Sometimes when you get the list of options to pick under your name, if you can highlight one by moving your mouse over it and then click delete, it will go away. That won't work everywhere or with all browsers, but it's something to try.

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Sometimes when you get the list of options to pick under your name, if you can highlight one by moving your mouse over it and then click delete, it will go away. That won't work everywhere or with all browsers, but it's something to try.

Thank you Judy, Richard and everyone else who helped. The problems are solved for me now...all systems green and go !

11:17 am Hello again, I have a question about posting a picture or logo above our status on the right side of the web page. I can only seem to reduce the photo to about 78 thousand bytes and I am told it should be somewhere in the 66 thousand range ? Is there a way to do this ? ( I have Windows XP) Thanks

Hi Skyclan, I assume you're talking about adding your avatar.

I'm not sure of the size range but what I find easiest is to take a screen capture of what I plan to use and add it. Usually in the range of 120 X 120 pixels and then the software automatically shrinks it to fit properly.

To add an avatar

Go to Account Settings
Go to About You

Browse for your photo, add it, and don't forget to Save Information

If anything is too large the software will likely tell you that it won't fit. It never hurts to try.

Thank you jkr .... I will give it a try, and also another option Gemini suggested . What a learning curve I am on lately !

It worked !! Thank you !! :cheerguy:

Well, I see from your avatar that whichever option you used worked ! Good work !

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Well, I see from your avatar that whichever option you used worked ! Good work !

Oh, I used yours thanks jkr .....the other option involves downloading a program. It will take a bit more time and effort to explore, but I will eventually check it out when the children and grandchildren and other assorted family depart at the end of August.

Thought I would jump in here with a suggestion

This is a link to the program that I use all the time -- it's downloadable and it's free! It's called Photoscape:

http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

There are some excellent tutorials (click on the "help" tab at the top).

When you save a photo in Photoscape, you have the option of changing the dimensions (i.e. how wide and high the photo will be) as well as the "resolution" (i.e. dots per inch or DPI). The smaller you make the dimensions and the lower the resolution, the "smaller" the end result will be (i.e. the total number of bytes). I just play around with the dimensions/resolution until I get something that uploads OK (and still looks vaguely like the original photo )

I hope that this is useful