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[Forest Walker]

This weeks tip is Avatars

An avatar is the little picture you see in members profiles, by default every member has the one you see below. Some members keep the default one and some change it to their own image, it's your choice but personally I like avatars as they make people more individual.



Like I said you are welcome to keep the default one but let's look at changing it, it's a simple process but there are some restrictions and obviously anything that breaks our rules like advertising or inappropriate content will get removed.

Ok first we need to get an image, if you do a web search for "Avatars" you will find thousands of free ones to choose from (*note animated ones won't work) some websites let you make your own or you could simply use a picture of your own.

Your avatar needs to be on you device as a link won't work it also needs to be 100x100 pixels and 50 KB but don't worry too much about that because If your avatar is too large, it will automatically be resized but it may look better if you size it yourself.

Now you have your avatar you need to go to your control panel you can find that here Control look at the left hand column and click "Change Avatar"



Now you will see the current avatar that is shown in your profile, click the "Browse" button where it says "No file selected" find the image on your device and choose it. The no file selected will now show the name of your image, click "Change Avatar" and the job is done.

Go to your profile or look at one of your posts and you should see your new shiny avatar. If you don't see it, it may be your cache, you can clear that or wait and it will change eventually.

Any problems let me know.

See you next week.

I used your forum tip and changed my Avatar to the base of a big'ol tree in the forest.  
Thanks, Fred.