How do you add your own avatar? by derangedmilk

You email Haken.

Here's a hint: first, make a donation to the site. Improves the odds of not having your request ignored.

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Note: NOT slagging Haken! He's a busy feller! Custom avatars or not, and the occassional technical glitch aside, this is the shiniest website in the Browncoat 'verse.

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 10:48 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

Or most anywhere else!!

"Well, here I am."

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 11:02 AM

DERANGEDMILK

Yea, I figured it was Haken and I don't wanna bug him, thats why I never emailed it to him. Its not that big of a deal and I'm just so happy he's created the site that I really don't feel like pushing my luck.
-e

"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Friday, October 27, 2006 8:29 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Having just (sorta) figured out how to do it, I will tell you. Host whatever it is you wanna use on photobucket, then paste the image tag into the space for your tagline on your profile. It should pop up the way mine does, right under your name. Hey, it's something, right?

We will not go quietly into the night
We will not give in without a Big Damn Fight
We are Browncoats, and we know we are right
We will rage, rage against the dying of our engine light!

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Friday, October 27, 2006 8:38 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Also...and I had to learn thru trial and error...

If you already have a pic in your profile from the ones you can choose from, you must first click "none" (referring to avatar)where you update your profile, click update your profile, log out of fff.net, clear your cookies on your browser, close your browser, reopen and relog on to fff.net.

I was having a heck of a time getting the pic of Zoe off, but what finally did it was the above.

If you think you've got it, head over to Troll Country, find a test thread and test away. These won't post to the main page.

(The Image tag of which PhoenixRose posted above is the 2nd line under the image in photobucket.)

(Oops! Nearly forgot my manners! Thanks to PR for custom shrinking my pic

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Friday, October 27, 2006 9:46 AM

DERANGEDMILK

PR, you are as brilliant as you are beautiful!

Thankyou so much. Finally the browncoats of fff.net will know where the derangedmilk came from!
-e

"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Friday, October 27, 2006 11:46 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

You're welcome!
Very happy to help! And happy to make the avatars, too.

That is some deranged milk

Very shiny!

We will not go quietly into the night
We will not give in without a Big Damn Fight
We are Browncoats, and we know we are right
We will rage, rage against the dying of our engine light!

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:43 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Also wanted to let everyone know, I am making several avatars, and I will post them in the BSR gradually, but the full collection can be found here: http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h121/PhoenixRoseStar/Firefly/Avatars
/?start=all
If you have any requests, leave me a comment on one of my Blue Sun avatars or send me a wave and I'll see what I can do.
Oh, please save to your own photobucket before using. Thanks!

We will not go quietly into the night
We will not give in without a Big Damn Fight
We are Browncoats, and we know we are right
We will rage, rage against the dying of our engine light!

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:46 PM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Oooh! Feet!

But, see mine? Yeah, right shiny!

PR's one of the best!

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"What the world needs now is love, sweet love - it's the only thing that there's just too little of. What the world needs now is love, sweet love. No, not just for some, but for everyone."

http://richlabonte.net/tvvote

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:31 PM

FOLLOWMAL

*Hops up and down and gives PR a great big hug!!*

Oh,I have my own custom made avatar at FFF.net!!

I love it PR.. it's precisely the right moment and I love it so!

*bows to PR.. who masters everything she tries*

Xie Xie, my dear!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Ask me how to join the Appreciatin' Nathan Crew.

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Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:56 PM

WHIMSICALNBRAINPAN

*crowns PR Queen of the avatars and bows to her skills* THANK YOU!

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:02 AM

http://midknight.wilson.googlepages.com/home

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

I've seen a few folk really having fun with these! So great!
*dances*

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:04 AM

PENGUIN

*hugs PR* Thanks for being so bright!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:10 AM

GEEKMAFIA

Indeed thank you PR for the idea, I got mine sorted earlier.

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:30 AM

Hehe thaat's very cool, thanks PR! I hope you don't mind that I nabbed me one of yours to use, I just really liked that picture.

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We're not telling people what to think, we're just trying to show them how.

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:47 AM

XEYRA

Whoohoo, I have a personal avatar now. :) Thank you to PR for letting us know of a way to do it.!

"People tell you things all the time, without talking. The way they move, the way they aren't talking." - River Tam

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:40 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Quote:
Originally posted by asortafairytale:
Hehe thaat's very cool, thanks PR! I hope you don't mind that I nabbed me one of yours to use, I just really liked that picture.

No, I don't mind. I'm glad you like it!
Do you have your own photobucket to host it on, though? I don't mind hosting one or two, but too many and bandwidth will start to be an issue I think. Wouldn't want all of them vanishing if I exceed!
It's gonna be so shiny to see all the personal little avas! I'm so exited! (will likely change hers many times over time, because there are so many shiny shots)
Oh, BTW, I've added quite a few to the collection! As always, let me know if you have requests!

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:46 AM

Okay, I just have one question: Why isn't the blue sun logo going away?! I put it to "no avatar" on my profile, but it's still there!

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We're not telling people what to think, we're just trying to show them how.

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:54 AM

DESKTOPHIPPIE

You need to clear your cookies and then reload the page. But don't worry, we can't see the Blue Sun logo, just the cool new avatar.

Thanks PR!

More graphics and animations available at www.desktophippie.com

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:57 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

I don't see the Blue Sun avatar. Maybe your cookies are still displaying it on yours? Or something?

*edit* DTH beat me to it! Shiny avatar there, DTH!

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Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:58 AM

Ah, okay , I suppose my computer is just crazy then.
Thanks guys!

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Quote:
will likely change hers many times over time, because there are so many shiny shots

I'll probably end up doing that too, just 'cause I like to test out different stuff. You'll notice I've changed my signature yet again...

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Love keeps her in the air when she outta fall down, tells you she's hurting before she keels. Makes her a home.

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Monday, October 30, 2006 4:48 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Yeah, I just love Zoe and Wash, though. I was thinking of switching to this one:

But I also like this one:

Well, really I like all of mine, but you know.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:39 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

Well, really I like all of mine, but you know.

Well how could you not like yours? They're all so pretty!

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Love keeps her in the air when she outta fall down, tells you she's hurting before she keels. Makes her a home.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:50 AM

GRIZWALD

test test test

By the way, asortafairytale, it's "keens," not "keels," in the Love quote.

ETA: Waaaalll looka there! Ain't that sumpin!
Thanks Phoenix Rose!

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High Priestess of Pork and Ag-Related Activities of the MYTHICAL LAND OF IOWA

Click on my profile for my Annoyingly Long List of Firefly Links.

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006 6:07 AM

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

I like this one: those of you from the 'Wash' thread a while ago may recognise it!

I'll see what I can do

Eight out of ten voices in my head prefer Whiskers.
98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006 6:11 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Hey, SBDB, I have a couple sexy shots of Wash that might interest you

And

(Look at those shoulders! Just look!

)

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006 10:36 AM

CHOO1701

Wahoo!!! perosnal avatar

(funny storyfrom another forum was i had Rikku from FFX-2 as an avatar for a long time, and i think it caused much confusion...

)

Big thanks too Phoneix Rose and Mavourneen

Now if you could show us how to make words hyperlinks...

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TRAIN!!!

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Thursday, November 2, 2006 9:49 AM

MARINA

Thank you for my new avatar!

Can someone help me so the tag line that follows it is NOT a photobucket link??

Don't make faces.

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Thursday, November 2, 2006 9:53 AM

CHOO1701

you get rid of the "photobucket.com" stuff at the beginning, leaving only the image address and the .

< a > < img src="http:// ..... ..... .jpg" > < / a >

like above, and without the spaces.

I learned that yesterday. Hope that helps

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TRAIN!!!

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Thursday, November 2, 2006 9:56 AM

MARINA

it worked! thank you

Don't make faces.

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Friday, November 3, 2006 4:40 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

You're welcome marina!

And look, I changed mine. Figured I'd been Zoe for awhile now, and change is good.

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Friday, November 3, 2006 2:08 PM

KELAI

Wow, thankyou!

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//breathe today So many lies s w i r l i n g
All A R O U N D You
you're S U F F O C A T I N G
the e m p t y shape in Y O U
s t e a l s your b r e a t h

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 8:22 AM

SINGATE

Quote:
Originally posted by Whimsicalnbrainpan:
*crowns PR Queen of the avatars and bows to her skills* THANK YOU!

I'll second that! Finally got mine up an running. Thanks again!

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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 5:39 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Bump...

I might be going a bit overboard. I like it though!

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 7:34 AM

SIMONWHO

Your one is breaking every thread you're posting in Phoenix, it's just too long.

And I'm just glad I've managed to change my avatar from Simon looking sadly to his right.

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 7:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Bump...

I might be going a bit overboard. I like it though!

I like yours PR...kinda like a banner, only on the top of your post! It's very pretty.

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Love keeps her in the air when she outta fall down, tells you she's hurting before she keels. Makes her a home.

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 8:01 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Quote:
Originally posted by asortafairytale:
I like yours PR...kinda like a banner, only on the top of your post! It's very pretty.

Thanks! I thought "Well, why not have a stip of avatars instead of just one?" I think it looks better this way, too

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
Your one is breaking every thread you're posting in Phoenix, it's just too long.

If that's the case, you really need to turn up the res on your monitor. Even my crappy work monitors don't quite break at 550 pixels, and I thought they were turned down as low as you could go at 800x600
Not changing it. Sorry.

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Monday, November 6, 2006 8:33 AM

Huh. Doesn't break my monitor, though I tend to have it set at maximum resolution. Which has it's drawbacks... {/digression}

I said I wouldn't bother you again, PRose, but I'd be remiss in not thanking you and Mavoureen for the tutorials about custom avatars. Those involved have been credited in my FFFn profile.

So: thanks!

Also, to clarify my earlier post on this thread, I was kinda attempting to "bump" the idea of contributing some cashy money to Haken for this site. Back in the day, emailing and asking him to put up a custom avatar was the accepted way. However, this do-it-yourself style certainly saves Haken having to deal with any number of requests in his inbox, so I figure it's shiny.

Still, a Paypalled fiver, every now and again, from them as can afford it, wouldn't be amiss, eh?

Peace.

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Monday, November 6, 2006 8:42 AM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Hi Cozen,
I'm not sure if my message to you way back when got eaten or not, but I wanted to apologize again for jumping on you about the grammar thing. I was having a bad day and language is very important to me. Please don't think you should stay completely away from me because of it, okay?

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Monday, November 6, 2006 8:55 AM

Peace.

I'm okay by now, too.

Avatars, peeps: bring 'em on!

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Monday, November 6, 2006 9:10 AM

MAVOURNEEN

Hi folks,

Just a quick clarification; credit where credit is due:

I credit Roxyfreefall with figuring this all out. I saw how she had done it and using the avatar PR customed for me a few months ago, was able to figure out how to clear your old avatar to post the new one.

PR quickly used her skills to create some extremely nifty avatars she was kind enough to post for all.

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Monday, November 6, 2006 9:28 AM

SIMONWHO

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
Your one is breaking every thread you're posting in Phoenix, it's just too long.

If that's the case, you really need to turn up the res on your monitor. Even my crappy work monitors don't quite break at 550 pixels, and I thought they were turned down as low as you could go at 800x600
Not changing it. Sorry.
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Hmm. That's odd, my resolution is set at 1024*768 which is the most common resolution for browsing the internet:

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

The next most common is even lower than that.

Your avatar is 550 long, plus it displays the date on the same line, plus there's the scroll bar, plus the thread details and the other threads in the same forum on the left.

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Monday, November 6, 2006 3:04 PM

LISSA

hey coz, how about some credit to me for BEING your avatar;)

i hope you're aware everyone's gonna think you're a girl now...lol! :)

~lissa, retired spwhore

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Monday, November 6, 2006 3:17 PM

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
I credit Roxyfreefall with figuring this all out. I saw how she had done it and using the avatar PR customed for me a few months ago, was able to figure out how to clear your old avatar to post the new one.

Yes, Roxy did it first, though for awhile it didn't register with me that it was in a different position, then I saw that Mavs had done it. It took me a few tries to figure out how to do it myself

And sorry, I'm not trying to be snarky, but that one site is the only one that says low res is common in my search so far. http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat_trends.htm says "Most users have 1024x768 and higher, but a large minority have 800x600. A very small and shrinking number, <1%, have 640x480" I have it turned all the way up on my home computer for photoshop and such, and I've found MOST posts here display best at that res, as though the poster also has it set that high. Might be interesting to poll the users, yes?

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Monday, November 6, 2006 5:18 PM

LISSA

hehe...i love my new avatar:)

~lissa, retired spwhore

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006 3:52 AM