Alert:!!
I have gotten a couple of complaints from people who created some of these avatars. They can be copyright. You should ALWAYS ask or look for "free use" marks.
Even so, it is considered bad etiquette to link to their site, unless they give you permission.
See, every time a person loads ifish, and you are linking to another site, it uses their bandwidth, with no benefit at all to them...
So, think carefully before you right click and link to their site. Using it once is often alright, but as an avatar, you are accessing their site multiple times a day.
So, with avatars:
Make sure the file size is not huge. Sure, ifish shrinks it to 48 by 48 pixels, but I still have to load the entire image, so the file size is not shrunk... just the size, or pixels... Fishing Geek has offered to help some of you with that. If we all use smaller images, ifish will run alot quicker!
Make sure you are not using someone's copyright work. Chances are slim you'll get caught, but it is a matter of ethics.
Don't link to someone's site directly, unless they suggest that. Some sites tell you to do it, so that's ok... If not, upload the .gif or .jpg to ifish's upload center.
To set it in your profile, go to
Profile
View Update Profile
Scroll down to the avatar image,
Click on "select a different avatar image".
Where it says use custom url, paste the location of your image into the text box.
Then press "Set Url".
Close that box, scroll down on the profile page, and click on "update profile".
There, easy, eh?
:smile:
Jen