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Anonymous asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Profiles · 1 decade ago

why isnt my avatar picture thingie working???

i did everything i am supposed to!! i want to make this:

http://images.funadvice.com/photo/image/55865/thum...

my avatar picture. i put it as my 360 picture and it worked fine. its a JPEG and everything. but when i pressed the thing that said: 'use my 360 picture' for my yahoo avatar, it didn't work. as you can see, that oicture is NOT my avatar. i have diddley squat as my avatar and its not cool. so i u could help me that would be lovely. :]

Update:

amanda: i did that like 7 times what r u talking about

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The exact same thing is happening to me!! I think it just takes a day or two for the ppicture to show up.

    :\

    Which bites.

  • kee
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Patience is necessary when using the 360 image feature.

    The image may not show up right away in Yahoo! Answers, as it sometimes take minutes, hours, days, or weeks for the system to catch up. So, in the meantime, you will be without any picture on Y/A (a gray unisex icon), the area may show words/red box, or an old 360 image. I recommend just going through the process and letting your picture stay that way until the system makes your 360 image appear. If you don't want to wait, then use the Yahoo! Avatar (http://avatars.yahoo.com/ ) and forget about using the 360 image.

  • 1 decade ago

    Can try following these instructions pulled up from Answers one year ago and in answer to question asked regarding saving as Avatar from desktop: (Or put using photo from desktop as Avatar in search field of Answers).

    remember when you browse it is on desk top

    you may want to send to pictures

    Use A Picture Of Your Choice Here At Questions And Answers Or Use Your Avatar Picture

    How To Make Changes To Your Avatar At The Bottom Of This Answer

    To Sign Up For 360 Click Here

    http://360.yahoo.com/login.html?.done=ht...

    If You Are Signed Up For 360 And Want To Use Your Own Picture

    Click Here

    http://360.yahoo.com//

    then choose my page

    then Edit Personal Photos

    then choose browse and find your photos on your hard drive that you have saved from the internet or pictures you have scaned etc

    then upload 1 and set as primary

    then set it up in your questions and answers profile

    click here

    http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my_edit;_ylt...

    put a check mark beside use my 360 picture then go to bottom of the page

    click preview

    then click save

    Pictures Must Be In This Format

    ".jpeg" or ".jpg" or ".jpe."). Each image must be smaller than 5MB.

    If You Need To Find A Picture To Use

    to find a picture you can use yahoo search box

    lets say you wanted a picture of a dog

    type in dog pictures

    then right click picture

    choose save picture as

    name it

    click save

    to see if it was saved

    click start at bottom of the screen

    then click my pictures

    then follow above directions

    Edit Avatar And How To Use Your Avatar Picture Here At Q&A

    Avatar Home Page

    http://avatars.yahoo.com/

    http://avatars.yahoo.com/?src=ymsgr&intl...

    or if you have classic mail click on avatar from there

    the all new mail does not have an avatar on the mail page

    Customizing Yahoo Avatars

    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/avatars...

    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/avatars...

    Check Out Avatar Town

    it is new and has alot more options

    click on the stores not the avatar

    http://avatars.yahoo.com/avatar_towns.ht...

    How To Use Your Avatar Picture Here At Questions And Answers

    Click Here

    http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my_edit;_ylt...

    check the box use my avatar picture

    then go to bottom of the page

    click preview

    then click ok

    Change Gender Or Delete Avatar

    click preferences

    http://avatars.yahoo.com/

  • 1 decade ago

    you have to go to your profile and fix it to show your picture

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