Add avatar to each member group , HELP PLZ

[coolphim]

I'm looking around to add an avatars to my members group ( 1 for guest, 1 for members, 1 for smod) but i cant find a place to do it. Please help me, appreciate that.

[peterska2]

Do you mean as a default avatar, or in addition to their personal avatars?

[coolphim]

the default please, thanks

[peterska2]

ok, you need to upload an avatar for each usergroup that you have in the format x.gif where x is the usergroupid number for that usergroup (eg for admins you would use 6.gif)

Then in your postbit

FIND

<if condition="$show['avatar']"><td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></td>
</if>

REPLACE WITH

<if condition="$show['avatar']"><td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></td>
<else />
<td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/$post[usergroupid].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></td>
</if>

then in the memberinfo template

FIND

<if condition="$show['avatar']">
<td><img src="$userinfo[avatarurl]" $userinfo[avatarsize] alt="<phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" style="border:1px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top:none" /></td>
<else />
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</if>

Replace with

<if condition="$show['avatar']">
<td><img src="$userinfo[avatarurl]" $userinfo[avatarsize] alt="<phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" style="border:1px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top:none" /></td>
<else />
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/$userinfo[usergroupid].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
</if>

Just a little warning, if you miss a usergroup then there will be broken images.

[coolphim]

for the code

<if condition="$show['avatar']">
<td><img src="$userinfo[avatarurl]" $userinfo[avatarsize] alt="<phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" style="border:1px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top:none" /></td>
<else />
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/$userinfo[usergroupid].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
</if>

Can I locate the source of image from another HOST. I tried to paste the imgage link to this : ....... <else />
<td><img src="http://www.myimgagelink/2.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
</if>
........ but it doesnt work. THANKS

[peterska2]

Yes you can link to images on another host. Just use<img src="FULL URL TO IMAGES FOLDER/$post[usergroupid].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /> in place of the image code in the postbit and <img src="FULL URL TO IMAGES FOLDER/$userinfo[usergroupid].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" />in place of the image code in the memberinfo template.

so if your images are at http://www.mysite.com/files/graphics/avatars then this will be what you place where it has FULL URL TO IMAGES FOLDER

Please can you also put your code in the above post into [ code][ /code] tags. Thanks.

[ChrisBaktis]

I have tried and tried I cannot get this to work

[peterska2]

Where are your images located and what are they called?

What code exactly are you using?

Are you getting broken images, or something else?

[ChrisBaktis]

I used the above code (minus the </td> since that was adding an extra column).

The files are in the avatars directory and called 10.gif and 31.gif to represent the 2 usergroups i want to have default avatars.

All I get is the Alt Text message 'Username's Avatar' with the link for people with no avatars, normal avatars for people outside those 2 groups, and nothing new for the people in the 10 & 31 usergroups...

I have tried with the code you have and then I also tried with hard coding the url to the avatars to make sure that wasnt the problem.

[ChrisBaktis]

Any continued support on this would be greatly appreciated.

[rogersnm]

Can you post your code here please.

[peterska2]

As you want it for just 2 usergroups then your code will always cause broken images.

If you can post further details of exactly which usergroups you want it to work for, how exactly you want it to work, and if it is postbit or postbit legacy then I'll have a look at it for you.

[ChrisBaktis]

This is the code im using - the only thing changed are the <td> parts - I removed these so a new column was not created.

<if condition="$show['avatar']"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>
<else />
<a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/$post[usergroupid].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>
</if>

With this code - all members that do not have an avatar selected show the alt message 'Username's Avatar'....Members that have an avatar selected do show properly...

I have 2 gif files setup 10.gif and 33.gif (was 31 in 1st post but groups changed) - the members in these 2 groups only show the 'Username's Avatar' link or the regular avatar if they have selected one.

Maybe I misunderstood the point of this code - now that I have reread the 1st post - maybe this isnt for me...I want members to be able to use regular avatars, but members that I put into certain groups (banned, suspended, etc) I want default avatars to show instead of ones they may have selected.

[rogersnm]

Well if you want usergroup 1/2/default code then you need something like this:
<if condition="$show['avatar']">
<if condition="$post['usergroupid'] == X">
Usergroup X code here
<else />
<if condition="$post['usergroupid'] == Y">
Usergroup Y code here
<else />
<a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>
</if>
</if>
</if>

[ChrisBaktis]

Ok I had to alter the code a little - I couldnt figure out why it wasnt working until I realized that the way it was setup anyone not having an avatar was being skipped - I changed the code to this and it worked great.

<if condition="$post['usergroupid'] == 10">
<br><center><img src="http://www.site.com/forums/images/avatars/10.gif" border="0" /></center>
<else />
<if condition="$post['usergroupid'] == 33">
<br><center><img src="http://www.site.com/forums/images/avatars/33.gif" border="0" /></center>
</if>
<if condition="$show['avatar']">
<br><center><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></center>
</if>

Just one more question - I want to do the same thing in the memberinfo template - but I do not think I use the $post[usergroupid] variable - what is the equivalant to this in the member info?