Avatar & Signature

jimfox · Member

Avatar & Signature

Vince · Senior Member

Not showing ignorance at all jimfox, never too old to learn.

And you would be right.

Cheers
Vince

jimfox · Member

Thanks Vince, but no info is just that ... no help at all ...

jimfox · Member

Vince, not being rude, i just need i nfo on what to do here, OK?

Gaylehere · Guru

Jim, I am new to this sort of thing myself so here goes. Click on (jimfox) and your profile will come up with the information you filled in. On the left under profile it should say avatar, click on that and it'll say something about uploading/downloading something (can't remember the exact words). Click on the top one to download a photo. Anyway as I had photos on my computer I found one that I was happy with, clicked on it to bring it in as my avatar. I haven't a signature but for that, click on signature under profile and a box will come up and you can type what you want and you can add colour, fonts etc. Those little boxes across the top gives you those things. As yet I haven't had a go at that. I am sure that someone who knows more and can explain things better will come along and help. Cheers.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I heard my name mentioned ! Just as well it was nice Jim otherwise my bestest braves would be hunting your scalp mate smile

If you follow the instructions given by Gaylehere you should get success.

Hope you get things sorted Jim.

Desert Dweller · Senior Member

COMPUTERS,we're all learning! They can be great at times, they can also be very frustrating.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

So are Ipads, DD. I have checked my settings so many times yet the silly thing has a mind of it's own furious

That's my excuse anyway and I am stick'n with it smile

Bruce and Bev · Guru

Hi Jim and welcome to our happy group of travelers :)

Hopefully you can follow the correct advice Gaylene has give you - fluff around with it and despite not being a 14 year old computer geek - you will get an avatar (a picture or image) and your signature (like Dougwes or mine)

Make sure if you are going to use a photo or picture you already have saved, that you work out which one you intend to use before you start the process - save you some time.

dieseltojo · Senior Member

Hi jimfox,

Pretty much as explained by Gaylehere alright. The thing with avatars is that a site can only allow a certain size of pic, so some thing like a pic might be installed at 10 -12 kb. and a gif avatar will go as high as 30 kb.

So it all depends on the algorithm the site allows. All to do with band width.

It also depends on your original size of pic, and the reductions that a forum can operate at. This forums seems generous in that regard, and any pic should be automatically installed.

Mine is a gif made up of around 7 single pics and took a bit of experimenting to get it to work here. Just for interest sake if you right click on any pic and select info or properties it will show the kb size of it ;my avatar is around 37 kb.

-- Edited by dieseltojo on Friday 17th of June 2016 04:36:00 PM