Hi bubbablue, How do you the animation? Easy, just pinch one from a website! I've not yet got to making my own animated gifs though people tell me it is easy, so I Google for Avatars and/or Smileys making sure that ones I'm interested in (by Googling their names/sites) aren't ones laden with spam then when I find a site or a specific animated gif, I Save as to my PC and file it away for use in Emails etc. Don't just save the link and use that as most sites don't allow/like hot-linking but do allow you to use their gifs for yourself. To use on a Forum like Web User I upload the gif to my on-line storage (I use Walagata) and then depending on the Forum or site's requirements for accessing it cut and paste either the image location or URL. This applies to both your Avatar (the image you use under your name) or your Signature that appears at the end of each post you make. If you look at this link it will tell you how. Have a go. Any probs post back and I'll try to help. Cheers Alan