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[woodyDa Boss]

When formulating your replies, keep these simple rules in mind:

1. No personal attacks. We’re talking tech, not personalities.
2. No swearing. My 6-year-old reads this stuff.
3. No politics or religion, except in the Rants forum.

Please stay on topic. Posts that don’t contribute to the discussion may never see light of day. People around these parts tend to be quite busy, and they (like me) dislike wading through reams of repetition and irrelevance. You can always start a new Topic in the Rants forum.

Also note that I am loathe to post links to any software of dubious pedigree. Yes, that includes hacked copies of Windows 7.

Dissenting opinions welcome – encouraged! – as long as they’re coherent.

Thus spake Da Boss.

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HiFlyer, oxbridgelee, KWGuy, AlexN, WildBill, JPX, PhotM, Microfix, SueW, Elly

[MicrofixAskWoody Lounger]

Woody,
It may be handy to give instructions and rules for avatar sizes and formats supported no?
Some (including me) do not know what the maximum size the avatar should be.
If too big, it can skew the forum layout..

| Group B: W8.1 Pro x64 | | Group C: 3 x Linux Hybrids x64 | | Group ?: Windows XP Pro x86 |

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created IT - AE

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Cali Valley

[edsmalleyAskWoody Lounger]

How does one add their avatar?

The difference between Genius and Stupidity:
A Genius knows their limits.
- Albert Einstein

[woodyDa Boss]

Great question. Post coming up momentarily.

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Cali Valley, edsmalley

[EllyAskWoody Lounger]

Woody will probably add this later:

The software we use here (WordPress and bbPress) hook into a free Avatar service called Gravatar. Here’s how to put a mug on your posts.

Step 1. Go to Gravatar.com

Step 2. Click the Create Your Own Gravatar button.

A registration form appears. Follow the instructions, using the email address that you used to sign up for the AskWoody Lounge. The username can only be lower case letters and numbers – no spaces – and it has to be unique (which is to say, it has to be different from every other Gravatar username).

Step 3. Click Sign up.

You get a confirmation email from WordPress.com with a link to activate your username.

Step 4. In the email, click Activate Account.

You end up back in Gravatar.com, where you need to sign in and upload an image.

Step 5. Click the link to add a new Gravatar.

Instructions from there are pretty easy. When you come back to the Lounge and refresh the page, your new avatar should appear.

Elly-

Win 7 Home, Group B

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WildBill, BobbyB, Cali Valley, MrJimPhelps, edsmalley, woody, Kirsty

[PhotMAskWoody Lounger]

edsmalley wrote:

How does one add their avatar?

Mine got added automagically from the fine folks at Gmail….

Best Regards,

Crysta

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