This is my Gravatar. Those with sensitive stomachs had best avert their eyes
Have you noticed that when some people comment, they get a little picture of themselves next to it?
What is a gravatar?
A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Avatars help identify your posts on web forums, so why not on weblogs?
Basically, these guys provide a service that sends back your pretty little picture, so that people everywhere can know that it really is Geoff Matheson posting a comment on their blog because nobody else would possibly pretend to look like that. And Gravatar got bought out by Automattic who run WordPress.com, so once you sign up for a Gravatar, you’ll see it popping up next to your comments all over the web. So go do that today!
Geoff is a 25 year old Database Administrator Consultant. He was a volunteer youth leader at Yarra Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship for 6 years, but doesn't do that any more. He is cursed with barracking for Richmond. His favourite number is 17 and his favourite song is Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley
man…you married up!
(so did I!)
Don't we all.
The question is how do you format your blog theme to include them?
Code please!
<?php if(function_exists('get_avatar')) { echo get_avatar($comment, '40'); } ?>Check this page for full details, but basically that's it: the '40' is for how big you want the picture to be (in pixels)
And by “this page” I mean: http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2008/07…
mmmmmm here we go…..
there is five minutes of my life I will never get back…. thanks Geoff….
On the positive side Mark, now you can rest assured that nobody can go around the internet masquerading as everybody's favourite purple-loving pastor, posting comments.
well there are plenty who want to…..
THANK YOU! I have wondered for quite a while what those pictures were.. I thought that commentors just uploaded their picture with every blog post they wrote.. but then I couldn´t find anywhere to do such a thing. I then thought that the people with pictures must be really regular commentors and so they are then given the choice to upload their picture. NOW I KNOW
It´s a clever idea.. I think it really adds to the whole blogging culture/community feel.
I think that it is a great idea to have a picture next to your comment, so that people can see who is posting the comment.
On the other side, some people might not want to be recognised in the internet.
Nice article. It is a very good idea to have a picture next your comment.
Thank you for the top.
I think with it people will trust you and your content easier
Florian