How To Add Your Avatar To Handmadeology And Other Blogs

27. Aug, 2010 95 Comments

welded dots - by timothy adam

The question is how do I add my avatar to Handmadeology?   The answer is simple and will also help you brand your self when commenting on other blogs and sites.

Gravatar is the answer and here is how you solve the problem.

Head over to Gravatar and sign up for an account.  There is no charge and it is simple.

add your avatar to handamdeology

Use the email address you have used to sign in to Handmadeology and other blogs to leave comments.

Once you fill in your email address you will get an email in your inbox asking you to confirm.  Click the link in the email and you will be taken to a screen like the one below.

add your avatar to handamdeology

Pick your user name.  You can check the availability of your user name with the check button.  Fill in your password you would like and hit sign up!

Now that your account is set up and ready, you can add your picture and edit your info.

add your avatar to handamdeology

Here is where you will add all the info about.

add your avatar to handamdeology

Add your picture that you want to use for your avatar under the “Your Images” button.

add your avatar to handamdeology

You can add as many pictures as you want.  Pick the picture you want to use and show as your avatar.

add your avatar to handamdeology

For this to all work you will need to use the email address you signed up with on Gravatar any time you sign up to comment on a new blog.Etsy Facebook App - Fanpageology

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95 Responses to “How To Add Your Avatar To Handmadeology And Other Blogs”

  1. Jennifer Schulting Reply 27. Aug, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    Thank You, I was getting sick of the circle next to my name…..

  2. Jessica Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 2:09 AM

    Thanks for this tutorial! Quick and easy!

  3. Jessica Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 2:11 AM

    Hmmm… just saw that it says it might take 5-10 minutes. I expected to see the avatar!

  4. Jessica Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 2:12 AM

    Yes, thanks Timothy! Now I’m starting to look more cohesive, since the same avatar shows up when I post on blogger!

  5. Double Brush Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 4:35 AM

    Thank you so much Tim, I really wanted to know how to do this to start branding our business.

  6. Kirschbits Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 5:45 AM

    Excellent! I was wondering not long ago how to add the avatar, as in some places appear, in some others not.. Thank you!!!

  7. Grace Wieber Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 7:56 AM

    As usual you’ve given your readers another great tutorial. This one is a biggy. Thank you.

  8. Linda Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    A big THANK YOU for taking the mystery out of the mysterious internet for me!!

  9. Arctida Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    Wow! What a great tip! Thank you for sharing it!

  10. Diane Smith Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    Thanks! This is great! ^_^

  11. Michele Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    WOOHOO!! Thank you Tim, hated being a blue head!

  12. Heather Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 5:17 PM

    thank-you again!

  13. Jocelyn Friis Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 8:06 PM

    So cool! Thank you!

  14. Shelley Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    So, let’s see if I did this right…

  15. Shelley Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    Thanks for the tutorial!

  16. Artsy Clay - Judy Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    Thanks so much!

  17. Tressa Reply 28. Aug, 2010 at 11:29 PM

    Thanks! This is great!

  18. gina s. Reply 29. Aug, 2010 at 12:55 AM

    Thanks for the great tute Tim!

    Hugs,
    Gina

  19. Linda Reply 29. Aug, 2010 at 10:45 AM

    Wasn’t working yesterday – let’s try it today….

  20. Jennifer Schulting Reply 29. Aug, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    OK, let’s see if it worked!

  21. Jennifer Schulting Reply 29. Aug, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    Nope!

  22. Jennifer Schulting Reply 29. Aug, 2010 at 5:28 PM

    OK, there we go…….thanks again Tim!

  23. Kelly Reply 29. Aug, 2010 at 11:50 PM

    Thanks so much for the tip!!

  24. Susan Reply 02. Sep, 2010 at 10:21 AM

    Just had to test this out. Hope it works!

  25. melanie Reply 15. Sep, 2010 at 8:52 PM

    That was fast & easy, hmmm lets see if it works, no more blue head – woohoo!

  26. HerArtSheLoves Reply 15. Sep, 2010 at 11:39 PM

    I think, I learned this from you. Forgot I made the avatar, was surprised showed up one day during a random post. :)

  27. leallyson Reply 19. Sep, 2010 at 11:34 PM

    This is great! Thank you for sharing. I am constantly learning something new here at Handmadeology!

  28. LeAllyson Reply 19. Sep, 2010 at 11:45 PM

    Not sure why it didn’t work. No avatar above.

  29. Jolinne Reply 04. Oct, 2010 at 4:46 AM

    Thank you! Testing to see it works..

  30. patriciabarden Reply 05. Oct, 2010 at 1:34 AM

    let us see iffing it worked

  31. Natalie Reply 14. Oct, 2010 at 9:48 AM

    Testing if this works now :-)

  32. Natalie Reply 14. Oct, 2010 at 10:14 AM

    Hmm it didn’t work, eh?

  33. Natalie Reply 14. Oct, 2010 at 10:15 AM

    Ahaa.! sorry for the multiple posts. I’m happy now :-)

  34. pam Reply 18. Oct, 2010 at 4:45 AM

    One more morning tick. Gosh I’m a good girl today. Thanks

  35. Patricia Bullock Reply 27. Oct, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    Checking to see if I did it correct.

  36. Patricia Bullock Reply 27. Oct, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    One more try

  37. Karen Reply 16. Nov, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    Have to upload a different photo from the home computer but this will do for now! Thanks for the info Tim!

    Karen
    Peanuts Creations

  38. Steph Reply 17. Jan, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Thanks for this info:0)

  39. Mixed Mayhem Studios Reply 19. Jan, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    This is so cool! ♥

  40. LeAllyson Reply 23. Jan, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    OK – hopes this works for me.

  41. BSCW Reply 27. Jan, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    thanks, seeing if it works.

  42. Almost Monday Reply 05. Feb, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    Thanks! Testing 123…

  43. Eileen Grobeck Reply 07. Feb, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    testing to see if my avatar works

  44. Indie Craftstravaganzaa Reply 10. Feb, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    crazy! I just posted here for the first time, and my logo popped up. I had totally forgotten about
    gravatar, but I’m here to say it works.

  45. Martha Latta Reply 15. Feb, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    Well, I went to create a Gravatar and it says I already have one, so I am just posting to double check and see for sure!

  46. Lara Reply 22. Feb, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Very cool, testing…

  47. Amy Reply 21. Mar, 2011 at 2:27 AM

    cool thanks

  48. Lucinda Reply 26. Mar, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    checking to see if I know what I’m doing. Thanks for the tip!

  49. Karyn Redwolf Reply 28. Mar, 2011 at 1:43 AM

    of course we all want to see this work! the only problem i am having is that my avatar is too complex to be a icon thingy in an address bar… working on that. I am Branded so if brings tough choices – thought provoking

  50. Liz B. Reply 08. Apr, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    Very cool!

  51. irit Reply 13. Apr, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    I’ll try that thank you so much great as always!

  52. irit Reply 13. Apr, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    just a test guys

  53. Gia - The Vintaquarian Reply 27. Apr, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    Appreciate your step by step directions, Tim.
    This is a test post to see how it went!

  54. ThreeMartelles Reply 13. May, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    Oh my goodness – I had been trying to figure this out! Thank you so much.

  55. Mark Reply 28. May, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Cool, testing it here.

  56. Ocean Style Jewellery Reply 29. May, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    I’d had spent such a long time trying to find out how to do this, thank you for the tip. Let’s see if my picture comes up here!

  57. Ocean Style Jewellery Reply 29. May, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    Oh that’s a shame, my blog is with blogger.com (www.oceanstylejewellery.blogspot.com) and it seems gravatar doesn’t work with blogger so I can’t leave comments on my own blog.

  58. Lety Reply 02. Jun, 2011 at 1:55 AM

    Thank you Tim, checking if I don’t have a blue head :)

  59. MCatherine Reply 02. Jun, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Let’s see if I’ve done this correctly!

  60. MCatherine Reply 02. Jun, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Let’s try again

  61. MCatherine Reply 02. Jun, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    Hmmm. Gravatar seems to be a little puny and the site isn’t cooperating with downloading a new one at the moment. I’ll keep working on it!

  62. MCatherine Reply 03. Jun, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Hurrah!!

  63. Rachel-Hearts of Stone Jewelry Reply 08. Jun, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    Take two…

    Thanks!

  64. Einat Agmon Reply 20. Jun, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    I love your website, but never felt comfortable commenting before. (Read: Long time reader, first time commenter. :-)

    Thanks for the info on Gravatar!

  65. Dawn Reply 22. Jun, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    Thank you so much, Timothy!! I was struggling…
    Dawn

  66. Chari Reply 14. Jul, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    Thanks so much! Yay!! ~Blessings!

  67. Diana (Ladybug Limited) Reply 24. Jul, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    Great tute!

  68. Katy Reitz Reply 24. Jul, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    testing…. testing…. 1…2….3….

  69. Katy Reitz Reply 24. Jul, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    great info…. thanks

  70. Kitti Reply 25. Jul, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Thanks, done and done!

  71. Mary Reply 04. Sep, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Very good article! Thank you!

  72. Marian Reply 01. Oct, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    This is the test of my Gravatar.

  73. Marian Reply 01. Oct, 2011 at 2:01 AM

    Second test of gravatar

  74. Debra Reply 10. Oct, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    I’m trying to figure out how to change my email address to this one Tim. How can I change my information for handmadeology?

  75. Debra Reply 10. Oct, 2011 at 8:16 AM

    Tim how do I change my email address for here?

  76. Christina Edmondson Reply 16. Nov, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    Thanks!!! That was a snap!!!

  77. Deb Reply 31. Dec, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Testing here…sometimes I just can’t get these things to apply as they should!!

    Thanks for the info here though!!!

  78. Lisa from WooHue Reply 02. Jan, 2012 at 4:10 PM

    Awesome explanation – thanks as always!

  79. VintageAndSupply Reply 23. Jan, 2012 at 5:02 PM

    why didn’t I notice this before!! thanks you, I hope it is not as complicated as sometimes comps are serious time wasters :)
    I am tired of the bust, I will let you know How I do

  80. VintageAndSupply Reply 23. Jan, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    ok, clicked link, went to sign up, added my email, checked my email, clicked the link, added my username & password, added my pic, then went to the drop down menu- edit profile, added my info easily accepted it, & viola- my image should appear now :)

  81. Barbara Reply 25. Jan, 2012 at 9:51 AM

    I had a blue head gravatar because I’m developing a blog – didn’t know it because I hadn’t connected all of the dots until I read your tutorial — now I have an actual, real gravatar and understand the bigger picture of how the “dots” work. Thanks so much!

  82. Barbara Reply 25. Jan, 2012 at 10:04 AM

    Ah-ha! I have two email addresses and needed to set this one as my primary address to get the Gravatar to show up. Now I really get it — I HOPE! :-)

  83. Anna Reply 18. Feb, 2013 at 8:45 AM

    thanks for this tip… just seeing if I have done it right now!

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