[Dark Star]

Okay I just need a little help here.......

I've got a gif that my friend Signature was kind enough to send to me, I just need step by step instructions on how I can use it as my new Avatar.
.....Yes, fine whatever, I'm stuck in the Stupid mode right now.

DS

[angel]

Go to 'user cp', choose 'edit options', then the change avatar button at the bottom of the page. At the bottom of the next page to appear you will see the optiojn to browse to the location of your new avatar and upload it.

[Dark Star]

Don't laugh I'm really stuck on stupid here..........

Okay I sent the .gif to my documents, but when I try to load it from there I get a message from the tech guy telling me that it cant do that and the max is 20000 bytes.

It should work, but I'm sure I'm doing something wrong

DS

[~Candy~]

Have you tried opening it in a photo type program and saving it as a .jpg file?

[Dark Star]

Nope, I have not done that.........

I was hoping I would not have to re-invent the wheel.

As long as I'm in the stupid mode (we can all enjoy the moment), but like in properties under the general tab it says 424 bytes (8192 bytes used) does that help?

DS

[~Candy~]

You aren't going to re-invent the wheel....I had to do the same thing with mine.....open photo program, save as .jpg file to the same location......and give it another shot......

[Dark Star]

That's 'cause you are a girl and you guys have patience, I'm a just a guy and we work different than you guys do.

I'm gonna have a beer now and then I'll MAN HANDLE the thing, Yeah see..... and what if I don't have a photo publisher program thingy? Then what? Another beer?

Will you just pleeeez make it so it just works for me?

[RT]

Open it with a photo editor program, save as gif or jpg (one other is allowed I think) resize to to 50x50 pixels (most progs will let you select the whole image and put a handle or whatever on or around it so that you can hold the mouse button and move it to "drag it down.")
That should get your byte size and image (dimension) size down to spec. Check your file properties to make sure, I had to do it several times.
Save it again.
Upload (per instruction in User CP) your shiny new avatar.

Help you any?

[~Candy~]

Sheesh, email me the dang thing!

I'll have a glass of wine and fix it!!!!!!!!!!!

[RT]

That was gonna be my next suggestion...email it to MS Candy

[~Candy~]

Hey RT, looks like he left us here drinkin' alone!!!!!!

[Gram123]

If you don't have a photo editor prog, you should be able to convert it in MS Paint, or in an empty browser window using IExplore. Just drag it in there, File, Save As.

Gram

[RT]

What's a nice girl like you two doing in a place like this?

[~Candy~]

RT......nice girls gotta have fun once in awhile

[Dark Star]

I'm right here, two Heineken's later and feeling better as I open my third and last one.

Cheers,

DS