How do I change my profile pic on this site?

[James]

I have seen people with animated faces and regular pictures that they have taken but I dont get how to change mine.

[Barkley Hound]

READ STEP 1

Your avatar can be a cartoon or a photo. You can also use your Facebook or Twitter avatar. For an animated gif you should make it your Twitter avatar first.

STEP 1.
In order for your avatar to appear you must make your Yahoo Profile visible. That is done here:
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/privacy/
There is no reason to hide your profile. Nothing appears unless you enter it and turn a switch on. The name can be anything you want.

STEP 2.
If you want to use your Facebook or Twitter avatar be sure to link the sites in the Profile options.
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/linked-accounts/

STEP 3.
To create a cartoon avatar first go to http://avatars.yahoo.com and create one.

STEP 4.
Click on the default avatar in Y!A and select "edit my preferences".
[shortcut: http://answers.yahoo.com/my-activity/edit/about ]
Click on "update photo or avatar" and a small window will open.
You can select the cartoon, Facebook, or Twitter avatar or upload your own photo.
After clicking "use selected photo" be sure to click "submit".
The same photo will appear in the Yahoo Profile.

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[ElectroBrad]

On the side of the screen, it should say "Hello, James" and then your points are listed under your name. Click your name. Now on that page there should be a button that says "Edit My Preferences", click that. Now on THAT page, there should be a button that says "Upload Photo or Avatar".

Hope it helps!

[Ooops]

You can only do that if it's Your question and not yet in voting. Once a question has been resolved it becomes the property of Yahoo answers and cannot be deleted. That is part of the rules of the site which we agreed to when you signed up.

[magnumgirl]

Click Edit My Preferences, then click Add a photo or avatar. If you want a photo, then choose one from where ever you have them stored. If you want an avatar then follow below:

Step by Step How To Create An Avatar:

Click this link to get to the avatar screen. http://avatars.yahoo.com
Then look up to the top right and click Preferences to choose Male or Female.
Then look at Appearance, Apparel, Extras, Background and Branded.
Each category has sub categories and numbered pages to look through.
After each choice you make that you want to keep, click Save Changes in the avatar pane, orange bar.
Then return to My Activity, click Edit My Preferences.
Under the new avatar click Use my Yahoo avatar, scroll to and click Submit.
If it doesn't show right away, give it some time, Yahoo has been having problems lately.
If you have your profile set to private, your avatar won't show on answers.