Gravatar 2.0, Finally Back Online

Gravatar, the extremely popular globally recognized avatar system is back online after been down for months, and causing some users to think it might have died a silent web death.

Registration is now open for the new 2.0 Public Beta. Previously registered members don’t need to sign up for a new account and can continue using their existing login details.

For those who don’t know what Gravatar does, it simply allows you to upload an 80×80 pixel avatar image to your account. When you post a comment on Gravatar enabled sites or blogs, the avatar will automatically show up without you having to complete any further steps.

What kind of image do you use as your global avatar, or do you have separate ones for different sites and forums?

Comments

  1. #1

    Michael Yurechko → michaelyurechko.com

    Already signed up, now all you need to do is get Andreas to code in some Gravatar support and we’ll be good.

    btw. Love the new header.

  2. #2

    Arjun → www.cupofchai.net

    Well I actually have only one real avatar which I use only for 9rules, my own blog and and Newsvine - a pretty plain passport-type photo you can see on my “About” page. I really believe that showing your face to the rest of the world increases credibility, and I have nothing to hide ;-).

  3. #3

    Mike Vitoroulis → www.mikevitoroulis.net

    Finally…I’ve been wanting to change my gravatar for a long time!

  4. #4

    zzap → zzaps.com

    God, they took their time.

  5. #5

    Joshua → joshuabryant.com

    Actually it’s not a public beta. It’s 2.0 release.

  6. #6

    Smaran → smarandayal.com

    I’m a fan of Gravatar. I like to have 1 avatar that people can identify me around the web with. The one I use the most is the mandala I painted, which I’m also currently using on Digg.

  7. #7

    Arjun → www.cupofchai.net

    Glenn, have you noticed your category buttons are broken? I mean they all come up with the same results, which are all your posts in chronological descending order.

  8. #8

    kreaper → kreaper.blogsome.com

    aaand its down - again.

    “Service Temporarily Unavailable

    The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

    Additionally, a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”

  9. #9

    Chris Vick → vickslife.com

    I just signed up for a Gravatar. I’ve heard about them, and it sounds like a good idea.

  10. #10

    Paul Stamatiou → paulstamatiou.com

    I’ve stopped using Gravatar. It showed me how using external services can cripple my site. Even if they can get their act together, it would add noticeable load times to larger posts.

  11. #11

    wphj → www.wphj.wordpress.com

    Looks cool, I always wondered what it was. (I saw a link to it on Adam Bett’s blog http://www.artofadambetts.com )

  12. #12

    alej744

    Sweet.

  13. #13

    Smaran → smarandayal.com

    @ wphj: Yeah, Adam uses Gravatar on his site.

  14. #14

    Kiro → tstitch.wordpress.com

    They made a wordpress plugin. I don’t know if you know or not but it’s there.

    http://site.gravatar.com/plugins/wp_gravatar.zip

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