author gravatar help needed

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  tamisanders · Member · Mar 29, 2009 at 6:33 am

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  i am trying to figure out how to get my gravatar to show up at the top of my sidebar. i’ve read through the forums, but i can’t find an answer. i’m sure i’m just not searching for the right thing.

  i have found the “authors” widget, which would work, but as i am the only author, it bothers me to have the plural!

  i have thought about using a text widget and adding the gravatar there, but i must be messing up the html, i’m NOT very good with html.

  can someone tell me an easy way to get my gravatar up there? i don’t even really need any text with it.

  thanks,
  tami

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Mar 29, 2009 at 6:50 am

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  Upload the image via the Add an Image button of the post editor, click “File URL”, copy the URL and paste it in a text widget this way:
  <img src="URL_HERE"></a>
  (That’s the simplest form of the code. There are also pieces of code for resizing, centering, borders etc – don’t know if you’re going to need any of those.)

  And please paste the exact URL of your blog when asking questions here – or link your nickname to your blog as explained in the Sticky 8 Things to Know. We usually need that to give a relevant answer.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 29, 2009 at 2:29 pm

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  tamisanders
  You could also just use the “Authors” widget. Set to the largest size, showing 0 posts. You name will be next to the picture, though, so if you want only the picture then use a text widget with the code pannos suggested above.

  Also, you should know that linking your name to your blog as he also suggested is beneficial to you: people just click on your name to find your blog.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Mar 29, 2009 at 2:43 pm

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  Ah yes of course, the Authors widget. And it doesn’t need to say “Authors”: you can click on its Edit tab and give it any name you please – including no name at all by writing this in the title box:
   

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  tamisanders · Member · Mar 30, 2009 at 3:30 am

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  SUCCESS!!! thank you for making it easy for me to understand and follow – techie stuff is NOT my strong point! LOL!

  i tried all of the above suggestions and found one i liked.

  i will remember to add a link to my blog, i thought it showed up in the post.

  thanks again for taking time to help!