Implement Gravatar On…
April 03, 2010 | Posted by Beau Lebens
We’re always really happy to see submissions from folks like you that make it easier to implement Gravatar within different programming languages, software packages, frameworks and tools. Recently we’ve received some more, so here’s a list of new implementations (which I’m also adding to the Developer Resources section of the site):
- Vincent Gabriel submitted a Gravatar extension for the Yii Framework,
- Steffen emailed us to tell us about an extension for the TYPO3 CMS,
- We were emailed a Django custom tag,
- Ralf Ebert submitted a new Java library.
Thanks everyone for submitting details and for helping spread Gravatar to become a truly Global avatar. If you know of any other implementations that we’re not aware of, please let us know in the comments!
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I bet you saw it earlier, but did you catch Stack Overflow’s April Fools prank? They replaced Gravatar for a day with Unicornify, a drop-in replacement that uses Unicorn avatars (like the monster generics). Not quite a new implementation, but an interesting use of a Gravatar-like service.
Hi Max, We loved it so much we blogged about it actually 😉 https://blog.gravatar.com/2010/04/01/unicorn-gravatars-stack-overflow/
Your Django custom tag link is broken..
Ouch, thanks for the pointer Ned. That’ll teach me to check all my links before publishing. Fixed now.
There is also error with link “Developer Resources”.
As for other implementations, if you just read archive of this blog, you’ll see that most implementations mentioned in it are not on “Developer Resources” page. There are implementations with some forum software but I didn’t use any of them so I can’t link to them.
I’m really happy to see the extended profile information on Gravatar. Is there some plan to include that in WordPress 3.0? Seems like a no brainer, but haven’t seen anything about it.
Hey Beau, did you ever get a chance to reads this post I wrote last year?
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/08/17/why-is-gravatar-still-not-mainstream/
Wondering what your thoughts are on that particular question.
[…] has yet to live up to the G (Global) in its name but it’s slowly getting there. Beau Lebens has published a few more developer resources that have been submitted to the Gravatar site including a Gravatar extension to […]
Gravatar + MODx: http://www.weareakta.com/blog/modx/modx-snippet:-gravatar
Thanks everyone for submitting details and for helping spread Gravatar to become a truly Global avatar.
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The PHP sample code on page http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/php needs to be updated. The first parameter after the hash code needs to be prefaced by a ?, e.g. “?default=” and then the subsequent parameter would use the “&” character.
@Rob: You’re absolutely right! Can’t believe no one has noticed that before now 😉 Fixed!
Ummm, what’s changed? I can’t crop my photos anymore *sad face* I can “grab” the outline, but it won’t pull out or in. Can anyone help????
@kchari: If you’re still having trouble, please email support@gravatar.com, but you can normally just hit refresh in your browser and it’ll work.
Every time I go to the gravatar site it all comes in Thai. Fine, except I can’t read Thai! Wher4e is the language button on the main page? On any page? Please help!!
Marcus, is Thai your prefered language in browser’s settings (not language of your browser!)? On Gravatar you are redirected to locale site if your language in browser’s settings is same as on that locale site.
I’m a big fan of Gravatar, I try to push it on my employee’s blogs. As all people who invest time in websites they love I hope it stays focused and free. As a host I can’t send my people here to get Gravatars when they will be forced to see low ball ads. Thanks for not doing that! If you ever need a server sponsor let us know. We love your site/service.
Regards,
Charles
President DWHS Inc.
http://www.dwhs.net
@Beau: Maybe no one used it 😀
(btw, you should enable threaded comments here)
What about Gravatars for vBulletin?
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=205963
I run a forum with vbulletin and it would be great there and two social networks with phpfox, especially on the social network it would be great for people not have to upload a image by default.
Thanks for the updates. I love seeing Gravatars expand their reach and become even more useful.
Your post prompted me to revisit some old articles I had done about using Gravatars in AppleScript. I’ve created a new post with updated techniques showing a couple reference implementations in AppleScript that others may find useful.
http://smithsrus.com/gravatar-applescript-and-the-os-x-address-book-revisited/
I’ve also built a downloadable AppleScript application that will mass update your Mac Address Book pictures with Gravatars. (This is different than the existing Address Book plugin that only looks up one address at a time.) Of course, once the pictures are in Address Book they automatically sync to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, which is really nice.
Everything is GPL and free to explore, modify, and enjoy. I hope it spurs others to build more cool Gravatar integrations.
Where is the help on gravatar apart from the faqs? Or where do you ask questions? While it is good to have all the whizz bang stuff, it would be nice to have all the basics too.
You can email us at support (at) gravatar.com if you have any questions — we don’t currently have forums or any other great on-site place to ask questions for other users to answer I’m afraid.
the tutorial here http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/ was quite an easy step by step procedure,i easily set it up on my friends blog when he called for my assistance.
My company runs a forum with vbulletin and it would be great there.
Yeah i think vbulletin is great for Forum….