Like , whats a server ? and URL ? , pixel x pixel ? then what do I look for , as I say to much ... I truely dont know as I am 100% self taught .
Brian.
Hi Brian....
Ok... Not that difficult.....Just refer to how I did it onto both my Avatar (today), which is also the same method I did it for my Gallery, which Joe likes every member to participate by putting their valuable Istar or relevant photos in this forum...
1.I am very sure you know how to go into your profile........
Which is located at the top menu , whereby the HOME menu is at the left end, while the LOGIN /LOG OUT menu is at the right end...
The PROFILE menu is the 2nd right end side...
You must log in , in the very first place, in order to access and edit your profile...
2. Once in your profile, you go to the MODIFY PROFILE menu, and on the left , is a whole list of items for you to do your update and editting.....
Once you scroll down , you will come to the AVATAR SECTION.... , whereby in your posting, you are asking why need to input the URL link, pixel size etc....
This is the difficult part to understand.....And in order to do this you need to sign-in to certain website which allows you to have your own photo gallery..
And the most popular one, which is the one I am using is Yahoo flicker...
If you already have, then you save one step....
Otherwise go into yahoo website, and get yourself a login ID and once get into the FLCIKER menu, start to download some of your favourite photos.
3. In the Flicker photo gallery, choose the photo you like to use as your Avatar, then under the SHARE menu....click this menu , and you will see the URL link....(Grab the HTML/BBCode)
Below is exactly the URL link that I copy out from my YAHOO FLCIKER, for the same photo you see I use for my AVATAR now...
" url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/james_ling/7171457461/img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7087/7171457461_c8e6912a2b_s.jpg[/img][/url]
ISTAR At NUS VENUS TRANSIT 5 by
James Ling2010, on Flickr "
This is very long, but you need to know how to shorten this link, and if you see the below one, which is how I remove the front portion, and the rear portion, you will know how to do it for your self....
farm8.staticflickr.com/7087/7171457461_c8e6912a2b.jpg4. Copy and paste this shorten link into the field, and for the pixel size, is 100 X 100
5. Lastly go to the bottom of this page and click MODFIY PROFILE....
And there it goes....... you will see your Avatar photo that you wanted to display....
And this is exactly the same method, that you can download as many of your photos, under your own GALLERY section.....
Hope the above is not confusing you and for all those who are interested to try it out for the Avatar photo and gallery section.....
Regards
James Ling
, Hi , I hope someone can tell me how to attach a picture to my avatar ? , I have activated my account , updated my signiture , but cant see where to add a photo ? 
