Show Avatar on forum homepage?

[MarkFL]

As it turns out, Helen wanted to be able to be able to place the avatar in the "FORUMHOME" template herself, as she might change things up from time to time. So, I told her the following (I am posting this for the benefit of others):

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Okay, first create the following plugin:

Product: vBulletin

Hook Location: forumhome_complete

Title: Send Avatar HTML To FORUMHOME Template

Execution Order: 5

Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

if ($show['member'])
{
    require_once('./includes/functions_user.php');
    $avatar_url = fetch_avatar_url($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']);
    $avatar = $avatar_url[0];

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

$avatar = '<img src="' . $avatar . '" title="' . $username . '\'s Avatar" style="max-height: 90px; width: auto;" />';

vB_Template::preRegister('FORUMHOME',array('avatar' => $avatar)); 


Plugin is Active: Yes

Click "Save".

Now, wherever you wish for the user or guest's avatar to display, place the following code into you "FORUMHOME" template at the location you desire:

{vb:raw avatar}