We are sure you must have noticed the fresh and cute avatars that feature beside your name, in new WATBlog’s comments section, below every single post. We incorporated this feature so that we could map images to the names of our beloved readers. Yes, we know you must be wondering how to customize the avatar that appears beside your name and we are always there to help.

This feature is provided by Gravatar, a concept for globally-unique avatars which was invented by Tom Werner. A Gravatar avatar can be upto 512 pixels wide, is always square and is displayed by 80×80 pixels, by default. Each Garavtar is rated with an MPAA-style age recommendation, which allows webmasters to control the content of the Gravatars displayed on ther web sites.

So, cutting out all the crap, how do you enable customized avatars on WATBlog? Here is the trick -

1. First, you shall need to visit Gravatar’s signup page.
2. 

   As shown in the picture above, all you need to do is enter the email address that you use to comment on the blog.

3. After you click on “SignUp”, you should get a confirmation email sent to your inbox. Just open the email and click on the link provided, to confirm the validity of your email id.
4. Now, you should be presented a page, asking you for a “Nickname” and the password. Note: You shall not be allowed to change the “Nickname” later, so choose wisely!
5. Click on the “Signup” button.
6. On the next page, you should get a massage that says “Whoops, looks like you don’t have any images yet!”. Click on the link “Add one by clicking here!”.
7. Now, you get 3 options to choose from, “My Computer’s Hard Drive”, “An image on the Internet” and “Your WordPress.com Avatar”.
8. Clicking on “Your WordPress Avatar” shall allow Gravatar fetch your avatar from your WordPress account, provided you are already signed into your account.
9. Clicking on “An image on the Internet” shall ask you for the URL of the avatar that you wish to use.
10. Selecting “My Computer’s Hard Drive”, Gravatar shall ask you to select and upload the avatar picture from your computer’s hard drive.
11. In the next page, pan the dotted square, mentioning the part of the avatar picture you wish to crop (it shall always be a square) and click on “Crop and Finish!”
12. Now, you should be presented with a page like the one shown below.

    

    These ratings are asked for, so that the webmasters can automatically decide which kinds of avatars should be allowed in their pages. Rate your picture accordingly.
    For WATBlog, we shall suggest you upload an avatar that can at least be rated ‘PG’.

13. And Voila! You are all set. Now, all you need to do is keep commenting on our posts to find yourself smiling at the world, through the window of WATBlog

Ohh, by the way, do not forget to let us know what you think about our brand new theme!

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