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« on: November 01, 2008, 10:54:57 AM » |
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Your "avatar" is the little picture that appears on the left side of the forum, right beside each of your posts.
Here are some steps on how to set up - or change - your avatar.
1. Go to your Profile (one of the middle buttons at the top of the screen).
2. Click on Forum Profile Information on the left side of the screen
3. The top 3 buttons give you three different ways of setting up an avatar:
- The first one (personalized picture) lets you choose from a small selection of existing avatars.
- The second one is if you have your own picture that is already uploaded on the web - i.e. to a photobucket or Flickr page.
- The third option lets you upload a picture from your PC. Just browse to the folder that has the picture that you want, and select it.
4. When you're done, make sure to click on Change Profile button at the bottom of the screen!
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Bacardi Jim
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« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2008, 03:14:29 PM » |
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I just want to add a little tip that I learned from Betsy. If you have an avatar that is an especially large file size like an animated one, the board software may not want to display it properly if you upload it directly from your PC. You may need to upload the avatar to a third-party image storage site like Photobucket or ImageShack and then use the board setting option to upload the avatar "from the web." This seems to fix the glitch. At least it did for me. Thanks again, Betsy.  |
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Betsy the Quilter
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2008, 05:45:03 PM » |
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The files I tried didn't seem to even have to be very large, but if they were animated, they only worked from Photobucket or my Picasa web album. Others have been able to get them to work from the PC.
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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2008, 05:47:07 PM » |
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My animated avitars work fine directly from my pc, however my profile siggy line has to go thru my flickr to work.
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KindleKay (aka #1652)
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2009, 05:05:01 PM » |
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I have an animated avatar that I uploaded to Photobucket. In photobucket, it is animated, yet when I upload it here it is not. Any suggestions?
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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2009, 05:23:00 PM » |
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I have an animated avatar that I uploaded to Photobucket. In photobucket, it is animated, yet when I upload it here it is not. Any suggestions?
You need to link to the one in your photobucket account, vs. uploading it here. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2009, 05:26:52 PM » |
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You need to link to the one in your photobucket account, vs. uploading it here.
Is that where I "share" the photo and link it here via http:// address? If so, that is what I did....  |
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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2009, 05:35:13 PM » |
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Is that where I "share" the photo and link it here via http:// address? If so, that is what I did.... What is the address to the image? I can update your avatar. |
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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2009, 05:43:59 PM » |
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What is the address to the image? I can update your avatar.
THANK YOU for the offer....but I think that I figured it out....see to the left  <------------------------------------------------ |
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2009, 07:43:50 AM » |
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I tried to change my avatar - it wouldn't take, then I tried to add a photo to my signature line - it wouldn't take - then I tried the avatar, siggy line, etc., etc. Everything seemed to work, but this morning my avatar is gone and my siggy line picture is there.
I did everything according to Harvey's instructions. Will the profile only accept one photo, is that why I cannot get my avatar back?
I even typed in the address for the avatar rather than choosing (which didn't work) and that didn't do it either. I'm feeling very dumb today, help?
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2009, 09:45:04 AM » |
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I am heading into your profile to investigate - will be back on a moment...
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Harvey
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2009, 09:50:44 AM » |
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Dona, can you tell me if the picture you'd like for your avatar is available on the web (eg at flickr, Photobucket, etc)? Or is it only on your PC right now?
Either way is fine, but once I know that I can help you with getting the avatar to appear.
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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2009, 11:09:48 AM » |
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it's on photobucket
i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww277/jimydona/CIMG0383-1.jpg
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« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2009, 02:13:49 PM » |
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I didn't change anything, but it looks like it's working now... maybe Photobucket was temporarily not responding to serve up that picture.
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« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2009, 03:07:23 PM » |
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Thanks Harvey I'll see if it will work now.
Edit-
When I click on "browse" it brings up my iphoto on my Mac and won't bring up my photobucket, just chirps at me. If I put it in my "Own photo" it does nothing.
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« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2009, 05:31:41 PM » |
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Anju,
I cropped your pic a little and uploaded it... Let me know if it's OK.....
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« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2009, 05:41:18 AM » |
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« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2009, 12:04:36 PM » |
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Just a note. It is possible to up load an Avatar that is to big to be resized to fit. I resized my Avatar to 100x70pix and it up loaded just fine.
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« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2010, 08:13:58 PM » |
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Posting this as a test. I'm trying to to set up my current read as my avatar, but it doesn't seem to be working.
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Harvey
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« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2010, 11:22:12 PM » |
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^ Best way is to upload a picture of your current read to your photobucket account; then go to Profile > Forum Profile Information and select "I have my own pic"; enter the photobucket URL, click on the Change profile button at the bottom of the screen, and you should be all set.
Let us know if that doesn't work for you.
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« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2010, 12:58:11 AM » |
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Okay, thanx! I had been using the amazon url. |
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« Reply #21 on: August 20, 2010, 06:46:15 AM » |
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I am new to Kindle Boards and I am usually not that dense but I find this whole thing extremely frustrating. When I first set up my profile I uploaded a personal photo of mine. I would like to change it to display the icon of my book. It's not a huge file, no animation, but it simply won't change. And yes, I did click on "Change Profile." Sorry about the frustration issue, it probably just takes some time to get used to it. Patience is not one of my virtues! |
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Harvey
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« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2010, 07:46:11 PM » |
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^ Looks like you got it taken care of!
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« Reply #23 on: February 17, 2011, 11:19:12 PM » |
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It took me a while to figure out how to post an image link from an external site and have the image show up at the correct proportions. Size your image around 194 pixels tall by 169 pixels wide, or keep a similar ratio. That should do it.
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« Reply #24 on: February 17, 2011, 11:35:32 PM » |
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I had fun with that this morning as well... ended up with 140x160px... but I see now it's more about the ratio than the absolute.
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