Please transition signature images to Avatars!

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The avatar feature lets you enter a custom avatar of your choosing

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Got how to choose from the list, but create a custom avatar?
Don't get how to do that yet.

I could see no where to do this either, Puppy! I did it, but I found them not to my liking, really!

Puppy!! You are a snipeaholic!! LMAO!!!

Once you click the avatar icon a screen comes up. In that screen near the top is something that says "custom" I think. If you click that it lets you enter a custom avatar. I believe you can either enter the URL or upload the image from your computer.

oh ya, and I charged of of the "karma" names. The other ones were pretty plain: "ExpertSniper" and "Sniper" and "ProSniper"

I'm also trying to make them fit better on a 800x600 screen. Some of the ones that had *** before make them span several lines and looked sorta sloppy I thought.

Ok, there should be the option for custom avatars now, it was missing and I made a change to the forum settings and now it's there like it's supposed to be.

Just playing around with the custom avatar feature... using this URL...

http://www.escargot.com/pics/mother72.ico



Seems aweful familar

        Thanx.

Is signature going to go away some day, or just the html?

Lol, I clicked on it and there was BJ!!!!

Now, that's more like it!

I hope this change really is for people with modems and not the gripers and whiners.

I don't know, Jake. I use my cell phone with a 14.2 modem, or something like that and it works just fine on here! Now, you can't get any slower than that!

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Jakedduck:
I hope this change...

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Jake, you missed a spot.

Humph, won't work for me. I don't have time to sit here and fight it. Maybe later. Guess the grumpy's won anyhow huh?

MG This is what you have entered.

http://<img%20src="http://www.savepic.com/freepicturehosting/
is.php?i=80972&img=MVC-033S.jpg" border="0">  

To much info, and way to big... It needs to be

http://www.savepic.com/freepicturehosting/is.php?i=80972&img=MVC-033S.jpg

You will also have to reduce the size to 48 x 48. Your pic is currently 640 x 480.

This, for example is the correct size, and
would be entered as

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/puppy_raiser/Iris.jpg

You'll have to shop around for a pic that can be reduced in size and still be recognized.

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Guess the grumpy's won

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I choose not to see it in that light.

Puppy, I know nothing about what I am doing, but as you notice, the pix of the old lady in the rocker is up there. I didn't reduce it or anything. I just uploaded it as it was and I guess the program here did it!

Cool, I guess we get an auto-reduction, (didn't even try... thanks for the info) so changing what MG has entered should do the trick alone.

It auto resizes to 48 x 48 - my quote mark didn't look good so I searched for R2D2 of about the right size and ... voila!

What's 'grumpy' about wanting the important bits of the forum to look and work efficiently? Animated GIFs are so, like, last year!

R2

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Is signature going to go away some day, or just the html?

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Neither. This message board software wont let us turn off the HTML in just the signature. If we did that we'd have to turn it off in the whole message board and I dont like that. Everyone uses HTML to good use in posts. Whether posting pictures for others or formatting bid histories, etc.

I think if Infopop made an update where it could be turned off in only the signature I'd probably do it though.

R2, to each his own..guess we just don't want our own personal styles and likes forced upon the other.

Sara, can you help me get my avatar cleared? I know the link I tried isn't going to work, but I can't even get it to be NO avatar. HELP!!

Way to go! You've found a bug in Infopops message boards. I'll ask them.

oh goody

I Hate Avatars

Only one smilie at a time !!! What are you going to do?!?!

Welcome back.

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Originally posted by Puppy Raiser:
Only one smilie at a time !!! What are you going to do?!?!

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Not have any

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Welcome back.

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Thanks Puppy - it wasnt a planned exit. Some dopey Cow-Cocky (Dairy Farmer) cut our phone lines whilst he was fencing. Telstra being Telstra...took forever to send a *crew* (1 bloke) to repair it. The only good thing is, as it took them so long to repair, they have to credit my mobile (cell) AND home account with some $$ for the *inconvenience of not having a phone line and having to use my mobile for all calls.

Greetings all,
Just wanted to see how my Avatar looks.

I pray all be well.

Whoa! Spooky, Robert!!

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Originally posted by Mrs.M:
Whoa! Spooky, Robert!!

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Mrs. M,
Spooky?...Yes, but here's what's behind it...

So…what’s with all these bones and skulls?

Some people believe that Tibetan Buddhism is a macabre religion with ghoulish deities and a strange obsession with bones, blood and gore. This is a complete misunderstanding of the symbolism involved in the tantric rituals. The fact is that there is an emphasis on each of our own impending deaths, but this is not a morbid fixation, but rather an impetus to make the most of life while we have the opportunity. The belief is that since death is inevitable, one should be mindful of the important things in life - cultivating kindness and compassion for all sentient beings, and practicing virtue and meditation - techniques to discipline the mind and elevate consciousness.
Many people have an aversion to bones and blood and such because, when it comes down to it, this makes them think of their own mortality, and they don't want to think about that for a second. So among worldly people there is a certain degree of repulsion for such things. On the other hand, the tantric Buddhist approach is to view them, contemplate them, even handle them and use them - its all about using the symbols of death as a means for understanding what life is really about. Utilizing death to come to terms with life is "skillful means" - a very important concept in Buddhism as many of you are no doubt very aware.

Where do I find my profile so I can add an avatar thanks

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Originally posted by geni-inoz:
Where do I find my profile so I can add an avatar thanks

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geni,
Go to the top of this form and you will see a button "Go" ...click on that and you will see "Profile"...click on that, then "My Space"... and there you'll be.

Nice Avatar, Geni! And, welcome to our forum!

I couldn't find a link that would let me use my own picture. All I could do was choose from the avatars that are listed.

Bummer, it's disappeared again. (happened once before) At present you can't do a custom avatar.

Sara will have to fix again. If or when that happens, you will see a 'Download Custom Avatar' link at the top of the box you've already seen.

Search on the forum is hosed up too.

Thanks, Puppy.

Gosh, puppy, maybe the feature wasn't used enough! (kidding, Sara..really! )

Christine,

I looked up the following:
“Go” tab
My Space
Permission
Platform
Personal Permissions
“Can upload avatars to site” isn’t checked. Don’t know if that’s causing the problem. Maybe it’s only a restriction for members that have monosyllabic ID’s.

I just uploaded mine a week or so go and my personal also is not checked at this time for it!