How do you get your Avatar to be your Yahoo picture?

I'm new to yahoo answers how do I get my avatar for my picture?

• I want a picture for my yahoo answers picture, and the grey smiley face is to plain for me...how do I make an avatar and how do I make it my picture?

• Answer:

  You can have a Yahoo! Avatar like mine, or upload an image. YAHOO! AVATAR: Go to http://avatars.yahoo.com to create a Yahoo! Avatar. If you need help with making the avatar, follow instructions at http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/avatars/ (and http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/avatars/preferences/avatar-06.html particularly). Make sure that you click the orange "Save Changes" button below your Avatar preview window on the left side before leaving that site. Sometimes you have to log out and come back in to do it again because it might not save. Then, go to Yahoo! Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com ). Click on the "My Profile" link on the far, upper right area of the page. This takes you to your Y/A profile page. Click "Edit My Info" in the top left box on the Answers profile page. Choose your avatar in the pic section. Click the Preview button, and then the OK button. The Yahoo! Avatar will likely appear after you refresh the page. YAHOO! PROFILE PHOTO: - Go to http://profiles.yahoo.com and complete the setup process if you haven't already. See http://help.yahoo.com/tutorials/prof/prof/prof_start1.html for a tutorial. Note that if you choose to hide your profile (http://help.yahoo.com/tutorials/prof/prof/prof_control3.html ) that may prevent the image from showing up on Yahoo! Answers. - Mouseover the picture area in the Profile Card (top left box). Click the "Change Photo" link. - Click the "Add Photo" link - Click the "Browse" button to the right of the text field. A window should pop-up that allows you to search your computer files for a JPEG or PNG-formatted image under 5MB in file size to upload. Select the image file name and click the "Open" button on the popup box. In area #2, enter the text displayed in the box into the text field. Then, click the gold rectangular button that says "Upload". - The window will refresh, and you will need to crop the image. Click and drag on corner boxes to extend the cropping box or click within the box and drag to move it. Regarding sizing and cropping issues, see http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2009/03/27/the-latest-on-profiles and http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=answers&fid=139002 for Yahoo! staff responses. - Click the gold rectangular button that says "Crop" when you are done. - The window refreshes. Click on the image that you want to use. Click the gold rectangular button that says "Use this Selected Photo". - Click "My Profile" to the upper right of this Yahoo! Answers page, then click "Edit My Info" in the top left box on the Answers profile page. - In the "Picture" section, choose the "Use my Profiles image" option. You should choose that option whether the image is showing there or not. - Click the "Preview" button, then the "Ok" button. - If you are able to select the "Use my Profiles image" option, the image may not show up right away. You will need to wait for the image to appear or try refreshing your web page. If the option doesn't appear or work after a few days, contact Yahoo! Profile staff via the Help Form at http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/profiles/general.html . See http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/profiles/photos/01.html , http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/profiles/profiles-751483.html , http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2009/03/18/what%E2%80%99s-happening-to-my-image/ , http://www.yprofileblog.com/blog/2009/09/17/new-and-improved-look-functionality-for-your-profile/ for further details.