anyone else tried to put up a new avatar and can't???
Vic said
06:00 PM Mar 7, 2012
Hi Geoff n Jen,
Go to User Details, then click on Avatar in the side menu, the click on the long bar that says Select which take you to your documents/pictures, select the picture you want then open, this should put you selection in the forum upload bar, the go down to upload at the bottom of the selection fields and click on upload, the wait until the greying of the upload goes white (meaning it has uploaded) and then click on the Submit bar which should put your pic in the avatar box. If the greying does not go white it usually means your picture is too big (large download) I'm not sure what the minimum is I think the Help section tells you.
Other who are more offay (like Wombat etc) can be more specific as they are more experienced.
-- Edited by Vic on Wednesday 7th of March 2012 06:01:29 PM
Vic said
06:26 PM Mar 7, 2012
Hmmmm.....not sure what you are not doing, but it should work. In the right hand big box with the long bar in the middle saying Select a File, click on that one but don't click on the two boxes shown at the top of that page, there is no need to do that.
Regards Wombat, no good upsetting him accidently, you have to do it on purpose to get his attention.
Hope you resolve it soon.
-- Edited by Vic on Wednesday 7th of March 2012 06:29:15 PM
Geoff n Jen said
01:39 AM Mar 8, 2012
I click the button and nothing happens
Geoff n Jen said
02:07 AM Mar 8, 2012
Thank's I have tried all of the above - the button won't respond in the first place?? I was hoping Wombat would see my plight but I may have offended him accidently
Happywanderer said
02:31 AM Mar 8, 2012
Which button is the one not working?
Geoff n Jen said
02:33 AM Mar 8, 2012
The big white one that says select a file.
Geoff n Jen said
02:34 AM Mar 8, 2012
Vic wrote:
Hmmmm.....not sure what you are not doing, but it should work. In the right hand big box with the long bar in the middle saying Select a File, click on that one but don't click on the two boxes shown at the top of that page, there is no need to do that.
Regards Wombat, no good upsetting him accidently, you have to do it on purpose to get his attention.
Hope you resolve it soon.
-- Edited by Vic on Wednesday 7th of March 2012 06:29:15 PM
Tried to upset him on purpose after the accident - still not working either
Happywanderer said
02:35 AM Mar 8, 2012
Ok, Just checked mine, its working fine. Sorry I can't help.
Geoff n Jen said
02:40 AM Mar 8, 2012
wierd I've done it before so not sure why now won't work - anyhoo
_wombat_ said
03:21 AM Mar 8, 2012
Geoff n Jen wrote:
wierd I've done it before so not sure why now won't work - anyhoo
you need to offend me more, and if you have any whips I'll call around later
not saying this will work but when you get to the screen that is the big white one, before you click the big white one press Ctrl and F5 at the same time then press the big white one, keeping my fingers crossed for you.
If that does not work try an email to our mate Cindy she has nothing to do all day
Geoff n Jen said
04:11 AM Mar 8, 2012
Nope no whips and no luck with Ctrl F5 My photo's are too big so maybe trying to put one in yesterday has split it's side or something
_wombat_ said
05:18 AM Mar 8, 2012
max size for pics is 9.765kb
Smokeydk said
05:27 PM Mar 8, 2012
My av is 200x186 if that helps with size
_wombat_ said
05:33 PM Mar 8, 2012
Smokeydk wrote:
My av is 200x186 if that helps with size
is that pixel size or kb size?
Smokeydk said
05:47 PM Mar 8, 2012
Pixel.......wombat
_wombat_ said
06:08 PM Mar 8, 2012
Smokeydk wrote:
Pixel.......wombat
yep, the size for posting pics is 9.756kb, not sure if it's the same for av.
having said that i have posted bigger pics and managed to get them through.
Geoff n Jen said
02:27 PM Mar 9, 2012
My new camera photo's are too big and I need to work out how to resize - I do know that size matters but the button simply refuses to work at all, I wish I could just go back to my old Av but can't do that either, humpf maybe it's just my pewter. But thanks for help, I know a techie and one day when I can pull him in he will get it sorted??
-- Edited by Geoff n Jen on Friday 9th of March 2012 02:29:46 PM
_wombat_ said
10:38 PM Mar 9, 2012
here's a great program for resizing and it's free for personal use
I use faststone Image viewer for quite a lot of photo management; not so fancy as many other suites (e.g.photoshop varieties) but as you say Wommie, it's a free download.
Google to find..
FastStone Image Viewer 4.6 Freeware (Last Update: 2011-06-29) An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, TGA and camera raw files. It has a nice array of features such as image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustments, musical slideshow and much more.
Fried Rice
_wombat_ said
12:36 AM Mar 10, 2012
Fried Rice wrote:
I use faststone Image viewer for quite a lot of photo management; not so fancy as many other suites (e.g.photoshop varieties) but as you say Wommie, it's a free download.
Google to find..
FastStone Image Viewer 4.6 Freeware (Last Update: 2011-06-29) An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, TGA and camera raw files. It has a nice array of features such as image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustments, musical slideshow and much more.
Fried Rice
FR, the Image Viewer is on the link I listed below, I mainly use PaintShop Pro X4 for most of my photo related stuff
Hi Geoff n Jen,
Go to User Details, then click on Avatar in the side menu, the click on the long bar that says Select which take you to your documents/pictures, select the picture you want then open, this should put you selection in the forum upload bar, the go down to upload at the bottom of the selection fields and click on upload, the wait until the greying of the upload goes white (meaning it has uploaded) and then click on the Submit bar which should put your pic in the avatar box. If the greying does not go white it usually means your picture is too big (large download) I'm not sure what the minimum is I think the Help section tells you.
Other who are more offay (like Wombat etc) can be more specific as they are more experienced.
-- Edited by Vic on Wednesday 7th of March 2012 06:01:29 PM
Hmmmm.....not sure what you are not doing, but it should work. In the right hand big box with the long bar in the middle saying Select a File, click on that one but don't click on the two boxes shown at the top of that page, there is no need to do that.
Regards Wombat, no good upsetting him accidently, you have to do it on purpose to get his attention.

Hope you resolve it soon.
-- Edited by Vic on Wednesday 7th of March 2012 06:29:15 PM
Tried to upset him on purpose after the accident - still not working either
you need to offend me more, and if you have any whips I'll call around later
not saying this will work but when you get to the screen that is the big white one, before you click the big white one press Ctrl and F5 at the same time then press the big white one, keeping my fingers crossed for you.
If that does not work try an email to our mate Cindy she has nothing to do all day
max size for pics is 9.765kb
is that pixel size or kb size?
yep, the size for posting pics is 9.756kb, not sure if it's the same for av.
having said that i have posted bigger pics and managed to get them through.
My new camera photo's are too big and I need to work out how to resize - I do know that size matters but the button simply refuses to work at all, I wish I could just go back to my old Av but can't do that either, humpf
maybe it's just my pewter. But thanks for help, I know a techie and one day when I can pull him in he will get it sorted??
-- Edited by Geoff n Jen on Friday 9th of March 2012 02:29:46 PM
here's a great program for resizing and it's free for personal use
http://www.faststone.org/download.htm
I use faststone Image viewer for quite a lot of photo management; not so fancy as many other suites (e.g.photoshop varieties) but as you say Wommie, it's a free download.
Google to find..
FastStone Image Viewer 4.6 Freeware (Last Update: 2011-06-29)
An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, TGA and camera raw files. It has a nice array of features such as image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustments, musical slideshow and much more.
Fried Rice
FR, the Image Viewer is on the link I listed below, I mainly use PaintShop Pro X4 for most of my photo related stuff