hidepounder Posted December 7, 2008 Report Posted December 7, 2008 I'm about half emabarressed to ask this question, but I'll ask anyway. How do I go about using a differnt photo for my Avatar and my signature. Seems like when I change one, the other changes too. Is that "just the way it is"? Seriously technically challenged! Bob Quote
Mike Craw Posted December 7, 2008 Report Posted December 7, 2008 Hell Bob, you're two pictures ahead of me!!! Mike Quote My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. Harry S. Truman
Members CitizenKate Posted December 7, 2008 Members Report Posted December 7, 2008 I'm about half emabarressed to ask this question, but I'll ask anyway. How do I go about using a differnt photo for my Avatar and my signature. Seems like when I change one, the other changes too. Is that "just the way it is"? No need to be embarrassed, I had to fumble around with it a bit before I got the hang of it, too. Click on the "My Controls" link in the toolbar near the top of the page. Then, down the left-hand side, look for the "Personal Profile" section. There you will see separate links to edit your avatar, signature, etc. You can use different photos for each of them. Kate Quote
hidepounder Posted December 8, 2008 Author Report Posted December 8, 2008 No need to be embarrassed, I had to fumble around with it a bit before I got the hang of it, too. Click on the "My Controls" link in the toolbar near the top of the page. Then, down the left-hand side, look for the "Personal Profile" section. There you will see separate links to edit your avatar, signature, etc. You can use different photos for each of them.Kate Thanks Kate...that's why I'm so befuddled! I have done that, have different photos in each, but when I post, my avatar and signature photo are always the same. I know this is silly...but I'm just hard headed enough to become frustrated over something that's not worth my time....but I'm not quitting! Thanks, Bob Quote
Members CitizenKate Posted December 8, 2008 Members Report Posted December 8, 2008 Well, I see you have been able to add a different image for your personal photo (which is what appears when you look at your profile). Is your avatar image the one you want to change, or the image you inserted into your signature? Kate Quote
hidepounder Posted December 8, 2008 Author Report Posted December 8, 2008 Well, I see you have been able to add a different image for your personal photo (which is what appears when you look at your profile). Is your avatar image the one you want to change, or the image you inserted into your signature?Kate Thanks for helping Kate. I want to learn how to insert an image into my signature. I think I copied and pasted directly from my personal photo or avatar photo the first time...that's why they kept changing. Now I've removed the old image from my signature, but can't figure out how to add a new one. Bob Quote
Members cdthayer Posted December 8, 2008 Members Report Posted December 8, 2008 Bob, I think the difference may be that the avatar photo is a copy of the photo loaded directly into here from your computer, but the signature photo needs to be online (at a server) that displays the photo here from that server using the path that you provide.... Quote "I sew, I sew, so it's off to work I go....." My sewing machines:Adler 205-370 (Hand Crank), Adler 205-64 (Hand Crank), Consew 226 (Clutch/Speed Reducer), Singer 111G156 (Hand Crank or Clutch), Singer 111W153 (Clutch), Singer 20U33 (Clutch), Singer 78-3 Needlefeed (Treadle), Singer 20U (Treadle), Singer 29K70 (x2) (Both Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 96-40 w/Darning Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 w/Roller Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 (Hand Crank), Singer 16-41 (Treadle), Singer 66-1 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 201K4 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 216G Zigzag (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 319W (Treadle)
Moderator Johanna Posted December 8, 2008 Moderator Report Posted December 8, 2008 I can wave my magic wand and fix anything like that. Let me know what you want, and where to put it, and I can help. admin@leatherworker.net is the fastest way to get me. I was out of town this weekend, and I got a little behind on the mail. Johanna Quote You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
hidepounder Posted December 8, 2008 Author Report Posted December 8, 2008 Kate, Thanks you for jumping in and helping...I really appreciate it! cdthayer Thank you also...what was happening is just what you thought. Johanna, Thanks for coming to my rescue. I figured out the "poor boy" way of getting a photo in my signature, but now that I know how, I haven't decided what to use....let you know when find something I like. Thanks again everybody! Bob Quote
Members cdthayer Posted December 9, 2008 Members Report Posted December 9, 2008 cdthayerThank you also...what was happening is just what you thought. Bob Glad I could help, and glad you got something figured out. I took my little "scootin" photo back out of my signature, since I just put it in there for an example for you. It's on my host server and is a photo of my wife and I scootin across northern New Mexico back a few years ago, on one of the few trips when we had two of our children following along behind us in the pickup. We usually just rode two bikes all over the country with no support vehicle, so that photo of us was unusual. It's one of my favorite photos, and I used it as my avatar image on a motorcycle forum a while back. Some folks like to use a banner (advertising logo and such) in their signature, and that may be the reason that LWN has it set up to simply display the image from some other server. Some of those banners can take up sizable drive space! Have fun! CD Quote "I sew, I sew, so it's off to work I go....." My sewing machines:Adler 205-370 (Hand Crank), Adler 205-64 (Hand Crank), Consew 226 (Clutch/Speed Reducer), Singer 111G156 (Hand Crank or Clutch), Singer 111W153 (Clutch), Singer 20U33 (Clutch), Singer 78-3 Needlefeed (Treadle), Singer 20U (Treadle), Singer 29K70 (x2) (Both Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 96-40 w/Darning Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 w/Roller Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 (Hand Crank), Singer 16-41 (Treadle), Singer 66-1 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 201K4 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 216G Zigzag (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 319W (Treadle)
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