Avatars....

Can someone show me what I need to do to get an Avatar please??

I'm rubbish at stuff like this - I have tried though....!

Thanks in advance.....

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Thanks Peat - Sorry though - I've done what it says in that Thread, but in 'Avatar Options' I don't have any option to include one - It also says 'The following is the current list of Avatars you are able to use' (or something to that effect), but there is nothing displayed...???

There must be something i'm missing...?? (Not a brain/basic intelligence before anyone gets in thanks..!! )

Im guessing (as i dont have an avatar) that you click on 'Edit my files'in the control centre and add it there. Then it will appear on the list.

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But is there somewhere I can go to pick an avatar...??

I'm really no good at this stuff am I ...?!?!

You get it off your PC.

Ok so I think i've worked it out - Unfortunately the only pic (using the file formats that are allowed) I could find on my PC (It's a work computer)is something hardly visible when re-sized for an avatar **Edit - Found a different one now - But still not content..!** - Are there any sites that you can get them from....??





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2007 06:00PM by **Taylor**.

you can make one yourself, just get any pic you want and re-size it. avatar pics aren't produced in an avatar factory, you don't get them from any particular source.

my pic is just a random pic of batman cropped and resized to fit the required dimensions, as i guess most peoples avatars are.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2007 07:43PM by Muks_C.

Ahhh - I see - Right thanks for the tips -- I'll work on it...

I had visions of a wonderful Charlie & The Chocolate Factory style Avatar Factory...! Nevermind...!

Thanks everyone....!!

If your Avatar exceeds the requested dimensions or is of a content not suitable for the forum display the moderators can remove it, so if your avatar disappears it is for one of those reasons.

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Avatar upload is not working right now?

Nope.

Phorum Database Error

Sorry, a Phorum database error occurred.
The error message has been logged
to the phorum-sql-errors.log error log.
Please, try again later!

I would actually be glad to try and help mortal or vader to debug the problem if I could read the error log. I am not a SQL expert but I do work with some experts.

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Hi Bruno, I got that exact same notice when I recently went to post from my other old account here(My Senna account, ironically one which you originally inspired me to create!).

It seems like less and less features of this site are working properly now. Still, I love that the notice has the word Phorum in it, for purely nostalgic reasons!

I loved choosing my avatar when I first made one for my account here. I saved a bunch of photos from Google image search results onto the computer and then used MS Paint to shrink them till they were a small enough size that they could be uploaded to my account. That was back in 2008, summer 2008 if I remember right. That was when I made the avatar(An image of Senna, Estoril 1985) which I’m still using now.
I played around with a few different avatars in early 2009 - I had one of Niki Lauda at Zandvoort in 1974, I think, which I used for a few weeks in summer 2009 - and then when the November 2009 site upgrade happened and bigger avatars could be uploaded as a result, I used one of Senna at Donington in 93 during late 2009/early 2010. But not long after that I think I got bored of trying different avatars and went back to Senna Estoril 85, which has always been my go-to.

Edit: After a quick check, I’ve seen that as well as the 3 avatar images I’ve already mentioned - the image of Niki is from Jarama 1974, not Zandvoort - I’ve also got an image of a Rage Against The Machine album cover, as well as a downsized copy of a comedic Bebo Whiteboard which one mate drew of me, parodying a photo of me which was taken in October 2007(So the Whiteboard could’ve been drawn anytime between October 2007 and December 2009, when I uploaded this image as one which I’d resized to the maximum dimensions which the November 2009 site upgrade allowed. But I think the Whiteboard was actually drawn in very late 2007 or early 2008. OMG, this feels like a different lifetime now!!).
I’m actually glad I uploaded that Bebo Whiteboard image now. I do remember seeing it when it was first created, and I’m not surprised to see that I saved it, because I’ve always been keen to document my life experiences and saving meaningful images has always been a part of that for me. But I was homeless back when that Whiteboard image was created, and the computers which I saved it onto and uploaded it to my account here from will have ceased to exist long ago. So, without realising it at the time, I ensured that image’s survival by uploading it to my account here, because I’ve now been able to save it onto the phone I’m posting from - so it can now be backed up to my Google Images and I can also re-enhance its resolution by taking screenshots of it. Win win!

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2026 03:02AM by EC83.