Avatar Hack: Categories & Usergroups

With this hack it is possible to use categories for avatars.

Latest version: 1.31 (9-29-2002)

Features:
- Tested with vBulletin 2.2.5, 2.2.6 RC, 2.2.6 Final
- categories can be activated and deactivated
- hide single categories general (v1.25.2)
- hide single categories on FAQ page (v1.25.2)
- sorting order of the categories (v1.25.2)
- browse custom avatars (v1.25.2)
- add multiple avatar categories (v1.25.2)
- avatar statistics (v1.25.2)
- Provide definite custom avatars also for other users (v1.30)
- category permissions (Usergroups) for each individual group adjustable
- all (global) categories permissions enabled/disable
- show up 'not categorized avatars' enable/disable
- hide empty categories
- category selection per select menue
- no select menue, if no categories or categories deactivated
- bug fixing in original member.php: "0 to 0 of 0" instead "1 to 0 of 0"
- show up 'no avatars available' instead nothing if 0 avatars
- replace avatar name by avatar filename (without file extension).
- upload/add: Set default Avatarname to Filename (without file extension)
- remove all avatar names.
- tip,if different minimum post settings for individual avatars in categories
- edit avatar option: with view of avatar / list of users (v1.25.2)
- mass move avatars
- move/remove selected avatars (v1.25.1)
- move/mass move in NEW category (v.1.25.2)
- dynamic display width: If number avatars on screen < display width then display width = number avatars
- screen name AND category name. if you select a screen name, then show up the screen name instead category name
- how many User use a definite Avatar (Control Panel) (v1.25.1)
- show up counter for avatars for each category in Control Panel
- show up counter for avatars in select menu (v1.25.1)
- if you do not have categories, nevertheless applicable
- categories for the FAQ page (Help-View on vBulletin) (v1.25.1)
- categories now also in Control Panel -> Users administration (v1.25.1)
- jump feature and CSS Navigation (Cascade Style Sheets), if you like.
- installation instructions are contained in sqltodos.php now (v1.25.2)

Updates 1.31 (9-29-2002):
- Bug fixed: New users (registration process) can choose avatars from not permitted or hidden categories.

Updates 1.30 (6-29-2002):
- Bug fixed: Page navigation is missing, if avatars are in a category between 100 and 249
- Faster statistics routine
- Provide definite custom avatars also for other users
- Small bug in user.php eliminated (if you use 'categories in Control Panel -> Users administration')

Updates 1.25.2 (6-09-2002):
- Tested with vBulletin 2.2.5, 2.2.6 RC, 2.2.6 Final
- Hide single categories general
- Hide single categories on FAQ page
- Sorting order of the categories
- Browse custom avatars (v1.25.2)
- Add multiple avatar categories
- Avatar statistics
- Modify avatars in Admin CP: move/mass move in NEW category
- Bug fixed: The same avatars from first category show up in every category.
- Bug fixed: SQL-Error in Admin CP, if the 'minimum posts' setting isn't a number.
- Bug fixed: If avatars are moved, the number avatars isn't actualized in the current category. (MSIE cache problem)
- Bug fixed: SQL-Error, if user avatar was deleted (Admin CP -> edit user avatar).
- Bug fixed: Remove deleted avatars in User settings in SQL DB (Admin CP).
- Smaller changes in avatar_categ.php
- The complete installation instructions, 'firststeps' and updateinfos are contained in sqltodos.php now. You must copy and execute only the file into your forums admin directory.

Updates 1.25.1 (5-27-2002):
- Bug fixed: User can call categories, which wasn't opened for the Usergroup.
- Total number avatars in a category (select menue).
- Categories now also for the FAQ page (Help-View on vBulletin) possible. e.g. Link
- Categories now also in Control Panel -> Users administration
- More options in Control Panel / Bug fixing in HTML Source
- How many Users use a definite Avatar (+list of Users) (CP).
- Adminlog function enabled (avatar_categ.php)
- Config/Admin-File (avatar_categ.php) for .php3 including now.

Updates 1.25:
- Adaptation to new version (2.2.5) in admin/index.php. @Syphin had already changed this - thx!
- Installation instructions enlarges.
- First steps after installation added. Please, read firststeps.txt!

Screenshots:
- Categories view
- FAQ Page
- Control Panel
- Edit Avatar
- Modify Avatars
- Add Categories
- Edit user avatar
- Avatar statistics

Installation:
- Read !readme.txt in ZIP-ARCHIV!
- Proceeding also for an update of a previous version so!

Download:

[bad_madman]

Originally posted by ladyfyre
...I have clicked on change avatar and it takes me to: "thanks for updating your profile" and then takes me to the avatars page and i scroll down to browse and change my personal avatar, press submit modifications, and it throws me back to: "you are not logged in "....

The reason could be a wrong session string.
This is a error in my hack. Sorry. Have just noticed it :nervous:

Please, test it:
Search in member.php for

$session[sessionhash]="$session[sessionhash]$avatcatadd";

and replaces the line with:

$perpage="$perpage$avatcatadd";

Madman

[Sadie Frost]

make sure they are browsing the board with cookies and automatically logging on when they return to the site - that always causes problems for my members

[bad_madman]

This is actually the best way
Unfortunately, some users don't like cookies :devious: :devious: or cookies blockedly by definite programs aranoid:

[ladyfyre]

Great....that worked....

only one other problem i have found so far....

in Opera, Mozilla, and IE, the page # links all show up properly....but in Netscape (read: Nutscrape), they are now clickable at all....the link code needs to be adjusted to be cross-browser compatible.

[bad_madman]

@ladyfyre
Many thanks for your report The Download also is corrected now.
I will look at the problems with Netscape...

[pran]

I couldn't find this code in 2.2.6, member.php:

PHP Code:

 $avatarcount = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count
                                  FROM avatar
                                  WHERE minimumposts<='$bbuserinfo[posts]'");
  $totalavatars = $avatarcount[count]; 


[bad_madman]

Only look for this first line best, you then will see the complete block.

$avatarcount = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count

Or you already have the file changed because of a different one hack...?

[Rose]

I love this new upgrade of the hack. I've got it working almost peachy on vB 2.2.6. The only problem I get is this -

If I have more than 100 avatars in a category, it won't display any pages but the first page in the user cp. I can see them in the admin cp, but not user.

Any suggestions or has this been heard of before?

[bonnmac]

Everything seemed to go okay until I edited the membe.php and misc.php. Now when I go to my faq page it's blank and when I go into usercp I get a blank page. Any ideas? I put my backups up again for now and all seems to be working okay.

[bad_madman]

Only a blank page? No error message or other text?

Originally posted by bonnmac
Everything seemed to go okay until I edited the membe.php and misc.php. Now when I go to my faq page it's blank and when I go into usercp I get a blank page. Any ideas? I put my backups up again for now and all seems to be working okay.