whats a photo bucket?
Hee hee. She means go to
http://photobucket.com/, and click the big green Join Now button. It really is free, just give them an email address. If they ask for anything else, decline.
Once you have an account there, you can upload pictures to photo bucket. If you want one to put by your name, make it a square to avoid distortion.
Then you need to get the link to the photo. If you go to your photo on photo bucket, there will be several versions of links below it. Click on the one that says Direct Link. You should see a little yellow rectangle pop up that says Copied.
Now go to your profile page, and click on the section titled Forum Profile Information. The first entry is "I have my own pic". If you right click in the box there, you can paste the link from photo bucket. Then just scroll to the bottom of the form and click the Save Changes button.
Okay, it is not as easy as pie, but it is doable.
Steve