I just installed Dougal’s Easy Gravatars plugin. He’s just released version 1.1. Inserting Gravatars into your commenter’s comments is as easy as installing the plugin. It works really well. It was even super easy to move the image a bit with the built in “advanced” feature of being able to add CSS properties into the config page. I’ve decided to go back to using Gravatars because I’ve always liked them, and since they’re now owned and hosted by Automattic, they are blazingly fast, thanks to the gobs of speed and bandwidth they now have at their disposal. This is great!
Unfortunately, I am going to have to comment out the code that generates the great gravatars until the server they’re hosted on becomes a bit more reliable. I can’t have the pages load as intolerably slow as they are. I have a fast cable connection and the pages are loading like on a 14.4 dialup modem. That’s not fair to those who are silly enough to read my stuff. Perhaps I’ll put up a local version instead. Cya in a while Gravater.
Seems that in the same time frame that I updated the site that showed from my gravatar image (and uploaded it again), the gravatar site’s web host went borkeroo, so I have no face!!!! ARRAAGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
If you have a Gravatar (definition for those who are new to this stuff), it should show on your posts here from now on. I’ve added the code to the site to make it happen. By the way, I created the wikipedia page explaining a gravatar. If anyone has a better description, by all means, edit the page. That’s the kewl thing about a wiki.
I have implemented a “gravitar signup” checkbox so that you can have your “gravitar” displayed beside your post. One problem: I haven’t edited the comments page and my stylesheet to accomodate the gravitars yet. So, if you sign up for one, but it’s not displayed for a while, that’s because I’m being lazy. 
