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Hello, fellow customizers.

I am having trouble with putting my avatar up. I made it on serif, put it in my pictures files, and put the wierd HTML thing in the box on edit my profile were it goes, clicked the "save" button and: " The picture you chose is not an immage" popped up. I  made sure the pic was only 100x100 and under 50 kb.

help!

Thats probably what I have

by RiBrick - 08/19/2008 - 10:08am
Thats probably what I have to do! Thanks a bunch Togor!

I got bingo? YES! Finally!

by Togor - 08/18/2008 - 1:58pm

I got bingo? YES! Finally! Yeah all you have to do is save another copy in jpeg instead of converting it though.

 

bingo, togor, thats exactly

by nowacki452 - 08/17/2008 - 3:43pm
bingo, togor, thats exactly what i am guessing too. try converting it to a jpeg or png.

The Problem is probably that

by Togor - 08/17/2008 - 12:54pm
The Problem is probably that the pic is a Serif file. All you probably have to do is change the file type to jpeg or something.

Hmm, try to find the same or

by Commander Vlax - 08/17/2008 - 12:38pm
Hmm, try to find the same or similar picture in google, then copy it to your pictures again, that may help. If it dosn't or the picture is unique or custom made, try pasting it in MS paint or MS word, then save it to your pictures from there (it may help to delete the original picture if possible). If that dosn't work let me know.

Thats what I have been

by RiBrick - 08/17/2008 - 9:23am
Thats what I have been doing. It just keeps saying the uploaded file was not an image, and yes, I am getting the pic from the "My Pictures" folder on my computer.

I think I know the problem.

by Commander Vlax - 08/16/2008 - 8:16pm

I think I know the problem. Make sure you have the avatar you want it mypictures. Go to edit your profile, there should be a button that says browse. Click that then click on the pick you want and then click save changes on the botom of the screen. If that had nothing to do with what you mean, describe it more.

Thats what I am doing, it

by RiBrick - 08/16/2008 - 5:38pm
Thats what I am doing, it just keeps saying it's not an image. I am getting it from the "MY PICTURES" files.

What your doing wrong is

by Amagon - 08/16/2008 - 4:50pm
What your doing wrong is using an internet address for the target file. Click the browse button over to the side of the box and find the image in your picture files in your computer and not on the internet, then upload. It should be there.