(NEWB) AVATAR

Hi guy's, Look I'm New at all this "Dolphin"  and can already see this is going to cost me greatly. I came from using a program called "fusionbb" POS in my eye's for what In wanted to accomplish, But this seems like the mother of all Dragons, and one hell of a cash cow, I'm trying to figure out how on my site do I get it where we can Place pictures (gallery) instead of the "no face" avatars they have set up in there?

make your members crop there avatar to there profile picture instead of useing an avatar they use there real picture . this will solve the problem but many members dont want to use real pics as avatars and want to keep them on there profile for members to see only

@ grim - Yes, check forums for how to require someone to upload an avatar during signup.  This can be any image at all, not just a personal photo.  Many people use graphic art or some other photo as an avatar.  Members have option of inculding an avatar in their personal photos, but some site owners like myself have eliminated that option to keep avatars and public photos separate.  There are posts on that as well.

As to being a 'Cash cow," if you really can't work at all with code (I don't mean writing it from scratch, but just following basic instructions in the forum) then it will be expensive to have someone do all the work for you.  But if you are patient and willing to take the time to learn, you can have a very nice site with little to no extra cost above getting a good hosting company (very Important).  Depends on how crazy you want to get with mods, but they are not necessary if you're concerned about budget.  I learned everything as I went, bought 1 template and 1 youtube mod.  The rest of the cost was my own sweat.  You can't get away without that.

Keep with it.  You'll be fine.