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Sep 25^th, 2003 at 7:38am

Conner Offline
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???Im new here and I was wondering how I can have a custom avatar like some of you guys have.
All help is greatly appreciated.
Conner, Scotland UK.

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Reply #1 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 7:45am

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welcome
for the avatar you need to go into profile at the top of the screen and there is an option in there, you will either have the option to select one from the pre set given, or you can search the internet for that which best suits you.

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Reply #2 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 7:52am

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Helllooo!! ........and welcome from the U S of A, the land of John Wayne, Corn Flakes, Budweiser, and Barney, and the Secret laboratory where they have all been synthesized into one being: George Bush jr. !!! Cheesy

One way(there are several)is to find a picture somewhere on the internet, right click on it, find it's source info, and then go to your PROFILE, and insert it into the space where it says to. Make sure you click on the "check" box where it says " use my own picture". I get a fault message every time I complete this entire action, but it still works! Good Luck, and welcome Aboard!!!

Pat

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Reply #3 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 7:56am

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Welcome to the mad world that is Simviation. Be careful, you may spend more time posting messages than you do flying.....

Will

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Reply #4 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 8:05am

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Welcome on-board Conner.

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Reply #5 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 8:46am

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Welcome Conner,
you succeeding there? I don't see anything yet...

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Reply #6 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 8:50am

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Hi Conner, welcome to the insanity!

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Reply #7 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 8:50am

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Pippin, your multiple personality is showing again LOL

Will

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Reply #8 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 8:52am

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Reply #9 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 9:04am

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We aren't

I am a re-incarnation of myself so ner ner nee ner ner.

(See what I mean about insanity Connor)

Will

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Reply #10 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 9:10am

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I am Conner MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal.

Te he he he... Grin

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Reply #11 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 9:19am

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Welcome Conner from an old Sassenach in the south of England. Grin

8)

I'm surprised nobody has pointed out the correct way to do this. Upload your own image in JPG or GIF format to the SimV server from this link (on the menu bar of the forum). http://www.simviation.com/yabbupload.html
Then paste the exact path to your image into the "use my own picture" box in your profile. Linking direct to images posted on other sites is not encouraged or possible in some cases. This most likely explains OTTOL's error messages. Tongue

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Reply #12 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 10:01am

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Welcome Conner from an old Sassenach in the south of England. Grin

8)

. Upload your own image in JPG or GIF format to the SimV server from this link (on the menu bar of the forum). http://www.simviation.com/yabbupload.html
Then paste the exact path to your image into the "use my own picture" box in your profile. Linking direct to images posted on other sites is not encouraged or possible in some cases. This most likely explains OTTOL's error messagesUpload your own image in JPG or GIF format to the SimV server from this link (on the menu bar of the forum). http://www.simviation.com/yabbupload.html
Then paste the exact path to your image into the "use my own picture" box in your profile. Linking direct to images posted on other sites is not encouraged or possible in some cases. This most likely explains OTTOL's error messages. Tongue

Where do I begin..................hmmmm..... Quote:

I'm surprised nobody has pointed out the correct way to do this

I've pratically been begging for someone to do just that since I first got here! Quote:

Upload your own image in JPG or GIF format to the SimV server from this link (on the menu bar of the forum). http://www.simviation.com/yabbupload.html
Then paste the exact path to your image into the "use my own picture" box in your profile. Linking direct to images posted on other sites is not encouraged or possible in some cases. This most likely explains OTTOL's error messages

Ihave done it THIS way, but no matter what I do, I always get the error message! Tongue

Keep in mind, I fly airplanes, not computers, to pay the rent! Roll Eyes

That's The Highlander Pippin, but doesn't that belong in the "movie quote" thread? ??? 8)

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Reply #13 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 10:14am

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Does this help? From my own Profile.

The name of my avatar image is Funplane1.gif
The full path in the "I have my own pic" box is http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Funplane1.gif

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Reply #14 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 10:42am

Conner Offline
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Opps, bit too fast I think.
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First try didnt work Embarrassed

but I think this might have
Conner

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Reply #15 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 11:01am

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No it's not working. First make sure you saved the image in JPEG (.jpg) format. Resize it if necessary first. Upload it to the server, then use the exact name of the image in the path. This is the path you used for your image. http://http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/image2.jpg
Note the extra http://
I forgot to mention the path is case sensitive. Your image is named Image2.jpg so the correct path will be http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Image2.jpg

I suggest you rename your image & try again from scratch. It might be an idea to resize it first. Choose a unique name nobody else is likely to use. Otherwise it could easily be overwritten.

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Reply #16 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 11:05am

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If I call up the properties of your avatar, I see twice 'http://', Conner! (as in 'http://http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/image2.jpg')
Should be only once.

Also, think of a more creatice name for the pic, since the usuals could already be in use Wink

edit: I see Hagar was faster than me...

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Reply #17 - Sep 25^th, 2003 at 11:45am

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Picture not there yet...

Grin

Now you've got me wondering what kind of pictures to come!

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Reply #18 - Sep 26^th, 2003 at 9:09am

Conner Offline
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Opps, bit too fast I think.
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Oops. I must be more careful with how much I copy.
I think that may have been the problem. Is it working now?
Conner.

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Reply #19 - Sep 26^th, 2003 at 9:12am

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Yep. You got it. Grin

PS. Now you've figured it out you might like to change the file name of the image as suggested.

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Reply #20 - Sep 26^th, 2003 at 10:27am

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Welcome Conner!

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Reply #21 - Sep 26^th, 2003 at 2:00pm

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Welcome Conner!

I'll have to warn you, if you spend too much time here, you won't have a social life, you will never leave your room, & you won't have a girlfriend. And if you spend enough time here, you can go CRAZY!!!!!!!!! Grin

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Reply #22 - Sep 27^th, 2003 at 12:31am