Hi Vivi, welcome to Orchid Board! When it says put the url of your picture, that is if you are using something like Photobucket. (The url is the web page address ) You then paste in the Photobucket or whatever url. I know you have to have 5 posts before you can post pictures but not sure about profile pics. You can download your picture directly from your computer to Orchid board. You click on user CP at top left of page. The Click on profile, then click on edit avatar. You can chose a picture from your computer or anywhere on web (usuing url for web). Hope this helps and dose not confuse you more