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Gorbash Kazdar

2008-05-18, 12:15 PM

NEW THREAD (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?602695-Setting-Up-A-Custom-Avatar)

This guide is intended to lay out the steps necessary to set up a custom avatar to display on each of your posts. It is suggested you read over the avatar and signature rules (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/announcement.php?a=39) before you get started so that you don't run into any problems later.

The guide assumes you already have an appropriate avatar image and have uploaded it to appropriate webspace. General information about these steps is provided in Appendices A & B.

Part 1: Get the URL & Image Variables
Make sure you have the image's URL address. Have it open in a separate window or copy/pasted into a document so you can grab it easily.

The image URL needs to be complete - this means you must include the http:// prefix, and have the full address to the exact file (usually this ends with the file extension type). Make sure there are no spaces (%20) or other special characters in the address (other than dashes or underscores; -,_). Many times the URL will be case sensitive as well.

Also make sure you have the height and width of the image in pixels handy.

Part 2: Bring up Custom Avatar Options
From any page on the GiantITP forums, click on the User CP option in the upper right toolbar.

http://www.gorbashkazdar.com/avatarguide/usercp.gif

This will bring up your control panel where you can adjust numerous options. In the Control Panel on the right, under the first section Settings & Options, click on Edit Options (it should be the last in the list).

http://www.gorbashkazdar.com/avatarguide/editoptions.gif

Scroll down to the last section, Miscellaneous Options.

http://www.gorbashkazdar.com/avatarguide/miscoptions.gif

Part 3: Set Your Variables
Under the Avatar section of Miscellaneous Options, click the toggle next to Custom.

http://www.gorbashkazdar.com/avatarguide/avatarcustom.gif

Now, under Custom Avatar URL, paste or type in the URL of the image.

http://www.gorbashkazdar.com/avatarguide/avatarurl.gif

Under Custom Avatar Width, enter the width of the image in pixels.

http://www.gorbashkazdar.com/avatarguide/pixwidth.gif

Under Custom Avatar Height, enter the height of the image in pixels.

http://www.gorbashkazdar.com/avatarguide/pixheight.gif

Lastly, click on Save Changes.

http://www.gorbashkazdar.com/avatarguide/save.gif

You should now be brought back to the main Control Panel page.

To make sure the avatar is entered correctly, go find a post you have recently made. The image should now show next to your posts.

Part 4: Troubleshooting
If you image is not showing up, first make sure the site has fully reloaded and is not simply pulling from your browser cache (press Ctrl+F5 to force a complete reload of the page).

If the image still does not show up, go back to Miscellaneous Options and make sure all the image variables are entered correctly. Any incorrect values, such as having the height or width off by a pixel or the a typo in the URL, will prevent the image from showing up.

The image URL is usually case sensitive - if there are any capitalizations, make sure to have these match.

The board software does not support spaces or most special characters. These will show up as '%##' in the URL; spaces are %20 and are the most common problem in a URL that prevents an avatar from showing up. Dashes or underscores (-,_) are allowed; remove any spaces or replace them with these characters.

Make sure the image actually is a .gif, a .jpg, or a .png. If it is not, you will need to convert it into one of these formats or find another image.

Finally, try opening the image in a separate window to make sure it shows up at all. Your hosting site may be down, the image may not have uploaded correctly or have been deleted, or something else may be preventing the image from loading at all.

If none of this corrects the problem, please feel free to ask for help.

Appendix A: Acquire an Avatar
Acquiring a custom avatar is actually relatively easy. You can check out the custom avatar request (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33589) and avatar adoption (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26936) threads for OotS style avatars, or you can always make your own.

On the GiantITP forums, you may use a .gif, .jpg, or .png image. The image can have a width of 20-120 pixels, and a height of 20-120 pixels. The forums default to 117x117.

To double check these variables to make sure an image would fit within the rules, on most browsers right click (or Control + click on most Apples) on the image and select 'Properties.' This will display the image height and width in pixels, its URL, and its size. Right clicking generally also allows you to save the image. Some websites disable right clicking on images, however.

.gif and .png images both support transparency, while .jpg does not. Also please keep in mind that animated .gif images are not allowed as avatars.

Appendix B: Uploading the Image
You need to upload the image to a separate hosting service; the GiantITP forums do not allow you to upload directly to our server.

Free solutions include PhotoBucket (http://www.photobucket.com) and ImageShack (http://www.imageshack.com), both of which are commonly used throughout the forums. If you have your own server space or other location you can upload to, you may certainly use that as well. These free sites are generally very simple to use and off their own tutorials. Generally, simply select the Upload option, click Browse when it asks you for the file path of the image, find the image on your computer, select it, and upload. After the image uploads, it should provide the image's URL for hotlinking.

Keep in mind that you will be 'hotlinking' the image from this space, so make sure this is allowed. Many free website hosting services do not allow image hotlinking, which will cause an error image to show up. Worse is hotlinking from someone's personal site without permission - not only is this considered impolite, many webmasters discourage this behavior by setting up obscene or insulting 'trap' images that replace hotlinked images. It is always encouraged that you get your own webspace to host any images you intend to use. Some avatar artists will allow you to hotlink from their hosts, but again it is better to set up your own space.

NEW THREAD (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?602695-Setting-Up-A-Custom-Avatar)

Dallas-Dakota

2008-05-18, 02:01 PM

Hi.

Appendix A: Acquire an Avatar
[spoiler]
On the GiantITP forums, you may use a .gif, .jpg, or .png image. The image can have a width of 20-120 pixels, and a height of 20-120 pixels. The forums default to 117x177.

I just noticed the thread, and read it, even though I know how to.
I noticed that in the last line in one of the second last paragraph of Appendix A you mistyped 117X177, as you know(I know you do:smalltongue:) and as you said previously in that thread, its 117X117. Just for the case somebody gets confused about it. Just pointing it out.

Well, have fun.
D-D

Ash08

2008-11-08, 01:32 PM

I tried all of the above troubleshooting, and it didn't work, help please?

SteveMB

2008-11-08, 01:38 PM

I tried all of the above troubleshooting, and it didn't work, help please?

When I tried going directly the URL indicated by the "Properties" of the "no image found" red X (http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4186/helfbardzgl.png), there was nothing there. Could there be a problem with your image upload or your Imageshack account?

Ash08

2008-11-08, 01:41 PM

I have no idea, that was simpley the images URL.

ivendale

2008-12-07, 10:57 PM

how do i get the url of an image i have created? if i can't get the url how do i use my own avatar?

RTGoodman

2008-12-08, 01:11 AM

how do i get the url of an image i have created? if i can't get the url how do i use my own avatar?

Have you uploaded the image to a hosting site somewhere on the internet? If not, that's your problem.

Just go to any photo-hosting site (I use Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com)), create an account, and follow the instructions on how to upload files. Once you'd done so, you should be able to easily find the URL of your image, which is what you put in here to make your avatar show up.

ivendale

2008-12-08, 01:39 AM

Thanks rtg0922 the help is much apriciated, photobucket you say...

thanks to the help of rtg0922 i can now use my custom avatar (made by me).\

Nageto004

2009-05-09, 02:00 PM

I've tryed everything you said but it still says that something is wrong with the avatar.

Keris

2009-05-09, 02:17 PM

What is the exact message it gives? And could you provide a direct link to the image, as it would help identify the problem.

AxeD

2009-09-18, 07:59 PM

The Custom Avatar URL field doesn't want to accept my photobucket image.
I set up a photobucket account, loaded a couple of pictures, viewed the image that I want to use as my avatar and copied the address.

When I put the address into the Custom Avatar URL field, it doesn't accept it, saying:
"You did not enter the correct format for the Custom Avatar URL field. Please read the field description for the expected format."

Here's the address (is the format ok? or do I need to do any additional steps to access the picture by itself? I'm new to photobucket and this is my first custom avatar):

http://s822.photobucket.com/albums/zz142/AxeD_2009/?action=view&current=path3295.png

Thanks in advance

Douglas

2009-09-18, 08:35 PM

On the page you linked to, look on the left in the "Share this image" box. You need the direct link.

AxeD

2009-09-18, 09:43 PM

On the page you linked to, look on the left in the "Share this image" box. You need the direct link.

Thanks for the help :smallsmile:

John Cribati

2009-09-30, 12:43 PM

My avatar is getting distended for some reason: this is what it should look like:
http://i37.tinypic.com/whcua9.jpg

Astrella

2009-09-30, 02:15 PM

Either it's too big, or you didn't enter the right dimensions.

DarkElfGangsta

2009-11-28, 01:26 AM

How doeso ne go about creating a pimped out OOTS style avatar? or contact someone who knows how to make those?

Keris

2009-11-28, 01:33 AM

How doeso ne go about creating a pimped out OOTS style avatar?
Pick a graphics program, start drawing. Then practice until you can create something you'd be willing to show people online.
I recommend Inkscape (www.inkscape.org/), and taking a look at Trazoi's Inkscape guide for OotS avatars. If you have any specific Inkscape questions check The Inkscape Help Thread to see if it's already been answered.

or contact someone who knows how to make those?
There's the Avatar Adoption Center (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26936) and the Request an OotS Style Avatar Thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122056). Those are the traditional places to look/ask.

DarkElfGangsta

2009-11-30, 08:49 AM

I had a custom avatar made, it was uploaded to photobucket, I checked the guide, everything is correct, but I'm still getting a message about the url not being correct! what do?
also thanks for the earlier tips

Never mind, problem solved as you can see. You guys are doing a great job!

Gullara

2009-12-10, 10:35 AM

Whenever I ttry to set up my new avatar I get a message saying that the format is wrong. I checked it and I can't figure out the problem.

Here is the link http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx135/oots12321/oots%20Avatars/DrakenMalice.png

Any help would be great thanks.

rakkoon

2009-12-10, 10:50 AM

it's 94 x 120, perhaps making it one pixel less high will do the trick?

Gullara

2009-12-10, 11:41 AM

it's 94 x 120, perhaps making it one pixel less high will do the trick?

As you can see that worked less than well:smallsigh: Thanks for thying though. Anyone else?

Keris

2009-12-10, 12:35 PM

Well, the current problem is that you've entered the truncated URL (complete with ellipsis) into the Custom Avatar field, which is why it's not displaying.
Regarding the "wrong format" message, try changing the name of your "oots Avatars" folder, I suspect that the board doesn't like the space. When I tried uploading the image to another site (http://i49.tinypic.com/2hcf5ag.png) and setting it as my avatar it worked fine.

Gullara

2009-12-10, 01:03 PM

Thanks for the help. That was pretty much what it was and it is working now.

Ranger Mattos

2010-02-01, 09:32 PM

I need help, my custom avatar is not the right size.

if you need the link to help, here it is:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3134/rangern.jpg

Silverraptor

2010-02-01, 09:42 PM

I need help, my custom avatar is not the right size.

if you need the link to help, here it is:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3134/rangern.jpg

The problem I see is that you exported it with alot of background instead of on it's own. Make sure you export the figure only.

Ranger Mattos

2010-02-01, 09:50 PM

how do I export only the image? aren't I supposed to copy the URL, not the picture?

Keris

2010-02-01, 10:51 PM

You made it in Inkscape, yes? When you get to the Export Dialogue, make sure you have just your avatar selected and click Export Area: Selection. Then adjust the dimensions under Bitmap size so that the largest dimension is 120px, change the filename and export.
Edit: Scratch that, I just now see that you got your avatar from the request thread.
Anyway, when you upload, make sure not to check the "resize image?" tickbox. And if you're uploading via a URL, make sure that you've just got the url of the image. I'm not sure what exactly went wrong when you uploaded, but I put it up on Imageshack for you anyway. Here:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5964/elfg.png
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5964/elfg.png

Ranger Mattos

2010-02-02, 08:56 PM

The new URL dosn't seem to make a difference...

EDIT: nevermind, it just took a little bit. Thanks a lot!
:smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin:

Desmond Tiny

2010-02-12, 10:21 PM

How do I find the URL of an avatar I just got From the Request forums?

Never mind I reread the guide and found the answer.

deuxhero

2010-04-04, 10:18 PM

The guide should note that you can find the dimensions of an image via right click->Properties (changed to view image info in the latest version of Firefox for some reason).

I have to tell people this WAY too many times.

Ninjaman

2010-06-26, 03:54 PM

Hi i am new, and i just can´t get my avatar working. I double checked like a billion times, and every thing should be all right, but it isn´t. Please help.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_1bSmxrOHYcs/TCYA416RxKI/AAAAAAAABME/ggrulbk7RPs/s800/witch%20hunter2.png.jpg

super dark33

2010-07-03, 02:32 PM

Dogmantra

2010-07-03, 02:55 PM

my avatar wont appear.
whan i put the url it was fine until i saw a white box with a X in in instead of my avatar.
why?

Your problem seems to be that the file is named "whatever.png.jpg" (it's named "whatever.png" but it's actually a jpg, so the .jpg filename extension is added).

Try removing the .png from the name and reuploading.

B-Man

2010-07-03, 06:51 PM

my avatar wont appear.
whan i put the url it was fine until i saw a white box with a X in in instead of my avatar.
why?

avatar URL http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VNsRqOWzhhw/TC9wqEBFp-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/lf-3u7K-1Jg/s800/Warlock%203.png.jpg

I believe the reason may be that you have a space in the image name. Try renaming it without the space.

super dark33

2010-07-04, 06:21 AM

when i check it it doesnt have that space

Serpentine

2010-07-04, 06:29 AM

It doesn't like %s. I just had to deal with that. I don't know how to fix it - I moved it in my Photobucket account.

Vaynor

2010-07-04, 03:13 PM

I believe the reason may be that you have a space in the image name. Try renaming it without the space.

That's not a space that's an underscore. I think the problem is that the image is named with ".png" but it's a .jpeg file. Remove the .png and it might work. Alternatively, actually convert it to a .png so it will support transparency.

Elder Tsofu

2010-07-04, 03:26 PM

Well the forumsoftware seem to remove the underscore and some around the % from the address he is displaying.

The url you use atm:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/VNsRqOWzhhw/TC9wqEBFp-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/lf-3u7K-1Jg/s800/Warlock3.png.jpg

The url he used:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VNsRqOWzhhw/TC9wqEBFp-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/lf-3u7K-1Jg/s800/Warlock%203.png.jpg

Try downloading the image and host it on a photobucket account rather than direct-linking. :smallsmile:
(its safer that way )

Vaynor

2010-07-04, 03:42 PM

I'm not seeing that. Here's what he posted, underscore and all.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VNsRqOWzhhw/TC9wqEBFp-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/lf-3u7K-1Jg/s800/Warlock%203.png.jpg

Edit: Not sure which one you're referring to, they both have the underscores though, and these exact addresses lead to the correct avatar (although both have the same transparency problem from being a .jpeg):

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_1bSmxrOHYcs/TCYA416RxKI/AAAAAAAABME/ggrulbk7RPs/s800/witch%20hunter2.png.jpg

Or is that not what you meant?

And if the forum software removes underscores from URLs when entered into the custom avatar field, my avatar shouldn't work since it contains an underscore.

I still believe that the avatars need to have the .png removed from the image name and be converted to .png/.gif files before uploading.

In fact, I'm going to go ahead and convert/upload them myself, I'll edit this post momentarily.

Here they are, these links should work (click the pictures for the link):

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/Vaynor/witch-hunter2.gif (http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/Vaynor/witch-hunter2.gif)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/Vaynor/Warlock-3.gif (http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/Vaynor/Warlock-3.gif)

Elder Tsofu

2010-07-04, 04:47 PM

That's the one he'd posted yes, but it isn't the one his blank box is showing.
The first one in my quote is the address to the blank box below the username (an invalid adress) while the last is the one the avatarist used to show the image.
Maybe the problem is that the underscore was right after an /?
And that the software think that the first two numbers after an % is some sort of a command?
Just a theory.

(should probably have elaborated instead of posting more or less the quote of the suggested answer to the question in the request thread)

Vaynor

2010-07-04, 05:32 PM

Oh, I didn't think to check the actual link for the avatar. It could be that the forum somehow negated those characters, but I think it is more likely that he is simply using a faulty link. Anyhow, my links should work fine, I've removed any possible compatibility issues.

Obani

2010-07-14, 01:46 PM

Wow! Thanks this was super helpful :smallsmile:

Fenrazer

2010-07-16, 07:55 PM

I have two avatars, and neither of them are working. They match the field details but will not show.

http://s957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/Fenrazer/?action=view&current=SunfireOotsAvatar.png

&

http://s957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/Fenrazer/?action=view&current=SunfireOotsAvatar.png#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp %3A%2F%2Fs957.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae52%2FFe nrazer%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D932646firest uff.png

I'm not sure why the second one is over twice the length of the first, and therefore cannot all be put into the field thing but neither will show. I tried to save them as GIF as well but it says that they will lose all transparency if I were to do so. Can you help me?

Elder Tsofu

2010-07-17, 01:47 AM

Try these:

1st:
http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/Fenrazer/SunfireOotsAvatar.png
2nd:
http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/Fenrazer/932646firestuff.png

(I you hover the mouse above the image in the album view you'll be able to get the correct link (direct link))

Telasi

2010-07-22, 02:08 PM

For some reason, it doesn't like my folder. Re-uploaded to the general page.

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo203/viorlashasui/DragonElite2.png

Laeranu

2010-08-13, 04:14 PM

when i go to upoload my avatar, it has the URL space, but not the lenght and width spaces. Now when i try to use my avatar it only shows part of it? What do I do?

Keris

2010-08-13, 05:16 PM

The avatar setting have changed recently, the option to specify height and width was replaced by an overflow area. Make sure your avatar is less than 120px in either dimension and it should be fine.

Maxios

2010-08-28, 02:17 PM

Can one of the things be 120?

Yora

2010-08-28, 02:27 PM

Please rephrase your question?

What do you want to do? What about it doesn't work?

The Vorpal Tribble

2010-08-28, 02:37 PM

www.TinyPic.com

The above is your friend. Use him. Love him.

Maxios

2010-08-28, 02:55 PM

I posted it, then on my computer a small blue box appears with a question mark in it, and it doesn't appear. Earlier it says it has 120 pixels max, can something be 120 pixels for width or height? Can you see my avatar, because it could just be the computer I'm using.

Keris

2010-08-28, 02:56 PM

Can one of the things be 120?
Yes, both can. I should have phrased it as "less than or equal to 120px in both dimensions".

Although the issue with your avatar is that there is no "www.Paladin.jpg". You need to upload the image to any of a variety of image hosting services (such as TinyPic (http://www.tinypic.com/), Photobucket (www.photobucket.com) or ImageShack (imageshack.us)) and then enter the provided URL (often described as the Direct Link).

Edit:
Although you might want to first request that Ninjaman re-upload the avatar somewhere else. The one he posted for you has the filename "Paladin.png.jpg", which probably means that it's a PNG file that was converted to a JPEG by whatever upload site he used. PNG is much better format than JPEG for OotS style images.

Maxios

2010-08-28, 03:02 PM

JPG only works on the computer I'm currently using.

Ragitsu

2010-10-03, 02:57 PM

Whenever I try,

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/AzarKing/Linked%20Pics/FaFAvatar.jpg

I get the following message:

"You did not enter the correct format for the Custom Avatar URL field. Please read the field description for the expected format."

The Rose Dragon

2010-10-03, 03:00 PM

The space in the URL (specifically, the one in "Linked Pics") is likely to cause the error.

Zherog

2010-10-03, 03:00 PM

There's a space in the URL, which causes an error. Rename the "Linked Pics" folder to take out the space and it should work.

*grumble, grumble* Ninjas *grumble grumble*

Ragitsu

2010-10-03, 03:05 PM

Thank you both, very much.

Southern Cross

2010-10-04, 03:47 AM

I'm still not seeing my avatar (given to me by Teutonic Knight) . Here is the current URL: darkwizard.png (http://s923.photobucket.com/albums/ad78/SouthernCross_2010/avatars/darkwizard.png).

Elder Tsofu

2010-10-04, 07:31 AM

I see an avatar on you with the file-name darkwizard.png if it is any comfort.

Ranger Mattos

2010-10-16, 10:10 PM

For some reason I can't use the new avatar I made and posted on my photobucket account. When I try to paste the URL into the field this message comes up:

You did not enter the correct format for the Custom Avatar URL field. Please read the field description for the expected format.

My avatars always worked before. Please help.

If needed avatar is here (http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i430/rangermattos/oots%20art/bard.png).

Haruki-kun

2010-10-16, 10:12 PM

For some reason I can't use the new avatar I made and posted on my photobucket account. When I try to paste the URL into the field this message comes up:

My avatars always worked before. Please help.

If needed avatar is here (http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i430/rangermattos/oots%20art/bard.png).

It's the space in the "Oots art" part, I think.

Try: http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i430/rangermattos/oots%20art/bard.png

Ranger Mattos

2010-10-16, 10:14 PM

It's the space in the "Oots art" part, I think.

Try: http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i430/rangermattos/oots%20art/bard.png

Nope, the same message came up

Haruki-kun

2010-10-16, 10:19 PM

Well, shoot! That is bizarre... Do the other avatars in the same folder fail to work as well?

Maybe try re-uploading it?

Ranger Mattos

2010-10-16, 10:23 PM

Do the other avatars in the same folder fail to work as well?

Now that you mention it, yeah, none of the others in that folder work. But I was able to post my halloween avatar in the thread for that. :smallconfused:

Rawhide

2010-10-16, 10:30 PM

Remove the space from the folder name. By that, I mean, actually rename it on your Photobucket account.

Ranger Mattos

2010-10-16, 10:35 PM

The message didn't come up.

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3...

EDIT: :smallbiggrin: Thanks for the help!

Lateral

2010-10-23, 06:26 PM

Could somebody either 'Lower Planarize' or 'Eldrich Horrorize' my avatar for Halloween? You know, either sea-of-lava, fiendish-dire-whale, horned-Ahab, or endless-void, cthulhu-Ahab kinda thing. Thanks!

Edit: I thought that was only for SHOWING OFF your halloween avatars. My bad, I guess, but that doesn't mean someone can't help me out here.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 06:37 PM

Could somebody either 'Lower Planarize' or 'Eldrich Horrorize' my avatar for Halloween? You know, either sea-of-lava, fiendish-dire-whale, horned-Ahab, or endless-void, cthulhu-Ahab kinda thing. Thanks!

You want this (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159238) thread.

101jir

2010-10-23, 07:22 PM

The Rose Dragon

2010-10-23, 07:33 PM

I don't know if this will work or not, but I can not get this URL to work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canis_lupus_265b.jpg I tried removing the underscores, and that did not work. I so wish that the custom avatar were not so sensitive, or would at least permit you to upload it from your computer!

First: that image is huge. As such, you need to make it smaller if possible to make it fit.

Second: you really should not use avatars on sites you do not own, or that are not on an account of yours on a picture sharing site.

Third: you're linking to a website, not an image. This (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Canis_lupus_265b.jpg/800px-Canis_lupus_265b.jpg) is the link to the image.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 07:40 PM

I don't know if this will work or not, but I can not get this URL to work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canis_lupus_265b.jpg I tried removing the underscores, and that did not work. I so wish that the custom avatar were not so sensitive, or would at least permit you to upload it from your computer!

What you need is a Photobucket or Imageshack account. Whenever you want to upload avatars or pics into this forum, save them to your hard drive, put them in the Photobucket account, and use that link. That way you won't have to worry about the image disappearing or anything like that.

EDIT: Also, as Rose Dragon said, that image is huge. The forum doesn't resize them for you. =/ You'll have to do that yourself.

101jir

2010-10-24, 09:36 AM

It would also be easier if you could just upload it from your computer. Oh well, I will set up a photobucket account and try again, THX. :smallsmile: OK, I got a photobucket account and I want to use this pic http://s1087.photobucket.com/albums/j472/101jir/?action=view&current=MyAvatar.jpg Problem is, I can not figure out how to get to just the file. Maybe if someone could either describe the steps or if someone could just give me the URL I would be very appreciative. YES! I GOT IT! Note for any one else with this problem about finding the image on photobucket, just right click, go to properties, and then copy and paste. THX for the help everyone!:smallsmile:

Haruki-kun

2010-10-26, 01:38 PM

kossuth's_spark

2010-11-24, 09:31 PM

Zeb The Troll

2010-11-25, 02:38 AM

If someone would please help me with my avatar, I would be very grateful

This (http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j475/Piperlyon/img015.jpg) is the picture I want to use, but when I try to post it, it only shows the top left corner.

Once again, any help would be greatly appreciated.Is it that you want it to be larger? If so, you'll just need to resize it. Using photobucket you can do it easily enough. Just click on it, click resize, and then make it 34 x 120 and click apply. That probably won't center it in the avatar box for you, but at least it'll fill from top to bottom.

Haruki-kun

2010-11-25, 10:20 AM

Another option would be to open a 120x120 canvas on MS Paint/Photoshop/Inkscape/your program of choice, resize it, and put it in the center of the picture. Then save it and use the new picture, instead.

Jumilk

2010-11-25, 07:14 PM

I had a problem editing the white background out of my avatar, in PNG format. It kept getting the white background whenever I uploaded it on flickr, though it does not get the white background when I upload it at ImageShack.

Haruki-kun

2010-11-26, 12:21 PM

@^: Wild guess but I'd say that's flickr's problem. If you want a fail-safe solution, you can always copy the forum's background color and set it as the avatar's.

Eruantion

2011-01-06, 04:34 PM

I've been trying to create an avatar in inkscape, but even with the dimensions at the max, the image still comes out much too small and distorted. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Okay, never mind that. But as you can see, it's still very pixellated. Help would be nice.

101jir

2011-02-03, 07:39 PM

OK General question, how do you edit URLs on Photobucket? I have been trying for a while, and I can't figure it out. So that there is nothing after the .jpg, .gif, etc?

MoonCat

2011-02-03, 07:50 PM

For all the people who are looking for image hosting sights Imgur (http://imgur.com/) was helpful for me. It's pretty straightforward. I got confused by Photobucket, so I just thought I'd give another option. (not spam :smallwink:)

101jir

2011-02-03, 08:00 PM

Not working. I can't edit the URL. Is there any site where I can change the URL to a format that will be accepted? I Think I got it from here (it helps if you set it to custom LOL:smallbiggrin:)

Zherog

2011-02-03, 08:30 PM

Why are you trying to edit the url? What's appearing after the file extension that needs to be edited out?

101jir

2011-02-03, 08:33 PM

Nevermind. That is not an issue anymore. I have a new issue though. It is perfectly within the size restrictions (59X99) but it is not showing up entirely.

Never mind. For some reason (I had to reupload it), it used the old, deleted file instead of the new one.

Well, I got it to work, but after seeing how small it appears at max pixels, I think I will just forget about it.

Widdlyscuds

2011-03-18, 09:16 AM

This really helped! good job

Pokonic

2011-04-01, 04:06 PM

Hello. I was trying my new avatar from the pony thread and learned that, dispite me following the guidlines ,the avatar will not show up for me.
Here is the pictures file number
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8494/ponypokonavatar.png
Help!

Savannah

2011-04-01, 04:19 PM

I don't see any reason why putting that url into the box shouldn't work. What exactly happens when you do so? An error message? A red x in your avatar location?

Pokonic

2011-04-01, 04:29 PM

You did not enter the correct format for the Custom Avatar URL field. Please read the field description for the expected format.

The above messege is what I got when i entered it into the Custom Avatar URL area.

Edit Just got a red x in my avatar space.

Savannah

2011-04-01, 06:42 PM

Hmm...I just tried it with the link you gave and it worked for me. Make sure you're using just the url starting with "http://" and ending with ".png"; no [url] or [img] tags are needed.

Pokonic

2011-04-01, 06:59 PM

Okay, I am going to test again.
Edit: Nevermine, got it working. Thanks for the help,savanna.

ArdaSevanoS

2011-10-03, 03:26 PM

Hello guys, i just made a custom avatar in paint and then used irfanview to transparence it and make it 117x117, i uploaded it to photobucket but it doesnt fit in the linkbar, what can i do :( thank you for help ^^.

Savannah

2011-10-03, 05:40 PM

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "doesn't fit in the linkbar" :smallconfused: I've never had trouble with long URLs; I just copy and paste them in. The only thing I can think of is check to make sure you don't have [img] or [url] tags around it -- that makes it say that the image is in the wrong format (or something similar).

ArdaSevanoS

2011-10-04, 04:20 AM

The link is here (http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m617/ardasevanos/OOTS%20Style%20Artwork/DiltrissShardArkendur.png)

:smallfrown: its too long that last pn"g" doesnt fit in the bar of custom avatar URL

sorry for my english if im not neat ^^

Elder Tsofu

2011-10-04, 05:21 AM

I believe that you will most likely run into problem number 2 if it did fit, that the folder name you use on photobucket contain spaces. If I remember correctly the board software is allergic to them and refuse to show the avatars from the folders in question.

So to kill two birds with one stone I suggest this:
Change the album-name on photobucket to something without spaces which is also shorter than the current name. "Oots" or "OotsArtwork" are two possible candidates.
You can also create a new album if that works better.

ArdaSevanoS

2011-10-04, 09:27 AM

OK now im able to show my avatar thanks to you ^^ hey, wait, whats that? a white spot near mouth which is actually "not" there?! owow :( lol

ArdaSevanoS

2011-10-04, 09:46 AM

Guys the only problem now i have is the bad looking graphics what can i do to make it look better (i remember when i used irfanwiev without resizing and transperencing it was looking nice like yours).

Correction; Even the saved file by irfanwiev looks nice but when i upload its screwed, help please, thank you very much.

Savannah

2011-10-04, 12:07 PM

I've never used irfanwiev or Photobucket, so I have no idea if they're doing something to the image. I've never seen Photobucket make an avatar look jagged, though :smallconfused: How big was your original image? And what program did you make it in?

ArdaSevanoS

2011-10-04, 12:50 PM

I created it in paint and worked while it was 400x400 and after it was done shrinked it via irfanview to 117x117 and i still control, it seems too good, but when uploaded to phbucket it is jagged as u said :smallwink: maybe you could suggest an upload website? thank you!

Savannah

2011-10-04, 12:59 PM

Weird. You could try uploading it to ImageShack (that's what I use), but if that doesn't work, I've got nothing :smallconfused:

ArdaSevanoS

2011-10-04, 01:26 PM

I'm gonna go crazy still the same (imageshack is better :P)

ArdaSevanoS

2011-10-08, 05:25 AM

OK, i left paint and started using inkscape, its a great program :D, and i managed to do the right avatar for me, it doesnt seem to have the problem now, thank you everyone! :smallwink:

fedcomic

2012-02-23, 06:32 AM

I just want to see what the existing avatar options look like. How can I do that? I just registered, and there's a big list to pick from, but how do i know which one to pick?

Thanks!

fedcomic

2012-02-23, 06:33 AM

Other than changing my avatar through the control panel and then reloading this page, I mean.

Chronos

2012-05-02, 03:59 PM

Zherog

2012-05-02, 05:36 PM

I'm hosting it myself on my desktop, a Mac running an Apache server.

This is the problem. It needs to have an internet address for it to show up to everybody else.

Savannah

2012-05-02, 09:15 PM

You don't need to set height and width anymore.

Make sure what you're entering in the URL field starts with "http" and ends with ".pgn", ".jpg" or ".gif". Not "" and "" (that always messes me up!). Where are you hosting your image? Sometimes the URL the hosting site gives doesn't work right and you need to rightclick the image and get the URL there. If you're still having trouble and you want to post your image here, we can take a look and see if we can figure out the URL for you.

Snowbody

2012-05-02, 11:22 PM

This seems to be the place to ask about such things: My custom avatar shows up just fine for me, from multiple computers, but someone just told me in a PM that it doesn't show up for them. It should be a stick figure holding an hourglass. First of all, do most people see it, and second, if not, does anyone know why not? I'm hosting it myself on my desktop, a Mac running an Apache server.

You seem to have your avatar set up correctly on this end. Your avatar is set to http://cassandra.physics.montana.edu/chronos.gif , which is the proper format. That address is a real internet address (it maps to 153.90.194.99 and that address does respond to pings). However, my PC can't connect to the webserver on your machine. It looks like something is blocking people outsude Montana State from connecting to it. Probably trying to stop people hosting music or other copyrighted content without permission.

You could try hosting the webserver on a different port (see http://homepage.mac.com/car1son/change_apache_port.html ) and then modify the URL to point to that port, but it still might not work.

Chronos

2012-05-03, 04:40 PM

It looks like something is blocking people outsude Montana State from connecting to it. Probably trying to stop people hosting music or other copyrighted content without permission.That might be... The other computer I've checked it from is also within montana.edu . Things I've hosted in this way have worked in the past for outsiders, but it might be a new restriction. I'll look into that.

Joval

2013-01-13, 07:35 PM

Anybody mind doing a super obese, and super happy, 4e Doppelganger sitting down with a Black Dagger in one hand, a huge red twirled sucker, and black studded leather?

EDIT: If you are saying no because I have no prerequisites, I have had an account before, but I lost my login information for it, as well as the Email it was tied to.

Zherog

2013-01-13, 08:56 PM

This isn't the thread for requesting custom avatars; it's for getting tech help with it. There is a thread for what you want, though, down in the Arts and Crafts forum (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243803).

Joval

2013-01-15, 10:46 PM

Zherog

2013-01-16, 12:41 PM

Happy to help, and no need to apologize. Welcome back, by the way.

Mister Non PC

2013-02-07, 09:35 PM

I followed the instructions to the letter but got this error message:

"You did not enter the correct format for the Custom Avatar URL field. Please read the field description for the expected format."

Here is the URL I entered.

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc290/Waspman2000/Audiophile%20gear/mrnpc_zps0518388d.jpg

What's wrong?

Savannah

2013-02-07, 10:11 PM

You have the image uploaded into a photobucket folder with a space in the folder name ("Audiophile gear"). Rename the folder to remove the space and the new url should work.

On a related note, that avatar will be too big -- it is currently 200x244 px and the maximum size is 120x120 px. If you don't resize it, you will only be seeing the top left corner.

Mister Non PC

2013-02-08, 03:46 PM

Proud Tortoise

2013-03-03, 06:23 PM

My avatar's link is too long to fit in the appropriate bar. It cuts it off at the point marked by the roach and then doesn't work properly.
http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o780/ProudTortoise/99644acd-7aa2-4224-9497-fbdb3542c9eb_zps5131:roach:04ff.jpg

Jarian

2013-03-03, 07:12 PM

Right click the image and save it to your computer, rename the file, then reupload it like so. (http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7596/proudtortoise.jpg) (You're welcome to use that link if you like.)

Ormur

2013-05-01, 06:23 PM

I can't find out where I can change my avatar, did that get disabled too?

Savannah

2013-05-01, 07:44 PM

User CP -> Edit Options -> scroll to the very bottom and you should be able to change your avatar.

sockmonkey

2013-06-12, 11:13 AM

ChristianSt

2013-06-12, 11:43 AM

Read through this whole thread and followed all the instructions and advice but the avatar won't show for me. I get no error messages and I made sure it was the right size. Does it show for anyone else?

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/407/mal3.gif

You need to link direct to the image, and not to some page that includes the image. Try this link instead: http://imageshack.us/a/img407/3042/mal3.gif

sockmonkey

2013-06-12, 06:35 PM

You need to link direct to the image, and not to some page that includes the image. Try this link instead: http://imageshack.us/a/img407/3042/mal3.gif

Ah, crap I see what you mean. I thought the code they normally give was supposed to do that. Works now ty.

Death by DM

2013-07-29, 04:40 PM

I'm too young to go about making an account for deviantart or photobucket.:smallfrown: Does anyone know a website with no age restriction I can use to share my avatars?

Savannah

2013-07-29, 05:00 PM

You can upload to ImageShack without an account, so maybe that could work for you (or maybe they don't have an age restriction - I don't know). You would just have to make sure you don't lose the link, as you wouldn't have a way to look it up later without an account.

Death by DM

2013-08-01, 07:05 PM

Thanks! That should help me set up my avatars so I can officially become an avatarist. :smallbiggrin:

LegioDamnus

2013-10-29, 08:00 AM

I wonder if it worked...

LegioDamnus

2013-10-29, 08:07 AM

It clearly didn't...

ChristianSt

2013-10-29, 09:21 AM

I wonder if it worked...

It clearly didn't...

If you say what you tried maybe we can help :smallwink:

But from what I see I think you tried to specify a local file (since your link just points to just "battlemindhuy.png" - which does not what you want, it points to the website "battlemindhuy" on the top-level-domain "png" (which isn't a used top-level domain - so the link just gives a "server not found" or something like that)).

So probably you need to upload it somewhere (your own webspace if you have, or something like ImageShack or PhotoBucket [see the first post for some more details on it]), and than using the direct link to the file (so something like http://sometihng.site.xy/path/to/file.gif)

DMwithoutPC's

2013-11-21, 01:31 PM

I'm trying to upload an image, but he keeps giving this error:

There are no subscribed threads to display in this folder for this time period.

I must be doing something really silly wrong, but I can't find out what...

Here's the image:
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b487/jakobvisscher/None_zps57ae11e5.png

EDIT. Oh. never... never mind :smallbiggrin:

kiapet

2014-01-14, 12:32 PM

My avatar won't show up. It's saved on Paint.Net. This is the address I typed in:
http://finalgiantitpavatar.png

I also can't find on the edit options where the pixel dimensions of the avatar are. My page ends right after the url entry.

Zherog

2014-01-14, 12:59 PM

If your image is saved on paint.net, that needs to be part of the address you type in.

Savannah

2014-01-14, 01:01 PM

You no longer need to put in the pixel dimensions for your avatar, so you can ignore that bit of the instructions (it does need to be no larger than 120x120 pixels for it to all show up, though).

TuggyNE

2014-01-14, 08:43 PM

My avatar won't show up. It's saved on Paint.Net.

You mean the image-editing program (http://getpaint.net/)? I don't think they have hosting, and it certainly isn't integrated into saving, and the site paint.net (http://paint.net/) seems to be unrelated as well. I'd recommend uploading to some hosting site like photobucket or whatever.

kiapet

2014-01-15, 07:31 AM

banthesun

2014-01-15, 10:37 AM

I was using the picture editor. It confused me because the file name ended with .png
Alright, I'll work on setting up a photobucket. Thanks. :smallsmile:

...Okay, so how do you get the picture url off of photobucket?

Once you've uploaded the image, click on the "Direct" link on the right side of the image's photobucket page (clicking on the image in your gallery or the upload screen should take you there, if you're having trouble). Otherwise, you could right click the image and select "copy image location".

Hope that helps! :smallsmile:

kiapet

2014-01-15, 01:31 PM

Thank you everybody! I still have a couple of things to take care of, but you've set me on the right path. :smallbiggrin:

Lord_Burch

2014-02-17, 03:07 AM

I don't know if I'm doing it wrong, but the URL appears to be too large to fit within the field provided. This is the URL provided. http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv64/Comissar/Photobucket%20Desktop%20-%20Dale%20Thompsons%20MacBook/untitled%20folder/Jaune.png

Even if I edit out the spaces, it still comes out a bit too long. Is it a problem on my end?

Savannah

2014-02-17, 03:17 AM

GitP doesn't like spaces in Photobucket folder names. You'll need to actually rename the folders to something without spaces. Once you've done that, use the direct link listed in the "links to share this photo" not the link you've posted here. I'm not sure if the link will still be too long, but I know both of those are issues Photobucket users have had in the past.

ChristianSt

2014-02-17, 05:05 AM

Yeah, first of all there seems to be troubles with spaces (so you would need to provide a link without spaces; masking them with "%20" didn't work for me).

On top of that it seems that the form limits links to 100 characters, so you also need to shorten that link. So the easiest way would be to create a short folder without spaces and add it on the top level of your Photobucket account.

Certain kind of url shortening/redirecting stuff could maybe work, but I'm not certain on that part and it might be hard to get it the way you want it. So putting the picture somewhere else in your Photobucket account where it produces a shorter link without spaces is way easier (and should work in all cases).

PS: If you have other files in your Photobucket-folder and linked them somewhere else (or you have this avatar linked to from another site), you should not rename, unless you want to change all those links. Editing/Moving a folder (name) will change all direct links! So to be safe just copy your image in a suiting (e.g newly created) folder.

Lord_Burch

2014-02-17, 10:23 AM

Erberor

2014-02-24, 11:47 PM

I was wondering how I could get rid of all the white space in my custom pic. It would just look so much better without it...

Trouble is I have not idea how to make the white transparent.

For what it's worth, I used GraphicsGale to draw it.

Savannah

2014-02-24, 11:52 PM

You'll have to draw it on a transparent background and save it in a file that supports transparency (you've got it as a .png now, so your file format is good -- you just need to use a transparent background instead of a white background).

Erberor

2014-02-25, 02:09 AM

Seems to have worked! took me bit to figure out the transparency on my program, but I figured it out. Thanks!

Savannah

2014-02-25, 02:39 AM

No problem! Sorry I couldn't be more help -- that's not a program I've ever used.

Jonesy89CPFD

2014-02-26, 09:04 AM

My avatar isn't showing up either. This is the URL: http://www.legendsofglory.com/glory/qg1/img/manual_thief.png

Not terribly familiar with how this kind of thing works, so not sure if I should put it on deviantart or resize the picture first.

Nevermind, seem to have sorted it out :)

Spacebatsy

2014-04-07, 06:55 AM

Hello

I have a problem with changing avatars. I got a costume avatar before the remake of the forum, and now that I thought of changing to it there seems to be a problem. I only have the already checked option of “Do not use an avatar” – nothing else. Which is also strange since I can clearly see the avatar I’m using at the moment…
(I followed the FAQ-link since I could not find the Edit Avatar)

Have the policy for avatars changed? Or are there some technical issues? Or am I simply missing something?

Thank you :smallsmile:

Sorry, it turns out I was following a bad link... my bad

sengmeng

2014-04-28, 10:19 AM

This thread is awesome because nearly everyone got their issues fixed and has a cool custom avatar. That being said, how can I eliminate the white background on mine?

ChristianSt

2014-04-28, 12:25 PM

This thread is awesome because nearly everyone got their issues fixed and has a cool custom avatar. That being said, how can I eliminate the white background on mine?

Depends on what is actually the problem you have. :smallwink:

There are basically two solutions:

Upload a version with a transparent background. I don't know whether your source file has a white or a transparent background, but in all cases you need a file format that actually supports transparency. .jpg (as you have right now) doesn't support it, so you need to use .png or .gif. Both work fine.
If for some reason you are restricted to .jpg or have trouble to figure out how to set your background to transparent (though it should be doable - even if you only have that .jpg file it should be possible with Gimp or other image processing software to set it to transparent.), you could also cheat a bit and change your white background to the color of the user info background color. (Which should be #F0E7D3 )

So it is possible that you have a usable source file but exported it to the wrong file format or it is even possible that you have the right file but the pace you uploaded it changed it. In the latter case (if it gets automatically converted to .jpg) you either need to change the place you upload it (both PhotoBucket and ImageShack should work for that) or use the colored background workaround.

Cloud Rat

2014-05-03, 01:31 AM

Maybe I'm just stupid, but I can't seem to find the "Edit Options" to change my avatar, or any option to do it. Please help! :smallsmile:

ChristianSt

2014-05-03, 03:19 AM

Maybe I'm just stupid, but I can't seem to find the "Edit Options" to change my avatar, or any option to do it. Please help! :smallsmile:

Unfortunately the OP of this thread is a bit outdated. There was a forum upgrade recently and the details have changed a bit. (For example there is no size option either, though that was changed even before the upgrade.)

You need to be on the Desktop Site to edit your avatar (or options in general), so if you are on the Mobile Site, you need to Switch to the Full Site. A link for that should be on the bottom of each page. (If you want to switch back afterwards, the Desktop Site has a theme-drop-down-menu on the bottom left of each page.)
On the top right corner on each peach you see "Welcome, YourUserNameHere // Notifications // My Profile // Settings // Log Out". Click on Settings (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/usercp.php?styleid=2)
On the left side, you find three boxes with different contents (My Messages // My Subscriptions // My Settings). Click on General Settings (www.giantitp.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions&styleid=2), which can be found in My Settings -> My Account.
The avatar options are the last three options on that page, so scroll to the bottom.
Change whatever you want to change and save your changes using the Save Changes button.

(You should also be able to use the links I posted.)

Oseyerys

2014-05-12, 12:06 PM

What is the software used to create said avatars and upload them to photobucket?

ChristianSt

2014-05-12, 01:11 PM

What is the software used to create said avatars and upload them to photobucket?

To upload stuff to photobucket you don't need any special software (other than a regular browser).

To make a avatar you can use any image processing program you want to use or are familiar with. Free options are GIMP (www.gimp.org) or Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/en/). If you want a stick figure avatar Inkscape is probably the better choice, because it is a vector based program, but I haven't used it, so I can't say anything about it.

And probably this sort of questions is better be asked in the Arts and Crafts subforum (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?27-Arts-and-Crafts), too :smallwink:

Oseyerys

2014-05-13, 12:06 AM

I figured it out. And many thanks to you sir!

Felandria

2014-09-26, 01:53 AM

But how do I fix the size, it's cutting the bottom off of my picture.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4083/xech.png

Savannah

2014-09-26, 09:44 PM

Rawhide

2014-09-26, 11:24 PM

The maximum avatar size is 120x120 px. Yours is 120x150, so you need to crop and/or resize it to be 30 pixels smaller in height. If someone created it for you, you can ask them to edit it, or if you created it yourself, edit it in whatever program you used to make it. Some hosting sites also allow you to edit a hosted picture, but as far as I know, ImageShack is not one of them (may be worth double checking, though, as it's been a while since I used it).

Likewise, you have that same image in your signature, which is also limited to 120 pixels high. You will need to remove the image from your signature, or reduce it to 120 pixels high using the above quoted information.

Felandria

2014-09-27, 03:22 AM

Likewise, you have that same image in your signature, which is also limited to 120 pixels high. You will need to remove the image from your signature, or reduce it to 120 pixels high using the above quoted information.

I dunno how to make it any smaller, I made it from one of those custom avatar sites, but I forgot which one and all I have is an iPad, can anyone help?

Rawhide

2014-09-28, 03:32 AM

I dunno how to make it any smaller, I made it from one of those custom avatar sites, but I forgot which one and all I have is an iPad, can anyone help?

If you only have an iPad, I don't know the answer, sorry. I do know that there are image editors which can resize it for you, some free, some not, but I do all my editing on the computer. You can also upload it to a site which allows you to resize the image after upload. But, again, I do all my editing myself on the computer, so I couldn't tell you which sites do that.

Sermil

2015-04-27, 12:37 AM

ChristianSt

2015-04-27, 12:25 PM

On the first post in this thread, Gorbash Kazdar says:
It is suggested you read over the avatar and signature rules before you get started so that you don't run into any problems later.

"avatar and signature rules" is a hotlink to http://www.giantitp.com/forums/announcement.php?a=39, but when I go there, I get an error:

Sermil, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Unfortunately the OP is a bit outdated (it was done before the forum software updated, and even then it was out of date). The Avatar & Signature Rules can be found as part of the regular Forum Rules (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/announcement.php?a=1) (which can normally be found in the upper region of each forum page).

Avatar & Signature Rules
The total width of images in your signature may not exceed 470 pixels. This may be comprised of one or more images.

The total height of images in your signature may not exceed 120 pixels. This may be comprised of one or more images.

Any images in a spoiler may not exceed 300 pixels high by 470 pixels wide.

Total height of your signature may not exceed 12 lines or equivalent. A smaller font may allow additional lines and a larger font will count against multiple lines. A 120 pixel high image is equivalent to 8 lines, a spoiler with no blank lines around it is equivalent to 2 lines. Please be aware of text wrapping as long lines will count as multiple lines at our discretion.

The maximum size for any avatar is 50kb.

The maximum total size for your avatar and every image in your signature, including those in spoilers cannot exceed 300kb.

Avatars and signature images must be static (ie. not animated). Animated avatars or signature images will be subject to immediate removal.

Animated images are still allowed as post content (preferably in a spoiler) but not in your signature or as an avatar as they detract from the rest of the forums when they are attached to every post.

Also, please note that if a change is made to your signature or avatar either directly by a moderator or by way of a moderator request, changing it back to something that does not comply with these rules would lead to an infraction. This falls under the existing rules regarding changing moderator made edits or ignoring/disregarding a moderator.

DocViking

2015-07-18, 08:30 AM

Is this still a thing? Theres no Control Panel button I can see. Nor is it in the settings from what I can see.

ChristianSt

2015-07-18, 02:54 PM

Is this still a thing? Theres no Control Panel button I can see. Nor is it in the settings from what I can see.

The OP is a bit outdated (we had a forum update since then).

Click "Settings" in the upper right and then find "General Settings" on the left (or take this link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions)). At the bottom there are avatar related options.

Sitri

2015-11-27, 09:38 AM

Is there a way to still resize avatars? Not seeing that option. Also, I don't have permission to view the rules concerning them.

Southern Cross

2015-11-28, 02:51 AM

I've been having trouble with my custom avatar:http://s923.photobucket.com/user/SouthernCross_2010/library/darkwizard.jpg.

Southern Cross

2015-11-28, 02:55 AM

Lets see if this works: http://s923.photobucket.com/user/SouthernCross_2010/media/darkwizard.png.html?o=0

ChristianSt

2015-11-28, 03:17 PM

Is there a way to still resize avatars? Not seeing that option. Also, I don't have permission to view the rules concerning them.

To quote myself from a few posts up this thread:

Unfortunately the OP is a bit outdated (it was done before the forum software updated, and even then it was out of date). The Avatar & Signature Rules can be found as part of the regular Forum Rules (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/announcement.php?a=1) (which can normally be found in the upper region of each forum page).

Avatar & Signature Rules
The total width of images in your signature may not exceed 470 pixels. This may be comprised of one or more images.

The total height of images in your signature may not exceed 120 pixels. This may be comprised of one or more images.

Any images in a spoiler may not exceed 300 pixels high by 470 pixels wide.

Total height of your signature may not exceed 12 lines or equivalent. A smaller font may allow additional lines and a larger font will count against multiple lines. A 120 pixel high image is equivalent to 8 lines, a spoiler with no blank lines around it is equivalent to 2 lines. Please be aware of text wrapping as long lines will count as multiple lines at our discretion.

The maximum size for any avatar is 50kb.

The maximum total size for your avatar and every image in your signature, including those in spoilers cannot exceed 300kb.

Avatars and signature images must be static (ie. not animated). Animated avatars or signature images will be subject to immediate removal.

Animated images are still allowed as post content (preferably in a spoiler) but not in your signature or as an avatar as they detract from the rest of the forums when they are attached to every post.

Also, please note that if a change is made to your signature or avatar either directly by a moderator or by way of a moderator request, changing it back to something that does not comply with these rules would lead to an infraction. This falls under the existing rules regarding changing moderator made edits or ignoring/disregarding a moderator.

Copyrighted Material and OotS Images
Using copyrighted artwork as an avatar is technically illegal unless you have the permission of the copyright holder. Even if the art is modified in some way, the original copyright still stands and you can't use it as an avatar. Rich Burlew has specifically requested that people DO NOT use his OOTS art as avatar image, other than those he has specifically provided as the default message board avatars. Also, please do not take, alter, or use the provided avatar images, comic images, or other pieces of Rich's art without express consent. If you want an OOTS-style avatar, there are many burgeoning avatar artists hanging around the Arts and Crafts forum who might make one for you.

Any avatar image that is found to be used without the permission of the copyright holder will be removed. If the creator of an avatar personally approaches the GITP staff and claims that their creation is being used without permission by another poster--as might be the case if they requested credit for the avatar and then were denied such--the Moderators will remove the avatar immediately. The first instance of this will incur a Warning, but should the member reinstate his or her violating avatar or create another avatar that also violates the rules, he or she will be issued an Infraction.

As for resizing Avatars, that is no longer an option. if you want to change the dimensions of your Avatar you have to change/edit the file directly.

AuthorGirl

2015-12-18, 07:43 PM

This guide is intended to lay out the steps necessary to set up a custom avatar to display on each of your posts. It is suggested you read over the avatar and signature rules (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/announcement.php?a=39) before you get started so that you don't run into any problems later.

The guide assumes you already have an appropriate avatar image and have uploaded it to appropriate webspace. General information about these steps is provided in Appendices A & B.

Part 1: Get the URL & Image Variables
Make sure you have the image's URL address. Have it open in a separate window or copy/pasted into a document so you can grab it easily.

The image URL needs to be complete - this means you must include the http:// prefix, and have the full address to the exact file (usually this ends with the file extension type). Make sure there are no spaces (%20) or other special characters in the address (other than dashes or underscores; -,_). Many times the URL will be case sensitive as well.

Also make sure you have the height and width of the image in pixels handy.

Part 2: Bring up Custom Avatar Options
From any page on the GiantITP forums, click on the User CP option in the upper right toolbar.

This will bring up your control panel where you can adjust numerous options. In the Control Panel on the right, under the first section Settings & Options, click on Edit Options (it should be the last in the list).

Scroll down to the last section, Miscellaneous Options.

Part 3: Set Your Variables
Under the Avatar section of Miscellaneous Options, click the toggle next to Custom.

Now, under Custom Avatar URL, paste or type in the URL of the image.

Under Custom Avatar Width, enter the width of the image in pixels.

Under Custom Avatar Height, enter the height of the image in pixels.

Lastly, click on Save Changes.

You should now be brought back to the main Control Panel page.

To make sure the avatar is entered correctly, go find a post you have recently made. The image should now show next to your posts.

Part 4: Troubleshooting
If you image is not showing up, first make sure the site has fully reloaded and is not simply pulling from your browser cache (press Ctrl+F5 to force a complete reload of the page).

If the image still does not show up, go back to Miscellaneous Options and make sure all the image variables are entered correctly. Any incorrect values, such as having the height or width off by a pixel or the a typo in the URL, will prevent the image from showing up.

The image URL is usually case sensitive - if there are any capitalizations, make sure to have these match.

The board software does not support spaces or most special characters. These will show up as '%##' in the URL; spaces are %20 and are the most common problem in a URL that prevents an avatar from showing up. Dashes or underscores (-,_) are allowed; remove any spaces or replace them with these characters.

Make sure the image actually is a .gif, a .jpg, or a .png. If it is not, you will need to convert it into one of these formats or find another image.

Finally, try opening the image in a separate window to make sure it shows up at all. Your hosting site may be down, the image may not have uploaded correctly or have been deleted, or something else may be preventing the image from loading at all.

If none of this corrects the problem, please feel free to ask for help.

Appendix A: Acquire an Avatar
Acquiring a custom avatar is actually relatively easy. You can check out the custom avatar request (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33589) and avatar adoption (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26936) threads for OotS style avatars, or you can always make your own.

On the GiantITP forums, you may use a .gif, .jpg, or .png image. The image can have a width of 20-120 pixels, and a height of 20-120 pixels. The forums default to 117x117.

To double check these variables to make sure an image would fit within the rules, on most browsers right click (or Control + click on most Apples) on the image and select 'Properties.' This will display the image height and width in pixels, its URL, and its size. Right clicking generally also allows you to save the image. Some websites disable right clicking on images, however.

.gif and .png images both support transparency, while .jpg does not. Also please keep in mind that animated .gif images are not allowed as avatars.

Appendix B: Uploading the Image
You need to upload the image to a separate hosting service; the GiantITP forums do not allow you to upload directly to our server.

Free solutions include PhotoBucket (http://www.photobucket.com) and ImageShack (http://www.imageshack.com), both of which are commonly used throughout the forums. If you have your own server space or other location you can upload to, you may certainly use that as well. These free sites are generally very simple to use and off their own tutorials. Generally, simply select the Upload option, click Browse when it asks you for the file path of the image, find the image on your computer, select it, and upload. After the image uploads, it should provide the image's URL for hotlinking.

Keep in mind that you will be 'hotlinking' the image from this space, so make sure this is allowed. Many free website hosting services do not allow image hotlinking, which will cause an error image to show up. Worse is hotlinking from someone's personal site without permission - not only is this considered impolite, many webmasters discourage this behavior by setting up obscene or insulting 'trap' images that replace hotlinked images. It is always encouraged that you get your own webspace to host any images you intend to use. Some avatar artists will allow you to hotlink from their hosts, but again it is better to set up your own space.
ok but what I actually want to do is make my avatar, BlackDragon, from the avatars list, show up (it doesn't)

Southern Cross

2015-12-19, 03:44 AM

Do you have the image url?

Gadora

2015-12-20, 11:32 PM

ok but what I actually want to do is make my avatar, BlackDragon, from the avatars list, show up (it doesn't)

If I'm understanding the problem correctly, head to settings, then find the General Settings option. Scroll down until you find the avatar section and select Order of the Stick. Save the settings, and you should be good.

Seek For Truth

2016-05-18, 12:41 AM

Hamste

2016-05-18, 10:20 AM

I want to ask why my avatar url link will not work, but its kind of hard to do when you apparently cannot post the site address without a post count of 10 or higher, even in a thread whose entire purpose it to help newer people.

Just post the link with a space in it or without the www. (Don't know what it exactly checks as it started well after my first 10 posts)

Zherog

2016-05-18, 10:42 AM

The most common problem is a space in the url. (Which will display as "%20") If that's not the issue, then Hamste's suggestions for posting will get you on the path to getting help.

CuriousWanderer

2016-06-21, 08:03 PM

1) Why is there no upload allowed?

2) Why does the site not have a mechanism for resizing images properly.

3) Why does the site not allow direct link urls that have too many characters?

Rawhide

2016-06-21, 08:15 PM

1) Why is there no upload allowed?

2) Why does the site not have a mechanism for resizing images properly.

3) Why does the site not allow direct link urls that have too many characters?

1) Basic necessity to keep the forums running.

2) Because they are not uploaded to the server, so the server has no control over them.

3) I think you answered your own question, they have too many characters. A limit needs to be placed somewhere, and the current limit allows the vast majority of use cases for using images hosted on sites designed to allow you to upload and embed images.

CuriousWanderer

2016-06-22, 01:08 AM

1) Basic necessity to keep the forums running.

How so?

I see many forums running that do that.

Rawhide

2016-06-22, 03:46 AM

How so?

I see many forums running that do that.

Please don't colour the text of your posts red. Red is reserved for official moderator messages. Additionally, please don't colour the entirety of your posts a different colour. It can greatly affect readability, quotability, and moderatability of your posts, and if it becomes an issue may fall under the "excessive formatting" rule.

We will not be going into the details of how the forums run behind the scenes. Suffice it to say, most other forums aren't as large or busy as these are.

armadaledoor

2016-08-04, 05:52 AM

i don't have any idea.

Southern Cross

2016-08-05, 03:33 PM

Then why did you post?

nyjastul69

2016-08-05, 04:43 PM

Then why did you post?

That looks like a spambot.

Magery

2016-08-26, 08:15 PM

I'm trying to get a custom avatar.

As you can see, it's currently looking incredibly zoomed-in and blurry.

The problem is that this is not the avatar before I've tried resizing it so that it'll fit.

This is the avatar after I have resized it. The version that I'm currently using is 80 x 80; before that it was 117 x 117, which was slightly less-zoomed in and slightly less blurry, and before that it was 150 x 200.

Paradoxically, it was the 150 x 200 avatar that was the least zoomed-in and blurry - it didn't quite fit in the 'box', so to speak, but it was actually recognisable.

Can anyone explain what's going on and how I can fix it?

EDIT NOTE: I have tried using Gravatar links as well. Despite the fact my link differs only from a friend's in the email hash at the end (since obviously we have different emails), his works and mine doesn't.

EDIT 2: It's finally working, though for no explicable reason.

Tacticslion

2016-09-15, 07:28 PM

Apologies.

I currently have an avatar that may be a violation of the rules; my apologies if that is the case.

The primary reasons I haven't taken it down (to be safe) are two-fold: one, I'm currently kind of stupid and can't figure it out (and currently am out of time (I'm an hour and fifteen twenty minutes late getting my kids to bed); and two I'm not entirely certain it runs afoul of the rules... but only because I've never had a problem with it in the past (it definitely seems like it is, based off of a reading of the rules, which is why I'm asking).

I didn't create it - I was kind of surprised at the method the site required, but I found it easily enough by searching and linking it. The reason I'm uncertain is just that the image is so ubiquitous. I've used it in numerous other forums as my avatar. Again: I've no problem abiding by the rules. I have two children literally bouncing off of me and the walls (not literally for emphasis - literally for literal realsies) that need to go to bed - it makes typing and focus hard, and I can't find how to edit my avatar in my "profile" selection section.

If you'd like, just tell me how and I'd be glad to remove it, or feel free to do it yourself - I don't mind.

The image is taken from a 1995 video game created by someone else that I own no rights to. The link is someone else's website that I found by a Google search. That seems like it violates the rules.
(For the record, I didn't realize the rules were as exhaustive as they were; when I agreed that I'd read the rules, I really thought I'd done so, due to labeling of the subsection and the lack of any apparent link to the larger rules section (or at least, not one that I noticed at the time). Now that I actually have read the larger rules post, I'm attempting to make things right and actually abide by both spirit and letter - which is why I'm posting here and asking questions rather than trying to slip under the radar. I'm very sorry I made such a mess so quickly. Blech.)

neverjust

2016-10-11, 07:22 AM

Thank you :smallsmile:

Dappershire

2017-05-04, 05:37 AM

Where can I find the rules? The link in OP's post leads to something saying I don't have permissions to be there.

Grey_Wolf_c

2017-05-04, 09:20 AM

Where can I find the rules? The link in OP's post leads to something saying I don't have permissions to be there.

There is a yellow ribbon at the top of every page with the text "Welcome back! Be sure you have read and understand the Forum Rules." linking to the current version of the rules (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/announcement.php?a=1).

GW

arimareiji

2017-07-05, 10:30 PM

There is a yellow ribbon at the top of every page with the text "Welcome back! Be sure you have read and understand the Forum Rules." linking to the current version of the rules.

GW

(emphasis added in case it's tl;dr)

I may have the same question as Dappershire, but I'm not sure since it seems kinda ambiguous.

The link* in the first post's second sentence ("It is suggested you read over the avatar and signature rules before you get started so that you don't run into any problems later.") doesn't actually go to avatar/signature rules. (At least for me, it doesn't.) It goes to a page that starts with "arimareiji, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:"

Thank you for your time. :smallsmile:

* - My apologies, I had to strip all URLs from this post to create it. I underlined and blued the link for emphasis.
Edit: Rephrasing for clarity

Grey_Wolf_c

2017-07-06, 02:36 AM

(emphasis added in case it's tl;dr)

I may have the same question as Dappershire, but I'm not sure since it seems kinda ambiguous.

The link* in the first post's second sentence ("It is suggested you read over the avatar and signature rules before you get started so that you don't run into any problems later.") doesn't actually go to avatar/signature rules. (At least for me, it doesn't.) It goes to a page that starts with "arimareiji, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:"

Thank you for your time. :smallsmile:

* - My apologies, I had to strip all URLs from this post to create it. I underlined and blued the link for emphasis.
Edit: Rephrasing for clarity

Yes, the avatar rules were merged with the general rules (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/announcement.php?a=1) ages ago. You can find the avatar rules in the link I gave, and just scroll down to or search for "Avatar & Signature Rules". The "you do not have permission" error means the original post was moved to the mod-only area of the forums (which is how they "delete" old posts).

GW

Randomguy

2017-07-30, 09:54 PM

All the image links in the first post of this thread appear to be broken.

Also, I think the instructions are out of date due to some changes in how the forum is formatted. For example, there appears to be no "edit options" item in the "settings and options" list.

Raunchel

2017-08-02, 12:04 PM

It seems that my avatar has an issue, just like the one belonging to the poster above me. I however can't quite figure out what the issue is. Could someone help me with this?

DataNinja

2017-08-02, 12:09 PM

It seems that my avatar has an issue, just like the one belonging to the poster above me. I however can't quite figure out what the issue is. Could someone help me with this?

It's that Photobucket doesn't allow image linking on other sites unless you pay for their premium membership. So, unless you pay that, you'll need to look elsewhere for image hosting.

Raunchel

2017-08-03, 03:29 AM

It's that Photobucket doesn't allow image linking on other sites unless you pay for their premium membership. So, unless you pay that, you'll need to look elsewhere for image hosting.

Thanks a lot! I decided to put it elsewhere, because I'm not going to pay just to be able to use my avatar.

Wristlet Eater

2017-08-06, 10:26 AM

There is a of of blank space under my avatar image, and it is not part of the image. Is this normal?

EDIT: I changed it for an image with more space on top for a temporary fix, but here is the original appearance for reference.

http://i.imgur.com/AAXWfKQ.png

Grey_Wolf_c

2017-08-06, 12:44 PM

There is a of of blank space under my avatar image, and it is not part of the image. Is this normal?

Yes. The avatar picture slot is a set size - it doesn't resize. If your avatar is smaller than the slot, there will be space under it.

GW

Rawhide

2017-08-06, 07:58 PM

Yes. The avatar picture slot is a set size - it doesn't resize. If your avatar is smaller than the slot, there will be space under it.

GW

Hmm, browser support for max-width and max-height is prevalent enough that I could probably change that now...

Malak'ai

2018-01-28, 03:23 AM

Blah... I seem to be a complete idiot... I've gone through all the steps to set my avatar (which worked perfectly fine before photobucket changed their polocies) and now that i'm using Imgur it keeps telling me I've entered the Url wrong. I've used the BBCode link, the Linked BBCode link and Direct Link but in all three situations all I get is a little dialogue box that says "You did not enter the correct format for the Custom Avatar URL field. Please read the field description for the expected format."

I've used the Linked BBCode link for my signature and as you can see, it works fine, so why can't I get my Avatar to work?

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-01-28, 10:21 AM

Malak'ai

2018-01-28, 08:12 PM

My first guess would be that there is some character in the URL that gitp is not liking. Can you post all three links so we can take a look at them?

GW

Okay, so here we go

BBCode Link: https: //i.imgur.com/dY4CAaC.png (manually inputted space between the https: and the double backslash)

Linked BBCode: http: //i.imgur.com/dY4CAaC.png (https: //imgur.com/dY4CAaC) (once again, manually inputted space between the https: and double backslashes on both sets)

Direct Link: https: //imgur.com/dY4CAaC (Second verse same as the first)

Hope this helps in finding the problem.

Hmmm... The Linked BBCode is only showing half the code, it's missing the part of the code.

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-01-28, 08:51 PM

Okay, so here we go

BBCode Link: https: //i.imgur.com/dY4CAaC.png (manually inputted space between the https: and the double backslash)

Linked BBCode: http: //i.imgur.com/dY4CAaC.png (https: //imgur.com/dY4CAaC) (once again, manually inputted space between the https: and double backslashes on both sets)

Direct Link: https: //imgur.com/dY4CAaC (Second verse same as the first)

Hope this helps in finding the problem.

Hmmm... The Linked BBCode is only showing half the code, it's missing the [/url] part of the code.

Try putting it without the s in https: i.e. use [url]http://i.imgur.com/dY4CAaC.png (https:...)

Don't put any tags, no square brackets. Just the URL.

I tried it, and had no issue with the avatar showing up.

GW

Malak'ai

2018-01-28, 08:55 PM

Try putting it without the s in https: i.e. use http://i.imgur.com/dY4CAaC.png

Don't put any tags, no square brackets. Just the URL.

I tried it, and had no issue with the avatar showing up.

GW

WOO!!! Peeking Nialise is back!!!

Thankyou heaps for that GW!!!

Southern Cross

2018-01-29, 02:56 AM

Good job, GW!

strett0

2018-03-08, 01:23 PM

LibraryOgre

2018-03-08, 01:42 PM

So i got the site to accept my avatar but now its blank.

what's wrong?

the website to the image is here ://strett0.deviantart.com/art/my-Giant-in-the-Playground-avatar-734490814

you have to add https to the front cuz i dont have enough posts to put website links yet

It looks like you're linking to the web page, not to the image. If you're using Chrome, right click on the image and select "Copy Image Address", and use that, rather than the web page.

strett0

2018-03-08, 02:06 PM

Thanks! i didnt know that need to be done. but i think that the URL is too long. i paste it in and i can't add .png to end

strett0

2018-03-08, 02:14 PM

i figured it out. the title was too long, so i edited the post's title to be shorter, and that fixed it.

thank you so much!!

georgie_leech

2018-03-13, 12:29 PM

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-03-13, 01:04 PM

So, I've made a custom stickitar in Paint for Windows 10, and despite my amateur attempt, I'd like to use it for my avatar. I can upload it just fine... Except I can't figure out how to make it have a transparent background. How do?

Will depend on what program you are using. There'll probably be a way to select a colour (such as the background) and the "delete it" so that it looks like a checkered board - that'll be transparent.

GW

georgie_leech

2018-03-13, 02:01 PM

Will depend on what program you are using. There'll probably be a way to select a colour (such as the background) and the "delete it" so that it looks like a checkered board - that'll be transparent.

GW

Paint, the default kind that comes with every Windows ever; mine is Windows 10. I had everything checked out for transparent background and such, but upon loading it into imgur, it proved to keep the "blank" background as white, despite using free-select and such. It proved to do the same in my image viewer, so I'm clearly doing something wrong.

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-03-13, 02:19 PM

Paint, the default kind that comes with every Windows ever; mine is Windows 10. I had everything checked out for transparent background and such, but upon loading it into imgur, it proved to keep the "blank" background as white, despite using free-select and such. It proved to do the same in my image viewer, so I'm clearly doing something wrong.

In paint, you need to use the "transparent selection" option in the select drop down. I think this is a decent article (https://appuals.com/ms-paint-turn-white-background-transparent/) explaining how.

Yours,

Grey Wolf

georgie_leech

2018-03-13, 06:31 PM

In paint, you need to use the "transparent selection" option in the select drop down. I think this is a decent article (https://appuals.com/ms-paint-turn-white-background-transparent/) explaining how.

Yours,

Grey Wolf

Huh, I would not have expected PowerPoint being part of the solution, but I'll give that a shot the next chance I get. Thanks!

romanwas

2018-04-15, 01:43 PM

So, I've made a custom stickitar in Paint for Windows 10, and despite my amateur attempt, I'd like to use it for my avatar. I can upload it just fine... Except I can't figure out how to make it have a transparent background. How do?

You can easily make any image background transparent, also check this article for explanation about how to do that, https://youprogrammer.com/how-to-make-background-transparent-in-paint/

Thurulian

2018-04-18, 10:42 AM

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-04-18, 11:07 AM

so i setup my avatar drawing on Imageshack but it wont let me upload it even though its the correct sizing and the link is the correct format. also these instructions make no sense be cause there is no option in the settings under miscellaneous there is an option URL for custom avatars in the General settings, but there is no option for entering the size of the image please help :smallconfused:

Please post the url you are attempting to use.

Also, please consider using punctuation. I am not having an easy time reading your post.

The instructions are a bit out of date. The forum no longer resizes the image, so there is no need to state the dimensions. If the image is too large, it will simply be cropped.

Yours,

Grey Wolf

Thurulian

2018-04-23, 01:11 PM

( https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/100x75q90/924/hkvNOd.png ) This is the link i have been attempting to use, it just keeps telling me that i am entering the wrong format. (Also i apologize for my punctuation before.)

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-04-23, 01:15 PM

( https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/100x75q90/924/hkvNOd.png ) This is the link i have been attempting to use, it just keeps telling me that i am entering the wrong format.

You can't use https for your avatar. From the instructions under the field:
"The URL must start with http://"

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we can simply drop the s in this case. Does image shack provide a different non-http link to the picture?

Grey Wolf

Thurulian

2018-04-23, 01:51 PM

It seems as though image shack does not have any other link formats. If anyone knows a different site that will work please let me know, or if there is a way to directly upload the image from my desktop. thank you :)

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-04-23, 02:05 PM

Thurulian

2018-04-23, 02:47 PM

I tried that and it blocked my IP Address saying that i "violated the terms of use" or something but i didnt do anything except upload my image.... it sucks because i designed a cool avatar and i just cant find a way to upload it :smallyuk:

Thurulian

2018-04-23, 03:19 PM

Looks as though i have to make a Yahoo mail account to be able to use it... not sure why it wont accept my Gmail account, but ill just have to figure it out later

-PS Thank you for all your helpful info Greywolf

- Thurulian

Thurulian

2018-04-23, 03:43 PM

Hey so i found a hosting site that works, it gives me a http:// URL but its too long for the custom avatar box so the .PNG doesnt fit... any chance there is a way to fix that?

Lvl 2 Expert

2018-04-24, 05:00 AM

so i setup my avatar drawing on Imageshack, but it wont let me upload it even though its the correct sizing and the link is the correct format. also these instructions make no sense be cause there is no option in the settings under miscellaneous, there is however an option URL for custom avatars in the General settings, but there is no option for entering the size of the image please help. :smallconfused:

Are you using the direct link? Open the link, click on the image until the page stops changing and then right click on the image and pick something like "copy image address".

Many hosting sites prefer as the standard provide a link to a page where you can view the image or a picture-link combination, because their revenue comes from people visiting their site and seeing their ads. If you want to like just the picture, for instance as an avatar, you need the direct link. It's often the second or third option in the list of links you get after uploading.

Thurulian

2018-04-24, 10:58 AM

Are you using the direct link? Open the link, click on the image until the page stops changing and then right click on the image and pick something like "copy image address".

Many hosting sites prefer as the standard provide a link to a page where you can view the image or a picture-link combination, because their revenue comes from people visiting their site and seeing their ads. If you want to like just the picture, for instance as an avatar, you need the direct link. It's often the second or third option in the list of links you get after uploading.

i have been using the direct link but the URL was HTTPS and not HTTP which made it unable to upload. Then to top it off i finally find a site with the right URL and its too long to use :smallannoyed:

Zherog

2018-04-24, 04:28 PM

Hey so i found a hosting site that works, it gives me a http:// URL but its too long for the custom avatar box so the .PNG doesnt fit... any chance there is a way to fix that?

Could you perhaps change the filename so that it was 4 characters shorter? Or if you're using multiple folders, move the image up a level or two.

Thurulian

2018-04-24, 04:34 PM

Could you perhaps change the filename so that it was 4 characters shorter? Or if you're using multiple folders, move the image up a level or two.

So i tried that and the link is still too big.

http://village.photos/images/user/88f87e5e-bfcf-496c-a390-66c5f645faa1/0aacacde-fcb3-4d2f-bb1d-e11155b5b90d.PNG

Im not sure what to do im pretty much ready to give up on trying to add a custom avatar, cause of how much of a hassle it is.

Thurulian

2018-04-24, 04:37 PM

So i tried that and the link is still too big.

http://village.photos/images/user/88f87e5e-bfcf-496c-a390-66c5f645faa1/0aacacde-fcb3-4d2f-bb1d-e11155b5b90d.PNG

Im not sure what to do im pretty much ready to give up on trying to add a custom avatar, cause of how much of a hassle it is.

Edit- I was able to copy it from my own post and it seemed to work, but now it doesn't show up this is really annoying i hope there is some way to get it to work.

Zherog

2018-04-24, 04:47 PM

Thurulian

2018-04-24, 05:58 PM

The URL in your avatar includes the "..." that's displayed. So that's why it doesn't display.

The filename itself is "0aacacde-fcb3-4d2f-bb1d-e11155b5b90d.PNG". Do you have control over that, or does village.photos control the filename?

They control the file name so i cant change it sadly, if there is another option i would love to know i really wanna use my art. :smalltongue:

Zherog

2018-04-25, 11:33 AM

One site I recall seeing suggested in the past is Imgur. You could give them a try.

Thurulian

2018-04-27, 10:45 AM

One site I recall seeing suggested in the past is Imgur. You could give them a try.

Thanks. Hopefully it works

Thurulian

2018-04-27, 10:50 AM

Thanks. Hopefully it works

( https://i.imgur.com/Z5PT1LG.png ) This is the link it gave me and it doesnt work because they use the HTTPS// URL i need HTTP// otherwise the forum wont accept my avatar link

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-04-27, 10:54 AM

( https://i.imgur.com/Z5PT1LG.png ) This is the link it gave me and it doesnt work because they use the HTTPS// URL i need HTTP// otherwise the forum wont accept my avatar link

Yes, but in imgur's case, you can simply knock of the s and still get a valid link: just use this link for your avatar picture:
http://i.imgur.com/Z5PT1LG.png

http://i.imgur.com/Z5PT1LG.png

Grey Wolf

Thurulian

2018-04-27, 10:54 AM

( https://i.imgur.com/Z5PT1LG.png ) This is the link it gave me and it doesnt work because they use the HTTPS// URL i need HTTP// otherwise the forum wont accept my avatar link

Im starting to get a little frustrated, it seems to be impossible to get this to work no matter what i do. Hopefully i can find something but ive been trying for a long time now and im just about ready to give up on it.

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-04-27, 10:57 AM

Im starting to get a little frustrated, it seems to be impossible to get this to work no matter what i do. Hopefully i can find something but ive been trying for a long time now and im just about ready to give up on it.

My suggestion works - just tried it on my own avatar. You may want to turn the white background transparent, BTW.

GW

Thurulian

2018-04-27, 11:07 AM

Yes, but in imgur's case, you can simply knock of the s and still get a valid link: just use this link for your avatar picture:
http://i.imgur.com/Z5PT1LG.png

http://i.imgur.com/Z5PT1LG.png

Grey Wolf

Thank you Grey wolf i was unaware you could edit the URL in that way. i apologize for bothering everyone for so long on this topic :smallbiggrin:

Thanks again

Zherog

2018-04-30, 10:47 AM

Congrats on getting it resolved, Thurulian.

Thurulian

2018-04-30, 12:31 PM

Congrats on getting it resolved, Thurulian.

Thank you, i really appreciate everyone's help. hopefully this helps anyone else who has this issue

Southern Cross

2018-05-01, 03:57 AM

Let us hope it does.

sneakykitten

2018-05-12, 11:21 AM

Hi nice mods,

Sabrina can't change her avatar there is literally no button to edit it. Am I blocked forever from having a cute avatar pic?

LibraryOgre

2018-05-12, 12:12 PM

Go to Settings in the upper right corner of the website; it should say "Welcome, sneakykitten", the Notifications, My Profile, then Settings.

Go to General Settings, which will be in the left side of the white space, under My Settings.

Scroll to the bottom of the page. That will have the options for Avatar. Set to Custom, then put the URL of your custom avatar image in there.

sneakykitten

2018-05-12, 04:39 PM

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-05-12, 08:12 PM

I pasted the URL into the custom avatar field and it doesn't work. It says I don't have the right formatting and all my extra fields are cut off on my screen so I cannot even see... what I am entering LOL. :P

Please post the url you are trying to use. Hard to determine what might be wrong without it.

GW

sneakykitten

2018-05-12, 08:26 PM

https://imgur.com/MZWlR1i

DataNinja

2018-05-12, 09:00 PM

The issue is that urls must be http, not https. Remove the s, and you should be fine. Also, make sure it's the .png or whatever format the avatar is in url, not just the general link.

sneakykitten

2018-05-12, 09:10 PM

Now it worked thanks. <3 LOL it's too big got to make it smaller. Now it keeps saying the format is wrong even when I remove the 's' I give up. Well I know I don't need an avatar but I would like one and if anyone knows how to resolve this problem do tell. I'll keep trying I guess?

I'm now using that URL: http://i.imgur.com/xBwZAmC.jpg

The pixels are 100x100 and I took out the 's' as you can see but it keeps telling me it's the wrong format. I don't want an ugly, 'This image is gone,' as my avatar forever.

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-05-13, 06:51 PM

sneakykitten

2018-05-13, 07:04 PM

Great. Well it worked the first time and won't work anymore. Do I have to get rid of my old avatar before I have a new one maybe? Aw, now I'm gonna be sad the entire time I use this website.

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-05-14, 07:28 AM

Great. Well it worked the first time and won't work anymore. Do I have to get rid of my old avatar before I have a new one maybe? Aw, now I'm gonna be sad the entire time I use this website.

Yes, you cannot have two avatars at once. Are you trying to put the new URL without removing the old one? What exactly does it say in your custom avatar URL space when you get the error message?

GW

sneakykitten

2018-05-14, 01:02 PM

Yes, I was trying to use a new URL without removing the old one I think. And the custom avatar field is cut off on my screen so I can't see what I'm entering. The message I get is, "You are not using the correct format."

PokéTriforce

2018-05-31, 12:07 AM

I really don't want to create another on-line account. I just have YouTube. I'm not wanting to create a photobucket (or the "image" one) account just to upload my PokéTriforce image ( https://yt3.ggpht.com/-hc94baz1KkY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/ABA8__dhEi0/s88-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg ). Unfortunately, the address is too long; so it ends with "c0xffffff/ph" (7 symbols shy). Is there some other way?

Grey_Wolf_c

2018-05-31, 07:20 AM

PokéTriforce

2018-05-31, 11:30 AM

Tinypic (tinypic.com) does not require an account.

GW

Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU! That was a MAJOR help! Thanks!

sneakykitten

2018-06-20, 01:49 AM

Dear mods who helped,

I figured out the problem with the custom avatar. I just had to shrink my screen and now all fields like display right. Thank you for trying to help a computer illiterate girl. :)

~ sneakykitten