Avatars for non-WordPress people

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  davidgrewcock · Member · Mar 10, 2008 at 1:17 pm

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  If a friend of mine regularly adds a comment to my blog, is there anyway that they can have an avatar next to their comments – or do they need to sign up to WordPress and set up the avator in their profile?

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  andrew · Member · Mar 10, 2008 at 1:55 pm

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  They have to get a WordPress.com username in order to get an avatar. That’s because the avatar is an image you upload via your profile page, and you can’t have a profile without a username. That said, your friend can get a username without an associated blog. In fact, the FAQ notes that this is possible: “You might have signed up for a username without a blog in order to post comments or contribute articles to someone else’s blog.” See:
  http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/im-new-to-blogging-where-do-i-start/

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  vivianpaige · Member · Mar 10, 2008 at 2:36 pm

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  Alternatively, they can sign up for a gravatar. It will also show up on the blog.

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  wiidude · Member · Mar 10, 2008 at 11:24 pm

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  they have to sign up for WordPress and get a WordPress account. otherwise, they can’t have an avatar.
  !~Incubus7~!

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 10, 2008 at 11:59 pm

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  No, like Vivian said, they can sign up for a Gravatar and that will work on WordPress.com and usually WordPress.org as well.

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  davidgrewcock · Member · Mar 13, 2008 at 2:14 pm

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  thanks all. I can pass this information on!