Posting an Avatar

Use the following steps to post an avatar to display on all your forum posts and in chat.

1. On the top menu select the "Edit Profile" link.

2. Select the "Avatar" tab in your "Edit Profile" area.

3. Make sure the "Enable Avatars" is set to "yes" then press the browse button.

4. Select the avatar graphic from where you saved it on your local system.

5. Press the Update button. Do not press save or you will have to reupload your avatar graphic.The avatar will display in a few minutes when the site updates.

6. Your avatar will display in a few minutes.

Animated Avatars 

Please note that at this time animated avatars will not work. This is due to the fact that the avatars are saved by the software in jpg not gif format -- which is the format animated graphics are saved in. We're hoping that in one of the future releases for the software this will be addressed.

You can, however, link out to an existing graphic that is on another web site. Make sure that the graphic is exactly 120x120 pixels otherwise the software will force it to fit and it may get distorted.

Getting An Avatar

Don't have the time to make or search around for an avatar. In the photo galleries we're putting a series of generic avatars for your use. Simply right click on the avatar you like, save it to an area of your computer that you will remember, and follow the instructions in this article to upload it.