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Avatar Tutorial

 
 
Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Mon 11 Nov, 2002 06:20 pm
I'm actually having a lazy moment. I started but felt daunted so when friends (real friends always come with beer!) showed up I decided to procrastinate.
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Anonymous
 
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Reply Mon 18 Nov, 2002 12:52 pm
would somebody find me a little hula girl or a mask of the Phantom of the Opera for my avatar??????

xoxoxoxox

lavadan
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jespah
 
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Reply Mon 18 Nov, 2002 01:13 pm
lavadawn - if the avatars in the gallery don't suit you, you can head to www.google.com and look up clip art. There are a lot of sites. Make sure the picture's width is no greater than 85 pixels; its height no greater than 100 pixels and the file size is no more than 6kB.
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Sanndyden3
 
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Reply Sun 15 Dec, 2002 06:05 am
Hi Craven

I followed your Avatar advice(I think) -but it hasn't come up and in my profile there is just a box with a red cross in it? Could you help me out please and explain where I have gone wrong?
Cheers.
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jespah
 
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Reply Sun 15 Dec, 2002 05:16 pm
Sanndyden3, are you trying to load an avatar from your hard drive? If you are, those aren't allowed at this time (it's a security issue).
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moondoggy
 
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Reply Sun 15 Dec, 2002 05:53 pm
hey jespah, how come i loaded up a picture off my hd some weeks back and now it's gone?
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jespah
 
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Reply Sun 15 Dec, 2002 06:13 pm
moonie - the hard drive avatars aren't being allowed at this time. But, you can post the pic to a public MSN site (like littlek's or the Raven's Realm) and then have the avatar link from the thumbnail's url. Does that, uh, make sense? There's an avatar tutorial; just click on any member's avatar and you'll go right there.
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moondoggy
 
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Reply Sun 15 Dec, 2002 06:36 pm
:wink:
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Fri 20 Dec, 2002 07:10 pm
Hi Craven, You sure know how to work wonders with these things, while most of us are having great difficulty with the simple stuff. At any rate, how can we 'hide' our real picture behind the avatar that shows up - like you're doing with yours. I'd like to scare the be-jesus out of the people who are brave enough to click on mine. Wink It's not halloween yet, but a little fright might wake up some people. he, he, he... c.i.
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Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Fri 20 Dec, 2002 07:14 pm
I don't have a hidden picture. My avatar is just a picture of me with some animation.

When you click on any avatar you will be taken to the topic that describes avatar use.

To use your picture in an avatar you can do it this way:

Post a normal sized picture of yourself in an MSN group like the Raven's Realm, then link the thumbnail to your profile.

If this wasn't clear I or someone else will explain it.
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Tartarin
 
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Reply Tue 28 Jan, 2003 05:08 pm
I'd like to use one of my own photos as avatar. Is there a usable interim url for transferring it from my files to yours?
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jespah
 
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Reply Tue 28 Jan, 2003 05:22 pm
Tartarin, join the Raven's Realm (it's an MSN group and is owned by Craven) and upload your photo there. Then, link to the photo's thumbnail.

Make sure your photo is 80 x 80 pixels or less, and that it's 6k or less, thanks.
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Tartarin
 
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Reply Wed 29 Jan, 2003 07:46 pm
Thanks, Jespah!
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Tartarin
 
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Reply Wed 29 Jan, 2003 08:23 pm
http://groups.msn.com/TheRavensRealm/tartarinsworld.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=4907
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Tartarin
 
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Reply Wed 29 Jan, 2003 08:23 pm
Hmmm. that didn't work.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Wed 29 Jan, 2003 08:49 pm
Tartarin-

Copy the following URL. Go to your profile and paste into "Link to outside avatar". That should do it!

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TgDeAhAY8M78rFJVB1Pp!HxsjX6BGFSoi8woA0Y3*2zeYsL9d1oUvg6!HLMbySWzzNlfvJ52w5cn0b7S3xcJofSZWabKKgV!NSrlvdWUruceeHp7NEqbuA/miniblankie.JPG?dc=4675407494993691375

I think what you did was copy the thumbnail properties, not the actual picture!
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Mr Stillwater
 
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Reply Wed 29 Jan, 2003 10:19 pm
Hey, it works!!!

I've found a site http://www.kostenlos24.ch with a good range of animated gifs. I'll probably be picking a new one soonish.
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littlek
 
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Reply Wed 29 Jan, 2003 10:28 pm
Mr S - that's wonderful!
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 29 Jan, 2003 11:22 pm
Mr Still, I'm not into German yet. Is there an English version? c.i.
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Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Thu 30 Jan, 2003 02:10 pm
Phoenix32890 wrote:
Tartarin-

Copy the following URL. Go to your profile and paste into "Link to outside avatar". That should do it!

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TgDeAhAY8M78rFJVB1Pp!HxsjX6BGFSoi8woA0Y3*2zeYsL9d1oUvg6!HLMbySWzzNlfvJ52w5cn0b7S3xcJofSZWabKKgV!NSrlvdWUruceeHp7NEqbuA/miniblankie.JPG?dc=4675407494993691375

I think what you did was copy the thumbnail properties, not the actual picture!


From MSN groups only thumbnails work as avatars.

Tartarin,

http://sc.communities.msn.com/tn/9A/10/TheRavensRealm/7a/132b.jpg

That's the thumbnail.

http://groups.msn.com/TheRavensRealm/tartarinsworld.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=4907

That is a URL to the album page (you won't use this link).

And the long link phoenix posted is the link to the full image.

For posting a picture on the boards use the full link. Use the thumbnail link for avatars.
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