# Where do I set the User Profile Image that appears in the menu bar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [June 22, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036 "2023-06-22T07:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/1 "2023-06-22T07:22:58Z")
I’ve added a user and have a column for their avatar image (which is a link to a gravatar.) However, I cannot get the users image to appear in the menu bar. What am I doing wrong? ![Screenshot 2023-06-22 at 3.21.14 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/f/bf5907ad4277060d72072c6cfd60f3e2bc1083dd.png) Thanks so much! Drew ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/2 "2023-06-22T11:43:52Z")
It’s your user profile configured to use that column as the image column? ---
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/3 "2023-06-22T12:00:11Z")
Jeff, I have a URL using an If/Then field for the URL of the user’s image. It displays correctly when I add a Title Element - but it doesn’t show the image in the little icon on the menu bar. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/4 "2023-06-22T12:04:54Z")
The image shown there will be the one that’s configured as the Image column in your User Profiles. It cannot be a computed column. ![CleanShot 2023-06-22 at 20.03.52@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/a/5ad90b508ca77e81304e91fafb7d6933c738146e.png) ---
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/5 "2023-06-22T12:07:06Z")
I see. I guess I’ll need to download each image and add it to the image column. It can’t be a URL either, I see. I’ll have to use Make to add the image. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/6 "2023-06-22T12:16:45Z")
Yes, it can be a URL. As long as the column type is Image. When you edit the column value, you have the option to choose between Upload, URL and Stock Image. ![CleanShot 2023-06-22 at 20.15.42@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/f/1f2d984026036f2f6414f9158e459c8d3496b005.png) ---
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/7 "2023-06-22T12:21:30Z")
Right… but it can’t be a dynamic URL. ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/8 "2023-06-22T12:33:01Z")
You can append `.jpg` to the Gravatar path. [Here’s the reference doc from Gravatar’s website.](https://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/) ![Rendering Gravatar images with file-type extensions](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/c/3c4c47001d33af6ecd32123aa7e454367526f5fe.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/9 "2023-06-22T12:42:11Z")
Hey Andy. I did read that Gravatar documentation. However, the Avatar can’t be a dynamic image url as far as I understand. Is that correct? It has to be an image uploaded to the table. ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/10 "2023-06-22T13:44:54Z")
It doesn’t have to be uploaded to the table. 🙂 Reference the Gravatar URL and append `.jpg` to the end. It’ll still be served dynamically from Gravatar. ---
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/11 "2023-06-22T13:56:08Z")
Hey Andy, Here’s what I have… ![Screenshot 2023-06-22 at 9.55.21 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/9/f9655b6240f616053230b602d16bc0fdf889522a.png) However, I don’t have that option in the User Profile. ![Screenshot 2023-06-22 at 9.54.59 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/b/6bf21c31c41e0b12919a57080268dd7d00c48d7e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/12 "2023-06-22T14:16:28Z")
Yeah, as noted earlier that won’t work because the URL needs to be in a non-computed column. If you wanted to automate the process, what you could do is trigger a webhook to Make with the URL and RowID, and then write it back into the table via the API. It would need a user-initiated action, so perhaps it could be part of your onboarding process? ---
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/13 "2023-06-22T14:23:48Z")
Thanks, Darren. I’m spending so much time sending stuff to Make and writing it back to Glideapps that I’m starting to dread working in Glide. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/14 "2023-06-22T14:54:47Z")
Can you write the gravatar URL into the user’s photo column as part of onboarding? ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/15 "2023-06-22T14:55:57Z")
In case you didn’t find it, you can calculate gravatar URLs in Glide with the “Email to Photo” column. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/16 "2023-06-22T15:00:37Z")
> [@david](#): > > Can you write the gravatar URL into the user’s photo column as part of onboarding? oh duh… of course 🤦‍♂️ Sometimes we get fixated on a particular solution and miss the simple option that’s staring us in the face 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/17 "2023-06-22T18:56:22Z")
Good idea. I’ll try that. ---
**Author:** ![mondrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mondrew/32/60553_2.png) [@mondrew](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mondrew)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/18 "2023-06-23T18:49:39Z")
I ended up writing the URL to the Image column during sign up using a webhook. Not bad. 🙂 Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/19 "2023-06-23T23:11:09Z")
Wouldn’t you be able to just use a set column action to do it instead of a webhook? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/where-do-i-set-the-user-profile-image-that-appears-in-the-menu-bar/63036/20 "2023-06-24T23:11:37Z")
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