[DRC] - Thread Starter Avatars

[Dr.CustUmz]

[DRC] - Thread Starter Avatars

Nominated for MOTM May 2016 BE SURE TO CAST YOUR VOTE!
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=322496

If this wins, it means it has more interest than I thought. I will put it on high priority =)

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Information:
Shows thread starter avatars on thread listings. If your avatars are stored in the database (which vBulletin does by default) this will not add any additional queries, if you have moved your avatars into your file system this will add an additional query for fetching each avatar. Barely any hit to page load though =). Does not remove anything from your template, but does add icons for new post, hot thread, and closed thread that overlap the avatar in a stylish way.

Features:
- thread starter avatar
- hot thread icon
- new thread icon (that links to new post)
- locked thread icon

Planned:
- show last poster avatar as a mini icon on top of thread starter avatar (this will add queries though)
- options to enable disable things
- options for positions

Preview:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/31.png

Avatars in the database with page load time:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/32.png

Avatars in the Filesystem with page load time:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/33.png

and just to be thorough, plugin disabled with page load time:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/34.png
hardly even a hit =)


Thanks / Credits:
To MarkFL for his constant support, and help.
To Max Taxable for finding the file system bug

If you have any ideas to add don't be shy, and share your thoughts!

Changelog:
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v1.3
- vBAdvanced Support
- Plugins only active on specific pages
- Copyright only visible on pages avatars are active
- added T.O.S.

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v1.2
- added support for file system avatars in search results

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v1.1
- added support for avatars in the filesytem

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v1.0
- initial release

[MarkFL]

Lookin' good, Ryan! :up:

I'll give this a go tonight on vB 3.8.9. :)

[Dr.CustUmz]

i was going to remove thread status, and post icon columns and use a mini icon for every thread status (which is going to take me forever) but figured why not just release what i got now and move on to something else for now, and do an update later lol

[Dr.CustUmz]

here's a broader screenshot (titles are not describing them anymore though lol)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/30.png

[MarkFL]

Okay, I installed this on my vB 3.8.9 dev site, and everything works as expected. Definitely a nice improvement. :)

[Dr.CustUmz]

glad to here =) thanks for the feedback.

[Max Taxable]

Hmm.... Avatars not rendering but also not 404.

[Dr.CustUmz]

are your avatars in the database, or file system?

[Max Taxable]

File system.

[Max Taxable]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/13.jpg

[Dr.CustUmz]

ah that would be why, this pulls the avatar from image.php which I believe the image has to be in the database for that.

this is the exact code for the image src
image.php?u=$thread[postuserid]&type=thumb

I will make a note of this in the description, and will see if I can fix it =)

[Max Taxable]

Glad i could be helpful. Looks like a great little Mod, adds almost zero to pageload.

[MarkFL]

I don't know if it works the same in vB 3 as in vB 4, but in vB 4, when I want to get a user's avatar from the file system, I use code in the following form:

$avatar_url = fetch_avatar_url($userid);
$avatar = $avatar_url[0];

if (!$avatar)
{
$avatar = $vbulletin->stylevars['imgdir_misc']['imagedir'] . '/unknown.gif';
}

edit: I forgot, you will likely need this before the call to the fetch_avatar_url() function:

require_once('./global.php');
require_once('./includes/functions_user.php');

[Dr.CustUmz]

I don't know if it works the same in vB 3 as in vB 4, but in vB 4, when I want to get a user's avatar from the file system, I use code in the following form:

$avatar_url = fetch_avatar_url($userid);
$avatar = $avatar_url[0];

if (!$avatar)
{
$avatar = $vbulletin->stylevars['imgdir_misc']['imagedir'] . '/unknown.gif';
}

edit: I forgot, you will likely need this before the call to the fetch_avatar_url() function:

require_once('./global.php');
require_once('./includes/functions_user.php');


well before seeing this, at least I was on the right track lol

require_once('./includes/functions_user.php');
$userid = $thread['postuserid'];
$avatarurl = fetch_avatar_url($userid);

[Dr.CustUmz]

what i ended up coming up with
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_user.php');
$drcav = fetch_avatar_url($thread[postuserid]);
if (!$drcav) {
$drcav = $stylevar['imgdir_misc'] . '/unknown.gif';
} else {
$drcav = $vbulletin->options['bburl'] . '/' . $drcav[0];
}

but good news and bad news. this works but will cause an additional query per avatar on the page since it has to fetch it, with avatars in file system there is no way around this, unless...

food for thought (for me to return to lol)
you take $vboptions[SomeFolderNameOption]/avatar$thread[postuserid]_1.gif
but how to get that pesky revision number... hmm

$array['avatarrevision']

so to keep with the products title, i can not in good faith release this as an update. What i can do though is release another version altogether =) that way both sides can be happy... I hope. but its past 1 am here

heres a quick fix for now, i will release the revised version when i wake up

THIS IS ONLY FOR AVATARS IN FILESYSTEM! and was intended to fix max's issues to be good enough for now

and does not work in search results till tomorrow, only forumdisplay as im doing it as a quick fix before bed. again i will work the rest out tomorrow

[MarkFL]

You can detect if the avatars are in the file system with:

$vbulletin->options['usefileavatar']

This will be an integer value of 1 if the file system is being used, and an integer value of 0 if the database is being used.

[Dr.CustUmz]

You can detect if the avatars are in the file system with:

$vbulletin->options['usefileavatar']

This will be an integer value of 1 if the file system is being used, and an integer value of 0 if the database is being used.

yeah but how does that help lol, say i were to use for the img src

$vboptions[avatarurl_2]/avatar$thread[postuserid]_1.gif
that would work by itself, without a query. but that _1 at the end is the revision number, so I would need something like $thread[postuseridAvatarRev] where the 1 is, and i dont see any way of doing this without creating queries.

I guess for now i can combine it into one product using, ill just inform that if your avatars on your file system it will create a query for avatar loaded.

if $vbulletin->options['usefileavatar'] ==1{
USE QUERIES
} ELSE {
NO QUERIES
}

[Max Taxable]

Datastore? Possible to use that?

[Dr.CustUmz]

Datastore? Possible to use that?

as they say in developing 'anything is possible' lol, but beyond my skillset, this is =P

can you give me an example? a product that uses this method, a way vbulletin uses it? im looking into it now too :D

[Dr.CustUmz]

it doesnt even touch the page load whether you have the additional queries or not though (at least from what Ive seen). all the queries mean, is it's asking the database for more information. on some products, queries matter, but from the testing ive put on my crappy little server sitting next to me i have not noticed any stress at all =) and its just a little ubuntu server i made from old pc parts, so if your site is on a real server youll have no issues =)

found a good article, but this may have to wait =)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110628

[Max Taxable]

it doesnt even touch the page load whether you have the additional queries or not though (at least from what Ive seen). all the queries mean, is it's asking the database for more information. on some products, queries matter, but from the testing ive put on my crappy little server sitting next to me i have not noticed any stress at all =) and its just a little ubuntu server i made from old pc parts, so if your site is on a real server youll have no issues =)

found a good article, but this may have to wait =)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110628Yes I agree this Mod is insignificant as a bloat producer or performance negative. It doesn't hurt page load or performance at all. The only thing it really does is add the kb of the avatar image files, but these are small and not a significant source of bloat either.

I only mentioned the Datastore as a possible solution for some of the coding issues you're getting. But really, you're doing just fine the way it is.

Can we get this for search.php now too?

[Dr.CustUmz]

oh yeah forgot had to add the other pages for the file system side.

what other pages other than search would this need to be activated?... i cant think of any others

[Max Taxable]

Pretty sure it's just going to be forumdisplay and search.

[Dr.CustUmz]

*update* Added Support for search result avatars if files are in the file system. - thanks max

if your avatars are not in the file system this feature already exists

[Hasann]

thank you ryan
can you make last poster avatar too?

[Dr.CustUmz]

already working on it =) and more mini icons =)

[Hasann]

already working on it =) and more mini icons =)

I like it how you do those mini icons.. a very good idea please make all of them forum/thread icons like that.

[Dr.CustUmz]

I am, just going to take a while got to photoshop every post status icon, then create each combination in css. just got done adding vbadvanced support, ill probably hold off on the release though since no one has requested that lol.

[Dr.CustUmz]

can I get some feedback on this approach
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/27.png

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/28.png

[Hasann]

very nice

[Max Taxable]

*update* Added Support for search result avatars if files are in the file system. - thanks maxInstalled to overwrite, and works perfectly. Thanks!can I get some feedback on this approach
Looks pretty cool.

[Dr.CustUmz]

got another one for you guys, if you noticed, the avatars make the height of the table row a little taller on each post. To not effect the row height should i shrink the avatars/icons?

here is a close up (the top post)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/25.png

here it is again normal view
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2016/04/26.png

this does make the mini icons harder to see, but it wont effect the row height this way

[Max Taxable]

Maybe not quite that small - think of fully responsive mobile styles like I have.

[Dr.CustUmz]

*UPDATE* v1.3
- vBAdvanced Support
- Plugins only active on specific pages
- Copyright only visible on pages avatars are active
- added T.O.S.

[Dr.CustUmz]

*nominated for MOTM May 2016, the more people that participate, the better us developers feel =)

[Derwin]

This is EXACTLY what I've been searching for, but for the vBulletin 4 version.

Will this work on vb4? If not, can you make this to work for vb4?

Please... please... I beg you!

[z3r0]

This is EXACTLY what I've been searching for, but for the vBulletin 4 version.

Will this work on vb4? If not, can you make this to work for vb4?

Please... please... I beg you!


Try this - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=271540

[TTayfun]

remember that please add this plugin: search_results_threadbit

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_user.php');
$drcav = fetch_avatar_url($thread[postuserid]);
if (!$drcav) {
$drcav = $stylevar['imgdir_misc'] . '/unknown.gif';
} else {
$drcav = $vbulletin->options['bburl'] . '/' . $drcav[0];
}

[crazymook]

Is there any way to make this work only on certain styles? I dont want it active on our mobile themes.

[Dr.CustUmz]

This product works perfectly with a responsive theme under 3.8.11 / PHP 7.2.31

thanks for the feedback I havent used this product in a long time I do plan on updating all my addons though