After creating my blog and posting some good articles. The next thing
that came to my mind was; go build backlinks. I started building backlinks on
blogger blogs I know and then graduated to WordPress blogs. But
anytime I comment on WordPress blogs, I noticed that the avatars I get next to
my comments are either the blog's default avatar or a grey icon. Its not
like the case with blogger blogs, when you comment while you're signed in to
your Google account (Whether Google+ or blogger account), the avatar that shows
up next to your comments is the profile picture of that Google account you're
signed in to. Before commenting on WordPress blogs, I looked at the
comment form but there was no option that could make me get my profile picture
up there, not even one. Now that was a fix on me, but I never gave up cos no
reputable blogger will go around the internet faceless. Just as your personal
picture is outstanding, so will your comment be if you have a personal avatar
and not the default.
But then how can I get my picture up there when there's no option for
it, I thought about signing up with the blogs, maybe that way I can upload my
profile picture and when I comment, my profile picture will display next to my
comments. Those thoughts were all just wrong, but I am glad that in end I got
it fixed. The question is; how did I manage to do it? Actually, my first
personal blog was on WordPress but I ran away and stopped using it cos
WordPress looked complicating to me back then, but just recently I went to
update my WordPress account, at least I am no longer that newbie anymore. While
updating the account, I wanted to upload a profile picture which I don't fail
doing when opening any online account. On the process, WordPress
redirected me to Gravatar.com. I uploaded my profile picture and went back to
reload my WordPress account and saw my picture there.
As usual, I was glad but I didn't know that I have solved the big problem
of getting my picture next to my comments on WordPress blogs, until I stumbled
upon one of the WordPress blogs that I commented on and I noticed my profile
pictures was there on my previous comments. How did this happen? I
went to research on Gravatar and discovered that it was simply because I
created a gravatar account with the email I use on commenting, that way, all
comments that I have made with the email even before creating a gravatar
account will display my gravatar profile picture next to my comments on
WordPress blogs. Got it?
More Details on How Gravatar Works
Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. Now, that's not just a
name, it is actually recognized globally because millions
of people and websites use it. Most popular applications like WordPress have
built-in support for Gravatar. When a user leaves a comment (using an email
associated with gravatar) on a site that supports Gravatar, it displays their
Gravatar profile picture along with the comment. This allows commentators to maintain
their identity throughout the internet. Gravatar does not only work with
WordPress but also supports the following sites; Hootsuite, Battlefield3,
Github, Techdirt, Disqus, stackoverflow, American Idol...
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How Do I get My Own Gravatar?
I'll start by saying it is free, and back that up by saying
you don’t need a WordPress account before you can get one. It’s recommended that
you sign up with gravatar using the email address that you normally use for
commenting, so that all previous comments you have made can be updated with your
Gravatar profile picture.
- Visit Gravatar officialwebsite
- On the site’s homepage, you’ll see a field that is followed by a green button tagged “Get Your Gravatar”
- Enter you email to the field and hit the green button
- If you have done that and it was successful, you’ll see;
Confirmation email sent!
- Go check you email box
- Open the message sent to you by Gravatar
- Click on the confirmation link.
- Now a page opens where you can enter your username and password.
- Hit the Signup button after entering your details to the appropriate fields, but make sure to opt in for their terms or service which is right on top the signup button.
With that in place, your account will be successfully created and you’d
be signed in. That’s not all, but we are almost done. All that is left now is;
a profile picture.
How to upload a Profile Picture to Gravatar
The profile picture could be a picture of you, a company's logo or
something unique.
- While you are signed in (to Gravatar)
- Click on “My Account”
- Click on “Add an Image”
On the page that opens, you are given three options; to upload picture
from your computer (My computer's hard drive), to upload picture from another
source on the internet (An image on the internet) and an image you’ve uploaded
before (A previously uploaded image). Click on the option you want to use. But
I’ll be focusing on uploading picture from your computer.
- Click on “My computer's hard drive”
- Click on “Choose file” – a window pops up
- On the pop up window, find and select your profile picture.
- Click “Open”
- Having done that, click “Next”
- Your picture should be visible by now, click “Crop and finish”. Or resize the picture using the nodes before clicking Crop and finish
After clicking Crop and
finish, this is what I got.
But that’s not all, there’s another important thing. Rate your uploaded picture
by clicking on one of the icons at the bottom of picture. If you have rated
picture, Gravatar will now approve the picture to become your public Gravatar,
If not it will be saved but won't be active. While rating, I recommend you rate
your picture with the first icon on the list, which is rated G. What gravatar wants to
know with the rating is, how explicit your picture is.
Note: I’d like you to
know that the gravatar is needed for byline or author’s bio when you’re doing
guest blogging on WordPress blogs or sites that supports Gravatar.
Finale
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1 comments:
I found that not everyone is using gravatar, and utilitzing gravatar will make almost everyone avatar as default avatar. And it seems none in my website member are willing to update their gravatar ;(
But please! Do not use;