I sometimes forget that you know a lot more about me than I know about you. I mean, you know that I’m a hooker, that I had a possible nervous breakdown while sitting in my closet … you even know what kind of toilet paper I use.
I meet people all the time who know me from my blog and during our conversation it’s entirely possible they might bethinking “Hey. I wonder how Karen’s yeast infection is doing.”
Well, did you ever think that it might be nice for me to look at YOU for once and think, “Hey. I wonder how her itchy lady parts are doing.”.
Let’s make that happen today. Not the yeast infection, (that’s a special spell I have reserved for people who park sideways and take up more than one parking spot at Ikea on a Saturday), but the recognizing you bit.
This is what 70% of you look like to me and everyone else who reads this blog.
Faceless blobs of air. Who are you people? I don’t know. In my head and the heads of everyone else reading the comments on blogs you possibly looking something like this …
So what are those little pictures and why doesn’t your photo show up?
Those are called Avatars and they’re put there by something called Gravatar. Which stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. Almost all blogs and websites are Gravatar enabled which means they are all ready, willing and able for your picture.
All you have to do is go to the Gravatar website and upload your photo. Then Gravatar basically attaches itself to you and whenever you comment on a blog, Gravatar follows you there and includes your photo.
How to get your photo to show up in blog comments.
- Go to the Gravatar website.
- Sign up.
- Create your profile which includes uploading your photo.
- Done! Now when you comment on any blog or website that is Gravatar enabled your photo will show up. Pretty much every website has Gravatar enabled on it by the way.
- You can change your profile picture whenever you want by going back to the Gravatar website and uploading a new photo.
In the profile section of the Gravatar website you can fill out your name, where you’re from and a little bit about yourself.
Why would you do that? Well there’s a little surprise to Gravatar that not everyone knows about. If you hover over someone’s photo on any blog comment if they’ve filled out their profile, that information pops up! So you can tell the world a little bit about you and you can learn a little bit about your fellow commenters.
And don’t worry if you’re a little bit shy you can upload a photo of anything. Your dog, your cat, your kid. I prefer to see recent photos of the actual person but the choice is yours.
I’ve only used 3 different Avatars on this blog since starting it but I might switch it up soon.
O.K. now it’s time for you to try to do it yourself!
I’ll be here. Waiting. And itching.
To see your pictures. ;)
Trying this out
Hi! So…. I DO already have a gravatar account, but my profile pic does not show up on a lot of blogs that I comment on— how can I fix that??
thank you
You’re welcome Diego! ~ karen
Let’s give it a try!
Wow, thanks a lot! :)
Let’s see if this works!
I’m testing this out…thanks for the tutorial! :)
It worked!!! :)
It worked! Good job. :) ~ karen!
Hi, I have done/updated it several times and it never seems to show my picture 🙁 help!!! OOKKK so why does it work when I post on your haha I swear it doesn’t normally
LOL. I’m not sure why Courtney. It could be because the other sites don’t have Gravatar installed? Most do though … ~ karen!
Hi, I have done/updated it several times and it never seems to show my picture :( help!!!
OOKKK so why does it work when I post on your haha I swear it doesn’t normally
Thanks, Karen. It was useful.
I’m in. Many thanks!
I’m in. Thanks!
Thanks….Now I have to comment to see if mine works :)
Thanks Karen! I subscribed to your blog immediately after reading only one. You have a great sense of humor and humility which is why I love reading about the stuff you do. It gives me hope. Like maybe I can do stuff too.
OMG, you can do all KINDS of stuff Dana! You wanna know why most people can’t do stuff? They don’t try. :) ~ karen!
Thank you so much for this!! It’s finally working OMG.
Yay! And a really nice picture too! ~ karen
I feel like one of the cool kids now!
That’s you! Cool kid! ~ karen
Muahaha, won’t help you, lol. You get Mojo’s doge face, instead :)
Here I am! Here I am! <<>>
Dang…no I’m not…
Maybe now!
Sigh….
That was fun!
So, this is me and lovely Abigail. Just in case you were wondering …. ??
I wouldn’t have even noticed Abigail if you hadn’t pointed her out! Great pic. Snakes don’t bother me. I was covered from neck to waist in them once and it was very cool. Spiders on the other hand? No. I’d have to ban your picture if there was a spider on your shoulder. ~ karen!
I did it! Thanks. Always nice to learn something new.
ok, here goes. let’s see if i did this right.
again….. thanks Karen, i never knew how to do this. now i do.
Karin
You did it right, lol. Meow. ~ karen!
Here’s my face …the one on the left.
Thank you for the clarification, I was about to ask how you could type with those big paws. ~ karen!
Very cool! Thanks for the info.
Okay…one more time…
I’m not sure what it is you’re doing wrong Julie. Really the only thing you have to make sure of is that your email address that you use here on The Art of Doing Stuff is the same as the one you use when you register on Gravatar. ~ karen!
Did it work? Am I taking a selfie with a goat?
boo, it did’t work….
Must admit I was a little hesitant. There’s a reason I’m not on FB and the like… Darn you, Karen, for ruining all us lurkers!
(And, now I’m wondering if my Gravatar’s going to show up on my husband’s posts since we share an email.)
But look how great your picture is!! ~ karen
That’s it? I did it? Cool!!
Wow!! There’s easy and then there’s what that just was. Thanks! You’re special cool!
:) Thanks Gilly Bean. Love your dress! ~ karen!
Thanks! ?
I’m not sure… did it work?
Funny that you should write about Gravatars, I just got my own a couple of days ago. I had never heard of them before but I’m in the process of setting up my own food blog about baking and was told to make a gravatar for myself.
So I hope it works. =0)
Test test …. not too sure if I did this right ?
It worked!!!
Here I am! This is one of my favorite pics from this summer at the Erie County Fair in Hamburg, NY. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I’m thankful for this blog, among just a few other things, lol!
Ack! I love that picture! ~ karen
You have seen my picture for years…or rather my cats picture…maybe I could put up another cat…maybe…..I……could…..maybe….I…will…maybe…
Okay, I did it :)
Changed my photo to a better one that’s only two years old. We have to use the ones that make us look good, right? Now 77 but it’s still my look. Close ups don’t ignore the obvious signs of age, however.
I thought I had an avatar already!
Yep, that’s me. :)
Love that photo! ~ karen
I loaded one eons ago. It’s a picture of my grandmother who I was named after, standing beside her barn. Not sure if it shows up.
Here I am!
Pysansky? I do not know what a Pysansky is. This is one of those things that EVERYONE knows about but me, right? ~ karen!
As an chicken lady I cannot believe you have not run into a Pysanka (singular pysanky) or two in your past!! Pysanky (or Pysanki or Pisanki) are Ukrainian Easter Eggs. I am a novice compared to many, or at least my eggs look that way although I’ve been making them for years and years. You see breakfast when your chickens gift you with eggs. I see breakfast and a blank slate to decorate. I tried to attach an image, but in case that hasn’t worked feel free to check out my instagram account, where I post many pictures of Pysanky (and cats and food). https://www.instagram.com/shanandrala/
Oh!!!!!! Those!!!!!! I love those!!!!! I quickly looked at your Instagram account and your eggs look pretty elaborate to me. Uch. Yet another thing I’d love to learn how to do! I’m gonna need to live to about 350 to get everything done I want to do, lol. ~ karen!
Thank you – “those” are my fun/crafty thing. So many others I’d like to try. Maybe one of these days! P.S. I love your blog. You have a way of turning every topic into an interesting and entertaining one. I’ve laughed and cried along with you over the years – I feel super geekily (that’s a word, right?) that you took the time to look at my eggs and comment back. Happy Holidays to you!
* Geekily happy :-)
Did it work?! Very exciting.
It worked it worked it worked! :) ~ karen
Well, I did it …. hope it works!!!
I didn’t even know about this …. thanks for the education!!!
Thanks for teaching me something new today!
i did it…..let’s see if i did it right?! hope my pic makes you a happy camper, cuz your blogging’ keeps me happy!
Ugh! not right!!!! Guess I’m not good at following instructions….
O.K. I’m coming out of the shadows… ;-)
I’ve always wondered how to do that!
Wonder if I did this correctly …
Ok….I will go to gravitar since you asked, nicely, I might add. I’m usually wary of complying with your requests….I mean, that one word game you suggested cost me about five bucks and endless hours of time before it occurred to me you’d never know if I stopped playing….
But really, I wanted to let you know my Christmas gift creating and purchasing is done!!! Everything gets delivered on Thanksgiving as that is the main gathering spot for the clan of thirty kids and adults……
Now, aren’t you proud of me? In December? I will give the house the scent of cinnamon and baking cookies to give away hither and yon, and will sew more garb for the Indian wedding coming up in the new year!!! Now that will be a gift for me….time at the sewing machine!! Love it.
I’m very proud. Good job! I think you’re doing better than me actually, lol. And wait! What game did I make you buy, lol?
Four Pictures One Word
And I think I totaled, oh, 400 games before I realized that I did have a life. A couple of organizations to run. Garden to tend. Agency to Chair……and I put it into the cloud. I don’t know if you ever can really get totally rid of your obsessions,, I mean, apps. And it was the only free app I actually broke down and bought coins to get me a few more hints. I think it cost me close to 6 dollars (US)