| Administering the Community / Configuring People-Related Settings | |
An avatar is an image that represents a person in the community. A person's avatar is displayed when they contribute. Avatars are one way for people to make their participation in the community more personal. You can configure avatars in the admin console.
The application includes several avatar images. By default, administrators and moderators can choose from among these, but you can enable the choice for registered users as well. When registered users can choose avatars, they'll be able to choose from the avatars pictured in the Admin Console. If the community is configured to support it, they can also upload their own images to use as avatars.
With avatars enabled, users see a "Change photo & avatar" link in the Actions list of their profile page. Depending on how you've set up the feature, users will be able to select from the set of avatar images you've selected, or upload their own.
As an administrator, you can delete existing default avatars or upload new default avatars. To upload a new avatar, from the Avatar Settings page, scroll down to Create New Avatar, and then browse to and upload your new image.
You can enable avatars for users so they can personalize their profile. You can also allow users to further personalize their experience in the community by enabling user-uploaded avatars. With this feature enabled, people can upload as many images as you specify, and choose one of these images when they want to make a change. You can set the maximum height or width that uploaded avatars should be (in pixels, by default 128 by 128). Enable auto resizing of uploaded avatars to make it easier for people to upload the images they want to use.
You can have every user-uploaded avatar image added to a moderation queue for approval by checking Moderate uploaded user avatars. To learn more, see Moderating User-Uploaded Avatars.
You can set the maximum height or width that uploaded avatars should be (in pixels, by default 128 by 128). Enable auto resizing of uploaded avatars to make it easier for people to upload the images they want to use.