Need help with new avatar..

[protouring70]

Can somebody help me change my avatar to this:

[vintageracer]

Your pictures is probably too big to be loaded onto the site as an avatar. Go find a site/program called "irfanview". With this program you can resize pictures/images. If you resize your picture to 640x1280 it should work fine as an avatar.

[Matt]

Looks like you kinda got it... this might work a little better though.

[Matt]

Bump, don't know if ol' boy saw it.

[protouring70]

Thanks!

[protouring70]

O.K. I am completely stupid!!!! I can't figure out how to get the image from IMAGE SHACK to down load. All I get is invalid file.
Can someone explain this in "STUPID PEOPLE TERMS"!!!!!

[derekf]

Imageshack should be providing some links after you upload your image. Can you post those up here?

[protouring70]

I selected all when I right clicked and this is all I get.

[derekf]

Use

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/322...03077el5ea.jpg

as the path to your avatar. (since it likely has dots in place of some of the text, right-click it and choose Copy Shortcut)

Now if only I'd remembered where I had my old avatar stashed...

[protouring70]

O.K. I have triedto put it in both spots, I can't get it to work. The picture I have is fine but it is B&W

[derekf]

I was able to set your avatar for you.

[protouring70]

Thanks Derek. Could you explain to me how you done it. I am not good on computers.

Thanks a great deal!!!

[derekf]

I used the moderator control panel, which doesn't help you much at all.

When I was trying to do it the normal way, I went to the User CP, chose Edit Avatar, and entered the URL above in the Avatar URL box. Make sure that you have the actual URL and not the chopped up one the way that vBulletin shortens it (right-click the shortened version and choose "Copy Shortcut").

Once you hit Save Changes, the new avatar should be in place.