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Some things just can't be placed elsewhere. Have you been speeding and got fined? Or spotted a nice new Volvo on the web somewhere? All non-480 messages can be posted in this part of the board.

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Post by erik-hakkers » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:43 pm

But how and wich program i can upload a avatar?

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Post by Van » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:07 pm

User Control Panel, profile, avatar
after over 10 years parted with the 1995 Volvo 480 ES 2.0

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Post by coyote1980 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:10 am

Hi Erik,

I just split this from the 'post 480 pictures thread' - please don't use a topic for support questions.

I also stripped your signature since it was humongous :wink:

Happy posting,

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Post by erik-hakkers » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:02 pm

ok and wich prgram is best for uploading,,

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Post by coyote1980 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:32 pm

There are tons of websites out there where you can upload images. I use photobucket.com but that's just one of many. Once uploaded you can enter the URL to the image in your profile so that it's visible as your avatar.

Keep in mind what size is acceptable.
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Post by erik-hakkers » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:03 pm

Strange i look for 80x80 avatars and 6.00 kb But still comes in line Dimentions not good?
And img files are not good i understand?

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Post by coyote1980 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:22 pm

You're supposed to host your own image, what's the URL of the image you're trying to use as avatar?

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Post by erik-hakkers » Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:45 pm

Well i want my 480 as avatar.
i have them on pc and how can i get them to url?

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Post by coyote1980 » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:53 pm

You can upload them to one of the many servers that are available for this. As said I have a photobucket.com account. It comes down starting your browser, go to (for instance) photobucket.com to creating an account, log in there, choose "upload images" or something similar and then you can select the images on your computer you want available online. They are then copied/uploaded to the server.

That's about as much information I can give, otherwise try google with "free image upload" or "photobucket tutorial" or something like that.

Once uploaded: when you're looking at the thumbnails on photobucket you can place your mouse over the image and then some links appear that you can use as URL for your avatar. A link should look something like this:

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/coyote1980/sweden2009_850/03_orebro_svampen.jpg
And placing that link in the address field of the browser should load a picture of my other Volvo in Sweden :hopping:
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