Make my own avatar?

[kbasa]

Here's how to put up an avatar (that little picture under your name) that you like. It could be your club logo, it could be a picture of you on your bike, it could be a big scary fish, it's up to you.

First off - find a picture you like. I found my avatar, by doing a search at Google (http://www.google.com) for kielbasa and clicking on the tab marked images. I found lots of pictures of kielbasa.

I found one I liked and then right clicked on it. On the menu that popped up, I selected "Save Picture As" and saved the picture to my desktop.

To tell if it was too big, I highlighted the file (now living on my desktop) and right clicked. I then selected "Properties" from the menu and looked at the "Summary" tab. Be sure you have "Advanced" displayed. If you look, you'll see that Windows will show you how wide and tall the picture is in pixels.

My image was a little too large and the maximum size for an avatar is 70 x 70 pixels.

To shrink my picture to the right size, I used Irfanview, which is free and available at Irfanview.com (http://www.irfanview.com) .

In Irfanview, I opened my picture and used Image>Resize and Resample to change the size.

I then saved the picture as kbasaavatar.jpg. My avatar was ready to upload.

I then clicked on the User C.P. button at the top of the screen and went to "Edit Options". Down at the bottom of the screen is a way for you to load your own image from your computer to use as your avatar.

And now you're done. A copy of your avatar is safely living up on the Bulletin Board's server. You can keep your copy in a safe place.

If you have questions, send me an email and I'll try and get you squared away.

Kbasa Mail (teamkbasa@attbi.com)

dave

:thumb

[32232]

Got it now! :clap

[kbasa]

w00t!

I"m going to delete your first test post, just so you know where it went.

:)

[RRick]

kbasa thanx for sharing. As i understand, now that I have 1 post I can customize my avatar.

[kbasa]

Originally posted by RRick
kbasa thanx for sharing. As i understand, now that I have 1 post I can customize my avatar.

My pleasure! Glad it worked for you.

:D

[JeanLachaud]

Fascinating. Is there a way to print this message?

[kbasa]

Originally posted by Jean Lachaud
Fascinating. Is there a way to print this message?

Centered under the column of messages is a button marked "Printable View" Click that and print it.

Jean, it looks like your avatar is still messed up.

dave

[JeanLachaud]

The avatar does not exist. Yet.

[fish]

Another tip on avatars and the use of irfanview, is to use the crop function to grab just a piece of a larger image (square, preferably), pull down the Edit menu and select Crop, then go about resizing it to the 70x70 pixel limit.

Step 1: Find an image you want to make an avatar out of. I like this one, but there's so much stuff in the photo, that it would look way too busy if I just resized it down to avatar size.

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/87322/87322-Medium.jpg


Step 2: In your favorite photo editing software (irfanview, in this case), I crop down to just the doggy's face.

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/87323/87323-Medium.jpg


Step 3: The image is just right, but it's still too big for an avatar (87 x 87), so I resized it down to 70 x70, sharpened it a little...and voila! A new doggy avatar.

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/87324/87324-Medium.jpg

Easy and fun! :)

[gsmullins]

Originally posted by fish
http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/87322/87322-Medium.jpg

Nice pic. Looks like Chopperman's back yard. :cool:

mully

[fish]

Originally posted by gsmullin
Nice pic. Looks like Chopperman's back yard. :cool:

mully

Yup...that's it exactly. How are ya, mully? :wave

[gsmullins]

Originally posted by fish
Yup...that's it exactly. How are ya, mully? :wave

Aw, hangin', mang. Bein' nibbled to death by ducks these days, knowhuddamean? :help Waitin' for riding season to fire up, like we all are.

You? :D

mully

[MrsKbasa]

Mully, I love your Icon, man that's cool:cool:

[kbasa]

Originally posted by MrsKbasa
Mully, I love your Icon, man that's cool:cool:

I'd like to nominate it for Avatar of the Week.

:thumb

[fish]

Originally posted by KBasa
I'd like to nominate it for Avatar of the Weak.


I fixed it for ya :D

Mully...riding season? In Mission Viejo? :rofl

[kbasa]

Originally posted by fish
I fixed it for ya :D

Mully...riding season? In Mission Viejo? :rofl

What? You waiting for a day when the sun comes up? People back east think I'm spoiled in Marin....

:bliss

[gsmullins]

Originally posted by fish
I fixed it for ya :D

Mully...riding season? In Mission Viejo? :rofl

Yeah, I know. That was kinda weak, wasn't it? :D

Riding season starts as soon as I can get some of these alligators outta my office.......... or stop my boss(es) from bringing more in there and leavin `em. :banghead

mully

[gsmullins]

Originally posted by MrsKbasa
Mully, I love your Icon, man that's cool:cool:

Thank you, MrsK' ! :)

Even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while......

mully

[oldcarkook]

Good evenink ladies and germs, we are introducing a new cat tonight for the first time. Take it away Roy...Roy...Roy?
http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/photos/stovebolt/tiger.gif

[kbasa]

Jeebus, that's funny!

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

[Rich]

KBasa,

Just curious, the avatar size can be 70 x 70 pixels, what if the picture isn't square, can it just be a total of 2100 sq. pixels? Thanks, you are doing a great job, and I love the forums.

[kbasa]

Originally posted by Rich
KBasa,

Just curious, the avatar size can be 70 x 70 pixels, what if the picture isn't square, can it just be a total of 2100 sq. pixels? Thanks, you are doing a great job, and I love the forums.

Thanks for the comments!

Actually, we have a maximum permissible size of 70 pixels in either direction. The can, as you can see by BradfordBenn's avatar, be animated Gifs, as long as they don't exceed the maximum filesize.

[Rich]

Thanks, KBasa, I'm getting it figured out. :clap

[Ironhorsecowboy]

Checking to see if my change went through. :)

[knary]

Originally posted by IRONHORSECOWBOY
Checking to see if my change went through. :)

Remember, once you change your avatar, it's changed on ALL of your posts.

[fedagato]

Well here goes nothing. I really like this fourm bussiness. Lets see if I are smurt nuff to work it.-- thanks Felix the cat:dunno :dunno

[kbasa]

Originally posted by fedagato
Well here goes nothing. I really like this fourm bussiness. Lets see if I are smurt nuff to work it.-- thanks Felix the cat:dunno :dunno

Nizice!

:thumb

[BradfordBenn]

Should I ask what is in Felix's bag?

Very cool avatar.

[gambrinus]

I miss Kermit...


RW

[kbasa]

Originally posted by gambrinus
I miss Kermit...


RW

It ain't easy being green, I guess.

:bliss

[gambrinus]

Perhaps he'll return for some special occasion... Until then he's on the prowl for cheap booze and loose women.

RW

[BradfordBenn]

Kermit is definitely an AvRider avatar if I ever saw one

[fedagato]

Thanks, I happen to have some real nice 5-0 surgical silk complete with half-circle taper needle right next to my cable saver in my little checked bag - "BE PREPARED"!!

[James.A]

Many thanks to Kbasa for the instructions on page 1.
I still can't believe the Secretary of State gave me that plate. :D

[bigfoot105]

If this works, that's for the instructions. If it don't I'll try again

Thanks!

[BradfordBenn]

Looks like it worked, cool avatar :thumb

[SheRidesABeemer]

Ok, I'm confused. Clearly I have loaded an avitar before, but I can not seem to find an option in the Edit Option section to upload another one.

second question, I can't find the place to change the text under my username. :help

[knary]

It is a little odd in the new forum system.

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Avatar:
1. Open your user control panel.

2. Click on "Edit Avatar" in the menu to the left under "Settings & Options". It is the fifth link down.

3. At the bottom of the page is a section for "Custom Avatar". Click on "Choose File".

4. find the file on your computer that you wish to use. Remember, it has to be less than 70 pixels by 70 pixels and under 19.5 kb.

5. Click on "Save Changes".

6. enjoy your new avatar.

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Custom User Title (text above avatar):
1. Open your user control panel.

2. Click on "Edit Profile" in the menu to the left under "Settings & Options". It is the third link down.

3. The page that comes up is broken into sections. Under the section titled, "Optional Information", the first subsection is "Custom User Title". This is where you change the text above your avatar. In the blank field, enter your new user title. Your current title is in bold just above this field.

4. at the bottom of the page, click on "Save Changes".

5. enjoy your new Custom User Title.

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Make sense?

[SheRidesABeemer]

Thank you for the detailed instructions, it confirms what I was seeing, rather not seeing. I don't have either of the options you referenced. See the pic of edit profile, optional information section below. There is no custom user title section.
There is no custom avatar section on my edit avatar page.

[kbasa]

Try it now, Gail. It should be there for you.

dave

[SheRidesABeemer]

Thanks that solved the custom title, still no Avatar option. Thanks for your help (in this important matter). ;)

[kbasa]

Thanks that solved the custom title, still no Avatar option. Thanks for your help (in this important matter). ;)

Try it now. I flipped the bit for you.

And what's up with the title? :dunno

[SheRidesABeemer]

All set now, thanks for flipping all the right levers, now I am free to change my identity at will.

re the title:
When I first joined the forum, it was based on an invitation to join the President's Forum. Some one set my heading up as Club President. I never was club president, I was the Secretary. A friend of mine, who knew that I was secretary, recently congratulated me on my rise in office...so I figured it was time to change it.

[Rob Nye]

All set now, thanks for flipping all the right levers, now I am free to change my identity at will.

re the title:
When I first joined the forum, it was based on an invitation to join the President's Forum. Some one set my heading up as Club President. I never was club president, I was the Secretary. A friend of mine, who knew that I was secretary, recently congratulated me on my rise in office...so I figured it was time to change it.

:doh

- RPB

[millbert]

If this works........a technilogical breakthrough...Steve....Thanks

2000 R1100RT Tundra Green

[NorseMan9]

Kbasa, is the Avatar and custom text bit for individual users or for everyone? I can't add my avatar/text either. Please assist.

Thanks

NorseMan9

[YB in IN]

Wow, thats a really cool avatar!

[einnar]

Still looking for a good one for here. The one I used on the last forum isn't quite appropriate here...

http://www.einnar.net/images/Avatars/STL.jpg

[kbasa]

Kbasa, is the Avatar and custom text bit for individual users or for everyone? I can't add my avatar/text either. Please assist.

Thanks

NorseMan9

Looks like you have the avatar part worked out. I think you have to hit ten posts before you can change your custom text.

And einnar, I like that picture. :ha

[einnar]

Cool.. I'll put it in place then, until something better comes along.. :)

[BeemoKat]

thanks, I was starting to feel bad about using the Airheads logo as i've let my membership with them lapse. In the meantime, I'll keep hunting around for something better

[Motor]

Kbasa, I have tried to follow your instructions, however, When I resized a jpg file with the Irfanview it came out as a bmp file. got an improper file type when I tried to upload it to my profile. Went back and resized it again and saved as a jpg extesion but got the same message when I tried to upload.
what next??

[Motor]

More detail:
the error mes is=" the upload is not a valid GIF, NPG PNG file"
I tried to do the same on Adventure rider and got the exact same error msg.

[kbasa]

mail me the file at teamkbasaATcomcastDOTnet and I'll take a look at it.

dave

[Motor]

Thanks but I will use this one, looks good and VERY easy to use.

[deancox]

test that

[R75_7]

I'm just checking my ability to use a custom avatar

[OldNuke]

Trying to upload a custom avatar. I resized a picture using IrfanView to a size of 72x60 and filesize of 4.75Kb. When I upload I'm told it's to big.
????????????????

[kbasa]

Trying to upload a custom avatar. I resized a picture using IrfanView to a size of 72x60 and filesize of 4.75Kb. When I upload I'm told it's to big.
????????????????

Max size is 70 x 70, so you're just a smidge over.

[BobMielke]

I mentioned this elsewhere but don't mind repeating myself, myself. There's an avatar_sizer program available on www.download.com for free that's so easy to use it's silly. You can turn any photo/graphic into the perfect avatar.

[PUDGYPAINTGUY]

I mentioned this elsewhere but don't mind repeating myself, myself. There's an avatar_sizer program available on www.download.com for free that's so easy to use it's silly. You can turn any photo/graphic into the perfect avatar.

What is it called Bob? I looked and there are a lot of feebies there.

Thanks,
Andy

[tjtraver]

Created by from download listed in a prior post ... :brow

[BobMielke]

Andy it is called Avatar Sizer on my desktop shortcut. I simply typed avatar in their search engine & the sizer popped up. The actual filename that you'll download is Avatar_Setup.exe

[EricJRW]

How do avatars get added to the "Pre-defined Standard Avatars" list?

I just grabbed the logo from our website (http://bmwdfw.org/), scaled it down to 21% (to meet the 70x70 rule), saved it, and uploaded it as my own.

But I'm curious, as a very new member, how did the list get created?

Well that seemed like a good excuse for my first post.

Sincerely,

Eric

[username]

eric,

welcome to the forum!

i think kbasa, bradfordbenn, or gregfeeler will have a good reply for you. i'm guessing they are simply loaded into a folder that vbulletin sees, and news ones can be dragged into it at the administrator's whim.

[kbasa]

How do avatars get added to the "Pre-defined Standard Avatars" list?

I just grabbed the logo from our website (http://bmwdfw.org/), scaled it down 21% (to meet the 70x70 rule), saved it, and uploaded it as my own.

But I'm curious, as a very new member, how did the list get created?

Well that seemed like a good excuse for my first post.

Sincerely,

Eric

Hey Eric,

Send Greg Feeler or knary a note and they'll load it up to the forum for you. From there, it'll be a standard avatar.

dave

[userw5]

test new avatar

[Dogsbody]

Sorry, can't find a test thread

[Newstar]

I'm testing too.

[BradfordBenn]

Seems to work just fine :)

[lvermiere]

:)

[lsimon]

Seeing how things look...from a new member! The rally in Wisconsin looks awesome. Looking forward to rally participation.

[CanadianSteve]

see if my avatar works
Steve

[royal1]

This has been giving me mega grief for ages; wish I'd read this thread earlier:doh
I think I've cracked it now; if not I'm going for some lunch.
Feb 1st and icy rain etc.
Take care on those roads.

[royal1]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!:clap :clap :clap

[58058D]

Just a test to see if I can follow instructions

[coalminer]

Just testing to see if I was able to install custom avatar.

[cratliff]

Testing

[cratliff]

test

[sellis]

Testing New Av

[bluehole]

Can't seem to get my link to work. Keeping getting message that it is invalid. Placing it here to see if there is a problem.

http://picard.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/2011/Yorktown-Jamestown/Yorktown-Jamestown-009/1190515002_yK2tz-Ti.jpg

[20774]

Can't seem to get my link to work. Keeping getting message that it is invalid. Placing it here to see if there is a problem.

The picture looks fine...is has proper dimensions, 100x100. It appears to be a JPG. But the avatar isn't a link...it must be upload to your profile. You can link pictures in to a post (just as you did here), but avatars must be uploaded.

[bluehole]

Thanks 20774.

It is a bit confusing because Option #1 under Custom Avatar suggests I can link to an off site image. Maybe it is some sort of Smugmug issue. I just saved the image and uploaded it. Seems to be working fine. I appreciate your help.