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="[high]FULL URL TO IMAGES FOLDER[/high]/$post[usergroupid].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" />

in place of the image code in the postbit and

<img src="[high]FULL URL TO IMAGES FOLDER[/high]/$userinfo[usergroupid].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$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 [high]FULL URL TO IMAGES FOLDER[/high]

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.