Have you ever noticed how some people’s photo’s appear next to their comments and others do not?
In this post you will learn how to get your avatar to show up automatically when you leave a blog comment or forum post.
What is an Avatar?
Avatars are the small photos that represent you online. Most authors use their author photo as their avatar.
Why Bother?
Having an avatar next to your name helps you look more professional and can boost traffic to your website.
How to Setup Your Universal Avatar
These steps take about 5 minutes and will save you tons of time in the long tun.
- Step #1 Go to Gravitar.com
- Step #2 Click sign up now!
- Step #3 Type in your email address and click sign up. Gravatar uses your email address to link your avatar with your comment.
- Step #4 Check your email and click the activation link.
- Step #5 Pick a nickname and password. Only lowercase letters and numbers allowed for the username.
- Step #6 Add an image by clicking “Add one by clicking here.” Gravitar can grab images from your computer, your webcam, and the internet.
- Step #7 Click “My Computer’s hard drive” to select a photo from your computer.
- Step #8 Choose file and find the photo you want to use on your computer.
- Step #9 Crop the photo. This is fun and fairly self explanatory. Then click “G” for your rating.
- Your done! Now your comments on blogs and forums around the world will have your avatar.
Did it work?
Feel free to test your avatar by leaving a comment below.
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25 Responses
Thanks for posting this~ I gave this a try months ago without success and have suffered the heartbreak of Gravatar Envy ever since :)
Your Comments
Sorry — Trying again to say thanks! Apparently my Gravatar is smarter than I am.
I have never heard of Gravatar and I already love it!
Nice post. Thanks for the info.
Thanks. This was interesting and helpful. You’ve got a lot of good info here. I look forward to returning.
Easy! Thanks…
Hey Thomas –
You taught me how to do Skype and Gravatar all in one day. Now on to Tweetie!
Did it work? What is this that a comment can be too short?
Testing
Testing
Avatar. 1-2 1-2 screeeech!
Working?
Let’s see if this works…
Testing … 1-2-3 … Testing
The process was easy… testing….
Hopefully it works this time around.
thank you thank you, this is very helpful.
thanks for the great tips
Thanks for letting me try. Does it work???
nice article…lets test it out!
This is a great timesaver..thanks!
That was helpful. Thanks.
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Totally not sure how this works. Crossing my fingers here!
Thanks, Thomas! Was just wondering about this and hadn’t yet had a chance to start poking around to see how to get the avatar on blog comments. So glad to see your post on this very topic today!
Excellent, simple and clear instruction – thanks!
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Test.
Alright lets see if this works.
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