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Thursday, May 31, 2007
10:52:00 AM EDT
Hearing Shonen Knife, Spider House
Hey buddies -- so, looking around the AIM Pages profile landscape, I see that a distressing amount of people still haven't uploaded a picture of themselves (or a picture representing themselves) to their profiles.
It's not just that people are visual creatures, looking for eye candy; there's a practical reason, too: the photo that you upload for your profile is also used in your minipic, which people see when you invite them to be your buddy.
If you get a Buddy Invite from someone who just shows up with no photo (just a generic gray silhouette), do you think you'll be more likely or less likely to add them as a buddy?
Maybe I'm shallow, but I tend towards the picture -- it's more appealing, it shows the person has put some effort into their profile, and it gives you more of a sense who they are.
Plus, uploading a photo to your profile is really easy. And you don't even have to use a photo of yourself -- you can use a photo that represents your personality, or even create a cartoon version of yourself by making a WeeMee (which is what I'm going to do here with my ReadyAIMJoe profile that I use to mess around with).
* First, you need a photo. I made a WeeMee, then took a screen shot, cut it down to 200x200, and saved it on my computer as a gif file:
2. Click the "Browse" button and choose the photo you want to use from your computer. You can use three photo formats: GIF (non-animated, sorry), JPEG or PNG files.
3. Click the "Preview" button. You have to do this -- it will show you the photo as it's going to be published.
Remember, the max photo display size for that spot is 200x200 pixels, so photos bigger than that will be automatically resized.
Photos that aren't square won't be cropped, stretched or squished, but they won't fill up all the available space. Preview will show you what the photo will look like when it's live.
* After you see your preview (you can title your photo if you like), click "Save Page" to publish your updated profile:
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Remember, the max size of your photo is 200x200. It will look the best if you pick that exact size (since it won't get shrunk or stretched). Also keep in mind that your photo will also be used for two different thumbnail sizes, 75x75 (for Buddy Galleries and Buddy Invites):
Hope this helps you add a pic to your profile.
Thanks -- Joe
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10:52:00 AM EDT
Hearing Shonen Knife, Spider House
Why You Should Add a Photo to Your Profile (and How)
It's not just that people are visual creatures, looking for eye candy; there's a practical reason, too: the photo that you upload for your profile is also used in your minipic, which people see when you invite them to be your buddy.
If you get a Buddy Invite from someone who just shows up with no photo (just a generic gray silhouette), do you think you'll be more likely or less likely to add them as a buddy?
Maybe I'm shallow, but I tend towards the picture -- it's more appealing, it shows the person has put some effort into their profile, and it gives you more of a sense who they are.
Plus, uploading a photo to your profile is really easy. And you don't even have to use a photo of yourself -- you can use a photo that represents your personality, or even create a cartoon version of yourself by making a WeeMee (which is what I'm going to do here with my ReadyAIMJoe profile that I use to mess around with).
* First, you need a photo. I made a WeeMee, then took a screen shot, cut it down to 200x200, and saved it on my computer as a gif file:
Pretend you don't see my old picture over on the left.
2. Click the "Browse" button and choose the photo you want to use from your computer. You can use three photo formats: GIF (non-animated, sorry), JPEG or PNG files.
3. Click the "Preview" button. You have to do this -- it will show you the photo as it's going to be published.
Remember, the max photo display size for that spot is 200x200 pixels, so photos bigger than that will be automatically resized.
Photos that aren't square won't be cropped, stretched or squished, but they won't fill up all the available space. Preview will show you what the photo will look like when it's live.
* After you see your preview (you can title your photo if you like), click "Save Page" to publish your updated profile:
Well, your WeeMee won't look like mine. That would be weird.
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Remember, the max size of your photo is 200x200. It will look the best if you pick that exact size (since it won't get shrunk or stretched). Also keep in mind that your photo will also be used for two different thumbnail sizes, 75x75 (for Buddy Galleries and Buddy Invites):
Hope this helps you add a pic to your profile.
Thanks -- Joe
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