Jan
27
2009
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Tutorial: Use your custom avatar on other blogs

Author An article by TheEvilGenius    Comments 9 Comments

Everytime I post a comment on someone elses blog, I get that generic grey icon. I was always under the impression that you had to sign up or become a member of their site to use your own icon. We’ll, thats just not true.

This video is a tutorial on how to create and use your own custom avatar that you can use whenever you post a comment on someones site. Best yet, it’s EASY and its FREE. Cool Hunh?

Once you create your avatar, feel free to leave a comment below to test it out. I am going to be opening the blog for a few days to automatically allow all comments, so expect the occasional spam.

Important Note: I just noticed that the default accepted avatar on WordPress is “G” rating.  So if you want to make sure your avatar shows up on all blogs, make sure the pic is clean, and has a G rating.  Otherwise, by default, your avatar will not show up on most WordPress blogs.

If you have any questions, just drop a comment below and I will see what I can do to help you out.

PS. I’ll try to get back to posting vids a bit more often. I’ve been in the middle of cranking out a fairly lengthy series on Marketing in different phases of the product and industry lifecycle. Once that is a little more under control, I’ll post some more vids.

JJ

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  • JJ January 27, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Just testing out my own avatar. Pretty cool hunh?

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  • BizzyBuyer January 27, 2009 at 11:37 pm

    Hey Great video tutorial! Do you think blogs you have posted to in the past with the same e-mail, will automatically add the avatar?

    Thanks
    Gregg

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  • admin January 28, 2009 at 9:21 am

    Thanks. And in answer to your question, as long as you used the same address before that you used to sign up on your gravatar, it should be retroactive. I checked a few blogs I posted on before and the icon is now up.

    Enjoy!

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  • admin January 28, 2009 at 9:57 am

    There were a few problems with my blog auto-accepting posts. Should be all set now. Sorry for any issues.

    I will be disabling this feature in a few days to keep the spam out. You’ll just have to wait a little bit before your posts are approved.

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  • Scott Sykes January 30, 2009 at 10:16 am

    Great tip JJ, just used it to get my gravatar. Cheers.

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  • eravitKayattE February 15, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    Your site does not correctly work in safari browser

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  • admin February 16, 2009 at 10:41 am

    Thanks for the heads up, I’ll look into it. However, seeing that IE and Firefox make up 99% of my viewers, those will have to be the priority :)

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  • Phyhotphoruth February 17, 2009 at 2:01 am

    Your are Great. And so is your site! Awesome content. Good job guys! Interesting article, adding it to my favourites!

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  • slipstick March 17, 2009 at 10:02 am

    Thanks for the tutorial, JJ

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