Help with avatar

[Cyndy]

I need directions for ding-a-lings.

I have a picture picked out from my computer. I resized it at tinypic.com. What link do I use and which blank on my user profile do I put it in.....

[TamieJP]

Go to USER CONTROL PANEL which is linked to the left of the screen just below the BOARD INDEX link.

[Kel]

Use the Tinypic link for direct layouts and put it in the

[Ruth]

Can I just braig a bit? I decided I was bound and determined to have an avatar on this new swap. It took me 1 and 1/2 hours to do it, but I finally got it figured out with a little help from dh.

It was easiest for me to find a saved picture on my computer, resize it in Adobe Acrobat, export it and save it as a jpg and then insert it as my avatar.

[RobinS]

Go to User Control Panel...click on the 'Profile' tab near the top...then click on "Edit Avatar" to the left.

[Cyndy]

Use the Tinypic link for direct layouts and put it in the

WHAT?!?!?!?!


Oh help! The suspense is killing me!!!..........

Do I need to put anything in the upload from my machine blank? or upload from URL? or link off site? or avatar dimensions? Am I even on the right page?

[Cyndy]

It was easiest for me to find a saved picture on my computer, resize it in Adobe Acrobat, export it and save it as a jpg and then insert it as my avatar.

Ruth, you are waaaaay smarter than me!

[Kel]

Sounds like you are in the right place. Don't know why my last post cut off. Sorry!

Tinypic will give you four links. Put the one labeled "Direct Layouts" in the "Upload from URL" space.

You don't need to fill in dimensions.

Please let me know if that doesn't work for you.

[Ruth]

Ruth, you are waaaaay smarter than me!

I don't know about that, because I don't have a clue about what you are talking about

[Cyndy]

Yay! I did it! Thanks all!