Mini Mods - Last Poster Avatar

Info

This mod ads last posters' avatars next to their names on Forumdisplay pages. I've just finished a section of one of my bigger mods to come, and thought that some of you may just need this little enhancement on their forums. If so, feel free to download and test it.

Features

Not too many features for now, it's a pretty straight forward mod. I'm always open to your suggestions though.

- Display last poster avatars in threadbits on forumdisplay
- Display last poster avatars in forumbits on forumhome and forumdisplay
- Admin settings to enable display of last poster avatars in certain areas or disable globally
- Set an avatar size to best match the layout
- Choose an alternative avatar display on forumbits
- Zero database queries to keep things running smoothly

Installation

Import [phpdesk.com]-product-lpavatar.xml via AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Mod Support

- Do not forget to mark as installed to qualify for further assistance
- A small donation would always be welcome to support further development of this hack (Support Developer)
- I'll do my best to listen to your comments and suggestions as long as time permits

Ghangelog

1.0.0 | 2011-12-13
- First Release

1.0.1 | 2011-12-13
- Fixed file path issue affecting some forum setups

1.0.2 | 2011-12-14
- Added last poster avatars to forumbits on forumhome and forumdisplay
- Added admin options to control display of avatars

1.0.3 | 2011-12-15
- Added option to display a default avatar for users that have not uploaded a custom avatar of their own

1.0.4 | 2011-12-15
- Re-enabled last posters' avatars display on forumhome after fixing the reported issue

1.0.5 | 2011-12-16
- Added option to set the avatar size individually for the forumbits and threadbits display

1.1.0 | 2012-01-04
- Link the avatar to member profile page
- Offer additional way to position last poster avatars on forumbits
- Remove the unnecessary extra database queries

1.1.1 | 2012-01-04
- Fix display issue when avatars are set to be saved as files

1.X.X | PLANNED
- Add avatar to search results, new posts, today posts, etc

[Luca_ITA]

Thanks for the update, but that didn't work :/
Now the path to my images is wrong. Instead of http://www.mysite.net/forum/customav...avatar43_2.gif, the path is http://www.mysite.net/forum/customavatars/avatar43_.gif.
Any way, tnx for the mod! +1

[TheSupportForum]

Originally Posted by Luca_ITA

Thanks for the update, but that didn't work :/
Now the path to my images is wrong. Instead of http://www.mysite.net/forum/customav...avatar43_2.gif, the path is http://www.mysite.net/forum/customavatars/avatar43_.gif.
Any way, tnx for the mod! +1

try the following instead and use relative path

./customavatars/avatar43_.gif

[Luca_ITA]

Sorry, the filename is wrong...
For example, instead of avatar43_2.gif, is avatar43_.gif

[TheSupportForum]

Originally Posted by Luca_ITA

Sorry, the filename is wrong...
For example, instead of avatar43_2.gif, is avatar43_.gif

Just change the path to match the filename
so it would look like

./customavatars/avatar43_2.gif

[rinkrat]

Got the email this morning that there was an update, added it and now it broke all the pics. Just red X's now.

[Reed_HCT]

This mod would be perfect if working also in the "new posts" page.

[phpdesk]

Those having issues with the mod please be more specific to help me reproduce the problem on my end, I'll do my best to troubleshoot and get back with a fix whenever required. This new release is a rework to exclude the extra queries to the database, so bugs can happen, please keep in mind it's still a beta stage mod.

Thanks for your support!

[sadiq6210]

Thanks dear .. Great work
Installed but the avatars is not appeared

for example:

the original link for an avatar is:

http://www.domain.com/forum/avatar/customavatars/avatar8707_8.gif

but in this mod the link become wrong like this:

http://www.domain.com/forum/avatar/customavatars/avatar8707_.gif

Just the last (8) is missing
so nothing appeared

Thanks again

[Daryn]

I'm having the same issues as most here. The filename is being truncated somehow. I can say that I have the forum home integrated with a vbadvanced page, so maybe that may have something to do with. Oddly the older versions worked fine, so I dunno.

Oh, and you might want to edit the original post:

Settings

No settings at this point. I'm sure some of you will ask how to enable this feature on certain forums only, and I'm going to work on that as soon as I get some time to spend on this mod to enhance it further. Please be patient in the meantime, my current schedule is overloaded.

It does indeed have settings now.

[phpdesk]

Hi all,

I have fixed the avatar display issue brought to you with the 1.1.0 release. As a matter of fact, I haven't tested on forums that were set to save avatars as files, and I've fixed the problem now. Do let me know if anything else comes up, I'll be more than happy to troubleshoot and get back to you with further fixes until this becomes a stable mod.

Thanks, Daryn, I have removed the outdated lines from the mod description, you're right