| Depending on the nature of your site, of course, one | | | | Then select the region of the graphic - as evenly |
| good way to help your visitors remember to come | | | | square as you can get it - with the mouse cursor and |
| back and see you is by offering cool buddy icons for | | | | go into the programs menu and select 'crop'. |
| them to download. | | | | |
| | | | Go back to the image size option in the program's |
| It's very easy to do. First you'll need some graphics | | | | function menu and resize your image to 50 by 50 |
| software, the Gimp is a good, free alternative to | | | | pixels. |
| Photoshop, even Irfanview can make these though. | | | | |
| | | | Save as either a .gif or .jpg format, and be sure the file |
| Start by selecting some images that fit nicely with your | | | | is 7k or less, and that's it. You have a buddy icon. |
| theme. Character graphics (people and animals) work | | | | Make several and offer them for free download. |
| best, but I've also seen cars, planes, computers and so | | | | |
| on used. | | | | Now every time your visitor fires up their AIM instant |
| | | | messaging client, they'll see the icon they got from you |
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| image size, and constrain proportions. | | | | Pie! |
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