Globally recognized avatars: Enabling Gravatars
Gravatars are globally recognized avatars (an avatar being a small picture used to represent a user when making comments or posts), and are very popular among blogs and forums, with many blog and forum systems supporting Gravatars. Gravatars enable users to use the same avatar across all socially-oriented sites they use, should they wish to.
The settings for this module are accessed through Configuration | People | Gravatar. Configuration options available include:
What default image should be used if a user doesn't have a Gravatar
The preferred size for Gravatars to be displayed within the site
Which sort of images are permitted (based off Gravatars maturity filter)
The following screenshot shows these configuration options:
Now when a user edits their profile they are presented with an option to either upload an avatar or if they have a valid Gravatar associated with their e-mail address, whether to use that instead:
