Why I cannot upload a photo unto my profile?

[thunderingtown599]

[AnnForTruth]

I believe a person has to be a certain level before a profile picture can be uploaded.

[echinopsis .]

Yahoo no longer supports the creation of their (own) cartoon avatars.

But you can use a photo avatar or a cartoon avatar from another site, and if you have a Facebook or Twitter account, you can also use those avatars.

Go to: http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/privacy/ - make sure your profile isn't hidden, because if it is, your avatar won't show.

In case you want to use a Facebook or Twitter avatar, you need to link those accounts in the Profile options.
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/linked-accounts/

You have several options in case you want a photo avatar:
a) go to your Yahoo! Answers settings at http://answers.yahoo.com/my-activity > click edit my preferences near your current pic > click "Update photo or avatar",
b) go to your Yahoo! Profile at http://profile.yahoo.com/ , click on the current avatar.
Now upload a picture or choose one of the pics you've uploaded previously - the format can be bmp, jpg, png, or .gif.

Note: if you are on a mobile, you need to switch to desktop mode first in order for this to work.

[Riki]

possibly a glitch. Try clearing your cache and resize your avatar to make it smaller also.
In order for your avatar to show your profile can't be hidden.
Go here
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/privacy/
or

Click your avatar, click view profile click settings top right click profile privacy click edit your profile make your selections and save.