Gravatars on SG
Posted 06-16-2009 at 10:10 PM by Yamster
Hello folks,
You might have noticed that we did a little upgrade on the comments system recently on the main SG blog, letting you reply to each other's comments in threads and use avatars.
Except nobody is using avatars, and they should be, because otherwise it looks rather sad and bare. Methinks it's because people don't really know how.
The answer is Gravatar (or Globally Recognised Avatars...see what they did there?). Gravatar is a site that you sign up for using the email address you use to comment on blogs such as SG (as well as many other blogs including the PlayStation.blog). Once signed up, you upload the avatar of your choice.
The clever bit? The site matches the email address you used to sign up with any appearances it makes on blogs and sticks the matching avatar in at the side.
You can also assign multiple email addresses to a single Gravatar account - if you use multiple emails for mutliple blogs - and they'll all display the same avatar. Bish-bash-bosh, your comment now looks a little better than it did before. Y'know, because it's got a neat picture beside it.
Happy Gravataring.
You might have noticed that we did a little upgrade on the comments system recently on the main SG blog, letting you reply to each other's comments in threads and use avatars.
Except nobody is using avatars, and they should be, because otherwise it looks rather sad and bare. Methinks it's because people don't really know how.
The answer is Gravatar (or Globally Recognised Avatars...see what they did there?). Gravatar is a site that you sign up for using the email address you use to comment on blogs such as SG (as well as many other blogs including the PlayStation.blog). Once signed up, you upload the avatar of your choice.
The clever bit? The site matches the email address you used to sign up with any appearances it makes on blogs and sticks the matching avatar in at the side.
You can also assign multiple email addresses to a single Gravatar account - if you use multiple emails for mutliple blogs - and they'll all display the same avatar. Bish-bash-bosh, your comment now looks a little better than it did before. Y'know, because it's got a neat picture beside it.
Happy Gravataring.
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Cool! I can start commenting now.
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Posted 06-19-2009 at 05:28 AM by Cam-Dog
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