uhm, i can't get my avatar to show up, i notice some people have them and some don't, and i'm confused..! it says i don't have permission to upload one, but the linking business doesn't seem to go over either. can someone enlighten my stupid ass?

hehe alright xepheus-sama is here to save you

its nice to see people using this forum for the right purpose

BUT first just a general note for everyone:
we decided to change the resolution of avatars down to 65x65 instead of the 80x80 or unlimited
so older people have to change/redo their avatars cuz they look weird

and here we go lu-chan
under my controls:edit avatar settings
first thing u gotta do is select the circle thingy options Pre-installed avatars or Your image avatars (u select the 2nd one)

now in the box after:
"Your avatar
The following file types are allowed:
.gif .jpeg .jpg .swf .png"

u type in ur avatar link from another html somewhere (sorry we cant support uploading of avatars cuz then it'd make our database huge )
for example mine is:
http://www.anime-4ever.net/image/xephy-80x80.gif
hence i put that in the box
then click add this avatar to my profiles button and everything should work fine =)

Hope that helped... if it didn't PM me

-Xepheus
(the helpful bunny)

yay! i don't know what i was doing wrong before, then. maybe something messed up with my own site. hrm..

anyway-- arigato gozaimasu, xepheus-sama!!

sama?... xepheus-sama!?... that one is just cute... i mean in a kinda "cute" that could be condoned by other men.

avatar test...<GRIN>

<sigh>

http://salamander.batcave.net/bp.jpg

here's where it is, why won't it show up?

errrrrr...ok I git it....any ideas where to put this?

/me bites kuma-hime
ur linky thing doesnt work thats why

re-read my post and u'll get ur answer of where to put it

-Xepheus

just a comment-- the avatars on the forum act a little weird-- often times mine appears broken to me, then i go to the link to check it out and once it's in the cache then it shows up. bizarro. hard to know whether something's broken for real or not, but that could just be b/c i use mozilla or something. eh, who knows.

Ummm I was asking about where on the web...is there somwhere free? My roomie's web-space won't do it for free....

Hey Xepheus you or whoever did the control panel forgot to change the Pixel size boxes so they automatically come up 65X65 instead of 72X72. Just thought you'd wanna know

sorry but I left out it's in the avatar change part.

I fixed my avatar I forgot to add index_files to my address

damn raven zero
thats a lot of posts which said absolutely nothing

I'm guessing it's not possible to have your avatar hosted on geocities? I get a big X on my av, even though if I put the same image link in an IE window's address bar, I see the image just fine...

geocities wont host any pictures and such on their sites.... unless you are using it on you own webpage.

Sorry. Too many thoughts at once and only a few can escape at a time

try typing "free web space" into google. you'll get a whole lot of options. personally i use 0catch.com. annoying popups with every web page! however, it is free and you get what you pay for....

would it be possible to take .txt files as avatars?

I use a jpeg renamed as a .txt file as my avatar on several forums. It seldom gives me problems even when I use geocities.

Ok, so I went to a lot of trouble (learning my way around computers beyond point and click) to set up a free web account and put up pictures. However, my avatar still shows up with no picture. I believe this is because i'm "hotlinking" which is not allowed for my free account.

Can anyone more computer literate than me help me out? Do I just have to pay for the service or what? Are there other web hosting places that people can recommend where I wouldn't have to pay?

http://inuyasha-laura.741.com/Inuyasha/human.jpg

See what I mean?

You probably have to rename it to a .txt file like what Sadisfreak said or get a new host. Do you got AIM? Then you can use this to host it. I find it reliable most of the time.

Laura517, Iownjoo.com works well and it's fairly hassle-free aside from their warnings about deleting your account if it's not used often. (Just upload and delete a pic every now and then... ::shrug::) Or if you don't want to bother with even that, I'm currently using Angelfire for my avatar and sig, and surprisingly, they seem to be allowing hotlinking even though I'm using a free account. So... whatever works, I say.

The thing with iownjoo.com is that I can't go to file manager to delete stuff I have all my sn and pw correct. I know its case sensitive, but it just won't let me. I even e-mailed them to help me and it still doesn't work, so I gave up. It seems to be a comon problem if you go on their forum and read.

Errr... I use people XD I use Ozy to upload my avatars,
and now I changed it (not gonna keep this forever),
i wanted one that looked more like a girl... bloodthirsty.

anyways, I like this avatar... pretty neat

Thank you everyone!!! I'll keep trying until I find something that works. Hopefully something'll work. Thanks again.

Errrr... that's from the avatar page... and what's the deal with no larger than 0 KB? Does that mean all avatars have to be on a site somewhere?

Oh well, I can keep my green haze, it works for me.

Yes, you must host your own avatar.

If you have an ISP (Internet Service Provider), then you have webspace with them, in which you can host images. If not, then try to find a good image hosting site.

Some are listed all around the forum.

Ah, thanks Tux.

I know we have webspace with our provider... a matter of getting it all set up and stuff... yes...

Anyhow, thank you.