Creating an avatar

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  nomdebplume · Member · Sep 24, 2006 at 9:42 pm

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  Tried searching, and only found info on “removing” avatars.
  My last search found info from Timethief as follows:
  -> write post -> upload image -> send image to editor – > copy the entire image code -> presentation -> sidebar widgets – > text widget -> open text widget and paste in the image code – > save changes.

  Tried this, and ended up with a sidebar widget with my avatar – not what I was looking for (did I do something wrong?)

  In the scheme of things, I guess it’s not that important, but now I feel like I’m on a mission, “I MUST find out” :-)

  Any help is much appreciate by this newbie!

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  drmike · Member · Sep 24, 2006 at 9:58 pm

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  You can upload an avatar at Dashboard -> Users -> Your Profile. That bit about TT’s instructions is for adding a picture to the sidebar as you noted. There’s a tutorial here on the subject.

  You can read about the avatars here if you want.

  Hope this helps,
  -drmike

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  nomdebplume · Member · Sep 24, 2006 at 11:23 pm

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  That was so easy, I feel like I REALLY should have been able to find it myself… :-/ Thanks for taking the time away from members with real problems to help me! :-)

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  drmike · Member · Sep 24, 2006 at 11:30 pm

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  Not a problem. :)

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  bonnieq · Member · Oct 25, 2006 at 7:15 am

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  My avatar disappeared today, yet it still shows up in my profile. So what has happened? Now, when I comment on someone’s blog, where my picture did show is now a block with a ? in it.

  How can I get the avatar back in? As I said, my picture still shows in my profile.

  http://bonnieq.wordpress.com

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 25, 2006 at 8:05 am

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  I had the same thing happen in the comments a couple of times, but it seems cured now. Same with some of my WordPress uploaded images: they vanished, then returned. Try clearing your cache and refreshing the page, and if that doesn’t work I’d try a Feedback because it must be something specific to your back end…uh, so to speak.

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  seawoman · Member · May 4, 2007 at 11:36 pm

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  In case anybody wanted some easy and nice (and free) avatars to upload/save, go to http://avatars.yahoo.com.

  Peace,

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  drmike · Member · May 5, 2007 at 2:57 pm

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  *chuckle* I just use MSPaint. :)