How to Show a Picture With Your Comment
tech support March 13th, 2008
You may notice in the comments section that some people have a picture associated with their names, and others just have the default Junk Drawer icon (shown at left). How is that done?
This blog uses a WordPress plug-in called Easy Gravatars, which harvests images (or avatars) associated with email accounts registered with My Gravatars. It’s a free service, where you enter your email address (you can create more than one) and then associate a picture with it. When you use that email address on a blog comment, the picture you choose will appear along with it.
Sign-up is simple. Go to Gravatar.com and enter the email address(es) you use on blogs. Choose an image to use for that email, crop it and then associate it with that address. When you leave a comment on any gravatar-enabled blog, your picture will show up next to your name.
If you have any questions, or if you want to test it out, drop a comment in the drawer.
Note: I got some help with my Junk Drawer icon from The Awesome and Talented Kev at Special Kind of Stupid. He was able to tweak a larger logo I created using Flickr images. Eventually, another version of this icon will appear at the top of my blog. Thanks, Kev!
Stumble it!
March 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
You’ve started a gravatar revolution!
kev’s last blog post..Is The Government Spying On Schizophrenics Enough?
March 16th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Thanks!!!
KFJ’s last blog post..Irony
March 16th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
kev — That’s me. A revolution starter. Up next — ending Daylight Savings Time. I know how much you love it. Thanks again for making my cool new logo. You’re the man!
KFJ — It’s working! Woo hoo!
March 16th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Thanks for this post. I thought to myself when I read it, “I’ve never heard of this thing…” then when I went to register, it said I already existed.
Pass the Ginko, please.
Don’s last blog post..Because I Do
March 17th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Don — Don’t worry. You’re not the first that happened to! I’d pass you the Ginko, but I forgot where I put it.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:13 am
Ooooo… I just can’t help myself. I’m going to go sign up. Then I’ll come back and comment! Fun!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:22 am
Awww… My Gravatar didn’t work. I did everything I was supposed to. Sad face.
March 21st, 2008 at 4:14 am
Corrina — Yea! It works!
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Thanks for this great info sharing! It works!
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January 10th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
I think my last comment was deleted as it was picked up as spam or something yet I tried to be very careful and not do anything odd.
What I said was thanks for letting me know about the Gravitar. This is the first blog where the chosen picture appears.
Cheers, Geoff
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January 10th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Geoff — Sorry ’bout that. You’re in now, though. Glad Gravatar is working for you here (and hopefully elsewhere).