Notice about avatars *please read*

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Notice about avatars *please read*

Post by discarded » Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:01 pm

Hi all,
everyone here has the option to choose an avatar

~ so what is an avatar?
It's that little picture you get below your name (mine is the 'yin-yang' type symbol I made).

~ How do I get one?
You can access these by clicking "show gallery" at the bottom of your profile and going through the folders till you find one you like. Click the little dot below the picture and then click the "select avatar" button.

~ What about the reserved folders?
All avatars in these fodlers have been submitted by other board members and are reserved for *their use only!* If you didn't submit this avatara, please *don't use it!* We can check this.

~ What if I really like a reserved avatar?
Sorry, but you still can't use it. Someone here has sent that picture in specifically for themselves, and it would be really disrespectful to that person to use it without their permission.

~ How do I reserve my own avatar?
Send an e-mail to 'avatars@busmail.org' along with your bus ID (eg. discarded - thats me) and attach the image you want as your avatar, or the web adress where we can find it.

~ How do I attach the image?
Send us an e-mail telling us what type of mail service your using (eg. yahoo, hotmail, busmail) and we'll send you back the instructions.

~ Someone's using my reserved avatar. What can I do?
Send a message to the current 'avatar wrangler' - at the moment thats me (discarded) and state who it is that using your avatar and we'll take it from there.

~ Can I cahnge my reserved avatar?
yup. Just let us know what you want done with your old one (taken down, or made public, etc).

~ Do I have to reserve my avatar?
Nope. If you don't mind if other board members use the same avatar as you, please request that it's made public when you send it to us.

~ Can I send in avatars for the public folders?
Certainly! All new avatars are welcome.

~ What size do they need to be?
about 100 X 100 pixels is our image size limit, and we try to keep them under 3K. If you don't know how to edit the image for this just send it anyway and we'll do it for you.

~ How long will it take until I can use my avatar?
Well it all depends. This is all done manually so there's a lot of factors that can influence this. We may not have the time for a few days, or it could be up within 5 minutes. We'll send you a message when it ready.



OK, I think I've covered everything here. If there's anything else you need to know, send me a message and I'll add it on.

thanks,
~ Disc

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Post by Ime » Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:49 pm

Just wanted to say thank you for your help with mine :)

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Post by Star Ice Heart » Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:59 pm

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Hiya there,

I just wanted to tell you that your ying and yang symbol is great!

You made that?

God. .you have alot fo skill!

It`s a great picture.. it seems peacefull to look at :)

It really is good :)

Darren.xxx

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Post by welsh-one » Sun Jun 29, 2003 3:02 pm

Thank you again for doing mine :) :)

Love Polly xxxx

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Post by deadrockstar » Sun Jun 29, 2003 3:09 pm

hi

thanks for doing mine, its gr8 :D

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Post by Star Ice Heart » Sun Jun 29, 2003 3:12 pm

deadrockstar_87 wrote:hi

thanks for doing mine, its gr8 :D

Jennifer xxxx
Yeah yours is kool :)

)))Huggies(((

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Post by discarded » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:25 pm

hey,
thanks every1 - both for reading this and for the comments. Nice to know i'm useful for something at least....

take care all...

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Post by ShellyT » Tue Jul 01, 2003 7:15 pm

thanks for clearing all that up :)
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Post by guest11 » Tue Jul 01, 2003 7:22 pm

Thanks for mine discarded! I love it! :D

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Post by 8586 » Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:42 am

I would like to get my own avatar. But I don't know where to look to get one. When people get them - where are they getting them from? I don't know where to even begin looking?
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Post by discarded » Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:08 am

ok, well first of all i guess it depends what you're lookin for. If you serach for stuf fon the net and find a picture you like on a webpage somewhere, send me the URL and a description of the picture you want and i can take it from there.
If you can scan pictures, try looking in magazines, taking photos, drawing. There's also a huge collection of avatars for public use, and i'm adding quite a few more to that as we speak...
That's about all i can think of really.....

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Post by Ime » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:53 am

pope8586 wrote:I would like to get my own avatar. But I don't know where to look to get one. When people get them - where are they getting them from? I don't know where to even begin looking?
Click the "profile" link at the top of this page, and then scroll to the bottom, you'll see the "avatar gallery" there which you can look through, and choose any avatar (other than from reserved or reserved2 :) )

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Post by Jomomma » Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:41 pm

Hey Discarded

I LOVE MY AVATAR


THANK YOU

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Post by kurdt_kobain » Sun Jul 06, 2003 7:37 pm

Thanks so much!
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Post by sbecky » Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:33 am

Hey Discarded,
I love mine. Thanks so much for sorting it for me.
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Post by KarensJessica » Thu Aug 07, 2003 8:58 pm

Discarded!

I love my avatar!!! Thank you soooooo much! *biiiiig hugs*

Just a second, I'll make Karen post hers up too.

*happy dances*

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Post by JessisKaren » Thu Aug 07, 2003 9:05 pm

Discarded,

Indeed, thanks for the avatar! I have to admit, it's pretty cute. What's cuter is how excited Jessi's been about it. She really is happy-dancing behind me as I type. :wink:

So once again, thanks!

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Post by Jomomma » Thu Aug 07, 2003 9:07 pm

WHOO HOO!!!!!!!


Complimenting avatars

Sweet


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Post by discarded » Fri Aug 08, 2003 5:13 am

hey,
glad you like em :D I must admit i have no diea who they are though :S look kool tho
*thumbs up* :thup: for the matching avatars :)

glad i could help,

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Post by Lil Elmo » Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:12 pm

If anyone knows where there is a Elmo pic, I would surely appreciate using that as an aviator. By now most of you must know that I am a total Elmo freak. :D :D :D :D :D
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