I see that the site allows animated signatures and animated smileys. I wish to inquire as to why the site won't let me have an animated avatar. Why are the first two allowed and not the avatar???

it does ... just make sure they are .gif files :)

It didn't last night! I'll try again at lunch, thanks.

I was able to try it just now - It doesn't work - I get this message:

You may not upload animated images.

It is a .gif file

Will fix it later tongiht.. thanks for your post and PM lol