# Creating Custom Avatars in RoR

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-custom-avatars-in-ror/121862>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 2, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-custom-avatars-in-ror/121862 "2007-12-02T01:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-custom-avatars-in-ror/121862/1 "2007-12-02T01:57:39Z")

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I’ve seen tutorials on how to do this with PHP, and I’m wondering how  
I can get started on this type of thing with RoR. In case you don’t  
know what I’m talking about, here’s a tutorial of how to do this in  
PHP:

[http://www.partdigital.com/tutorials/custom-avatar](http://www.partdigital.com/tutorials/custom-avatar)

I’m new to RoR so I’m not sure how to approach this…any help is  
appreciated. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-custom-avatars-in-ror/121862/2 "2007-12-02T17:22:56Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid pisze:

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i would also want to know how to do that…
