How to Get Your Photo to Show Up in Your Comments
ByYou may have noticed on many WordPress Blogs/Websites that when people make a comment a little tiny photo of them shows up. But when YOU make a comment, all you get is that ‘mystery man’ in grey. Boring!
Well, if you’d like to have an image next to your comments on any WordPress website on the internet, you can use a ‘Gravatar’. A ‘Gravatar’ is your little avatar that shows up when you comment on your websites, or other websites.
Here is a video to explain what a gravatar is:
To get a ‘Gravatar’, you just open a free account by going to www.Gravatar.com , and upload your picture ONCE.
Then anytime you comment on someone’s WordPress website, it shows up automatically! I created a short video to explain how you set this up. It only takes a few minutes.
Getting a Gravatar Account (6 min 13 sec)
Try it out and leave me a comment on this blog!
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Thanks so much Christina for the great tip about gravatar’s! It took me 2 minutes to make my gravatar!
I’ve been listening to your teleseminar from TSS 1ShoppingCart. I love how you cover all the bases! Thanks for being such a great teacher!
Great tip.
I have a gravatar account and have at least 3 links there but sometimes it still doesn’t show up. I guess I need to go back and check it out again.
Thanks.
Well, added this email so I should be all set! Let’s see if you can see me!
Christine
I see you Christine!
Thanks Christina for the wonderful tip. I have joined up and hopefully you will see me. I have just found your site and am loving all the information which is so timely because I have started two blogs and want to eventually start a membership site. I am so glad I will be able to learn to do it myself instead of rely on some one else. Keep up the great info!
Charyn,
So glad you are liking the information. I will look for you on Tuesday during new student registrations….
Christina, I just registered a new domain name for a new website that I want to put up. If I register with my old website and email address and I want to show my new one, will I be able to do that with the Gravatar? In the video that you provided, I see where it says you cannot delete an email address. Is that correct? Even if you are no longer using it? I’m thinking I should wait to create my Gravatar account until I have my website up with the corresponding email address. Thanks for you informative lesson.
Eva,
with gravatar you can have multiple email addresses.
I would not worry about that, I would just go get a gravatar and start using it. It’s ok if you stop using an email address, because that email address is not public.
Are you going to join me in the summer program?
http://websitecreationworkshop.com/register/
Thank you, Christina. What a great tip! Love the simplicity with which you teach new information.
Susan,
glad you liked this gravatar tip!
and I like that I can see you smiling
That’s really cool. Thanks for the post!
Thanks for the info – can you change your image at any time?
Margaret,
yes you can change your photo at any time.
PLUS you can add multiple email addresses.
SO you can post on different blogs/wordpress websites with different email addresses and it will find you
Thanks for responding – I’m looking forward to more of your videos.
In your course is there any one on one mentoring. For instance, do you teach how to install WordPress and then answer questions on individual problems or stumbling blocks we may encounter in the process?
Best
Margaret
A BIG thumb up! I love the video, its so comfortable and vivid. I came to your post through youtube when I was looking for resources to write a new blog post on gravatars. I’ve used your video in my post, hope you won’t mind.
Followed you through twitter and facebook that I use most.
Suresh,
glad you liked the video! yes, twitter and facebook are places I do like to hang out at.
Hi Christina,
I tried to use a photo that I had edited with Photo Shop. It did not work. So, I used the original photo, and it did work. Is there a reason for this?
Thanks
Patrice
Patrice,
I have seen odd situations where photos don’t work. I think it has something to do with how the image is stored internally. Gravatar does let you crop the photo, so default to that. You can try other photos and see if you have the same trouble. Good thing is that Gravatar let’s you change your pictures as you wish!
It would not let met crop, either. It just didn’t like me!!
Patrice,
sometimes you just need to click around inside Gravatar.com to crop your photo.
perhaps use a different photo editing software to crop your picture. Perhaps one that came with your digital camera
Thanks for the gravatar informaion. Hopefully, I no longer look like a witness relocation person when I post comments on WordPress. Let’s see if it worked…
Linda,
You look great! No witness relocation person here.
LOL!
Thank you so much for this. I have been a ‘mystery woman’ for a long time. Hopefully, no more. I hope you don’t mind that I left a comment to thank you and also to test out my steps to create a gravatar on your blog
Have a great 2011!
Stephanie,
That is what we are here for! Glad to see your smiling face show up!
Thank you Christina how much fun. I set it up, hopeful that it works.
Hi Christina, my (small) team and I have created our own websites for the past 6 years and we’re now getting started in creating websites for others.
We’ve come to your blog a couple of times and we are definitely taking all of your advice seriously.
Thank you Christina! It was very helpful
Hi,
Great Posting.
Thanks Christina Hills
Hi Christina,
I set up a Gravatar a long time ago, not sure if it still works though, so posting here to see. If not, will follow your directions and set up a new one. Keep up the great work on the site and with the videos–love them!
Yep, I can see your smiling face