AuthorSure can place a box containing a photo of the author, their bio and the rel=author link at the foot of each post.
The photo used is a gravatar, which is a photo that WordPress associates with an email address and is used typically in post comments but is also used by AuthorSure in the author box
Prerequisites to Setting Up a Gravatar
- you have a square photo of yourself of size 150 pixels
Steps in Setting Up an Gravatar
- Register your email address
- Click link in confirmation email
- Upload a photo
The following video tutorial steps through the process of setting up a gravatar.
Please note that you need to be logged in to play the video
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Video Tutorial
Click the image below to start the video
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