4.1.7 - Sidebar problems

[EuroBeat2]

I have noticed that when Sidebar is used several users avatars disappear leaving blank space. It looks like 4.1.7 does not recognize "customavatars". Any fix on that or maybe I am missing something? I had no problem with 4.1.5

Thank you.

EB

[HMBeaty]

Try disabling your modifications/plugins and see if you still have this problem.
Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit includes/config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

If that doesn't work, try this:
Create a new style with no parent:

Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Add New Style
Parent Style: No Parent Style
Title: Default vBulletin
Allow User Selection: Yes
Save

Then browse the site using that totally default vbulletin style - do you still have the same problem?

[EuroBeat2]

do you still have the same problem?

I tried your solution, to no avail. Another one perhaps?

Thank you in advance.

EB

[HMBeaty]

This may be something that would need added to JIRA then. Do the avatars appear in other places on the forum? Are you storing them in the database or the filesystem?

[EuroBeat2]

This may be something that would need added to JIRA then. Do the avatars appear in other places on the forum? Are you storing them in the database or the filesystem?

I am not sure what JIRA is. :) Yes Avatars appear anywhere else. They are stored in filesystem

Avatars are currently being served from the filesystem at ./customavatars

Sidebar properly displays avatars located in: /images/avatars or /images/misc

Thank you for trying to be helpful. Again, it worked perfectly in 4.1.5.

Regards,

EB

[CarlitoBrigante]

JIRA: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=vbulletin+jira

[EuroBeat2]

Actually I went further to this issue. Apparently Sidebar calls avatars from "thumbs" directrory:
i.e. /customavatars/thumbs. For some reason they are gone from that directory. I thought thumbs were created automatically. Any idea why they got erased or cannot be automatically re-created based on avatars located in /customavatars directory?

Thank you very much.

EB

--------------- Added 1317959777 at 1317959777 ---------------

JIRA: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=vbulletin+jira
Thank you Carlito

[HMBeaty]

or cannot be automatically re-created based on avatars located in /customavatars directory?
Try this:

AdminCP > Maintenance > Update Counters > Rebuild Custom Avatar Thumbnails

--------------- Added 1317959955 at 1317959955 ---------------

But yes, they SHOULD be getting automatically created when a user uploads a new custom avatar. Have you tried this yourself to see?

[EuroBeat2]

Try this:

AdminCP > Maintenance > Update Counters > Rebuild Custom Avatar Thumbnails

--------------- Added 1317959955 at 1317959955 ---------------

But yes, they SHOULD be getting automatically created when a user uploads a new custom avatar. Have you tried this yourself to see?

The problem was chmod was not set properly. Now it 777 (write permission and no problem displayin).

Thank you.

[Rogerant79]

I HAVE SOLVED

Basically I moved the avatars from the database to the filesystem:

is explained in the video the whole process:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zUDF4NfYXuY#