AIM Buddy Icons
To use...
1. Click on the Buddy Icon of your choice.
2. Click "OK" on the confirmation window.
3. You're finished.
Forum Avatars
To use...
1. Save the avatar that you want to use onto your hard drive.
2. Upload the avatar to your own webspace.
3. At the forum you post at, go into your control panel and click "Avatar Settings." (The name may vary but it should be something close to this.)
4. Set the option to the one that lets you put in an URL to an off-site avatar.
5. Type in the location of the avatar that is now on your own webspace.
6. You're done!