How do I get my picture to appear with my posts?

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

I have been asked how a person can get their picture to appear with their posts. Rather than me try a quick answer to just one person, I am hoping someone will take time to write up a step by step set of instructions for our users to follow. That way, in the future, we can refer people to the instructions.

Any takers? With screen shots if possible.

[Hans Deventer]

Okay. This picture is called an avatar, that will help. The steps to take are as follows:


Log into http://www.naznet.com/community/
Choose "User CP" on the upper left of the screen
Under "Settings & Options" you will find "Edit Avatar". Select that option.
In that screen, there are some pre loaded avatars you can select, but below, there is also the option "Use Custom Avatar". Select that one.
Then click on browse to select the picture file on your PC
Click "save changes"


Do notice what it says below on that page: "Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 80 by 80 pixels or 19.5 KB (whichever is smaller)." So it would be useful to first create a picture that meets these requirements and then upload it.

[Nelson Bradford]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh brother!
More technology.
Never mind.
I thought maybe it would be as easy as attaching a pic at the other much less complicated boards.
Thanx
-neb

[Hans Deventer]

:)

Dear Nelson,

When you describe things, they usually sound way more complicated than when you actually do them. Try describing cooking a meal, for instance!

It really isn't all that bad!

Also, this is an option the old board did not have. So it cannot be more complicated than the procedure on the old board, because there wasn't any.

[Nelson Bradford]

My apologies.
At times I feel like an old mule looking at a new fence.
Sorry but the Wesley board seems so much more practical and user friendly.
-neb

[Hans Deventer]

I'm sorry Nelson, I've tried to describe this new option as clearly as possible. Apprently, I did not succeed.

As to the why of the change, Scott wrote somewhere that at Wesley and Bresee, discussions disappear respectively very soon and soon. They were mostly short lived, a couple of days at most. That is true.
On this software, a new reply pushes the thread back to the top. So a lively discussion can remain lively for quite some time, in fact weeks or months.

I tend to think this is the single issue that is worth the change. All kinds of fun things like the avatar etc are exactly that, fun things. There are also a lot more options for moderators, but I would even consider those non essential. Scott's point however deals with the heart of what an internet community is and needs, and in this respect, Ceilidh is found lacking in a growing fellowship.

[Edith K. Thurmond]

\At times I feel like an old mule looking at a new fence.
Sorry but the Wesley board seems so much more practical and user friendly.
-neb

Nelson, it's about time you take a trip to your local Apple Store. Several "old mules" have been seen there taking the various free classes they offer and one was even spotted at the Genius Bar last week. You would probably have lots of fun in there! The Apple Stores seem to make everyone (young and old) excited about all the changes in computerland.

Just a sincere suggestion offered with a smile,