What's up with the initial where an avatar would go?

[russosborne]

Seems it isn't optional if you don't want an avatar? At least I couldn't seem to get rid of it in my profile settings.

Not a huge deal, just seems silly to me. Took me a bit to realize others had their initial there on their posts.

Thanks,

Russ

[1930fordpickup]

Russ it is better than the blank spot we had before. At least until I figured out how to downsize a pic. 

[Tom Geiger]

The initial is the default if you don't have an avatar.  That's the way a lot of boards do it...   almost a standard today

Edited November 30, 2017 by Tom Geiger

[Rob Hall]

1 hour ago, Tom Geiger said:

The initial is the default if you don't have an avatar.  That's the way a lot of boards do it...   almost a standard today

Yes, not just on forum software..pretty standard on mobile apps also...gmail on my iPhone and iPad works that way also. 

Edited November 30, 2017 by Rob Hall

[Modeltruckbuilder]

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Edited December 27, 2017 by Modeltruckbuilder

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 hours ago, Modeltruckbuilder said:

It could always be worse....

I LIKE it !!!

[Modeltruckbuilder]

Just now, Ace-Garageguy said:

I LIKE it !!!

LOL! It reminds me of one of those people figures that Fisher Price had in kids toys back in the 70's.

[Casey]

SSNJim's avatar FTW:

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/profile/4086-ssnjim/

[Rob Hall]

41 minutes ago, Modeltruckbuilder said:

LOL! It reminds me of one of those people figures that Fisher Price had in kids toys back in the 70's.

One of applications I use at work has a similar avatar for the default...about 1/2 the users change their pic, and the rest show up as these 'generic resource units'... 

[Bobchayer]

Can someone tell me where I can find the directions to install an avatar?

[Ace-Garageguy]

18 minutes ago, Bobchayer said:

Can someone tell me where I can find the directions to install an avatar?

When you're logged in, just click on your avatar (initial in this case) and the page that pops up will have a bigger version of the avatar next to your user name, on the left of the screen.

In the lower left-hand corner of that, there's a little box.

Mouse-over it and it says "profile photo". Click that and you'll be taken to a page that gives you upload options.

It's self explanatory from there.

NOTE: You can upload pix from just about anywhere, even directly from your hard-drive, but the upper limit for an avatar is 0.24 MB

            If the image you try to upload exceeds that size, you'll get bumped and will need to pick something else smaller.

 

Edited November 30, 2017 by Ace-Garageguy

[mk11]

5 hours ago, Modeltruckbuilder said:

It could always be worse....

 

Yeah, we could be stuck with the kindergarten style avatars found on another model site; with no personality allowed   

 

mike

[Tom Geiger]

7 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

One of applications I use at work has a similar avatar for the default...about 1/2 the users change their pic, and the rest show up as these 'generic resource units'... 

After bantering here yesterday, I noticed today at work that Yammer does the same thing. 

Hey Rob, your new avatar makes you look like a wookie!

[Rob Hall]

3 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

After bantering here yesterday, I noticed today at work that Yammer does the same thing. 

Hey Rob, your new avatar makes you look like a wookie!

Heheh.  That's my little guy Beardsley.

Edited December 1, 2017 by Rob Hall

[Russell C]

Graphic artist that I am, I engineered my avatar to fit into the prior square format. Would be great if an option was available to go back to that instead of us being forced into the circle fad of Facebook / Twitter & whoever else jumped on that bandwagon.

[SSNJim]

17 hours ago, Casey said:

SSNJim's avatar FTW:

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/profile/4086-ssnjim/

Thanks, Casey!

[Badluck 13]

On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Modeltruckbuilder said:

It could always be worse....

Hey that's my cousin Harold!!!!

[Modeltruckbuilder]

35 minutes ago, Badluck 13 said:

Hey that's my cousin Harold!!!!

Thats exactly the FP piece I was thinking of Mike LOL!

[Casey]

6 hours ago, SSNJim said:

Thanks, Casey!

I had to check to make sure it made it through the transition. 

[russosborne]

Thanks.

While I'd rather it not be there, guess there isn't much choice. I'd prefer nothing, or else the default we used to have.

Russ

[Modeltruckbuilder]

On 12/2/2017 at 10:13 PM, russosborne said:

Thanks.

While I'd rather it not be there, guess there isn't much choice. I'd prefer nothing, or else the default we used to have.

Russ

 

Edited December 11, 2017 by Modeltruckbuilder