Set Up an Avatar & Signature: What to Know

[UrbanXrisis]

This might be stupid of me to ask but what can't I set up an avatar? How come I don't get the signature option? Is there something I have to set in my option's box? Do I have to be a contributor to use an avatar and signature?

 

[Astronuc]

Do I have to be a contributor to use an avatar and signature?

Yes - https://www.physicsforums.com/subscriptions.php

 

[UrbanXrisis]

What about people like motai?
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=66112

I don't think some people there are contributors but they have avatars.

 

[mattmns]

Maybe join date? Or motai put his avatar on before the change.

 

[dextercioby]

Of course,that's the only reasonable explanation (the last).Rules have changes during the last 2 years.

Daniel.

 

[Astronuc]

I may have been premature.

Look for the "User CP" button (User Control Panel) or try https://www.physicsforums.com/usercp.php?

Then look for Edit Avatar (on left side).

 

[cepheid]

Yeah, PF has some pretty interesting default avatars.

<--------------Case in point ;)

 

[dextercioby]

Is that spiderwoman...? My green thing is much prettier...

Daniel.

 

[UrbanXrisis]

your green thing is piccolo from dragonball z...
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=piccolo&btnG=Search
http://www.dragonballz.com/index2.cfm?page=characters&type=g&id=46

Oh wait, it's not piccolo, it's one of the people from his planet, like his older master or something :P

I don't have any default avatars... :(

 

[Clausius2]

Is that spiderwoman...? My green thing is much prettier...

Daniel.

Your green thing?

I don't believe you didn't watch "Dragon Ball" series on TV. You are the father of Piccolo. He was a bit old, but he had a lot of mental power (not like you ).

Mine is "Cell". He sting human bodies and sucks their vital energy. He is a mixture of all the superwarriors of Dragon Ball.

 

[dextercioby]

Your green thing?

I don't believe you didn't watch "Dragon Ball" series on TV. You are the father of Piccolo. He was a bit old, but he had a lot of mental power (not like you ).

Nope,just Scooby-Doo and Tom & Jerry.Never been a fan of cartoons.


Daniel.

P.S.Dexter's Laboratory,too.

 

[cepheid]

Is that spiderwoman...? My green thing is much prettier...

Daniel.

There's only one response to that:

 

[MathematicalPhysicist]

if it's avatars' competiton

then what about mine?

duckula who can drink only ketchup instead of blood (quite pathetic i know, but when you're young everything goes ).

 

[ramollari]

Guys, could someone with experience tell me: If I become a PF contributor for 1 year, will I be able to retain the avatar and signature after the year expires?

 

[ramollari]

then what about mine?

duckula who can drink only ketchup instead of blood (quite pathetic i know, but when you're young everything goes ).

Nice avatar, and unseen too! I guess you have changed it recently.
For me the top avatar is from a member with username AdrianBaker, (it is an animated GIF).

 

[Evo]

Maybe join date? Or motai put his avatar on before the change.

That's correct, people that had avatars prior to the latest version of PF still have their old avatars, even though they aren't contributors, but if they attempt to change the avatar, it will disappear and they will not be able to have one.

 

[MathematicalPhysicist]

Nice avatar, and unseen too! I guess you have changed it recently.
For me the top avatar is from a member with username AdrianBaker, (it is an animated GIF).

maybe where you at it's unseen, but from where I am sitting it's very much still there.

 

[MathematicalPhysicist]

That's correct, people that had avatars prior to the latest version of PF still have their old avatars, even though they aren't contributors, but if they attempt to change the avatar, it will disappear and they will not be able to have one.

thanks for the warning

 

[dextercioby]

No offence,but Evo's got the prettiest avatar.

Daniel.

 

[Moonbear]

thanks for the warning

I think they didn't warn people on purpose, so those of us who lost our avatars after that upgrade would be more tempted to become contributors.

 

[ramollari]

Guys, could someone with experience tell me: If I become a PF contributor for 1 year, will I be able to retain the avatar and signature after the year expires?

What about my question please?

 

[MathematicalPhysicist]

No offence,but Evo's got the prettiest avatar.

Daniel.

do you compare a picture of a real person to a picture of a cartoon?!

 

[Evo]

do you compare a picture of a real person to a picture of a cartoon?!

I am a huge Count Duckula fan. I used to watch them all the time.

 

[scarecrow]

Why don't you allow avatars and signatures (for non-PF contributors)? To me, that's stupid, unless you're doing it to save server space.

 

[Moonbear]

Why don't you allow avatars and signatures (for non-PF contributors)? To me, that's stupid, unless you're doing it to save server space.

It's to provide an incentive to become a contributor. There are other perks of being a contributor, but it seems a lot of people really just want an avatar. Since we don't limit the content of the site to non-contributors, it's nice to have something to offer as an incentive/thank-you to those who do contribute.

 

[Moonbear]

What about my question please?

I don't think so, but I haven't gotten to the end of my first year as a contributor yet, so don't know what happens if I let my contributorship lapse. I'm guessing all the frills disappear, and I'm not planning on finding out. I like this place, so plan to continue supporting it.

 

[dextercioby]

They do.For example the offline mode and the yellow name...Seen with Gokul.

Daniel.

 

[ramollari]

then what about mine?

duckula who can drink only ketchup instead of blood (quite pathetic i know, but when you're young everything goes ).

BTW does a concept such as "loop quantum gravity" exist in physics? Very weird, I never heard of it!

 

[Integral]

What about my question please?

I don't think ANYONE really knows the answer to this.

 

[RoboSapien]

some one answer the questions damit, stop pestering Ur avatars, I am getting jelous

What about my question please?

No body seems to be interested in that but I guess after 1 year if U try to edit the avtar then it should dissapear.

Avatars are a 25% screen space hoggers. What waste of time scrolling each thread due to that.