Tutorial: Put A Face With A Name Using Gravatar

Here are the steps that I took to get Gravatar working so that user Gravatar images would show up automatically in the comments of this site.

Step 1: Install the Gravatar module.

Step 2: Set permissions and configure the Gravatar module. I allowed anonymous users to use gravatar which enables the display of images on non-logged in users based on their email address. The Gravatar settings (pictured below) are pretty basic. Most notably you have the option to specify a default avatar for those commenters that aren't on the Gravatar service. You can upload one to your site or choose (pictured below) from several standard options.

Step 3: Check your site settings to make sure that user pictures are enabled correctly. Go to '/admin/user/settings#edit-user-pictures-0-wrapper/' and select the 'enabled' radio button.

Step 4: Check your theme settings at 'admin/build/themes' to make sure that 'user pictures in comments' are enabled.

Step 5: Check comments settings per content type. Since the display of the Gravatar is based on a check of an email address, you'll want to be sure that the setting 'anonymous posters must leave their contact information' is selected in the comment settings for each content type where you want the Gravatars to be seen in the comments.

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