Though it’s not something new, there are still alot of people out there who don’t know about Gravatars. So I’ve decided to write a quick post about it and what it is.

Gravatars are all around avatars, it stands for Globally Recognized Avatars. You may notice, on some blogs and websites, comments by guests or users are often accompanied by personalized avatars. And when you write your own comment, you receive a generic avatar. Now, you may be wondering,.. how do I get a personalized one?

 
The answer? Sign up with Gravatar. This will allow you to upload and host your avatar which will now be visible across any website or blog that supports Gravatars. All you need to do is include your associated gravatar e-mail address on the commentary section. Go ahead and try it out, set up an account and leave a comment here after you’ve finished.

Additionally, Wordpress already has support for Gravatars(as of version 2.5), but if you want to implement gravatars on your non-wordpress blog, several plugins are readily available. You can check out the Gravatar implementor’s guide for more info.^^

You can also see the Wikipedia article for more information.

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