So this may not be totally on topic, but I need to know how to get an avatar like ya'll got. My fav so far is the guy who did himself in the cloud suit. I don't know where or how to get one, so please help. Also I noticed that my member level is member. Are there like promotions you can get? I hope to be a moderator someday. And to keep this about his Purple Highness, I love him so.

if u were Scottish i would let u use mine

muirdo said:

How do you know I'm not...okay I'm not, but I could have been!

according to the site FAQ:

3.1 How do I get a picture next to my posts in the discussion forum?

Those small pictures are called 'avatars', and you upload them by going to 'MY ORG' / 'Forum Settings', and then uploading a picture. It must be less than 15K on disk, and any animation will be removed after upload, so don't bother with animated gif's. Once it's uploaded, you'll be able to see it on the 'Forum Settings' page, but it WON'T be visible to the public yet--it needs to be approved. Approval typically takes 24 hours, and you'll receive an orgNote when it's complete. Also, your avatar will show up on all your previous posts, so don't worry--it's retroactive!
If you're having technical problems (can't get your image small enough, Ian sez:
1. Save the picture to your hard drive (right click, save as... etc)
2. Use an image editing tool such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. Resize the image down to around 64 x 64 pixels. Your text will be totally unreadable in that size, so crop out the text and just keep the character.
3. Reduce the number of colours as much as you can, and use a web compression wizard (for example, Paint Shop Pro has an Optimizer wizard that helps you save out .PNG files really small). You should then have a nice small avatar image ready to upload to the Org.