Gravatars are fun.
A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an 80×80 pixel 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?
I signed up a couple of days ago and it was pretty painless. If you can make an 80×80 image, you’ve got an avatar. Simply register, activate your account, and upload your avatar. After their reviewers are done ‘rating’ it (using the MPAA style of rating) you can begin seeing your gravatar here on the website when you make a comment. Cool eh?
As long as the email you sign up with gravatar is the same one you use here, you’ll see your gravatar on the comments here.
That’s all it takes.
August 8th, 2006 at 12:57 am
See? This is a test comment. Because I have registered with gravatar.com and have an approved avatar, my ugly mug shows up next to my comments. Get yours working!! The last one’s a rotten egg!
August 9th, 2006 at 12:32 am
Yes they are fun! : )
August 9th, 2006 at 12:35 am
My gravatar is awesome!