Avatars » Blavatars
Avatar, Blavatar, Favicon, Image
A Blavatar is a term we came up with by combining Blog + Avatar. A Blavatar is an image associated with a blog. It will be displayed as the favicon for your blog, which shows up in a browser’s address bar and on browser tabs. It will show up in the comments section of a blog if you send out any pingbacks. If anyone create a shortcut to your blog on their iPhone it will also be used as the icon there. Here are a couple of examples showing a blavatar:
Browser Address Bar
Browser Tab
Blavatar Launch Video
doneUpload a Blavatar
You can upload a blavatar by visiting Settings->General in your blog.
On the right side you should see the section for Blog Picture.
Click on the button for Choose File or Browse depending on the browser you are using. Find the image on your computer you would like to use. The blavatar works best if it is 128 * 128 pixels square. Smaller sizes will be used in different areas of WordPress.com, so you may want to test how the image will look at these other square sizes: 16, 32, 48, and 96.
The image doesn’t have to use these dimensions or be square though. After you’ve selected the image, click the Upload Image button. You’ll see a screen where you can crop your image.
Move the crop area and change the size to match the area of the image you want to use. Then click the Crop Image button. A screen will load showing you a couple examples of the cropped image and you done. Your blog now has a Blavatar!
Remove a Blavatar
If you would like to remove a blog’s Blavatar, visit Settings->General.
In the Blog Picture area on the right side, click the Remove Image button.
Last modified: October 21, 2009
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