Blog Icons by the People, for the People
Good news!
The blog icon system has been democratized: you can now change your blog pictures whenever you want.
Here's how it works:
1) Format your picture. It should be a jpg or pct file, and a perfect square, 32 x32 pixels. If you send the computer something larger, or something in a different shape, it will force the image to 32x32. So keep in mind, anything really visually complicated, like an army of zombies or a bear fighting a shark, will look like soup.
2)Rename your picture as [your user name] dot [jpg or pct or whatever].
In case you've forgotten, your user name is probably the first letter of your first name followed by your last name... for example, I, Jamie Antonisse, am jantonisse. I renamed my picture jantonisse.jpg. Don't tell anyone.
2) log into MT as if you were going to write a new blog entry
(in case you've forgotten, the url is here. )
3) Click on "upload file", choose the picture you created, and upload. If it doesn't show up within a few minutes, double check the file path. It should be set to
So please, go forth and differentiate yourselves. We'd like to minimize those lopsided IMD ninja stars on the "people" page.