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Nov 1 2007   8:03PM GMT

The cure for grayness has been discovered!



Posted by: Brent Sheets
ITKE, Public Profile, Tips, Site Features

SilhouetteHey, don’t get too excited, I’m referring to that gray silhouette that appears next to your question when you post on IT Knowledge Exchange. We’re a community here; so don’t hide behind that default avatar like a shadow – show yourself!

To get rid of the gray – first, log into IT Knowledge Exchange and click the Edit my Public Profile link. Then it’s a simple matter of clicking a couple of buttons to upload your photo or logo. Pretty simple cure, eh?

And while you’re on your profile page, why not enter a little information about yourself to allow your fellow members to learn more about you? It’s a good way to share your interests or areas of expertise with the ITKE community. There is even a place to enter the URL of your blog or website. And we all know a little self-promotion never hurt anyone.

C’mon, we all want to see more faces and less gray silhouettes. So login and visit the Edit my Public Profile link today. Thanks.

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MargaretRouse  |   Nov 1 2007   11:32PM GMT

Have you thought about putting up a couple of techie-looking images on a page so readers can pick one out for themselves? A penguin, a GNU, a Windows logo, a Mac guy, stuff like that? Busy people might appreciate being able to do that instead of spending time trying to resize their photo so it fits without looking out of whack.


 

BrentSheets  |   Nov 6 2007   3:00PM GMT

Yep, that’s a good idea. We’ve considered offering a collection of avatars for members to choose from or allowing gravatars — or a combination of the two. The problem with gravatars is that the servers can be so very slow. The bottom line is that if our members want it, we’ll do it. Right now we’re concentrating on our next batch of features that will be live shortly but we’ll certainly think about improving the avatar feature, as well.


 

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