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Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-02-2004 07:43

Hi!!

Hope I picked the right forum for this question...

I can't seem to find the forums options... you know, the page that will allow me to set up my sig file, little avatar picture on the left, etc etc etc.

I thought maybe it was due to not enough posts, but I just got 'Member' status (30 posts) and I still can't find it.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I really wanna get this set up.

Thanks!!!!

-Ghoti
-Club Laura Dancer
-Artist/Graphic Designer

Helen Dayton

Registered User

Join date: 19 Mar 2004

Posts: 93

09-02-2004 10:26

Yeah it is not exactly obvious! Look at the bottom of this page - see the Forum Jump window? Click on the down-arrow at the right-hand-side of it and scroll up to the top - there you will find a link to the User Control Panel. Highlight and click Go. Must be SL's best-kept secret.

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Helen Dayton

Donnie Donovan

Resident Slax0r

Join date: 4 Jun 2004

Posts: 120

09-02-2004 10:59

Another reason PHPBB is better than vBulletin.

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Owner, .::The High Society::. Night Club & Poker Room
Owner, Laka Lounge and Resort

... elevate your mind to mine ...
If you don't like my fire then don't come around, cause I'm gonna burn one down.

Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-02-2004 11:25

Thanks Helen!!

From: someone

Must be SL's best-kept secret.

Seriously! You'd think they were trying to hide it or something. That's silly.

Now I have a sig, yay! BUT when I try to add an avatar, if I click the 'more info...' link I get a page that says:

From: someone

Avatars are small graphical images that you may choose in your profile. They are displayed below your username on all posts that you make. You can select the image that best describes yourself from your profile options.

Here's the list of currently available avatars:

If you have more than 0 posts, you may also specify your own custom avatar.

With nothing to click on...

If I choose the 'Change Avatar' button, it takes me to a login screen which just dumps me back to the top level of the forums.

Am I doing something wrong? I'm totally not seeing anything like 'add this picture as my avatar' like I've seen in other boards.

I agree with Doodles!!

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"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

Revidescent Delvecchio

indelible feeling

Join date: 10 Jul 2004

Posts: 41

09-02-2004 13:51

There should be another option for "Browse (your hard drive)" and a space to put a url in/ Change Avatar button.

It works for me in Safari, but not in Firefox, so I suggest trying another browser.

Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-03-2004 07:30

Using Safari on a Macintosh. Didn't see it on my XP box at home either. Hmmmm...

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"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

Helen Dayton

Registered User

Join date: 19 Mar 2004

Posts: 93

09-04-2004 01:30

From: someone

Originally posted by Donnie Donovan
Another reason PHPBB is better than vBulletin.

It's not the fault of vBulletin, but the way it has been configured. I use vBulletin forums in another game where they have been configured so that the Control Panel can be accessed from a button at the top of each page. Much easier.

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Helen Dayton

Moleculor Satyr

Fireflies!

Join date: 5 Jan 2004

Posts: 2,650

09-04-2004 02:56

This is simply the fault of LL not putting a link to the options like we've been asking them to for the past year or so.

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Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-08-2004 10:04

Weird, I am still not able to add an avatar to the forums. No button, no link, no nothing to click on.

-Ghoti

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"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

Seabunny Bunderfeld

lost at sea

Join date: 29 Apr 2004

Posts: 37

Adding an Avatar

09-08-2004 11:22

Hi,
I just got it to work for me. It's a tiny, tiny, pic, but I kept getting an error message that the file was too big and the picture had to be 50 x 50 pixels. I kept shrinking the original until it stuck.
Here is what worked for me:
User Control Panel
Edit Options
Change Avatar
You can upload an Avatar from Your computer
Browse
find your picture and upload it. It has
to be tiny <20000KB and 50 x 50 pixels

Seabunny

Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-08-2004 11:48

Yeah, that doesn't work for me...

User Control Panel
Edit Options
Change Avatar

Clicking the Change Avatar button takes me to a quick screen that says something like 'Thanks for changing your profile' which quickly switches to a Resident login page. I log in, then it takes me back to the forums main index.

I get this same result on Mac (Safari, Foxfire and IE) and on Windows XP (IE).

Would be really nice if a Forums Linden could look at this and see if I'm really just losing it, or if something is wrong with my forums account.

-Ghoti

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"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-08-2004 11:56

It must be me... I went and created a new free account justto test this, and I cant see it with that one either. I must be blind or something.

-Ghoti

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"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-08-2004 12:01

Hmmm... conjecture... could it have something to do with choosing the option about 'remain logged in (uses cookies)' or something? I went and changed a bunch of settings in the options and NOW it appears to have uploaded my AV... guess we'll see with this post....

-Ghoti

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"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

Moleculor Satyr

Fireflies!

Join date: 5 Jan 2004

Posts: 2,650

09-08-2004 12:08

Yeah, I was JUST about to post your cookie was probably corrupted.

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Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-08-2004 12:10

That did it!!! No clue why it works now, but it does. Weeks of trying.

Mol, hehe, you ask some people, more than just my cookie is corrupted.

-Ghoti

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"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

Moleculor Satyr

Fireflies!

Join date: 5 Jan 2004

Posts: 2,650

09-08-2004 14:16

Heh. Corrupt things can sometimes be good things.

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</sarcasm>

Seabunny Bunderfeld

lost at sea

Join date: 29 Apr 2004

Posts: 37

how do I...

09-08-2004 16:28

So, tell me how I can make my teeny tiny Avatar (I worked so hard at posting) to look a liitle bigger, like all the rest of you guys.
I only got it to post by trial and error (shrink and resize) until it stuck. No science in it. How do I make a GIGANTIC picture taken in SL to become a FORUM acceptable Avatar? I need step by step hand-holding.

Seabunny

Tikki Kerensky

Insane critter

Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 687

09-08-2004 18:58

Holy crud, I was going insane trying to find the options. Thank you thread!

Ghoti Nyak

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Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

09-09-2004 05:14

Seabunny, you'll need to crop close to your face before you resize.

The process is so much easier in Photoshop. In Photoshop 7 (and higher) you can guarentee a 50x50 crop by first selecting your crop tool then in the bar across the top on the left it should have a place to type the width and the height. make those both 50, and the crop tool will only size as a square, and whatever you selct in the crop tool will be reduced to 50x50 pixels.

If you do not have photoshop, first crop (with cut and paste if your program does not have a crop tool) around your face, close, so that wat you want in the avie icon is what you see in the window, THEN do the resizing down to 50x50.

-Ghoti

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"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft

Cosmo Drago

Pixel Dust Addict

Join date: 28 Aug 2004

Posts: 377

LMAO

09-09-2004 09:03

I was having this same problem...

From: someone

If I choose the 'Change Avatar' button, it takes me to a login screen which just dumps me back to the top level of the forums.

...until I finally discovered that changing "Automatically login when you return to the site? (uses cookies)" to YES solved it.

Wish I woulda noticed this thread earlier, it might have helped preserve my hairline.

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Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-02-2004 07:43 Hi!! Hope I picked the right forum for this question... I can't seem to find the forums options... you know, the page that will allow me to set up my sig file, little avatar picture on the left, etc etc etc. I thought maybe it was due to not enough posts, but I just got 'Member' status (30 posts) and I still can't find it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I really wanna get this set up. Thanks!!!! -Ghoti -Club Laura Dancer -Artist/Graphic Designer
Helen Dayton Registered User Join date: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 93	09-02-2004 10:26 Yeah it is not exactly obvious! Look at the bottom of this page - see the Forum Jump window? Click on the down-arrow at the right-hand-side of it and scroll up to the top - there you will find a link to the User Control Panel. Highlight and click Go. Must be SL's best-kept secret. _____________________ Helen Dayton
Donnie Donovan Resident Slax0r Join date: 4 Jun 2004 Posts: 120	09-02-2004 10:59 Another reason PHPBB is better than vBulletin. _____________________ Donnie Donovan \| [email]donniedonovan@gmail.com[/email] Owner, .::The High Society::. Night Club & Poker Room Owner, Laka Lounge and Resort ... elevate your mind to mine ... If you don't like my fire then don't come around, cause I'm gonna burn one down.
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-02-2004 11:25 Thanks Helen!! From: someone Must be SL's best-kept secret. Seriously! You'd think they were trying to hide it or something. That's silly. Now I have a sig, yay! BUT when I try to add an avatar, if I click the 'more info...' link I get a page that says: From: someone Avatars are small graphical images that you may choose in your profile. They are displayed below your username on all posts that you make. You can select the image that best describes yourself from your profile options. Here's the list of currently available avatars: If you have more than 0 posts, you may also specify your own custom avatar. With nothing to click on... If I choose the 'Change Avatar' button, it takes me to a login screen which just dumps me back to the top level of the forums. Am I doing something wrong? I'm totally not seeing anything like 'add this picture as my avatar' like I've seen in other boards. I agree with Doodles!! _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Revidescent Delvecchio indelible feeling Join date: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 41	09-02-2004 13:51 There should be another option for "Browse (your hard drive)" and a space to put a url in/ Change Avatar button. It works for me in Safari, but not in Firefox, so I suggest trying another browser.
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-03-2004 07:30 Using Safari on a Macintosh. Didn't see it on my XP box at home either. Hmmmm... _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Helen Dayton Registered User Join date: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 93	09-04-2004 01:30 From: someone Originally posted by Donnie Donovan Another reason PHPBB is better than vBulletin. It's not the fault of vBulletin, but the way it has been configured. I use vBulletin forums in another game where they have been configured so that the Control Panel can be accessed from a button at the top of each page. Much easier. _____________________ Helen Dayton
Moleculor Satyr Fireflies! Join date: 5 Jan 2004 Posts: 2,650	09-04-2004 02:56 This is simply the fault of LL not putting a link to the options like we've been asking them to for the past year or so. _____________________ </sarcasm>
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-08-2004 10:04 Weird, I am still not able to add an avatar to the forums. No button, no link, no nothing to click on. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Seabunny Bunderfeld lost at sea Join date: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 37	Adding an Avatar 09-08-2004 11:22 Hi, I just got it to work for me. It's a tiny, tiny, pic, but I kept getting an error message that the file was too big and the picture had to be 50 x 50 pixels. I kept shrinking the original until it stuck. Here is what worked for me: User Control Panel Edit Options Change Avatar You can upload an Avatar from Your computer Browse find your picture and upload it. It has to be tiny <20000KB and 50 x 50 pixels Seabunny
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-08-2004 11:48 Yeah, that doesn't work for me... User Control Panel Edit Options Change Avatar Clicking the Change Avatar button takes me to a quick screen that says something like 'Thanks for changing your profile' which quickly switches to a Resident login page. I log in, then it takes me back to the forums main index. I get this same result on Mac (Safari, Foxfire and IE) and on Windows XP (IE). Would be really nice if a Forums Linden could look at this and see if I'm really just losing it, or if something is wrong with my forums account. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-08-2004 11:56 It must be me... I went and created a new free account justto test this, and I cant see it with that one either. I must be blind or something. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-08-2004 12:01 Hmmm... conjecture... could it have something to do with choosing the option about 'remain logged in (uses cookies)' or something? I went and changed a bunch of settings in the options and NOW it appears to have uploaded my AV... guess we'll see with this post.... -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Moleculor Satyr Fireflies! Join date: 5 Jan 2004 Posts: 2,650	09-08-2004 12:08 Yeah, I was JUST about to post your cookie was probably corrupted. _____________________ </sarcasm>
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-08-2004 12:10 That did it!!! No clue why it works now, but it does. Weeks of trying. Mol, hehe, you ask some people, more than just my cookie is corrupted. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Moleculor Satyr Fireflies! Join date: 5 Jan 2004 Posts: 2,650	09-08-2004 14:16 Heh. Corrupt things can sometimes be good things. _____________________ </sarcasm>
Seabunny Bunderfeld lost at sea Join date: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 37	how do I... 09-08-2004 16:28 So, tell me how I can make my teeny tiny Avatar (I worked so hard at posting) to look a liitle bigger, like all the rest of you guys. I only got it to post by trial and error (shrink and resize) until it stuck. No science in it. How do I make a GIGANTIC picture taken in SL to become a FORUM acceptable Avatar? I need step by step hand-holding. Seabunny
Tikki Kerensky Insane critter Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 687	09-08-2004 18:58 Holy crud, I was going insane trying to find the options. Thank you thread!
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	09-09-2004 05:14 Seabunny, you'll need to crop close to your face before you resize. The process is so much easier in Photoshop. In Photoshop 7 (and higher) you can guarentee a 50x50 crop by first selecting your crop tool then in the bar across the top on the left it should have a place to type the width and the height. make those both 50, and the crop tool will only size as a square, and whatever you selct in the crop tool will be reduced to 50x50 pixels. If you do not have photoshop, first crop (with cut and paste if your program does not have a crop tool) around your face, close, so that wat you want in the avie icon is what you see in the window, THEN do the resizing down to 50x50. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Cosmo Drago Pixel Dust Addict Join date: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 377	LMAO 09-09-2004 09:03 I was having this same problem... From: someone If I choose the 'Change Avatar' button, it takes me to a login screen which just dumps me back to the top level of the forums. ...until I finally discovered that changing "Automatically login when you return to the site? (uses cookies)" to YES solved it. Wish I woulda noticed this thread earlier, it might have helped preserve my hairline. _____________________ a work in progress...