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Title: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on May 16, 2011, 04:24:46 PM
A Step-by-Step Guide to creating your avator on here

This site lets you shrink pics to the allowed size on here
http://www.shrinkpictures.com/


There is a "How To" Video on here

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Shrinkpicture.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Shrinkpicture.jpg)


Scroll down to this part of the main page
Click on the Brouse button & find the pic you want tto shrink
Click on the Custom Bubble and change it to 100 and also select the Best quality
Click on the RESIZE Button
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step1.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step1.jpg)

Once it's resized your pic, it'll tell you to save it, Right Click on the pic and go to Save As and name it & put it in a folder
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step2.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step2.jpg)               (http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step3.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step3.jpg)               (http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step4.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step4.jpg)



Log in to or create a new account on PHOTOBUCKET
http://www.photobucket.com

Create a new album if you want (don't need to though)

Click on the Upload Pictures button

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step6.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step6.jpg)               (http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step7.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step7.jpg)               (http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step8.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step8.jpg)

When the pic has been uploaded, scroll down the page, either give the pic a new name or click on the box to use the original name and click on "Save and Continue to my album"

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step9.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step9.jpg)

When the picture has been saved on there, the next screen will be this one

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step10.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step10.jpg)

Hover over the picture to bring up the list of options and click inside the IMG Code box, it'll say Saved in there when you do that.


Log into the forum

Click on PROFILE at the top of the screen

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step11.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step11.jpg)

When you're in your Profile page, click on Forum Profile Inforation

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step12.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step12.jpg)

Click on the bubble where it says "I have my own pic, delete the http:// out of the box

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step13.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step13.jpg)

And Paste the link to your pic that you've just copied in it's place

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step14.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step14.jpg)

Scroll down to the bottom of that page and click on the Change Profile button

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/th_Step15.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/?action=view&current=Step15.jpg)


That should do it but I didn't see the new avatar that I saved on here so it might take a few attempts - I can't remember how I did it for my original pic.
There might be something I'm missing at the very end, maybe someone else can clarify that for us.


EDIT - Correction.
When you paste the link into the box on here, take the [ I M G ] bit off the beginning & end of it and then hit the Change Profile button

Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: Stoney on May 17, 2011, 06:11:31 PM
Well hell, who knew it was THAT difficult? Even I managed it......... ;D
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on May 17, 2011, 07:03:51 PM
I managed to do it as well but couldn't get it to show the new one that I used to do this guide  :-[

As I said in the original post - I must be missing something at the very end.............Anyone care to help with that last bit?

Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: Wessexy Witch on May 18, 2011, 09:09:31 AM
I think I clicked to change profile at the start and for luck at the end too !

 :D
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on May 18, 2011, 01:27:52 PM
I got it.........
What I did was take the [ I M G ] off the beginning & end and it worked
 
So when you've pasted the link into the box, delete the [ I M G ] bits & click the Change Profile button.
 
This is what I changed my avatar to
 
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/originalgoth/AVATAR/Avatar.jpg)
 
Cali - the cat who addopted me
 
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: Wessexy Witch on May 18, 2011, 01:45:24 PM
Cali looks very much like my poor Kitty that got killed last year.

(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5641/kittysd.jpg)


Miss you Kitty.

 :'(
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on May 18, 2011, 02:27:54 PM
Yes she does.

I know you still miss your kitty.

Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: mgb on May 18, 2011, 07:06:56 PM
im glad that nobody has never hacked or used any pics of mine. especially the asylum ones.... you might think they were mad!
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: witch on May 20, 2011, 06:32:36 PM
Hello,
I hope I`ll post my question not wrong in this thread.....to be honest I´m not really a " big internet user" and my Avatar had made my brother in law and I would like to ask kind how can I create a signature or maybe a text under my Avatar ?
Any help is very much appreciated  :) :)
Cheers witch
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: Stoney on May 20, 2011, 06:56:16 PM
Hello,
I hope I`ll post my question not wrong in this thread.....to be honest I´m not really a " big internet user" and my Avatar had made my brother in law and I would like to ask kind how can I create a signature or maybe a text under my Avatar ?
Any help is very much appreciated  :) :)
Cheers witch
Go into your PROFILE (centre icon above) and the links are all in there after you select to edit it.
Have fun! 8)
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: Stoney on May 23, 2011, 09:57:49 PM
I believe my good friend Archway will have his fizzogg amongst us anytime now!  8)
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: witch on June 04, 2011, 07:31:54 PM
Hello,
I hope I`ll post my question not wrong in this thread.....to be honest I´m not really a " big internet user" and my Avatar had made my brother in law and I would like to ask kind how can I create a signature or maybe a text under my Avatar ?
Any help is very much appreciated  :) :)
Cheers witch
Go into your PROFILE (centre icon above) and the links are all in there after you select to edit it.
Have fun! 8)
Hello Stoney,
thank you very much for your help :)
I will try this later on
cheers witch
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: mgb on June 04, 2011, 07:43:31 PM
Cali looks very much like my poor Kitty that got killed last year.

(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5641/kittysd.jpg)


Miss you Kitty.

 :'(







this also looks like pippin (one of my sisters cats) shes 16 and still goes for a night out!

Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: jacqui on October 16, 2011, 11:35:07 AM
Whoop whoop finally managed to put photo of me on here so you know who I am now well what I look like  ;D
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: ghost^o^me on November 03, 2011, 08:56:21 PM
Wow I never knew you could be so trick!he!;p I'll give it a whirl then!
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: ghost^o^me on November 04, 2011, 07:43:25 AM
Eeeeeek!! Think I'm going mad!!totally!just been trying to upload my avator from imageshack using the forum link it generates and >ke-plonk!<Sweet nothing just an empty square box after clicking away trigger happy! >Help!<I shriek! D:
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on November 05, 2011, 02:02:54 AM
It could be that your pic is too big, has to be 100 x 100 on here, maybe that's what's stopping it from getting through here.

Try using the first link I gave (Shrinkpictures) and see if it works for you after that.

:)


EDIT - If that's not the problem then maybe you can try copying the link to your pic rather that using their Forum Link and paste it into your avatar section on here as I outlined in my original post. that might do it.
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: ghost^o^me on November 05, 2011, 08:47:14 AM

Hey cheers mate! Ill give it another go then when it takes me :D Take care
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on November 05, 2011, 04:57:53 PM
You're Welcome

:)
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: ghost^o^me on November 15, 2011, 07:00:32 PM
I seiously cannot upload my pic :(
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on November 15, 2011, 07:10:15 PM
Maybe for your avatar pic alone (even if you never use the site for any other pics), you could upload your pic to Photobucket, that's the site I used for this thread amd now I use it all the time.

It might be easier for you to follow my instructions as well if you use the same links as I'v posted in it.

:)

Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: Wessexy Witch on November 15, 2011, 07:27:03 PM
Maybe for your avatar pic alone (even if you never use the site for any other pics), you could upload your pic to Photobucket, that's the site I used for this thread amd now I use it all the time.

It might be easier for you to follow my instructions as well if you use the same links as I'v posted in it.

:)



Or just stick with the red cross in a box if you're a bit of a munter.

 ;)
 :D
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: ghost^o^me on November 15, 2011, 07:57:55 PM
Can I askk someone to put me pic up cos I'm failing miserably :(
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: Coumarin on November 15, 2011, 08:21:07 PM
firstly, upload the image you want to photobucket (this may take a few moments) so it has a web address. then hover over the pic that you have chosen....choose the direct link option and copy.

return to here and paste the link that you have copied into the avatar option, being careful that your link is between the two brackets in the img][img part.

...it does work...honestly...;)
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: ghost^o^me on November 15, 2011, 08:22:56 PM
I'm sure it does just not for me anyways I have someone on the case ;)
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on November 15, 2011, 08:29:47 PM
I've resized your pic & have emailed the link to it back to you.

Copy & paste that link into your profile bit where it says I have my own image after you've deleted the existing [I M G bits.

That should do it for you
:)

Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on November 15, 2011, 08:32:48 PM
We can see your avatar now even before you've posted on here again :)

RESULT

Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: ghost^o^me on November 15, 2011, 08:34:48 PM
Oh my!! Not sure I want me closeup pic on there afterall :0
Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: originalgoth on November 15, 2011, 08:37:54 PM
At least you know how to do it now so you can change it anytime you want
:)

EDIT
You just have to remember that your pic can only be 100px to be accepted on here.

Title: Re: How to create your Avatar
Post by: ghost^o^me on November 15, 2011, 08:40:02 PM
True! Thanks for this! But it may have to go think I'll get an NMA logo up there instead!hehe!