Icon

should i not use photoshop?... how did everyone else get one to work

save as "for internet"?

How to make an icon for the forums.
1. First you need to have at least some graphics experience, if not try using one of the pre-made icons and skip to step #4.

2.The requirements for your icon is that it must be 50x50 pixels and under 2 KB. You can use both JPG or GIF formats, animation and transparency are allowed in GIFs. Try and make your icon different so people can use it to recognize your posts. But, also try and keep the colors toned down a bit so it doesn't take attention away from the posts.

3.After you are done creating your icon you must re-name it to your user name on Newschoolers.com and place it in a directory on your computer that the title has no spaces in it, usually just your desktop is best. And use the upload feature of the icon page of the site to publish it, it may not appear right away but to see it right click on the page and hit 'refresh'.

4.This step only applies to people newer to computers or people that want to use one of the pre-made icons. First go to the icon page and find the one you like best and right click on it and select 'Save As' in the name box put your NS username with capitals and all and save it on your desktop. Then, push the 'Browse' button on the icon page, select the icon and push the 'Upload' button.

saving it as bmp. and reducing the colors worked

thx btw