Posted: 5/27/2015 12:10:43 AM EDT
| Hi- new guy here. Can someone please provide me a link or some instruction on adding an avatar to my profile? I've tried to search it out/figure it out before resorting to asking..... Also when I tried to imbed a photo via photobucket using a way that seemed to work for me in another forum I just kept I bedding a direct link back to my photobucket account as opposed to actually posting the image- any help appreciated! Looking forward to participating |
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Welcome! I think you may have to have a minimum number of posts before you can put an avatar picture up. That may be true for posting pics in the content also but I'll tell you what I do.
In Photobucket I choose the "direct" photo URL and copy it (the "image" URL should work also too). Then, here in Arfcom, I click the "photo" button (it's the one fourth from the far end, looks like a pic of a mountain with a sun in the corner). When the prompt pops up where you enter the URL, I delete everything already entered ("http://" if I remember correctly) and then paste my URL and click "OK". That works for me. There are some sights I can just put the URL into the body of the post and it work but I can never remember which sites do that and which don't so now I just use the standard method on everything. To access the spot to insert an avatar pic, at the very top left of your screen, you click the little person button between the red log in/out button and your screen name. Once that page comes up you click the "main" button that appears directly under the "Information" section. After clicking the "main" button you'll see the section at the bottom of the page labeled "avatar". Directly under the "Avatar" section is the button to change avatar pics. As I said though, you may need to meet a minimum post count before it lets you do anything. Hope that helps some. |
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Welcome! I think you may have to have a minimum number of posts before you can put an avatar picture up. That may be true for posting pics in the content also but I'll tell you what I do. In Photobucket I choose the "direct" photo URL and copy it (the "image" URL should work also too). Then, here in Arfcom, I click the "photo" button (it's the one fourth from the far end, looks like a pic of a mountain with a sun in the corner). When the prompt pops up where you enter the URL, I delete everything already entered ("http://" if I remember correctly) and then paste my URL and click "OK". That works for me. There are some sights I can just put the URL into the body of the post and it work but I can never remember which sites do that and which don't so now I just use the standard method on everything. To access the spot to insert an avatar pic, at the very top left of your screen, you click the little person button between the red log in/out button and your screen name. Once that page comes up you click the "main" button that appears directly under the "Information" section. After clicking the "main" button you'll see the section at the bottom of the page labeled "avatar". Directly under the "Avatar" section is the button to change avatar pics. As I said though, you may need to meet a minimum post count before it lets you do anything. Hope that helps some. Thank you Brandi, I believe you are correct on all counts! As for you other guys, go ahead, pile on the newb while you can- I've got broad shoulders 
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