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    HOW TO GET YOUR PICTURE TO SHOW UP WHEN YOU COMMENT ON A BLOG.

    November 22, 2016 by Karen 343 Comments

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    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.

     

    blank-faces

     

    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 ...

     

    real-faces

     

    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.

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    We'll email you this post, so you can refer to it later.

    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.

    1.  Go to the Gravatar website.
    2. Sign up.
    3. Create your profile which includes uploading your photo.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.

    gravatar-website-profile

    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.

    my-gravatars

    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. ;)

     

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    1. Edith

      October 10, 2013 at 9:06 pm

      Hi Karen,

      Trying out Gravatar. Fingers crossed.

      Edith

      Reply
      • Karen

        October 10, 2013 at 11:10 pm

        Edith. It doesn't seem to be going well. :( ~ karen

        Reply
    2. Mindy

      August 28, 2013 at 5:48 pm

      So there must be a problem with blogger only. That's interesting.ö

      Reply
      • Karen

        August 28, 2013 at 6:19 pm

        Yup. It's working here ... LOL ... as you can see. Nice pic! ~ karen

        Reply
    3. Mindy

      August 28, 2013 at 5:47 pm

      Great post, but mine is still not working for some reason. I have downloaded my profile picture and have only one emai-address, dunno why it's not working.:(At least in blogger it doesn't show up, testing if it works here.:)

      Reply
      • Simmons on Style

        June 11, 2014 at 4:23 pm

        I have also been having the same problem on Blogger websites. So I am testing it here.

        Thanks!

        Reply
        • Simmons on Style

          June 11, 2014 at 4:25 pm

          Looks like it's working on here, but not on Blogger. Interesting.

    4. .MIS. Manhattan Image and Style

      August 28, 2013 at 11:24 am

      Great post! :)

      Reply
    5. Gina

      June 18, 2013 at 12:15 pm

      Been struggling with this... testing testing, hope it works! Not all blogs ask for your email address though... hmmmm

      Reply
      • Karen

        June 18, 2013 at 1:53 pm

        We have touchdown. Your picture is up. It should work on most blogs now. ~ karen!

        Reply
    6. Avner Mizrahi

      April 08, 2013 at 1:55 am

      Does this only work for wordpress blogs? If so, is there some other service for non-wordpress blogs? Thanks!

      Reply
      • Karen

        April 08, 2013 at 9:13 am

        Hi Avner - It works with all blogs as long as they have their blog set up for Gravatars. ~ karen!

        Reply
        • Avner Mizrahi

          April 08, 2013 at 10:03 am

          Awesome! Thanks so much, Karen!

    7. Tammy

      February 12, 2013 at 11:17 pm

      trying this out!

      Reply
      • Karen

        February 13, 2013 at 12:28 am

        It worked Tammy! ~ karen

        Reply
    8. Joe

      February 08, 2013 at 7:30 pm

      That is so cool.

      Reply
    9. Jean in BC

      January 30, 2013 at 1:55 pm

      testing 1 2 3

      Reply
    10. Ian

      November 11, 2012 at 12:20 pm

      Hey Thanks! Looks like I signed up for this a long time ago and totally forgot about it. I definitely need to get a better picture of myself up though!

      Reply
    11. Kristi

      October 25, 2012 at 2:37 pm

      Thank you for helping with my Avatar.

      Reply
      • Karen

        October 25, 2012 at 3:03 pm

        You're very welcome Kristi. - karen!

        Reply
    12. Kat

      October 05, 2012 at 10:33 am

      Well aren't you just a bundle of info Karen! The hardest part was waiting to see if it worked!

      Reply
      • Kat

        October 05, 2012 at 10:36 am

        Oh and that is me Halloween costume last year I spent months putting Captain Jack together! Won contests all over town. Why would a 55 year old woman even want to dress up as Jack Sparrow you ask! Because I can, hahahaha!!!

        Reply
    13. korrine

      August 08, 2012 at 10:23 am

      Ok I am late to the game on this but I want to test it out.

      Reply
    14. Donie

      July 05, 2012 at 6:17 am

      Okay...I'm trying it out to see if it worked...remember me? Computer ignorant Donie? Ha ha let's see if my pic shows up...oh so exciting... well, exciting in my little world. Thanks for the info Karen. =)

      Reply
    15. candace

      June 28, 2012 at 11:43 am

      or...maybe I didn't quite get it! ha ha

      Reply
    16. candace

      June 28, 2012 at 12:51 am

      Thanks for teaching me this :)

      Reply
    17. Mareesa

      June 24, 2012 at 8:13 pm

      Thanks for the tip so I can have a face with all my snarky comments. Woo Hoo!

      Reply
    18. Sara Yancey

      June 19, 2012 at 8:33 am

      Just one question: If I used a photo of myself in garlic scape porn would I have to rate said avatar X?:)

      Reply
      • Karen

        June 19, 2012 at 10:04 am

        Sara - Totally depends on where you wear the scape. ~ k

        Reply
    19. Jaclyn

      June 18, 2012 at 11:02 pm

      Oh... LOL. :)

      Reply
    20. Jaclyn

      June 18, 2012 at 10:50 pm

      now?...

      Reply
      • Karen

        June 18, 2012 at 11:00 pm

        LOL. Your baby boy is there. It just takes a couple of seconds for it to show up. ~ karen

        Reply
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