How to Add an Avatar on Friendster

Add an avatar to Friendster to represent you within the Friendster social network. A template is provided to build your animated 3D avatar so the process is as easy as multiple choice selection. Physical characteristics and dress are all style choices that personalize your avatar and make it a cyber extension of you.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Log in to the Friendster social network (see Resources below).
2. Place your cursor over the "My Profile" option on the options bar near the top of the page. A drop-down list appears.
3. Select "Avatars" from the drop-down list.
4. Click on the "Add App" button toward the middle of the page to add the avatar application to your Friendster profile. The process may take a minute or two. Watch the scroll bar at the bottom of your page for this function's progress.
5. Select "Make a Meez" on the avatar animation page presented on the screen. The page is labeled "Create Your Own 3D Experience on Friendster."
6. Choose either male or female for your avatar.
7. Build your avatar. Select options from each category presented: body type, face and features, skin and eye color, nose shape, hair style and beauty.
8. Save your avatar once you are happy with your choices.

Tips & Warnings

• Friendster is a patented Internet-based computer program that takes data you provide about yourself and your social contacts and integrates it into a visual representation of your relationships and your social network. Paths are recommended to connect people within the network and methods are provided to introduce people or to allow them to introduce themselves.