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Instructions for Avatar setup

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:58 am
by ResonantTone
Hey all,

Thoughts I'd post this quick because a few people have been asking about it. Here are some instructions for getting your avatar working. (fair warning - this is just what I have found to work. Someone else please chime in if there is a better way)


First, you need to get the image you want in a 90px by 90px size
(I used GIMP, but an easy way to do this would be to just go to http://www.simpleimageresizer.com, resize it, and download it)

Then go to tinyimg.io, and upload your pic. You should see a link for where your avatar is stored.

In the taxi user control panel, go to the Profile tab, then select Edit Avatar

For avatar type, select remote avatar

Then paste the link you got from tinyimg.io
(also make sure the avatar dimensions are listed as 90 x 90 in the user control panel)

Should look like this:

https://imgur.com/uLABUFZ

Hope this helps a little for those that have been tryin to get it to work!

Andrew

Re: Instructions for Avatar setup

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:59 am
by cassmcentee
Thanks Andrew!
I'm a Lunkhead... just tried your method 3 times and still no luck...
Used to be able to link to my Dropbox photos (or so I thought)
I'll try again in a month or so... :oops:
It would be nice if there was at least something in the "gallery" choices

Re: Instructions for Avatar setup

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:10 pm
by funsongs
cassmcentee wrote:
Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:59 am
Thanks Andrew!
I'm a Lunkhead... just tried your method 3 times and still no luck...
Used to be able to link to my Dropbox photos (or so I thought)
I'll try again in a month or so... :oops:
It would be nice if there was at least something in the "gallery" choices
Yeah - I gave up on that awhile ago. Oh well... there we are, with that questioned look on our faces.
Cheers - :? :shock: :?:
Only now, I'm like that Taylor Swift song - Blank Space.

Re: Instructions for Avatar setup

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:18 pm
by RPaul
I also had no luck with the method mentioned here. However, my failure there inspired me to look again at the avatar setup in my profile, and I noticed one of the options, beyond the default "Gravatar" option, was "Remote avatar". That let me enter a link to an image on my website, so I uploaded one there and it worked. I hadn't even explored the other options previously, somehow thinking Gravatar was the only possibility.

Rick

Re: Instructions for Avatar setup

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 am
by SoundCanvasUK
This worked perfectly for me - thanks very much!!

Re: Instructions for Avatar setup

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:02 am
by feaker66
I tried this so any times and failed. This worked perfectly. First off, I couldn't shrink the guitar down. You gave me a site to do this. ha ha Step by step like a cake recipe. Thank you so much
Sincerely paul