Forum Avatars
What is an avatar?
An avatar is a small graphic that you can upload that will appear next to each of you forum posts
How do I enable my avatar?
Firstly, you need to be a forum member and you need an image sized at 75 pixels width and 75 pixels height.
Re-sizing an image to these dimensions
There is an excellent and FREE photo resizing program called PIXresizer that allows you to easily create web and e-mail friendly versions of your images with reduced file sizes. The help documentation that comes with the program is very straightforward!
Okay, I am a member and have an image. Now what?
- Log-in to the forum
- Go to 'My Control Centre'
- Click the 'Edit My Files' link from the options in the left hand list 'Personal profile'
- Locate the image on your PC that you have re-sized using the 'Browse' button
- Once you've chosen your image and uploaded it, it should appear in the list on that page
Putting your avatar in place
- Choose 'Select Avatar' from the options in the left hand list 'Personal profile'
- On the right of the page you should see the file(s) you have uploaded
- Simply select one and then hit 'Save Changes'
That's it! It you need any more info, then please look in the relevant forum thread which can be found here
