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How to encourage people to set an avatar?
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It doesn't, in the grand scheme of things. I suppose it's just frustrating when I put a lot of effort into making the place look nice only to see the same blue question mark appear over and over again in a thread because people haven't set an avatar.
Which is absolutely fine! I've never changed mine, and likely never will. It's not that I want people to keep changing them (although people are more than welcome to); it would just be nice if they took 30 seconds to set one in the first place, as you have done, Glam.
Exactly! Thank you for doing so, @number9
As you say, it isn't a hard thing to do, and gets rid of the annoying message along the top of your screen. 
Exactly.
When reading a thread, it's much easier to keep track of who is saying what when you have The Fonz talking to a dog, rather than loads of blue questions marks talking to each other!
Everyone is automatically assigned an avatar:
It's just that if they don't change it, it can get a bit repetitive looking at the same one over an over again. So even if this was something more exciting, it wouldn't solve the problem!
As @Gramaisc says, if everyone has a different avatar pic, it makes it much easier to keep track of discussions.
Withnail
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John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
There only three colours missing from the whole spectrum in that 'lounge'
Ecker
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Hello Admin! Can you give some guidance on how to produce the best avatar e.g.An awful lot of members here haven't given themselves an avatar. I'm not sure why, so I thought I'd see if there was anything I/other members could do to help those who are "avatarless"?
There is a big scrolling message at the top of The Forum for anyone who doesn't have an avatar, explaining what one is and how to set one, but if anyone would like further help then please just let us know by posting here!
Thanks.
(a) should it have the same x and y lengths or will it get cropped?
(b) is there a maximum file size for the avatar?
I couldn't see a big scrolling message at the top of The Forum, perhaps I'm just
being dumb (again!).
biccies
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I think that message is only visible to those that do not have an avatar set. You appear to have an avatar so don't see the message.
Noah
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Somehow I have the feeling it gets cropped
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
ATJ not fooled by Gramaisc Just For Dogs hair dye.
Are you Richard E Grant or Smoke E Kevin Bacon? I always get those two mixed up
With Hugh Grant
Alas, no. It does support Gravatar, though, so you don't even have to upload an avatar if you don't want to - you can choose from an existing one via that service.
The biggest avatar that will appear on The Forum is 192 x 192 pixels, but you can upload any size image and it will be resized. Since it is square, if the image that you upload is not then, yes, it will be cropped accordingly.
Correct.
