Take your Avatar with you
March 6, 2007 on 9:23 am | In Avatars | 11 Comments
It’s great fun to change the clothes, backgrounds and accessories on your Avatar. But when you sign out of Messenger, that’s the end of your Avatar until next time, right? Nope! You can display your Avatar on a personal web page, blog or even MySpace page using the handy export tools on the Avatars site.
To get started, visit the Export your Avatar page (you may need to sign in first). You can choose to export a small (48×48 pixels) or large (150×235) version of your Avatar in JPG or PNG graphic format. Then just copy the snippet of HTML code that’s provided and drop it into your blog, MySpace page or other webpage to display your Avatar. When you update your Avatar on Yahoo!, it will automatically update on your page too.
You can also save the image of your Avatar to send in email, upload to your Yahoo! 360 profile, or even to use as a display image in another IM program. Visit the Download your Avatar page to get started.
One drawback to the exported or downloaded Avatar – it’s a static image that doesn’t animate with the facial expressions and moods that you normally see when you’re using Yahoo! Messenger. But leave it to our friends at WackyB to tackle that challenge and find a solution! Check out the WackyB article “I’ve borrowed my Yahoo! Avatar” to find out how to embed an animated version of your Avatar into a webpage.
If you’ve got your Avatar appearing on your website or blog, drop us a note in the comments with the web address so we can check it out!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
Yeah, I used it for Life-Line project…
And I submited at Y! France you define export as animated GIF.
We discover that animated GIF strap more users on MyBlogLog
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Comment by Olivier D. alias ze kat — March 7, 2007 #
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Pingback by unsakred.net » Take your Yahoo! Messenger Avatar with you — March 7, 2007 #
hey i like you all website and then again i dont because we cant make any A.V.A.T.A.R………….
Comment by khadijadra — March 7, 2007 #
I was wondering why Yahoo closed all of their chat rooms down. Doeas anyone know?
Comment by Having trouble — March 8, 2007 #
hello like your person
Comment by Toneisha — March 8, 2007 #
“I was wondering why Yahoo closed all of their chat rooms down. Doeas anyone know? ” you mean user chat rooms?i presume yahoo had a lawsuit against them because certain people were concerned about the content in those rooms they will never be back in my opinion another sad loss i liked those rooms no bots etc.. invite your own ppl sigh…
Comment by Karl — March 16, 2007 #
http://www.TwoPics.com offers a free digital photo software to help you design and share your Yahoo! Instant Messenger avatars.
You can use your own photos or select popular ones from their image library.
First go to http://twopics.com/create.php and choose the TwoPics you want to use. Then upload them using the form on the TwoPics homepage. The small image is the one your friends will see when they look at their contacts lists while big image is the one your friends will see when they point to your name in that list.
Twopics.com’s photo editor software will resize the digital photos you want to use and optimize them for Y! Messenger. You can use jpeg, gif or png file formats.
Comment by MataseAlba — March 18, 2007 #
wow.it works great on my pc! Thanks to whoever wrote this blog!
Comment by yong jun xian — March 19, 2007 #
What about on yahoo messenger web????????????????????????????
Comment by Becca — June 17, 2008 #
i have a question? is there anyway to use a animated gif as an afatar?
Comment by McGooey — August 15, 2008 #
i want to be able to use my avatar sometimes, and also my own photo. how can i do this
Comment by karen brownlee — May 10, 2009 #