How do you add your own gif avatar to your profile? I've seen people

[Dover]

using their own (rather than the ones provided by DU) but can't figure out how they are getting them to show up on their pages.
According to DU, you can only use their avatar images....and the profile page won't allow you to enter any but the DU gifs.

[umcwb]

1. I don't think you have seen people using their own avatars.

Right now, the only avs you can use are the ones listed in profile options. There has been talk of allowing donors the option of importing their own in the future, but right now, we can only use which are available in that list.

You could try submitting avatars to admin in the Ask the Administrators forum. This was done in this thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=120&topic_id=276&mesg_id=276
and Skinner responds several times.


Hope this helps! :hi:

On edit: dumb grammar mistake

[Dover]

2. Thanks. I thought I saw the animated underwear and a few others in use.

I think someone has a dragon too, that moves across their page.

Not a big deal. Just thought maybe there was a way and I didn't know how to do it.

[umcwb]

3. No problem

I can't say I have ever seen an animated underwear avatar. Come to think of it, I have never seen an animated avatar period. That would be kinda cool....

[Dover]

5. what do you call the animated images that people are using?

I'm guessing avatar is the name of a gif file? Sorry, not a techie, so don't know the language.

[Kenneth ken]

6. avatars are

the images on the left of the text area. The dragon and underpants are in peoples' signature lines. I don't know exactly how they do that either, but that's the root of your confusion.

[Dover]

7. Thanks. Yes that's it exactly.

I just wanted to plug in my own gif in the avatar space next to the text. I'm not nearly so knowledgable or ambitious as to create an animated feature.

But yeah, now that you point it out, the avatar gifs and the animated features in the sig lines are two different things.

[Kenneth ken]

8. you're welcome

PS if you go to The Meeting Room, there is generally a thread called HTML tricks and tips (or something similar) going, and you could learn how to do cool stuff if you wanted.

[blondeatlast]

10. That's their sig lines.

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[newyawker99]

12. The animated underwear is not an avatar. It is a graphic that

was added to the sig line.

[Kamika]

9. Hi this is how i did

Its actually really easy this is my signature line

"http_:_//_ The terminatrix spoke"


now just write that in your signature without the two " " and the _ parts (i had to include the _ thingys or you cant see the url.

ofcourse you must change the url to a picture then you get the result i get beneath..

[blondeatlast]

11. Thanks--I'll try that!

I've been wondering how it's done.

[L.A.dweller]

13. hi, uh im not sure how to get a pic in the signature line

i can not copy a jpg file to the sig line. i followed what you said above but still can't get it done.

[L.A.dweller]

14. trying this

[Kamika]

15. just do this

in your signature just write the url of the picture then space then your signature

[SoCalDem]

16. copy any jpg or gif (small ones)in the sig file space :

example of text and next post will show what it becomes 


[hr]
[center]http://areaguides.com/866pumpyou/arnoldslogo.jpg
http://areaguides.com/866pumpyou/arnoldspumper2.jpg

[SoCalDem]

17. becomes this in the sig file area

---

ignore the stuff below.. That's in MY sig line and we can no longer edit them out in any single post :(

[noiretextatique]

18. how to post avatars in your sig line...at least for PC users

find the avatar you want, then right-click on it. go to "properties", then copy the gif location, and paste it into your sig line.
it works...i just did it.