How to edit your Gaia Profile background [NOW WITH PICTURES]

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[dusk222]

thank u for saving my life
i've had this account for like three years and had no clue!! lmao

[j0ker56]

thanks for the help and to let you know uron google leten u know

[Shinya Snowx]

Um.. I want to know how you can change this huge white thing and make the opacity different.. here's my profile link
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[Blending Unicorns]

Awwwww! Thankies!! But I have a question... I did all of that. Thenn... All of my stuff like my description and avatar goes in one row and I cant put it back up to its original place! emo Helpies? <:]

[imaninja91]

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[imaninja91]

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[Blue Torquise]

one question: how do u have profiles with multimedia?, like the tektek layouts why dnt they have multimedia

[Professionals]

OOOO nowi get it biggrin

[Xx-ii-CodyB-xX]

BrokenPiece

What? O.o

Okay it seems that there are a lot Gaians who don’t know how to edit their profile, so I’ll explain to you how to change your profile backgrounds. ^^


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Before you start

Before you start you need to make sure you have the right profile settings, this is how you do that:

Go to My Gaia -> Account Settings -> Preferences
Make sure Choose Profile is set to Current
Don’t forget to click Save all changes!

(If you use a different image host then photobucket you should also set Image Display to show_all_images just to be sure it shows.)jjkhsdzjkfhskj


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How to apply your own background

First pick a picture and upload it on a picture hosting site. For example here: http://www.photobucket.com/ (You will have to register an acount.) Save the URL somewhere or copy it. Be sure to copy the line after 'Direct link'.

Go to Gaia and click on: My Gaia and then Profile.

When your on your profile you click on Edit My Profile Layout in the upper right corner. When you click that you’ll probably have to wait a second.

When the blue bar appears you click Theme. A popup will open. (You can now pick a theme that matches the background you want to add, if you want to change it.)

Then click on the tab that says URL. There you paste the URL of the background, you have saved/copied earlier.

Click on Add and exit the popup. Click save, and the click on view to see your profile.


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How to apply a profile theme from tektek in 10 easy steps.

If you don’t want to make your own profile you can also download one from tektek.org This is how to pick one and apply it to your profile:

1. Go to tektek.org and click Gaia Profiles.
2. Find one you like and click it.
3. copy everything beneath this sentence: Copy this CSS code into your Theme Override box
(To be sure you don’t lose it you can copy and paste it in Microsoft Word or something like that.)

4. Go to My Gaia -> Account Settings -> Preferences
5. Make sure Choose Profile is set to Classic (I really has to be set to Classic, or it wont work!!!)
6. Don’t forget to click Save all changes!

7. Go to My Gaia -> Account Settings -> Profile theme
8. Paste the text you copied from tektek.org in the box. Please make sure it’s all of it!
9. Don’t forget to click Save all changes!

10. Go to My Gaia -> Profile to show your profile. I hope it worked out. If these 10 steps didn’t work please tell me couse I’m not sure it’ll work for everyone.


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Useful quotes.

Here are some useful quotes from other people who heplped others out:

Lil-Angel-Forever12

Good NEWS!

Everyone that said: "There's no edit my profile layout" button.

Here's the solution! I had the same problem and now I have found it!

Here's what you do...

1. Go to My Gaia, then account
2. Scroll down until you see "Choose profile"
3. Change it from Classic to Current
4. Go to your profile and start customizing!

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Rules

If you still have questions you can always ask, because I’ve subscribed to this thread.

To everyone with a question:

1. Please ask something in normal understandable English, or I won't answer.
2. Please explain a little, don't just say: "my profile doesn't work"
3. Please read the first post really carefully before asking something, ok?
4. I am just an everage Gaia user, please respect that I don't know all the answers to your questions.
5. Do not PM me anymore. It's kind of annoying.


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I hope this helps some people to make their profile prettier 3nodding

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[Wolf Love 2455]

Ahhhhhh i need help it wont let me change what i have typed in the about section!!!!

[lol sun]

it works! 3nodding

[Mok0]

thank you ^^ it was useful

[teenage orochimaru]

tank u sooooo much !! i had so much trouble doin dis b4 i foun dis ty ty ty heart mrgreen

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How do you add A Background In Classic Profile.?

[Zarifes]

(minor necro!)
question: (sorry if you answered it, not gunna read 10 pages xD)
Does the image URL HAVE to be from an image site? cant just use "Right click <- View Image <-copy url" on some random image?

and can you use .Gifs for backgrounds? cuz i just made this pic and be pissed if i cant use it lol