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Originally Posted by reebokandlace
Thank you (i have no idea what that means, "embed the tweet" but I appreciate you doing that!)
I just feel fortunate i that know how to bold my text...that is the extent of my computer skills. I have no idea how to change my avatar, a teenage relative set that up for me a decade ago...lol...
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LOL. It's not too difficult. Whenever you see a YouTube video or tweet on here, it's usually been embedded. That just means that you can see or watch the media without having to follow the link to the source. If you don't have the direct URL of the tweet, that's what you need.
1. Go to the person's twitter account:
https://twitter.com/kencaillat
2. You will note that you can only see tweets he has made, and not replies at the moment. There are three options for what you can view - 'tweets', 'tweets & replies' and 'photos & videos'. Click on the second. You'll now be at this URL:
https://twitter.com/kencaillat/with_replies
3. The very latest tweet (at the top of his timeline) is the tweet we want to embed into a forum post. When you hover over a tweet, you'll see a thin box with a coloured line which indicates which tweet you're about to click on. Click on the tweet you want, in this case the top one.
4. You'll be taken to the URL of Ken's tweet here:
https://twitter.com/kencaillat/statu...23382301192192
5. Under the tweet is information such as his location, the date and time of the tweet, as well as four more options. The backwards facing arrow allows you to 'reply', the arrows chasing one another allow you to 'retweet', the star allows you to 'favorite' (all of which can only be done if you have a twitter account), and the three dots bring up some other options. Click on the three dots.
6. You will see options to do several things, but the one you want is 'embed tweet'. Click on it.
7. A pop-up will appear, with a box containing a code (it just looks like text). All you need to do is click on that box and the code will become highlighted. Copy the code and then paste it into your post on The Ledge or another forum.
8. On this occasion, you'll see a ticked box under the code which says 'include parent tweet'. If you just wanted to insert Ken's tweet and not Richard's (which he was replying to), you just need to untick that box. The preview shows you what it will look like when embedded.
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As for changing your avatar, again, it's not too tricky. When you're on The Ledge, you'll see the menu bar thing up top which has options like 'User CP', 'FAQ', 'Members', etc. Click on User CP. That's your control panel, which allows you to make changes to your account.
You will now see a sidebar on the lefthand side of your screen with various headings like 'Settings & Options', 'Private Messages' and 'Subscribed Threads'. Under 'Settings & Options', there are links to where you can edit your signature, your avatar, and other account details. Simply click on 'Edit Avatar', the fifth option down.
You now have the option to change your avatar. If there's an image you want to use on the internet or on your computer, you first need to get it to the correct size. You'll see that the instructions say that it cannot be bigger than 75 by 75 pixels, or 19.5kb. I use Photoshop to edit something but I don't know if you have or use that software. If you do, simply open the image and crop it to the correct size.
If you don't already have an image on your computer, find one and save it. You need it to be a SQUARE so double-click the image, and it should open up into software which previews the image, and allows you to edit it. You need to crop it so that it's a square. Then go to this website and click browse. Add your edited image.
https://transloadit.com/demos/image-...esize-to-75x75
Scroll down the page to the heading 'Result Files', and it will have made your file the correct size. Click 'download' and save it to your computer. Now go back to where you were on The Ledge.
There are two boxed sections, the bottom of which says 'custom avatar'. Go to the 'browse' button and click it. Locate the image you just downloaded and click on it. This will upload and change your avatar for you. When that's done, click 'save changes' down the bottom. Then you can go back to the forum proper.