How to get your avatar working

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Jun 2005, 1:00 am

#376868

There's two ways.

Use one of ours, or use one of yours.

The next two posts discuss these options in detail.

Andrew

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Jun 2005, 1:03 am

#376869

This is the easiest way:

Choose "UserCP"
Choose Avatar Gallery - it's most of the way down on the left side.
Choose one of the folders in the pane, like "Default".
A bunch of avatars pop up. Choose one and click "Update Avatar"

You're done.

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Jun 2005, 1:06 am

#376871

This is the easiest way:

Choose "UserCP"
Choose "Edit Avatar Gallery"
Either
* type in the URL of an avatar hosted somewhere else
- or
* Click "Upload Avatar"

As long as your avatar fits our guidelines, you're done

Here's an avatar I prepared earlier:

[ Edited on 28-6-2005 by vanderaj ]

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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 3 Jan 2006, 12:11 pm

#443429

If you need to resize an avatar pic and the PC you are working from has no size editing software, this online one works.

http://online-image-resize.kategorie.cz/

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smolf Learner Dubber

5 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 11 Jan 2006, 4:07 pm

#446348

trying myself - i'll get there but now I have five posts so should be able to u2u
finally

Brian Watts Learner Dubber

9 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 16 May 2007, 5:48 am

#591714

I resized mine to a tiny 80x64 and still says too big???

whats wrong

Brian Watts
Photography916
www.acdrm.com

zalman1 Learner Dubber

11 posts · joined Jul 2007 · 25 Jul 2007, 8:04 pm

#603804

Hi,
Just trying to upload an avatar from my home comp, but getting this error:

Error
The ./images/avatars/uploads directory is not writeable, make sure to set the permissions ( CHMOD ) for the folder to 777 on your server.

Can anyone help please?

Cheers,
Mike.

ztnoo Insano Dub Head

730 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 15 Aug 2007, 10:40 pm

#606987

I'm getting the same error message as zalman1 did.
I'm familiar with posting avatars at Samba, but something seems a little different, maybe even quirky about doing it here.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
ztnoo

Fine tuning the proper daily ratio of Maxwell House to Bacardi 151.........

* Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia !

cruiser Seriously Crusin Dubber

193 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 20 Sep 2007, 8:55 pm

#613046

I have the same error too, certainly means nothing to me. Any help on this??

teya_69bug Commited Dubber

65 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 26 Sep 2007, 4:24 pm

#613840

hey can some help me get the little pic thingo working pplllleeeeaaaaassssseee ive been trying for day 🤪

teya_69bug Commited Dubber

65 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 12 Oct 2007, 8:00 pm

#616234

never mind i got it.. it only took a few weeks.. lol

Teya... VWs gotta love the feeling of driving down the street in one :thumb

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Oct 2007, 4:27 am

#616272

ztnoo wrote:I'm getting the same error message as zalman1 did.
I'm familiar with posting avatars at Samba, but something seems a little different, maybe even quirky about doing it here.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
ztnoo

Avatars need to be

* Less than 80x80 pixels in dimensions
* Less than 50 kb in filesize
* In GIF, JPG, or PNG format

Once you have those things in order, it should work. I host my avatar offsite, and you can do the same thing if the upload code here is not working properly.

Andrew

Robo Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,491 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 13 Oct 2007, 6:26 am

#616278

When you go there it says 100 x 100 and 8600 bytes. My picture is a JPG, 87 x 61 and 12.6 KB and it says its too big.
Rob...

Boxer Power
Member of DMLRK.....Die Mittler Lebuns Resto Komeradschaft

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Oct 2007, 2:03 pm

#616323

Okay, I've adjusted it to 15k, 100x100 images. You should have better luck now.

thanks,
Andrew

Robo Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,491 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 13 Oct 2007, 7:18 pm

#616359

Great, works now!
Thanks Andrew
Rob...

Boxer Power
Member of DMLRK.....Die Mittler Lebuns Resto Komeradschaft

kombiPILOT Learner Dubber

5 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 18 Apr 2008, 7:32 pm

#641595

just seein if i got it right

dubcabjas Casual Dubber

29 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 4 Jun 2008, 7:56 pm

#650177

This avatar program is messed up. I have my pic below 80 mx 80 pixels and it is still freaking out

dakdak Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 6 Mar 2009, 7:02 pm

#698961

i am an average joe at computers and this site was ment to help me but i cannot get to where im going as i have been in a vw club for 23 years but this site sux big time how about making it easyer to use im pissed off big time because i feel like u r makeing me jump through hoops.

alien8 Wolfsburg Wizard

521 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 6 Mar 2009, 8:54 pm

#698995

dakdak wrote:i am an average joe at computers and this site was ment to help me but i cannot get to where im going as i have been in a vw club for 23 years but this site sux big time how about making it easyer to use im pissed off big time because i feel like u r makeing me jump through hoops.

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t_tuffnut Wolfsburg Wizard

425 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 31 Jul 2009, 6:50 pm

#726775

Hi guys,

I am trying to upload a custom avatar. There is no "edit avatar gallery" option in my userCp, I assume I am meant to go to the "Edit Avatar" tab to do so.

My image is a jpg, 5.33 KB, 100x75px.

When I choose a file from the edit avatar tab and click "edit avatar" it takes me to a new screen with advertising messages- no errors.

Am I missing something?
Any help is most appreciated.

1966 Bug

1973 L Bug

Eatsleepvw Learner Dubber

11 posts · joined Jul 2009 · 4 Aug 2009, 11:48 am

#727307

Am having the same problem as t_tuffnut . Aaaarrrrrgh!

Doctor Officially Full-On Dubber

363 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 25 Aug 2009, 3:47 pm

#731369

Im also having problems, i am direct linking to an image on my photobucket and getting told it doesnt exist, is there something im doing wrong?

www.brassmunkymedia.com.au

Any car so nice you can't drive it in the rain.. is too damn nice to enjoy

dethbug Casual Dubber

29 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 25 Aug 2009, 4:33 pm

#731379

yeah im having heaps of trouble with this to

JoeCool Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 29 Aug 2009, 1:34 am

#732242

Do I Need to have a certain thread post status to edit an avatar???? cause uploading An Avatar just aint doing anything....my avatar is the required size and NADA !! i also right clicked and saved one of yours from your gallery and saved it on my PC and tried uploading it as well....and Huh...Nada...after i hit the Edit Avatar button to complete the process it goes to an ad on another page and just has select forum.....going back into CP again shows the default avatar still.

im.....??????

Joe Cool A.K.A Herbie

JoeCool Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 29 Aug 2009, 2:17 am

#732246

I Tried and tried the personal photo, and the online url and the avatar they just dont work...so....heres to my pink head with a question mark...i give up !!!

Joe Cool A.K.A Herbie

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 3 Sep 2009, 4:42 pm

#733283

Guys it would be great if this can be sorted out. The problem has been there for some time now and I received no response to an email sent a month ago to ask if it could be fixed. I appreciate your time is voluntary but pretty soon everyone will have a pink head with a ?

bat69 There is no status

791 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 13 Sep 2009, 3:14 pm

#734957

Why cant I upload my avatar. It is a photo 80 x 60. Jpeg. I went to to edit avatar so delated my old one, then every time I go to uplaod my new avatar from my computer. Nothing! Ive tried hosting on another site and cutting pasting the link and its still doesnt work. Any advise?

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"Drive it like dirt"

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 13 Sep 2009, 3:34 pm

#734959

theres a problem with the forum atm but vanderaj our tech support person has a family problem thats taking precedent atm. once its sorted he will get back to fixing this problem and the log in one.

“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 13 Sep 2009, 8:19 pm

#735031

Thanks Barls. Appreciate the info.

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 1 Oct 2009, 8:43 am

#738370

Thanks to Andrew for sorting out the site issues. Well done!! 😁