Arhh! how long does it take for the 360 picture to show as my avatar here??

Question

im getting impatient. its been about a week.

Answer 1

not long if you make your yahoo360 blog from yahoo answers

Answer 2

It can take from immediately to much more than one week. Patience is necessary.

You can double-check that you've followed all the below instructions though:

Create a 360 space at http://360.yahoo.com . While logged into a yahoo service (mail, answers, whatever), type 360.yahoo.com in your web browser's address field (or just type 360 in a Yahoo! toolbar). Start creating your 360 space from there. Click "Get Started" button on the far right section of that page. NOTE: Like Yahoo! Answers, users should be age 13 and up to use Y!360.

Make sure a JPEG formatted photo (with .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe extension) under 5MB is saved to your hard drive.

- Click your "My Page" link at the top

- Click "Edit Profile Photos" over the empty picture frame

- Click "Browse" and upload photo into an empty field. Then click one "use as primary" radio button on the right before saving (if you've uploaded more than one image).

You can't upload more than 4 profile pictures (this includes an avatar). Make sure that you are following the 360 Personal Photo guidelines here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/360/gui... .

Then, come back to Yahoo! Answers.

- Make sure that it is the same Yahoo ID that you used for 360.

- Click the "My Profile" link to the upper right of this Yahoo! Answers page, then click "Edit My Info" in the top left box on the Answers profile page.

- Scroll down to the image section and check the option of showing the 360 picture. Click Preview and then the OK button. Then, WAIT.

NOTE: The image may not show up right away in Y/A, as it sometimes take days (and for some weeks) for the system to catch up. So, in the meantime, you will be without any picture on Y/A (a gray unisex icon) or an old 360 image. Just go through the above process and let your picture stay that way until the system makes your 360 image appear. If you don't want to wait, then just use a Yahoo! Avatar (http://avatars.yahoo.com ) and forget about using the 360 image.

Also, some people never see an image show up. You can always post a bug report (or piggyback on other's bug reports) on the issue at the Y/A forum: http://suggestions.yahoo.com/?prop=answe... . This link between Y/A and Y!360 has been buggy for years.

Answer 3

Alright, let's go through the steps again.. -  While logged in, go here:

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/360/

Upload a picture of yourself from your computer's hard drive, and save on your page. Once you've done this, it will also save it on your Yahoo Answers Profile. Return to that.

Click On "Edit my Info.", and then check off "Use my 360 picture as my Yahoo pic".

Save, and that's it!

Don't panic if it doesn't show up immediately... It should, but Yahoo's been having some glitches getting the new Answers Interface up, and the bugs should be worked out shortly. It might show up right away, though, so again, don't worry.. At most it'll take a couple of hours.

However, a WEEK is far too long.  If you try it again and it doesn't work, check the size of your photo to make sure it's correct, but it should be.  I would contact yahoo:

Here's the address: [e-mail]