Miscellaneous Hacks - Place Avatar in VB and Non-VB Pages

The following is a bit of code I came up with to continue to use the Avatar in Navbar mod by fraghappy. After searching for many hours I decided just to figure it out myself.

On the bright side, none of the plugins and db queries from the old mod are used.

I'll try to support this as much as possible, but I don't foresee anyone having any real issues. It's pretty straight forward.

Don't forget to click the INSTALL

Features in progress

• Add Auto-Resize for Navbar Only
• Add AJAX function to expand to original size on mouse over
• Definable default no avatar images for usergroups
• AdminCP Options
• Build as a simple product

You just need to become familiar with the following bit of code:

This will display a users avatar:

<img src="$vboptions[bbdir]/image.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" alt="Your avatar" border="0" />

and this is what I use in place of the Avatar in Navbar mod:

In navbar template replace:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin-top:5px;">
<tr>
<td><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editavatar"><img src="$navbar_ava[0]" alt="Your avatar" border="0" /></a>
</td>

with this:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin-top:5px;">
<tr>
<td><a href="$vboptions[bbdir]/profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editavatar"><img src="$vboptions[bbdir]/image.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" alt="Your avatar" border="0" /></a>
</td>

In non-vb pages (i.e. vbp_navbar I use vbPortal) I use this code: You must modify this to match your portal or external pages

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin-top:5px;">
<tr>
<td><a href="$vbpoptions[bbdir]/profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editavatar"><img src="$vbpoptions[bbdir]/image.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" alt="Your avatar" border="0" /></a>
</td>

Then just simply assign the noavatar.gif as the default avatar for your usergroups. From then on your users that have not uploaded a custom avatar will be displayed the noavatar.gif

Personally I don't use the no avatar image as the default. I created a custom default avatar for each usergroup.

As for the plugin for the original Avatar on Navbar mod, I don't even use it. With this bit of code it's simple and not needed.

or if you want to call it directly using an http: use this method:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="margin-top:5px;">
<tr>
<td><a href="http://www.yourwebsite/pathtoforums/profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editavatar"><img src="http://www.yourwebsite/pathtoforums/image.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" alt="Your avatar" border="0" /></a>
</td>

The user must be logged in to the forums and using cookies to work outside of the forum root. If you are using an integrated portal system you should have no issues!

Enjoy!

07/28/2008 - Added simple screenshot.

[Cobra-J82]

I have 3.7.4
I tried everything u guys said
It just gives blank

[BucShot]

I'm running 3.8.0 on a test site and only wanted to display a small version of the member's avatar so I streamlined the code to this.

<img width="50" src="$vboptions[bburl]/image.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" alt="Your Avatar" border="0" />

You people running vBa in a different directory will need to edit your header and navbar replacement info in your vBa settings.

[thunder_sti]

Can someone come up with a fix. I cant manage to install this avatar thingy into my navbar.



unless, the instructions are just confusing.

Can anyone help me ?

Thanks

[ViciousCode]

there is one thing missing...

what if the user is using a avatar from a different site, for example, from google images
or is using gallery avatars from the images/avatars directory

[columbusgeek]

A simple tweak.

If you dont want the goofy vbulletin image to come up for guests, simply add:
<if condition="$show['member']"> to the beginning of the code and a </if> to the end of the code. Then the avatar will only show for logged in users.

[tomotron]

Originally Posted by ViciousCode

there is one thing missing...

what if the user is using a avatar from a different site, for example, from google images
or is using gallery avatars from the images/avatars directory

This also doesn't seem to work if you store custom avatars in the filesystem as opposed to the database... anyone know a workaround?

[The D]

Originally Posted by tomotron

This also doesn't seem to work if you store custom avatars in the filesystem as opposed to the database... anyone know a workaround?

I think that may be my problem as well. When I use any of the above codes, it only shows up as a text link 'Your avatar'. I figure it has to do with the filesystem storage type?

If not, I have no idea why it won't work..

[ViciousCode]

isnt the "&dateline=date" missing?

[fourat]

if the member not have avatar how i put "noavater.gif" ?

[miner]

Originally Posted by trulylowcarb

I take it back - it doesn't update when the avatar is changed or deleted.

Yes it happens the same for me, the avatar does not update, but it does change in the postbit!