How do I change my avatar to a picture?
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at
4:53 am
I want to change my avatar to a photo from my comp. I changed it on my profile, but it didn’t transfer to my yahoo answer’s avatar. how do i get the picture to show up?
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To create/change a Yahoo cartoon avatar go here:
http://avatars.yahoo.com/
Then go to: http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my_edit , click "use my yahoo avatar" -> scroll down -> click "preview" and then "ok".
For all other picture avatars:
http://profiles.yahoo.com/ – go here to create a profile -> click "change photo" -> click "add photo" -> select the picture you want from your harddrive -> click "save". Now click "use selected photo", done.
Note: the pic has to be a .jpg or .png file, it must be smaller than 5 MB, and it also has to be square.
Avatars.
Go to your profile page
a) Click edit my info.
b) Click edit my avatar.
c) Follow instructions.
d) Preview.
e) Save.
Avatar Photos.
If you want a photo avatar then go to your profile at http://profiles.yahoo.com and upload an image there. Click on "Change Photo" and upload one or more. Select the one you want to use
Avatar Problems.
There are gremlins in the system that have been affecting that process periodically.
Ensure you have done it correctly and keep trying periodically.