Avatar:
1. First you need an image. This board allows the maximum of 80x80 pixels in size. Most boards will only allow .jpg or .gif avatars. You can tell how it's saved by it's suffix:
avatar.gif
If the picture you have it too large, use a photo editor or graphics program to shrink it a bit. Then select and 80x80 pixel area to be your avatar. // If you only have Paint, you can see the measurement in the lower right corner of the window when you are using the select tool- the dotted box. When you have it 80x80 Edit>Copy; then File>New and don't save the previous picture. You should be able to paste it and save for your avatar. If there is a lot of white around the avatar, go to Image>Attributes and change the width and height to 1. Now paste again and you can save it now with the name of your liking.
2. Now you have to put this avatar on the internet, called uploading. I really like www.photobucket.com for image hosting. And it's free.
Upload your image onto your web-host. In Photobucket it will give you a URL, that's the address of your avatar. Copy it (hightlight and ctrl+c)
3. Now we're at your last step, go to your profile on this forum and paste (ctrl+v) the URL into The space for "Link to Off-site Avatar".
And that's it. Enjoy your new avatar. These rules can apply to most forums.
Hey Melika:
Thanks for doing this. I am sure many will appreciate it. Gives us all a hard time at first. This is great
