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Managing Avatars

Avatars are one way for people to make their participation in the community more personal. You can configure the avatar settings for the community and manage the avatars that are available to your users by default.

An avatar is an image that represents a person in the community. A person's avatar is displayed when they contribute. You can turn on or off avatars in your community, specify the limits for displayed avatars, let users upload their own avatars, and manage the gallery of the avatars.

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Admin Console: People > Settings > Avatar Settings

The application includes an avatar gallery of images. By default, the avatars are available for the registered users of your community. You can add new images to the gallery and delete obsolete images.

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 are able to select from the set of avatar images or upload their own.

For more information, see Managing avatar gallery.

Configuring avatar settings​

To configure the avatar settings:

  1. In the Admin Console, go to People > Settings > Avatar Settings.

  2. To enable avatars, select Enable Avatars for all Registered Users next to Permissions.

  3. To let the system resize the avatars to fit into the limits, select the Auto Resize Uploaded Avatars check box.

  4. Specify the avatar limits in pixels in Maximum Image Width and Maximum Image Height. The default setting is 128x128 px for cloud users compared to 400x400 px for the general version.

  5. To enable users to upload their avatars, do the following:

    1. Select Enabled next to User Uploaded Avatars.

    2. Specify the Maximum number of uploaded avatars per user in the box.

    3. If the user avatars must pass moderation, select the Moderate uploaded user avatars check box.

  6. Click Save Settings.

Supporting user-uploaded avatars​

For the users to personalize their profiles, you can enable avatars and let the users upload their avatars. Users can select one of the default images or upload new images, such as their photos.

Moderating user-uploaded avatars​

You can have every user-uploaded avatar image added to a moderation queue for approval by checking Moderate uploaded user avatars. For more information, see Setting up user-uploaded avatar moderation.

Resizing avatars​

You can set the maximum height or width that uploaded avatars should be. The default size is 128 by 128 pixels in the cloud version. Additionally, you can enable auto resizing of uploaded avatars to make it easier for people to upload the images they want to use.

  • Configuring avatar settings Enabling and configuring avatars let users select avatars from the gallery and upload new avatars themselves.
  • Managing avatar gallery As an administrator, you can delete existing default avatars, upload new default avatars, and define the default one.
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Configuring people-related settings