Avatars now available for Webchat users who have a registered Nick

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Here all necessary process needed to get your Avatar on WebChat, please follow the requirement step by step.

Requirement

1- you must be register user at ICQ-Chat Chat server, if you need help with that join #Help room

2- You must supply your Account nick . this may not be the nick you usually use - check by typing /NickServ info yournick     Example: -NickServ- Information on UserChat (account Alice), in this case the account name is Alice

3- you must register at ICQ-Chat Gallery:

Here

4- make sure your Avatar format is .JPG, you MUST name it as your account-name in lower-cases before starting upload.

5- upload yor Avatar:

Here and Select an album (Avatar), after uploaded get your Avatar page link

6- Go to HelpDesk:

Here and submit Avatar request including your 1-(account-name) and your 2-(Avatar page link)

if you give wrong account nick / picture format, your process get delay.

Avatars only work on your account name so once you are told that the Avatar has been added, change nicks to your account name nick if you are not already using it.


How To See Your Avatar:
leave the room and rejoin #chat.  Your avatar should then work for you.
but if you didn't see it you need to do clear cache or hard refresh your browser page:
(Ctrl + Shift + R for windows / Cmd + Shift + R for Mac)
then reconnect and it should be work.
unregistered user and (registered user who does not prefer getting avatar), automatically will get default avatar no matter what nick they use.

Things you need to be aware of

1- you can ask to change your avatar once every 2 months.

2- IF you ask to remove your avatar it will not be back before 2 months after removing.

It is not an automatic feature and Admins actions these requests asap.

Bear with us while this new feature is developed and we iron out the wrinkles

[HB]

Request or comments should either be by contacting us in #help or via a ticket on the helpdesk.

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