New here - help with Avatar? and 2 more questions

[twoblackdogz]

Hi - I've been browsing this website for a few days and registered yesterday. I'm glad I found this site. I've burned wood my whole life - we used a traditional fireplace for a while then an appalachian woodstove. Now, on my own, for the past 14 years I have heavily burned wood in a dumb old prefab fireplace- always wanted a woodstove or insert. A month ago I had my Regency R90 fireplace installed. WOW! Now after reading this website I'm finding I still have a lot to learn about burning a fire in a woodstove. For now - I have two questions (actually 3). I've spent 2 hours trying to figure out how to add an avatar - thought I had it resized properly by Picasa but I must be doing something wrong. How can I get my avatar uploaded? Keeps saying it's not in the correct form but it is jpeg. Second question is, what are "secondary flames"? I don't like to ask a common question that has been answered elsewhere on the site but cannot find the answer. Also, never heard of using a thermometer. Where would I put a thermometer on my relatively flat fireplace? I've already learned from this site that my glass will stay cleaner if I leave the draft open a little more than I have been!
OK, my luck with photos this morning is not good but I'm trying to attach a photo to see if I can get that to work.

 

[Jags]

Secondary Flames - https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/26999/

Edit: for your avatar, after resizing, make sure that it is saved locally on your PC. Then try to upload.

 

[fossil]

Pics, including avatars:

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewannounce/27_2/

Rick

 

[twoblackdogz]

Thanks! I have seen secondary flames in my fireplace but didn't know they were called that.

I'll have to keep working on the avatar. I have read the link on photos, and I have the avatar saved locally on my computer. Just not able to upload it. Maybe I'll try it from a different computer.