# Custom avatars enabled! **URL:** \ **Category:** meta\ **Created:** [August 17, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410 "2013-08-17T15:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/1 "2013-08-17T15:00:20Z")
Thanks to some hard work by the DIscourse crew, your accounts avatars are no longer tied to Gravatar. To upload a custom avatar, pop into your account preferences and find your current one: [![](https://www.bigdinosaur.org/images/avatar1.png) ](https://www.bigdinosaur.org/images/avatar1.png) Hit the “Change” button next to it and upload your own: [![](https://www.bigdinosaur.org/images/avatar2.png) ](https://www.bigdinosaur.org/images/avatar2.png) I don’t believe animated gifs are supported, since the forum software resizes the images just like Vanilla, but IMO this is a good thing 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/road_rash/32/147_2.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/2 "2013-08-17T17:51:22Z")
Thanks. My avatar is now animated so I believe GIF must be supported. If you look closely the blue background should change to grey and back. It’s subtle so I don’t think it’s obtrusive but I can change it back to a still image if you prefer. EDIT: It kind of looks shitty re-sized smaller or larger on my monitor at work so I may just change it when I get home tonight. ☹ Otherwise it looks good at the original 75X75… ![](http://cog.discourse.group/uploads/cog/6/6b1f3493368940e1.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/3 "2013-08-17T18:02:38Z")
Yep, looks animated to me! ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/road_rash/32/147_2.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/4 "2013-08-17T18:25:36Z")
> [@Lee\_Ars](#): > > Yep, looks animated to me! I changed it back to a still image already. I couldn’t take the butchery the re-sizing did to the animated version anymore. I may play around with it again when I get some time. ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/road_rash/32/147_2.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/5 "2013-08-18T21:17:32Z")
> [@Lee\_Ars](#): > > I don’t believe animated gifs are supported, since the forum software resizes the images just like Vanilla, **but IMO this is a good thing** Where’s the option for the large, obnoxious and preferably animated signature? ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/6 "2013-08-18T21:35:18Z")
Oh, that option is [right here!](http://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-signatures/1127) ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/road_rash/32/147_2.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/7 "2013-08-18T21:47:20Z")
> [@Lee\_Ars](#): > > Oh, that option is right here! ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Burns](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nick_burns/32/3424_2.png) [@Nick\_Burns](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nick_Burns)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/8 "2013-08-19T06:47:02Z")
Size/dimension restrictions? ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/9 "2013-08-19T13:19:14Z")
I don’t believe there are any, but the software automatically resizes the avatar. There are (IIRC) three separate avatar sizes used, one for display next to a post, and the other for display in infobars (the “in reply to” bar and others like that). And I think there’s a large avatar size used when you click on a user’s info page. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/10 "2013-08-24T15:52:55Z")
Just a reminder to everyone: update your avatars! ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/road_rash/32/147_2.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/custom-avatars-enabled/410/11 "2013-08-25T23:42:04Z")
The stock Discourse avatars aren’t all that exciting. 💤