Ok...I did it...I changed my avatar from that dopey, sad-faced chick to a little witchy-looking little princessy thing.. I have Linderful to thank for this....a week or so ago, I was really feeling blue, and she remarked how "forlorn" my avatar looked. I never even thought about it when I picked it, but she was right!!! The more I looked at it, I said to myself, "why did I pick HER to represent me???"

Hey girls, maybe I'm making progess....

Hi RoundRobin;

I like your new Avatar. Mother Nature with an attitude!!!! Looks good on ya !

Linderful

Hey Robin! We're proud of you! I like it!

What I wanna know is if there's a way we can upload our own avatars?

I would like to know that as well. Especially seeing as so many different types of files are tolerated, like jpeg etc...

Linderful

lindeful: just wondering....do you like Janis Joplin?

Dearest posted this message here: Board / Site, Chat Room Info, Questions, Problems

Ya know i never thought of it that way...but I can completly understand it...thanks for answering the question

Yes; I do like Janice Joplin. I loved her raspy, get in your face kind of voice and the raw elements of her lyrics and performances. I must admit that I don't know all of Janice's work, but what I have heard, thrills me.

Linderful

QUOTE(RoundRobin @ Dec 28 2005, 10:10 PM)
lindeful: just wondering....do you like Janis Joplin?


Yes; I do like Janice Joplin. I loved her raspy, get in your face kind of voice and the raw elements of her lyrics and performances. I must admit that I don't know all of Janice's work, but what I have heard, thrills me.

Linderful

I also really like Cat Stevens, Renaissance, Neil Young, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Spirit, Harmonium, 10CC, Al Stewart, Roxy Music, Joanie Mitchell, Seal, Lighthouse Family, The BEATLES (of course) and in Classical Music, I like Khacheturnian, Mozart, Handel, Arvo Part, Beethoven, and Chopin. When in comes to Christmas music, I like only the Sacred music. The Secular stuff of Jingle bells et al, I can happily leave unheard. I like the Sacred music because I have sung in choirs pretty much my whole life except for the last 4 years when I gave up singing due to my being too unpredictable and unreliable to the choir.

Talk to you later.

Linderful (Linda)

Hey linderful: Sorry I didn't respond earlier...I just got back from the ER...I sliced open my finger cutting onions....had to get a tetanus shot! Now I can barely type---back to the old hunt and peck.

We have similar tastes in music. Janis is my all time favorite...I have everything she ever recorded; even some bootlegs that I got from a trading group in Canada (2 guys who had old reel-to-reel concert footage and tranferred it to disk.) I started listening to her in my thirties, although I remember seeing her on the Ed Sullivan show when I was eight. I can't remember clearly when she died...it was so close to Jimi Hendrix's death (3 weeks after.) She would have been 63 this January 19th.

There is a play touring the States called "love, Janis", after a book her sister published with all the letters Janis wrote while on the road. I saw it three years ago in New York City. It was incredible....like being transported back in time...

If you google her name, you'll find her website----very cool...

Well, gotta run...finger is starting to throb!!!!

Peace,
RR

I would like to have an avatar of an Oak tree, not just the leaf. I am Oak Leaf. Could you add a nice looking tree to your gallery? Even a cute one with a smiley face would be nice.

Woot-woot, a tree! Thank you!

Yes, the new ones are great! Thanks!

The anime ones just are not my thing. The GPB comunity pack was too simple for my tastes.

I love my new heart.


Patrice

I'll keep watching those avatars. New ones up keep popping up. Maybe a even more complete tree will eventually turn up.

There is one small bug that has turned up. My computer keeps blocking some kind of pop up.

I found a new too! Thanks!

I think I like my new look!!!!The new avatars are cool!!!

Cris

Very cool! Reminds me of the time I spent in Arizona with my mom last summer!

Thanks for the new ones! Nice to change it up now and again.

So glad you like the additional avatars.

Anyone who wants to change her/his avatar can do so by simply clicking on My Controls on the menu at the top of the board. Then, on the left side under Personal Profile, click on Edit Avatar Settomgs. Use the drop-down menu to look through the various libraries.

Dearest

Thanks for the new avatars....variety is always nice.

Reading the posts are even more enjoyable with the new avatars and new bright colours. Thanks.

Thank you, Dearest for the new avatars!! Sometimes, it's hard to choose one that goes with my name but this one, I think, looks like love and it looks light-hearted enough to go with the 'laff' part. Thank you! Cool!!

Thank you so much Dearest!!

It just keeps getting better and better here at power surge....If that's possible

Love,
Lynda

I'm sure this question has been asked and answered before, but I couldn't find it. How can you tell if an avatar is already being used? I wanna play too!!!!! Thanks Dearest!!! You're the best!!!!!!!! Shelley

Shelley, you already have an avatar so you're "playing".

Certainly some people will have to use the same avatars as others. I'm sure that there isn't space to store over 23,000 images on this server so that everyone could have a private avatar.

Change and choices are always nice, though. Thanks, Dearest for always updating the site and adding new features

I just figured out how to bring avatars up. For some reason my computer wouldn't show the actual avatars. Had friend re-do my old home page and download newer program. Now I can see avatars. Thats why I was sooo confused.(Even more than usual!!!) Thanks for your quick response and have a wonderful day!!!!!! Shelley

I absolutely love my new one-I see arla has chosen it too!
Janet c

Hey sberz69......what program did your friend update for you? I can't see all the avatars either with my computer. Even when I view the gallery, only a small portion show up for me.

Thanks!

That was why I was soooooooo confused, I thought it was a guessing game on what you got. Of course I knew better than that , But I am computer DUMB!!!!!! Anyway it's called Mozilla Firefox. I don't know how he got me on it. So if you can't figure it out let me know, he will be here at work Friday and I"ll get the "how to" from him. Good luck and let me know what happens. Shelley

Firefox is the name of the internet browser you must be using. Other choices are Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL's own browser, Ppera, Safari and probably others.

I'm not sure why the avatars should show in one browser and not another, though. If you're not seeing the new ones, you could contact us at: http://www.power-surge.com/php/contactUs.php3 for more help.

Thank you sberz69.......I don't know that much about computers either.


Thank you MaryO....I use Internet Explorer. I have no idea why I can't get them to show up. Does it have anything to do with java? Please don't laugh....I truly don't know that much about computers.

Same here TOTS , I rate my computer knowledge at about 0!!! Java? Isn't that coffee???? Just kidding. Actually I use a computer all day long for Washington State Dept of Licensing, but it's all set and ready to go. The computer I'm on now is a pc we have in the office to use when we are not busy. It's msn with internet explorer, but like I told you, my part-time co-worker put in Firefox so I could actually see avatars!!!! Hopefully Mary O's reply helped you. If not let me know, my part time worker will be here Friday. What I think is BEAUTIFUL is Mary O's signature!!! THANKS MaryO for trying to help us. U R GRRRRREAT!!! Shelley

Tots, it shouldn't have anything to do with Java. That's for interactive things like the chatroom.

Do you know that there are 3 (last I looked) sets of avatars? One is called Base Gallery, another is IPB COmmunity Pack and one is Smiley Avatars.

Click on the little "down arrow" (looks like a "v") to see the galleries. Highlight the one you want to look at, then click the "Go" button. You'll see images from that chosen gallery.

To see another gallery, just choose again from that list. When you see an avatar you want, click the little circle near it and click Use Selected Avatar.

Thanks again MaryO for your help.....I truly appreciate it. I've been to all 3 galleries. I just checked them again.....in the Base Gallery..20 avatars show up this time. In the IPB Community Pack..5 showed up and in the Smiley Avatars...none of those show up.

I didn't know whether I needed to download something in order to see them. I've never had a problem before. I think it might be time for a new computer. This one is nearly 10 years old.

Thanks again MaryO and you too sberz!!

Hey TOTS!! That was what was happening to me too. On base gallery I had only about 10-20 avatars showing on the other 2 galleries I had nothing. My computer is pretty old too., but like I said my co-worker hooked me up with what is called Mozilla Firefox thru msn and now all the avatars show up. REALLY NEAT!!!!!!!!!!!! Shelley

Very cool! Thanks Dearest.

Bluesky

I know this is rather an old topic for me to be posting in. I just cannot find an avatar that I am satisfied with. That is why I change avatars all the time. Could you find a whole tree or an antlered Elk? The ones you have just don't suit my tastes.

well i got a question.....i noticed some of ya'll have little sayings or designs as a signature.and i'm not just talkin bout the lil smileys....how did u get the lil' designs on your profile??

and i love the lil avatar with the gun.....lol...ain't taking no crap is what it says to me..women in charge!

You would go into your signature control panel and click the button for inserting an image. You would the choose the url of a very small image you have stored on your web space and copy then paste it in the box that pops up.

I general don't like 'girly' things or human avatars. Most of the avatars are just that. Or they are things like wolves, or exotic animals. I just want a nice whole tree or a beautiful deer with a nice rack.

just checkin too see if i got this right..lol.

hhhmmmmmmmmmm.........obviously not

now?

ok well it tells me my tage is not allowed so i must not be doin something right....lol...figures

I just put the sort of image I like in my sig. That will have to do since they don't have one in the gallery

Now how you put one in your sig. First you open your signature control panel. Then you click the little button with the sunrise on it.
A dialog box will pop up. Then you open another browser window. You set that browser window on your web space where you have your images stored. It is very important you have the image you want to use stored there. I recommend Photobucket. You copy the URL and paste it in the dialog box. Make sure the URL is in the format http//:img form not smg. Otherwise it won't work.

sometimes it takes me forever to figure something out..lol

Anyone else having board issues? I can't seem to get into Insta Chat. Is it down?

Seem's none of us can get in insta chat, Deb. We were all on MSN last nite instead.

Hope Dearest get's it fixed soon. We miss the chat sessions.

Hya Deb
Yes it would appear that our chat room.....our Nutbar is down. Pssstttt....it is all booboolena's fault....the police came when she sang with the karoke players.....apparently some neighbours complainned....put that cat out of her misery She was busted for disturbin' the peace....NIK!

In the meantime, I am sure that Dearest and VJ are working hard to put chat back together again. Chat uses a different server than the boards, so luckily we can still post
Cheers