All I did was sign-up, choose a default avatar, and added a sig and I was activated. I say this because the first time I tried to create an account, I didn't choose a default avatar or add a sig and that account was never activated.
Nothing to do really...it took a while for my account to get activated when I signed up, 10 days or so I think. For a while I was wondering if it wasn't working or something.
After you sign up you are supposed to get an email with a link to click to get your account activated. This is an automated process, I believe.
Upon activation you should be able to log in but still cannot post or reply. That's only possible after one of the admins validated your account. In my case it happened about 4-5 hours the initial registration so I should say they were pretty quick espceially because it was Sunday.
Oh, and apparently it has nothing to do with an avatar.
I thought they had forgotten about me for a few weeks after I signed up. Oh well, here I am passing the workday away with happy little posts....and we've got a nice happy tree that lives right over here...and look, there's a big happy cloud there in our sky...how 'bout we put a nice rolling stream right down the middle of our mountains here....
Yes AZ Forums is definately a HAPPY place indeed! :grin: