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Phaelia How-To: Set up a Custom Avatar for Resto4Life

Published on December 19, 2007 by Phaelia
Blog, Community
37 Comments

Want a custom avatar to use on Resto4Life.com whenever you comment? Simply do the following:

  1. Visit http://site.gravatar.com/signup.
  2. Enter your e-mail address and click Signup.
  3. Check the e-mail account with which you’ve registered for an e-mail from support@gravatar.com.
  4. Click the activation link supplied.
  5. Enter a password and confirm it.
  6. Click the Manage link at the top of the page.
  7. Click on the Add a New One link at the bottom of your My Gravatars page.
  8. Select either My computer’s hard drive to use a file stored on your computer or An image on the internet to enter a URL of an existing avatar.
  9. Select a file or enter a URL and click Next.
  10. All done!

Now whenever you post a comment on Resto4Life.com (or any other site using the Gravatars plugin), your custom avatar will appear!

Note that due to caching performed by the Gravatars plugin, your new Gravatar may not be immediately visible but should show up within a few minutes.

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37 Comments

Make A Comment | Set My Avatar
  • Gravatar Zackoria

    Yea, i did this awhile ago and i couldn’t seem to get it to work. >.< it shows that i have a Gravatar assigned to my email but it dosen’t show. =/

    7:36 am on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Katy

    Well, you know I just have to try this, and see how it looks.

    (Like Zackoria, it doesn’t seem to show up. Just an empty box with a link to gravatar.com)

    7:54 am on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar minkee

    Just what I wanted to know!

    Also, there’s one more step: you have to then go back to ‘manage’ and select the avatar you just uploaded. I hope! We’ll see in a second….

    [edit] Oh…

    8:28 am on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Ratshag

    Hmmms ….

    I’s got Gravatar, and I’s used it on other sites, but it don’ seem to be working here. /shrug

    8:47 am on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    Lame. Me fix. Hopefully.

    Edit: Phae SMASH!!! Doh.

    Edit 2: Phae fix!! YAY!

    8:56 am on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar minkee

    good job ;D

    ps. I just noticed the Christmas Tree of Life, very nice ;D

    9:44 am on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Aiuriun

    Very cool

    11:01 am on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Bigtoy

    Hooray for avatars. Can a more robust message board be far behind? We can only hope.

    11:31 am on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Minkee: Haha … thanks!! My favorite part is the lopsided star. <3 <3 <3 the WoW Model Viewer!

    @Bigtoy: No one has expressed interest in a message forum before. The decision to add them is not a decision to be made lightly, since doing so responsibly (which is the only way I could) is apparently a LOT of work. =) I have noticed (and enjoyed) a lot of great conversations going on here lately, though.

    12:15 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Nebelmond

    Yay! It works! :-)

    12:28 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar someone

    Another test…

    Gravatar doesn’t like me! :(
    I’ve tried it before on another account and didn’t work. Seems like it doesn’t work on this one too! I can see it fine associated with this e-mail address and even used all lower case just in, well, case… :)

    2:44 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Draezele

    Have to test this out myself. :)

    2:48 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Marylin

    woot! just testing…

    2:52 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Someone: We can see your avatar just fine. Well … I can. Can anyone else?

    2:59 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Valenna

    =P

    3:28 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Slippir

    Testing my new Gravatar. :D

    3:33 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Autumnsong

    Ooooo look, another person testing it out! :D Thanks Phae!

    6:55 pm on 12/19/07
  • Gravatar Dimitris (DimTauren)

    Why do I keep seeing the gravatar logo on mine? I have configured it…

    8:18 am on 12/20/07
  • Gravatar Dimitris (DimTauren)

    Yeah it works now… I messed up the rating options cause of a page crash

    8:43 am on 12/20/07
  • Gravatar Aiuriun

    Is the text on my avatar too small…after looking at it again I think it might be

    :(

    12:51 pm on 12/20/07
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    It is a bit small, but it looks really good.

    3:08 pm on 12/20/07
  • Gravatar Bellwether

    Test test ^^ Did it work?

    4:07 am on 12/21/07
  • Gravatar Frogs

    Aha, I was wondering why there were empty spaces for icons but nowhere to pick one… now I know!

    5:41 am on 12/21/07
  • Gravatar Leafshine

    All seems present and correct for me…

    Now, if only you allowed OpenID sign-in for commenting…

    1:10 pm on 12/21/07
  • Gravatar Kestrel

    I think I already have a gravatar that works.

    10:27 pm on 12/23/07
  • Gravatar Trollin'

    Kestrel seems to have Gravatar set up but my avatar wasn’t showing on his page. I think I followed all your instructions right, but now I’m not completely sure.

    Here goes: “Testing”

    Edit: Apparently it works fine. Thanks Phae!

    2:30 am on 12/24/07
  • Gravatar Yashima

    I just want to test if that works :)

    7:54 am on 1/24/08
  • Gravatar Prasannah

    TESTING. Does it work?

    10:01 am on 4/12/08
  • Gravatar Inwë (formerly Silmae)

    I absolutely adore the Lifeblooming blob!!!
    That being said, I have to disagree. Why give us ooc rez? I agree with the priest above and with Bornakk.
    Druids have always required more skill to play. We are the most hybrid of the hybrids.

    7:26 pm on 4/28/08
  • Gravatar Tiagantar

    Testing does it work?

    2:24 am on 5/14/08
  • Gravatar Tiagantar

    is it case sensitive?

    2:26 am on 5/14/08
  • Gravatar Warscreamer

    checking:>

    5:16 am on 6/24/08
  • Gravatar Dennis

    This Was Fun!

    11:39 am on 7/11/08
  • Gravatar gelaende

    Testing testing test test test.
    I don’t think it’s working…

    4:43 pm on 7/15/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    I think it sometimes takes a while for the Gravatar to display (I use caching and Gravatar seems to have a bit of delay, too). Also, it appears to be case-sensitive. So check back later, maybe. :-)

    5:24 pm on 7/15/08
  • Gravatar Natarumah

    And another test here, to check for avatar! ^_^
    *huggles*

    Ninja Edit: Huzzah!

    Natarumahs last blog post..Priests and the flock

    6:59 am on 8/28/08
  • Gravatar Emee

    testiiiing

    7:10 am on 9/2/08

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