GERRY Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Please can any one tell me how to get my photo under my name for this forum, I get to "edit profile" and go to "avatar", .. then what?? it dose not say what to do from there, I'm kinda new to this e-mail / forum / chat line stuff I bet it's easy, but I need a sept by step Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Gerry, I dug this out of the archives using the search button on the blue bar at the top of this page. You asked how to post your picture (avatar) on APQS. Here is how I did it. First, find a picture of yourself and resize it using any graphic software to be 100 x 100 pixels maximum. The you have to put your picture on the web somewhere . Some folks have their own web-site and some put their avatar image on www.webshots.com, which is free if you don't mind the ads. You need the URL address of the picture (i.e.http:.//www.webshots.com/community/fred/myphoto.jpg) so be sure to write it down. Once the photo is on the internet, go into the APQS forum (where you are reading this). Make sure that you are logged in - upper right corner of APQS forum site will show "Logged in as Pam Geary" Directly under the "Logged in", you'll see Control Panel - Options. Click it. Click "Edit Profile" (2nd button from left). You profile opens, scrolll down past Edit Profile - Optional, until you see Avatar URL . Enter the URL address in the space for Avatar URL. I think it happens right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle Square Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I have done everything here to post my avatar and it doesn\'t seem to be working. Am I supposed to click Edit Profile at the bottom when I\'m finished? I did that. Does it take awhile to get changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 No it should show up immediately. What is needed is your photo to be published out on the web, so it has an URL address. Some folks use their webshots account to download a photo there and then link it here. If you don\'t have a place to add a photo on the web, I believe you could email your photo to the APQS tech support here and they can add it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle Square Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I put my 100 x 100 pixel photo on webshots and then copied the URL to my user profile. Nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle Square Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I went back to my pictures and resized my photo to 99 x 99 and went through the whole process again. Still, nothing. What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Did you migrate your photo on your web site to the web so it\'s active? Perhaps I need more details on what you\'ve done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle Square Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Shana, I don\'t know what "migrate" means. I first resized my picture to 99 x 99 pixels and then posted it in one of my albums on Webshots. Then I copied the URL from that picture and pasted it in the Avatar URL space under Edit Profile on this forum. Then I clicked the "Edit Profile" button at the bottom of the page. Obviously I got my signature on the profile, but can\'t get the picture on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 It still might be too big. Try reducing it more. I think mine had to be tiny to fit the avatar space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiefly Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I have not been able to do this either. I resized my photo to 80x60. copied the URL into my profile where is says Avatar. still nothing. The signature part was difficult too, but I got that, so there is hope:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Katie, While in webshots... go to the album that has your picture. click on the picture you want to post. on the right side of screen in the yellowish box select "link to it" select the address in the "post to a forum" section (it should highlight it) right click and copy. Then go the Avatar section in your profile. I just did this last weekend and had a time too...I think that is what I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadia Wilson Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I did it! I\'ve been following along with this thread and finally set up my webshots and avatar picture! I had a time figuring it out too...I clicked on enough addresses/URL\'s and finally got it right. I took my pic into paint and made it real small and then I did basically what MaryBeth did, with the exception of editing my picture again in webshots in a screen that had a choice of the amount of pixels. I chose 100 and it worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiefly Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Thanks for all the help Mary Beth, I tried what you said. I don\'t think that worked. I will keep trying, I must be missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I probably left out a step...it wouldn\'t surprise me Sorry!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiefly Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Not your fault, I am just computer challenged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiefly Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Okay, the URL to post to your profile is: direct link to image I was trying to: post in a forum All better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Yippee!! It worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle Square Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Well, finally !!! That "Direct Link to Image" did it! Thanks, Katie !! The Lord bless you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Oh and now just look at you, Ann! It was worth the wait to (finally) see your pretty smiley face. You are a REAL Georgia Peach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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