Avatar?

[briankeith]

How does one create a cool Avatar (?) like most of you fine phonograph folks seem to have?

[gramophoneshane]

You can pick one of dozens that are already uploaded to the site via "user control panel" at the top right of this page, or if you want to make your own, you'll need to join a free photo hosting site such as imageshack. Im not sure about the others, but imageshack gives you the option to upload a picture from your computer, and you select the size you want from a drop-down menu.
You select the "avatar" link, upload your photo, then copy the link provided & paste it in the space available in the avatar section of the User Control Panel.
They'll give you several links to your picture, & I never seem to remember which is the correct one to use, but if something goes wrong & it doesnt upload, I just try another link til I get it right
You can always edit the link if something goes wrong or if the picture doesn't look quite right once uploaded too.
Just have a play around with them & experiment until you're happy with the results.