How to add an image when you add a blog comment

Written by Andrew Rondeau in blogging guide | 34 Awesome Comments - Add Yours?

add gravatarOne of my clients last week asked how she added a picture of herself when she commented on blogs.

And I thought, it’s easy but if you don’t know, you don’t know!

Those little pictures are called Gravatars and the Gravatar you create follows you around wherever you comment…like magic!

But it doesn’t have to be a picture of yourself. It can be an image, a caricature or a symbol. Basically it just has to be an image.

But before I take you though the process, why add a Gravatar in the first place?

I think it helps your comment stand out. It can help brand you. Blog owners and other commenters like to see people’s faces. A nice smiley face staring at you makes you want to read their comment, doesn’t it?

Adding a Gravatar

Step 1. Go to http://www.gravatar.com/ and click on the “Sign up” menu tab

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Step 2. Add the email you would normally use when commenting on blog sites and click

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Step 3. You will be informed, “We’ve sent you an activation email.”

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Step 4. Go to your email inbox. You will have an email from “Gravatar” and the subject line will say, “Welcome to Gravatar”. Open the email and click on the confirmation link inside.

Step 5. On the new screen that appears after you click on the confirmation link, enter:

Username (can be any name) and check is it available by clicking ‘Check’

Password (twice)

(Make a note of your username and password)

And then click the ‘Signup’ button.

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Step 6. Your account has now been set up. Now let’s add a photo or image of your choice.  The screen you are now on says, “Whoops, looks like you dont have any images yet! Add one by clicking here!”
Click on “Add one by clicking here!”

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Step 7. Here you have the choice to decide where to get your image from. The majority of the time, it would be from your PC.

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Step 8. Click “My computers hard drive”

Step 9. Click on ‘Browse” to fine the image you’d like to upload. Click ‘Next’.

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Step 10. You can then ‘crop’ your image.

Step 11. Once you are happy with your finished image, click “Crop and Finish”

Step 12. Choose a rating for your image. It’s normally “G” (G rated Gravatar is suitable for display on all websites with any audience type.)

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Step 13. That’s it. You have now added an image associated with your email. Next time you comment using that email you have just used to set up your Gravatar, your chosen image will be displayed alongside the comments.

You can more emails and more images to your Gravatar account if you wish.

Are you more inclined to read comments if there is a nice image associated with the comment?

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34 Responses to How to add an image when you add a blog comment
  1. Lee Ka Hoong

    That’s a very neat tutorial Andrew, I believe that many people doesn’t know how to do it. Tweeted it for you my friend. :)

    Cheers,
    Lee
    .-= Lee Ka Hoong´s last blog ..Make Money Online With Twitter – Ad.ly =-.

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  2. chandan from work at home

    Yes this is nice tutorial, I also did not know before about it, I think gravatar help us for give more identification.
    .-= chandan@work at home´s last blog ..15 most effective twitter tools [Digg] =-.

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  3. Phaoloo

    I had the same question several months ago. I find that having a nice gravatar is a must if I want to get most out of commenting. So I use this yellow smiley which I use on all social media sites I’m active on. Hope people will easily recognize me.
    .-= Phaoloo´s last blog ..Top 19 Tools To Hide Folders On Windows =-.

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  4. Tinh

    It is basic tut but many bloggers missed. gravatar help bloggers build their personal branding online very good
    .-= Tinh´s last blog ..Earn Up To $100 With PayPal Wishlist on Facebook =-.

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  5. Kirk Forney from anything4lessonline

    Very interesting info and good tutorial to help when making posts and using an image for your posts. I try to use my gravatar image whenever possible.

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  6. Sandesh Mascarenhas

    Very nice tutorial. This tutorial be very benifical for all the new blogger. Excellent post, I too learnt about gravatar.com from one of my blog friends……… :)

    Very good post and good work done too……… :)

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  7. Dennis Edell

    Excellent tutorial, step by step the way it should be.
    .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..How Do You Feel About A Static Homepage On A Blog? =-.

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  8. George Serradinho

    I think the gravatar plays an important role as some users link it to you and know who you are and whats your website just by seeing the gravatar.

    Most of the themes now days cater for the gravatar already where as there are plugins and hacks to place the gravatar by your comments you leave.
    .-= George Serradinho´s last blog ..Serious Monday Roundup #18 =-.

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  9. Chris Peterson

    Hi
    Andrew, you have given detail tips for creating image in gravatar.com. Really I also didn’t know before about it. Thanks for sharing your technique. I will create my image in gravatar.com, for upcoming commenting.

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  10. Willie Plasencia

    Gravatar training 101.

    All serious bloggers should have one set up and you sir have made the process easy.
    .-= Willie Plasencia´s last blog ..Kompozer, A Free Webpage Tool For You! =-.

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  15. Joseph Archibald

    Many thanks Andrew for pointing out this tutorial! I was another of apparently very many of us who had no idea about Gravatars.

    Next step – I’ll try to work out how to share this post on Facebook (I emphasise the word “try”!)

    Kind regards!
    Joseph
    .-= Joseph Archibald´s last blog ..Warrior Forum Challenge – Twilight Posterz progress? =-.

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  16. Kim

    Hi, Andrew

    Okay, let’s see if this works :)

    Thanks for sharing this great information, and also for presenting it so that anyone can follow the instructions. If you see an avatar next to this comment, it means that I was able to get it to work.

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  17. Jeanmich

    Hi Andrew,

    a lot of thanks for your tutorial.
    I’m french website owner and wish to
    translate this post for my own blog.

    Do you authorize me to do that?

    Please let me know.

    Best regards,
    Jean Michel

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  18. Jean Michel

    hi Andrews,

    of course. After publishing I’ll
    send you the link.

    Thanks again,

    Jean Michel

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  19. Nanette Levin

    Andrew, thanks for the primer (and reminder). I DO have a WordPress (.org) blog and have never been able to get Gravatar to accept my user name and password, so with your article prompt here, decided to try to sign up for an unrelated account. We’ll see if that works this time around :-) .

    By the way, was I the only one chuckling at the fact that your first bunch of replies to comments did not include an avatar? Is there something you can recommend for those of us who have blogs to avoid this possible snafu (I haven’t met it yet on my own blog, but imagine I will at some point in the future if you did with a post purporting to solve this issue – it’s that Murphy’s Law thing). Thanks.
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  20. Neil

    Hi Andrew
    Gravatars are good and can be fun. I have a few differenet email address and a different Gravatar for each email, and depending on what I am going is to what email I use. Thanks for sharing – Neil
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  21. Debra L. Morrison

    Thanks, so much Andrew! I always wanted to know how to do this. Great explanation. DONE!
    Debra L. Morrison recently posted..What Kind Of Investor D’You Wanna Be?My Profile

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