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Gravatar — abbreviation of "Globally Recognized Avatar", i.e. avatar (small photo or picture which size not more then 80х80 pixels) which visualizes its owner, and can be used practically anywhere. Gravatar is attached to unique e-mail address, which is the avatar's identifier at the same time.
How to register Gravatar?
It is necessary to make the following steps to upload your Gravatar::
- Visit the registration service homepage Gravatar, input the e-mail address for which you would like to create the avatar, and which will be used while adding comments.
- Confirm the registration by clicking on link that was send to you on entered e-mail.
- After e-mail is confirmed it is necessary to enter the password and its confirmation required for login to administrative panel of your account.
- Log in Gravater service by means of your e-mail and password entered on previous step.
- After authorization it is necessary to click on «аdd a new one» link in «Choose a gravatar for the selected email or add a new one» string.
- You will be offered two variants of avatar's upload: «My computer's hard drive» (from your PC) or «An image on the internet» (from Internet). Choose the most preferable, and upload the image.
- After the image is upload you will be asked to choose censorship group of your gravatar. There are several. The most rated (allowed) is G group. While choosing this group you guarantee that your avatar does not contain any erotic elements, violence etc.
- It is enough just to click on e-mail address then on avatar below to attach the upload gravatar to email.
How to turn on the gravatars displaying in JComments ?
The setup of gravatars displaying in comments list is carried out in component's parameters. This parameter can be setup separately for each exist user's group. Thus, you can turn off the gravatars displaying for guests and display them only for registered users. |
