I right-clicked on it and picked "copy image URL." Then, I pasted that into the field for avatar url, and set the size to 100x100. Nothing happened! Help? Did you type in your password? I was having major issues (after putting my original avatar in when I first created my profile) changing my avatar until I realized I had to type in my password to be able to modify anything. |
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Post by pitbull on Feb 21, 2011 0:16:44 GMT -5
Darn it! OK, I tried snapfish, Picasa, and photobucket and none worked! But this pic of one of my pitties is on a friend's website, and it worked. So this it will be for now, even though it's not the best pic. I wish it would let you upload something from your computer.
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Post by Cin on Feb 21, 2011 2:41:46 GMT -5
Yeah I totally hotlinked mine too, hmm that sounds kinda kinky...  |
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I saw where you can copy and paste the URL (which I copy and pasted from facebook). DIdn't work. Suggestions?
I tried again, didn't work. I have the pic pulled up from facebook. When I right click on it, the only thing I can click that makes sense is "copy". I have no option that says copy from location. Awell. 
