Like I’ve mentioned, pictures are a great idea in a blog, and thumbshots of websites add credibility to a website. Here is a short tutorial on how to add thumbshots to the comments you get on your blog:

1. Sign up for Thumbshots.org.
2. Log in to your WP admin area.
3. In WP 2.5+, click Design>Theme Editor, then click on the Comments (comments.php) file.
4. Locate the line that says <?php comment_author_link() ?> or similar. Mine is located within a <strong> tag, like <strong><?php comment_author_link() ?></strong>.
5. Add the following image tag from thumbshots.org to the left of the author link: <img src=”http://open.thumbshots.org/image.aspx?url=<?php comment_author_url() ?>” border=”1″ style=”float:left;clear:left;” />
6. Save the file.
7. That’s it. You’re done. Happy blogging.

photo credit: 顔なし

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