Webmaster
02-27-2004, 22:37
Many of you have asked how to create a custom avatar (those images under your username when you post). So here are some general instructions, but first the basics.
The Image:
1. Find an image that you like, like a photo of yourself, or whatever.
2. Use your image editing software of choice, like PhotoImpact, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc and crop just that part of the image that you what to use. Then resize the new cropped image to be not larger than 114 pixels in height or width.
3. Save the image in jpg (jpeg) format to a location somewhere on your computer.
4. Upload this photo or image to your own web server. Most folks that have an internet connection also have free webspace provided by their ISP. Their ISP's support area should have information on setting up your webspace as well as how to upload the files.
Creating the link
Now that you have the image on your webserver, now it is time to find it and link to it in your Member profile.
1. Open your web browser and go to your website. If you type the name of the image that you created and uploaded to your server that the end of the URL it will appear in your browser window. If you placed the image in a particular folder (directory) on your webspace (like "images") then you would type that at the end of the URL and then your image name. It would look something like this:
http://www.budoseek.net/temp/url.gif
2. Now that you have found your image, highlight the URL using your mouse, right-click on the highlighted URL and then click copy.
3. Go to your user profile in the User CP (or just click this link, http://www.budoseek.net/vbulletin/profile.php?do=editavatar
4. At the bottom of the page, click where it says "Use Custom Avatar". Then delete all of the text in the textbox labeled "Enter Avatar URL:" and then right-click and then click 'paste". The URL to your image should appear here. If not, go back to step 2 above and repeat the copy and then return and repeat step 4.
5. Click the "Save Changes" button and shazam, you are finished!
If you have any questions or problems in using a custom avatat, please feel free to contact me via private message or email at administrator@budoseek.net
The Image:
1. Find an image that you like, like a photo of yourself, or whatever.
2. Use your image editing software of choice, like PhotoImpact, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc and crop just that part of the image that you what to use. Then resize the new cropped image to be not larger than 114 pixels in height or width.
3. Save the image in jpg (jpeg) format to a location somewhere on your computer.
4. Upload this photo or image to your own web server. Most folks that have an internet connection also have free webspace provided by their ISP. Their ISP's support area should have information on setting up your webspace as well as how to upload the files.
Creating the link
Now that you have the image on your webserver, now it is time to find it and link to it in your Member profile.
1. Open your web browser and go to your website. If you type the name of the image that you created and uploaded to your server that the end of the URL it will appear in your browser window. If you placed the image in a particular folder (directory) on your webspace (like "images") then you would type that at the end of the URL and then your image name. It would look something like this:
http://www.budoseek.net/temp/url.gif
2. Now that you have found your image, highlight the URL using your mouse, right-click on the highlighted URL and then click copy.
3. Go to your user profile in the User CP (or just click this link, http://www.budoseek.net/vbulletin/profile.php?do=editavatar
4. At the bottom of the page, click where it says "Use Custom Avatar". Then delete all of the text in the textbox labeled "Enter Avatar URL:" and then right-click and then click 'paste". The URL to your image should appear here. If not, go back to step 2 above and repeat the copy and then return and repeat step 4.
5. Click the "Save Changes" button and shazam, you are finished!
If you have any questions or problems in using a custom avatat, please feel free to contact me via private message or email at administrator@budoseek.net