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Postby madsplash » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:12 am

I think I must be too stupid and computer illiterate to post an avatar. I have them on other sites that I use, but can't seem to make it work here.

I'm not good at resizing pictures, but the ones I'm trying to link to are within the size allowed and it still tells me that the URL is invalid. Do you have to have a certain number of posts before you're allowed to use an avatar?


Can anyone help me?
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Re: Avatars?

Postby Michigan Girl » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:14 am

madsplash wrote:I think I must be too stupid and computer illiterate to post an avatar. I have them on other sites that I use, but can't seem to make it work here.

I'm not good at resizing pictures, but the ones I'm trying to link to are within the size allowed and it still tells me that the URL is invalid. Do you have to have a certain number of posts before you're allowed to use an avatar?
Can anyone help me?
Thanks.


NO!! :wink:
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Re: Avatars?

Postby madsplash » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:15 am

Can anyone help me?
Thanks.[/quote]

NO!! :wink:[/quote]

:lol: THANKS!
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Re: Avatars?

Postby Michigan Girl » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:22 am

madsplash wrote:Can anyone help me?
Thanks.
michigangirl wrote:NO!! :wink:


:lol: THANKS!


LOL!!!

You know who can help?....G~Boy, he changes his av every hour on the hour!!! :wink:
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Postby conversationpc » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:22 am

madsplash wrote:I think I must be too stupid and computer illiterate to post an avatar. I have them on other sites that I use, but can't seem to make it work here.

I'm not good at resizing pictures, but the ones I'm trying to link to are within the size allowed and it still tells me that the URL is invalid. Do you have to have a certain number of posts before you're allowed to use an avatar?


Can anyone help me?
Thanks.


For your avatar, just copy the internet address of the pic. In Opera or FireFox, you can right-click on the pic and select Copy Image Address. Then click on Profile at the top of the page when you are logged into the forums here and paste the address into the Link to off-site Avatar field. Then click on Submit at the bottom of the page.
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Postby madsplash » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:24 am

You know, Michigan Girl, I'm from West Virginia and hope you're enjoying your experience so far with Rich Rod. He's a great coach, but he's an ass.

Nothing against you, but it's a law here that we hope he loses every game he's ever involved in.
People ask why we're so mad that he left and we're not mad that he left, we're mad at the WAY he left.

It gets pretty involved and emotional, so I'll just leave it at, sorry about the losses to Utah and Toledo, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. :wink:
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Postby Michigan Girl » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:31 am

madsplash wrote:You know, Michigan Girl, I'm from West Virginia and hope you're enjoying your experience so far with Rich Rod. He's a great coach, but he's an ass.

Nothing against you, but it's a law here that we hope he loses every game he's ever involved in.
People ask why we're so mad that he left and we're not mad that he left, we're mad at the WAY he left.

It gets pretty involved and emotional, so I'll just leave it at, sorry about the losses to Utah and Toledo, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. :wink:


No worries.....they're all asses to a certain extent, but he better get his
ass in gear or he'll be looking for a new home!!! :wink:
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went to Alabama....only LSU was pissed!!! 8)
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Re: Avatars?

Postby madsplash » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:34 am

For your avatar, just copy the internet address of the pic. In Opera or FireFox, you can right-click on the pic and select Copy Image Address. Then click on Profile at the top of the page when you are logged into the forums here and paste the address into the Link to off-site Avatar field. Then click on Submit at the bottom of the page.[/quote]

Tried the first post you said and it still didn't work.
The second edited post you have is what I was doing. I have AOL and Internet Explorer, but not Opera or FireFox, does that make a difference?

Thanks.
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Postby diezynueve69 » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:40 am

madsplash wrote:...I have them on other sites that I use, but can't seem to make it work here.

I'm not good at resizing pictures, but the ones I'm trying to link to are within the size allowed and it still tells me that the URL is invalid...

Photobucket links work.
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Postby conversationpc » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:41 am

madsplash wrote:
conversationpc wrote:For your avatar, just copy the internet address of the pic. In Opera or FireFox, you can right-click on the pic and select Copy Image Address. Then click on Profile at the top of the page when you are logged into the forums here and paste the address into the Link to off-site Avatar field. Then click on Submit at the bottom of the page.

Tried the first post you said and it still didn't work.
The second edited post you have is what I was doing. I have AOL and Internet Explorer, but not Opera or FireFox, does that make a difference?

Thanks.


If you're using Internet Explorer, you will need to right-click on the picture, and select Properties. Then you should see the address listed there. You will need to highlight this and press Ctrl-C to copy or right-click and copy. Then you can paste this address into the Link to off-site Avatar field on your profile.
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Re: Avatars?

Postby madsplash » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:46 am

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If you're using Internet Explorer, you will need to right-click on the picture, and select Properties. Then you should see the address listed there. You will need to highlight this and press Ctrl-C to copy or right-click and copy. Then you can paste this address into the Link to off-site Avatar field on your profile.[/quote]

That's exactly what I'm doing and it keeps telling me that the URL is invalid. Any other ideas/
Sorry for being dumb, but i have no problem doing this on my ESPN sites.
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Postby Michigan Girl » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:51 am

madsplash wrote:
conversationpc wrote:If you're using Internet Explorer, you will need to right-click on the picture, and select Properties. Then you should see the address listed there. You will need to highlight this and press Ctrl-C to copy or right-click and copy. Then you can paste this address into the Link to off-site Avatar field on your profile.


That's exactly what I'm doing and it keeps telling me that the URL is invalid. Any other ideas/
Sorry for being dumb, but i have no problem doing this on my ESPN sites.


I use photobucket...as diezynueve69 suggested, works great!! :wink:

What I'd like to know is how you screw up these quotes so bad?.... :wink:
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Re: Avatars?

Postby madsplash » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:02 am

Michigan Girl wrote:
madsplash wrote:
conversationpc wrote:If you're using Internet Explorer, you will need to right-click on the picture, and select Properties. Then you should see the address listed there. You will need to highlight this and press Ctrl-C to copy or right-click and copy. Then you can paste this address into the Link to off-site Avatar field on your profile.


That's exactly what I'm doing and it keeps telling me that the URL is invalid. Any other ideas/
Sorry for being dumb, but i have no problem doing this on my ESPN sites.


I use photobucket...as diezynueve69 suggested, works great!! :wink:

What I'd like to know is how you screw up these quotes so bad?.... :wink:


Told ya. No skills. I'm a child of the 70's and 80's, when computers took up a whole room! :lol:

I don't have trouble posting avatars on ESPN. Oh well. They say less is more, my avatar will just be"less". :wink:
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Postby Michigan Girl » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:06 am

madsplash wrote:
Michigan Girl wrote:
madsplash wrote:
conversationpc wrote:If you're using Internet Explorer, you will need to right-click on the picture, and select Properties. Then you should see the address listed there. You will need to highlight this and press Ctrl-C to copy or right-click and copy. Then you can paste this address into the Link to off-site Avatar field on your profile.


That's exactly what I'm doing and it keeps telling me that the URL is invalid. Any other ideas/
Sorry for being dumb, but i have no problem doing this on my ESPN sites.


I use photobucket...as diezynueve69 suggested, works great!! :wink:

What I'd like to know is how you screw up these quotes so bad?.... :wink:


Told ya. No skills. I'm a child of the 70's and 80's, when computers took up a whole room! :lol:

I don't have trouble posting avatars on ESPN. Oh well. They say less is more, my avatar will just be"less". :wink:

Hey, this was good!!! :wink:
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Postby stevew2 » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:13 am

madsplash wrote:I think I must be too stupid and computer illiterate to post an avatar. I have them on other sites that I use, but can't seem to make it work here.

I'm not good at resizing pictures, but the ones I'm trying to link to are within the size allowed and it still tells me that the URL is invalid. Do you have to have a certain number of posts before you're allowed to use an avatar?


Can anyone help me?
Thanks.
You can problablly get one on the World Book site
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Postby jrnyman28 » Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:24 am

Post the link to the pic you want to use. Maybe someone here can help out.

Or to post the actual pic, remember to use the IMG button.
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Postby madsplash » Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:33 am

jrnyman28 wrote:Post the link to the pic you want to use. Maybe someone here can help out.

Or to post the actual pic, remember to use the IMG button.


I'll try, but what's the IMG button? Where is that?
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Postby jrnyman28 » Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:54 am

Top of the "Post a reply" Box. Highlight the URL and click IMG. It will automatically add the [img]in%20front%20and%20the[/img] in back of the URL changing it to an image. (You can do it manually by typing [img]and[/img] around the URL, but why not just point & click ;) )

But I would still think posting the link will help, too.
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Postby Don » Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:20 am

This is what the info should look like you are posting into the avatar box.

http://jrnymn28.homestead.com/files/deviant.jpg

Make sure it starts with http:// and make sure it ends with jpg, bmp, png or any other compatible photo extension. If there is anything after.jpg, it's not going to go through.
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Postby ScarabGator » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:34 pm

Michigan Girl wrote:
madsplash wrote:
conversationpc wrote:If you're using Internet Explorer, you will need to right-click on the picture, and select Properties. Then you should see the address listed there. You will need to highlight this and press Ctrl-C to copy or right-click and copy. Then you can paste this address into the Link to off-site Avatar field on your profile.


That's exactly what I'm doing and it keeps telling me that the URL is invalid. Any other ideas/
Sorry for being dumb, but i have no problem doing this on my ESPN sites.


I use photobucket...as diezynueve69 suggested, works great!! :wink:

What I'd like to know is how you screw up these quotes so bad?.... :wink:


I use Photobucket also! Works great for me.
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Postby SusieP » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:51 am

I use imageshack.
Upload the photos to that, and there is a 'resize photo' box for you to check. It gives you a few size options. [The one in my avatar is the 'thumbnail' size one.]
Then when imageshack has uploaded your resized photos, click on 'view image', and several options will appear for you to highlight, cut & paste.
Usually highlighting the very last box works for Melodic Rock. :)
If an avatar is too large on here, it sends the pages all doo-lally! So I keep mine small and compact out of respect for the Wombat and his bandwidth. 8)
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try using tinypic.com

Postby ttango1 » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:17 am

It's simple.

[img ] the url goes here minus the spaces and then to close it, it goes [/ img]
AGAIN...MINUS THE SPACES for everything including the img and slash inside the brackets.
[img]urlofthesite[/img]

Using my avatar as an example:
http://i34.tinypic.com/2lsf8f9.jpg
add the [img]at%20the%20front%20and%20the[/img] at the back.

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Postby Rick » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:36 am

SusieP wrote:I use imageshack.
Upload the photos to that, and there is a 'resize photo' box for you to check. It gives you a few size options. [The one in my avatar is the 'thumbnail' size one.]
Then when imageshack has uploaded your resized photos, click on 'view image', and several options will appear for you to highlight, cut & paste.
Usually highlighting the very last box works for Melodic Rock. :)
If an avatar is too large on here, it sends the pages all doo-lally! So I keep mine small and compact out of respect for the Wombat and his bandwidth. 8)


Exactly. We don't like doo-lally here! :lol: ;)
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Postby G.I.Jim » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:48 am

Rick wrote:
SusieP wrote:I use imageshack.
Upload the photos to that, and there is a 'resize photo' box for you to check. It gives you a few size options. [The one in my avatar is the 'thumbnail' size one.]
Then when imageshack has uploaded your resized photos, click on 'view image', and several options will appear for you to highlight, cut & paste.
Usually highlighting the very last box works for Melodic Rock. :)
If an avatar is too large on here, it sends the pages all doo-lally! So I keep mine small and compact out of respect for the Wombat and his bandwidth. 8)


Exactly. We don't like doo-lally here! :lol: ;)


What's all this about avatars? :D
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Postby Rick » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:49 am

G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
SusieP wrote:I use imageshack.
Upload the photos to that, and there is a 'resize photo' box for you to check. It gives you a few size options. [The one in my avatar is the 'thumbnail' size one.]
Then when imageshack has uploaded your resized photos, click on 'view image', and several options will appear for you to highlight, cut & paste.
Usually highlighting the very last box works for Melodic Rock. :)
If an avatar is too large on here, it sends the pages all doo-lally! So I keep mine small and compact out of respect for the Wombat and his bandwidth. 8)


Exactly. We don't like doo-lally here! :lol: ;)


What's all this about avatars? :D


Holy shit, where did you get that one? :lol: :lol:
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Postby G.I.Jim » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:50 am

Rick wrote:
G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
SusieP wrote:I use imageshack.
Upload the photos to that, and there is a 'resize photo' box for you to check. It gives you a few size options. [The one in my avatar is the 'thumbnail' size one.]
Then when imageshack has uploaded your resized photos, click on 'view image', and several options will appear for you to highlight, cut & paste.
Usually highlighting the very last box works for Melodic Rock. :)
If an avatar is too large on here, it sends the pages all doo-lally! So I keep mine small and compact out of respect for the Wombat and his bandwidth. 8)


Exactly. We don't like doo-lally here! :lol: ;)


What's all this about avatars? :D


Holy shit, where did you get that one? :lol: :lol:


Took me a while to find it! :wink: I still can't stop laughing every time I look at it! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Rick » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:51 am

G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
SusieP wrote:I use imageshack.
Upload the photos to that, and there is a 'resize photo' box for you to check. It gives you a few size options. [The one in my avatar is the 'thumbnail' size one.]
Then when imageshack has uploaded your resized photos, click on 'view image', and several options will appear for you to highlight, cut & paste.
Usually highlighting the very last box works for Melodic Rock. :)
If an avatar is too large on here, it sends the pages all doo-lally! So I keep mine small and compact out of respect for the Wombat and his bandwidth. 8)


Exactly. We don't like doo-lally here! :lol: ;)


What's all this about avatars? :D


Holy shit, where did you get that one? :lol: :lol:


Took me a while to find it! :wink: I still can't stop laughing every time I look at it! :lol: :lol: :lol:


That's a beauty! :lol:
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Postby G.I.Jim » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:53 am

Rick wrote:
G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
SusieP wrote:I use imageshack.
Upload the photos to that, and there is a 'resize photo' box for you to check. It gives you a few size options. [The one in my avatar is the 'thumbnail' size one.]
Then when imageshack has uploaded your resized photos, click on 'view image', and several options will appear for you to highlight, cut & paste.
Usually highlighting the very last box works for Melodic Rock. :)
If an avatar is too large on here, it sends the pages all doo-lally! So I keep mine small and compact out of respect for the Wombat and his bandwidth. 8)


Exactly. We don't like doo-lally here! :lol: ;)


What's all this about avatars? :D


Holy shit, where did you get that one? :lol: :lol:


Took me a while to find it! :wink: I still can't stop laughing every time I look at it! :lol: :lol: :lol:


That's a beauty! :lol:


Have you ever seen that episode? It's so damn funny, and only he could pull that roll off! :lol:
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Postby Rick » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:55 am

G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
G.I.Jim wrote:
Rick wrote:
SusieP wrote:I use imageshack.
Upload the photos to that, and there is a 'resize photo' box for you to check. It gives you a few size options. [The one in my avatar is the 'thumbnail' size one.]
Then when imageshack has uploaded your resized photos, click on 'view image', and several options will appear for you to highlight, cut & paste.
Usually highlighting the very last box works for Melodic Rock. :)
If an avatar is too large on here, it sends the pages all doo-lally! So I keep mine small and compact out of respect for the Wombat and his bandwidth. 8)


Exactly. We don't like doo-lally here! :lol: ;)


What's all this about avatars? :D


Holy shit, where did you get that one? :lol: :lol:


Took me a while to find it! :wink: I still can't stop laughing every time I look at it! :lol: :lol: :lol:


That's a beauty! :lol:


Have you ever seen that episode? It's so damn funny, and only he could pull that roll off! :lol:


No I haven't, but wish I had. I did see one where he was a life guard at a hot tub. That was insane. :lol:
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