豆知识 2010-09-26&10-02 Gravatar - 全球通用头像

 When you scoot around the web, leaving comments, writing blog posts, contributing to forums¹ and so on, it's nice to be able to leave your mark with an avatar: an image that represents you as it sits alongside² your content. The thing is, often you need to upload this avatar for every blog, service or network you belong to, which is kind of dull and a bit of a waste of time. 

 

 

 

Gravatar is a free service that gives you a globally recognized avatar. Upload the picture once, connect it to whichever email address or email addresses you use, and shazam! 

 

 

 

Wherever you go, when you write a post or leave a comment, your avatar comes along for the ride. Head to gravatar.com, where you can sign up for an account in seconds. It's as simple as adding an email address, responding to your activation³ email, adding an image right from your computer or somewhere on the web or directly from your webcam, and once you've added the image, you can crop it down to size.

 

So don't worry about trying to get it perfect before you upload the picture. 

 

 

 

Now you get to decide a rating⁴ for it, kind of like a movie. Sites that display Gravatars can decide which of these they'll allow through the net. So if you're keeping things relatively⁵ tame, it's best to go for a "G" rating. If you decide to smatter your Gravatar with potty-mouth, sexy-violent action, you might want to go with an "R" or an "X" rating, depending on how hard-core your image happens to be. Otherwise, a "G" for "general" covers your more run-of-the-mill profile picture. 

 

 

 

You can upload as many pictures as you like, so you can swap⁶ them out at a moment's notice or assign them to different email addresses. Gravatar is supported by lots of different sites, and if you happen to use WordPress.com, you can even sign up right from your profile page without ever having to visit gravatar.com. 

 

 

 

And for developers, adding Gravatar to your site or service is easy as pie. Check out the information on gravatar.com to get started. 

 

 

 

Gravatar, globally recognized avatars.

1 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。

2 alongside   

adv.在旁边；prep.和...在一起，在...旁边

参考例句：

• There was a butcher's shop alongside the theatre.剧院旁边有一家肉店。
• Alongside of him stood his uncle.他的身旁站着他叔叔。

3 activation   

n. 激活，催化作用

参考例句：

• A computer controls the activation of an air bag.电脑控制着气囊的启动。

4 rating   

n.级别，等级，额定值，责骂，收视率

参考例句：

• It is a ship with a rating of 500,000 tons.这是一艘五十万吨级的船。
• The opinion polls gave the president a high rating.民意测验显示人民对总统的支持率很高。

5 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

6 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。