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Uploading Avatars

An avatar is a picture or graphic that you can have "attached" to your profile that will display, along with your name on all your forum posts. All avatars should be no more than 90 pixels in width and 90 in height. This article only deals with uploading a completed avatar, not creating one.

Published Jun 26 2007, 06:53 AM by Serge Obolensky, CAE
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Candis Bradshaw said:

A neat Web site will resize avatars for you.  Please go to www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar , select a picture to upload, then select the size as being no larger than 160.  Click "Resize."  A new window will appear with about three or four different images.  Select the one you like the best, right-click on it, and select "Save Image As."  Save the image to a place where you will find it easily on your computer.  Then follow the instructions above to upload the avatar into the forum. ;-)

June 26, 2007 2:22 PM
 

Tori Pittman said:

Works like a dream.  All sorts of options for Avatars become available - silly convention photos, trip remembrances.

June 27, 2007 8:34 AM
 

Candis Bradshaw said:

I do not believe we can upload and use animated GIF files.  Am I right about this, Serge?

August 2, 2007 9:18 AM
 

Marge Teilhaber, RDR said:

Candis,

PERFECT!!!  Oh, the time I have wasted over the years with avatars.  Thank you!!   A brilliant find!!

August 5, 2007 11:09 PM
 

Victoria Dudeck said:

I am having avatar issues.  I think I am following the directions correctly.  First I resized a picture using the suggested web site then hosted it at that web site's sister site.  When I input that at the "edit profile" section, initially I see my picture.  Then every subsequent time, I get the dreaded little red x.  There must be a simple solution.  Help, please?

August 16, 2007 8:50 AM
 

BonniShuttleworth49127 said:

Just getting started.

August 21, 2007 3:22 PM
 

Candis Bradshaw said:

Victoria,

I don't think you have to host the photo on another site.  I think you can just upload it from your hard drive directly to the site.  Try it again without uploading it to another site.

August 23, 2007 7:48 PM

About Serge Obolensky, CAE

Serge Obolensky is the Assistant Director, Electronic Communications for NCRA and is responsible for all of NCRA's Web related activities, including the NCRA Online Forum.

An avid Yankee fan, he still volunteers to coach his son's Little League teams in spite of the fact that he has been forced to play as every other team besides the Yanks -- but luckily never as the Red Sox!