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nabeel 09-06-2002 10:00 PM
Remotely Hosted Avatars
 
It works on my 2.2.6 board, I'm not sure about 2.2.7, most likely will work

This hack prevents remote avatars from being loaded into the database, it saved both bandwidth and space. Instead it'll load the avatar directly from the link the user gives

The other remote avatar hacks I've tried didn't work, so I decided to do it myself

Have Fun, if there's any problems, ask.
Make a backup of the files before you mod them, I'm not responsible for any damages :)

BrAinZ 09-07-2002 05:21 PM
Yeah... so what does it do ?

nabeel 09-07-2002 05:59 PM
well usually your avatars are loaded into the database..this saves teh database space and linkes them remotely, like a normal image link

lordofgun 09-07-2002 10:39 PM
nice job!

nabeel 09-08-2002 01:00 AM
thanks

Unknown553 09-08-2002 02:34 AM
My computer is being weird and not reading *.doc files right now, can you post it in *.txt or *.php for me please?

LOD-squa 09-08-2002 03:11 AM
Since he isn't online here you go.

Unknown553 09-08-2002 03:16 AM
Thanks :)

LOD-squa 09-08-2002 03:48 AM
My Pleasure.

nabeel 09-08-2002 01:20 PM
ah woops i shoulda done it in HTML or something
sorry about that

Unknown553 09-08-2002 11:12 PM
Well I finally got around to installing this, and it actually works. I've been trying for weeks to get avatars working (stupid server) but to no avail, but this hack did the trick, thanks!

Storm 09-09-2002 03:47 AM
Does this hack work with the welcome panel?

nabeel 09-09-2002 09:43 AM
it should, i havent looked at the welcome panel. ill download it and take a look

Odil 09-20-2002 08:08 AM
Will this remove the ability to be able to upload avatars to the database at all? I would like that option avaiable still.

Thanks

Odil

aLuCaRD 09-20-2002 01:27 PM
How do I undo this query..?

Code:
ALTER TABLE `fragblast`.`user` ADD `avatar2` TEXT NOT NULL;
I adjusted it to the database I wanted to modify but upon further looking it seems this has mess with the way my welcome panel shows avatars..?

Anyhelp would be apreciated, thankyou. :D

nabeel 09-20-2002 05:04 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Odil
Will this remove the ability to be able to upload avatars to the database at all? I would like that option avaiable still.

Thanks

Odil
yeah itll remove it

to undo the query, replace ADD with DELETE, i think

i still havent had a chance to look at the welcome panel, but i dont think it will cause any problem

TECK 09-20-2002 11:38 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by aLuCaRD
How do I undo this query..?
Code:
<?php
error_reporting(7);
require('./global.php');

cpheader('Run a Query');

$doquery="ALTER TABLE `fragblast`.`user` ADD `avatar2` TEXT NOT NULL";

$DB_site->query($doquery);

echo 'Query successful.<br><font face="Courier New" size="1">' . $doquery . '</font>';

cpfooter();
?>
save it to a file, called runquery.php, upload it to your /admin folder and run it.
any hacker should include this type of extra hack to make everyone's life easy.

some of us will never install phpmyadmin (i dont) just to run little queries like that, when they can be done with vBulletin.

Rushy 09-29-2002 02:39 PM
Editing Avatars

I have installed the hack and it works fine ut there is no way to edit/remove an avatar from a user in the admin CP. Any ideas?

aLuCaRD 10-03-2002 08:57 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by TECK

Code:
<?php
error_reporting(7);
require('./global.php');

cpheader('Run a Query');

$doquery="ALTER TABLE `fragblast`.`user` ADD `avatar2` TEXT NOT NULL";

$DB_site->query($doquery);

echo 'Query successful.<br><font face="Courier New" size="1">' . $doquery . '</font>';

cpfooter();
?>
save it to a file, called runquery.php, upload it to your /admin folder and run it.
any hacker should include this type of extra hack to make everyone's life easy.

some of us will never install phpmyadmin (i dont) just to run little queries like that, when they can be done with vBulletin.
This will add it wont it..? I want to delete "avatar2" as now my avatars arent working. (2.2.7)

ButtKnocker 10-31-2002 03:43 AM
Has anyone tried this hack for VB 2.2.8? I'm not new to board hacking but I'm new to VB. My version 2.2.8 does not have a members.php. It has member.php and member2.php.

Also, the reason I am looking for this hack is because 2.2.8 has the option for custom avatars from a different url but it always gives a invalid jpeg and gif error. I'm not interested in hosting my own avatars (ie - having the actual files on my server). I'm interested in letting the users do the custom url avatar only.

I read a ton of threads on vbulletin.com about this subject but there seems to be no clear cut answer to why it will not work. Most of the answers are to fix the regular avatar problem of letting users upload their own or use the ones that the board admin hosts on his own server.

I believe I read something over there that the only way to get custom url avatars to work was to look here at vbulletin.org for the hack.

I guess my biggest question is why would VB put an option in there software that does not work without a hack?

Koneko 11-08-2002 06:19 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by Rushy
Editing Avatars

I have installed the hack and it works fine ut there is no way to edit/remove an avatar from a user in the admin CP. Any ideas?
I'm having this same problem.

Dribbles 12-21-2002 04:57 PM
tried in 2.2.9 and edited member.php instead of members.php .. getting this error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/ironlife/public_html/member.php on line 1081

nabeel 12-21-2002 05:02 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Dribbles
tried in 2.2.9 and edited member.php instead of members.php .. getting this error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/ironlife/public_html/member.php on line 1081
oh there is no members.php in 2.2.9
well this hack is for 2.2.6
if i get time ill work on a upgrade for 2.2.9, but ive been very busy, sorry for the late responses

Dribbles 12-21-2002 05:25 PM
thnx for the reply :)

nabeel 12-21-2002 05:32 PM
np
whats the line that the error was on, and a few lines above + below it?

Warlord 12-27-2002 11:12 PM
Ok, this seems to cure the problem in 2.2.8 where it says every single remotely hosted avatar is not a valid jpg or gif but the avatars don't show up in the postbit (threads) for some reason.

(At least they don't for me)

Anyone have the fix for this?

nabeel 12-27-2002 11:18 PM
did you apply the templates correctly?

it should be

$post[avatar]$post[avatar2]

iirc

if that doesn't work, try this
$post[avatar]<img src="$post[avatar2]">

Warlord 12-27-2002 11:30 PM
the first one doesn't work for me (btw, I don't think the template changes are in the read me file).

and won't the second one leave a broken url image for everyone who isn't using a remotely hosted avatar?

Warlord 12-27-2002 11:31 PM
This.. "$post[avatar]$post[avatar2]" makes the url of the image show up where the avatar is supposed to be... :(

nabeel 12-28-2002 12:08 AM
try
<img src="$post[avatar2]">

or

<img src="$post[avatar]">

there weren't template changes because it changes to $post[avatar] in the code

Warlord 12-28-2002 01:13 AM
I've tried that, and it works for people who do have a remotely hosted avatar, but if they don't have a remotely hosted avatar, it gives the broken url image. (The little white box with the red x in it, like the attached image)

Warlord 12-28-2002 04:44 AM
Ok, I don't know what I did wrong, but ManagerJosh came in and saved the day, lol. Thanks Josh. :)

Nice hack

nabeel 12-28-2002 10:35 AM
np, what was the problem? i think what i did to fix that was remove that avatar template and just use the img src

Warlord 12-29-2002 09:21 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by nabeel
np, what was the problem? i think what i did to fix that was remove that avatar template and just use the img src
I have no idea what went wrong, ManagerJosh re-hacked it for me, and it worked fine, I had to get rid of the avatar image in the user cp and the Welcome Panel, but at least it works in the threads now.. :)

L-Mane 01-01-2003 04:35 AM
The hack dont work with the latest version of vb

drumsy 01-17-2003 03:35 PM
How do I get it to display in the postbit?

nabeel 01-18-2003 10:16 PM
you need to replace the code in "functions.php", it will automatically show up

BrAinZ 04-24-2003 04:54 PM
This is exactly what I need, but doesn't directly relate to v2.3.0 :(

Has anyone adapted it to work with the latest version?

Kriek 05-04-2003 10:18 PM
Confirmed working on 2.3.0 ;)

Verity 05-31-2003 06:32 PM
Quote:
05-05-03 at 12:18 AM Kriek said this in Post #39
Confirmed working on 2.3.0 ;)
Any luck yet??

Or has anyone gotten this to work with 2.3.0??

Thank you,
Verity


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