JMH Techtronics

A lot of my fellow bloggers use this already, but there are many that do not so I figured I would add a review to my site as well. MyBlogLog is an amazing way for bloggers to connect and get noticed by other users because they allow you to be seen on blogs when you visit them. You should notice the MyBlogLog Widget on my sidebar that shows my recent visitors who are registered at MyBlogLog. You only show up there if you are registered, so if you are a blogger you will want to join MyBlogLog ASAP and get yourself noticed a bit more, meet tons of great bloggers, and find some amazing blogs you might otherwise never see.

The plugin does even more for your commenters who use MyBlogLog. Every time they make a comment on your blog their pic from there shows up and anyone can click it to see your catalog of blogs there. It goes right to your profile page so even though you can only link to one site in your name with a comment other readers can actually see ALL of your blogs by clicking on your pic!

The MyAvatars plugin is very easy to install.

INSTALLATION

1. Download the file myavatars.zip, extract & copy it in your plugin directory preserving the folder name
2. Activate the plugin in your plugin page

THEME INTEGRATION

Paste the code given inside the comment’s loop (just after the “foreach ($comments as $comment) :” instruction) in your comments.php file. You can style the code for a better integration using the dedicated CSS in the plugin folder.

Call the function MyAvatars with a true for Gravatar support. E.g. MyAvatars(true);

Leave blank for default settings

if(function_exists("MyAvatars")) MyAvatars();

CONFIGURATION

From version 0.2 MyAvatars has some settings you can change. You can change settings by editing the php file in the plugin folder. Comments will help you during configuration.

BLOGGER USERS

Merlinox made a Blogger plugin. Ask him for support about blogger plugin.

LEGAL STUFF

For support or suggesting a feature leave a comment with the designer. This plugin is to be used at the user’s own risk.

Check out more Wordpress Plugins I use on JMH Techtronics and on other sites. I add more all the time and write a review on their usefulness so bookmark the page and come back often!

UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention by another fellow blogger, Geek’s Corner that the plugin has some Italian language in it for what it displays. I had to change this as well when I did it when I was looking at the plugin code. This doesn’t effect a ton of things, but it does effect what you see if you hover over the MyBlogLog Avatar pic of the commenter. In the case here when you hover over the avatar it says “Visit My Profile at MyBloLog.com”, but I had to change the plugin code to make that happen.

Open the .php file for your plugin before you upload it, or simply edit it on your dashboard. You will want to find the code that looks like this:

// Link titles for mybloglog avatars: when avatars exist or not. $mybloglog_TITLE = "Guarda il mio profilo su MyBlogLog.com!";

Change the “Guarda il mio profilo su MyBlogLog.com!” part to whatever you want it to read in English. Remember that the link goes to their MyBlogLog profile so something along those lines would be appropriate.

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