About
This changes thread icons to be the avatar of the thread starter. It applies to thread listings on forumdisplay, search results and subscribed threads in the UserCP.
Installation
Upload the cssrollup_digitalpoint_threadavatars.xml file to includes/xml (this is really only needed if you store CSS as files in the file system)
Install the product-dp_thread_avatars.xml product under AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product
Notes
Icons are cropped (but never stretched) to be square for display.
Threads with no new posts have the avatar slightly greyed out.
Locked threads will have a lock image overlayed.
Soft-deleted threads will have a red X image overlayed.
If the user posted in the thread, they will see a mini version of their avatar overlayed.
If a thread is "hot", the shadow of the icon will change color.
ZERO SQL queries are added.
Overlay images are encoded as CSS data (no extra HTTP requests needed for images or the CSS files themselves).
If your site uses pre-defined avatars, they are not scaled down for use as the icon since vBulletin does not store the dimensions (instead, the upper/left potion is cropped for the icon).
Settings
You can disable the mini-avatars under AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Forum Display Options (forumdisplay) -> Highlight Threads in Which User Has Posted
You can disable the hot thread highlight under AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Forum Display Options (forumdisplay) -> Hot Threads Enabled
You can change the color of the hot thread shadow under AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> StyleVars -> dpta_shadow_hot_color
You can change the size of the avatar under AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> StyleVars -> threadbit_iconsize (since they are square, it keys only on width)
If your site uses pre-defined avatars, you should use the AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> User Picture Options -> Site Uses Pre-Defined Avatars option
Screenshots
Advanced
If you want to add your own mini-icon overlays, you can utilize the $template_hook['thread_avatars'] variable to do so.
If you want to selectively disable thread avatars, you can set the $show['hide_thread_avatars'] to true. This would allow you to create a custom profile field for users and set the $show['hide_thread_avatars'] based on the user's setting. Alternately you could enable the addon for certain usergroups or just for specific styles.
However, is it possible to make it where clicking the avatar in the left threadbit isn't just a null link? Currently it "appears" to be a link on mouseover, but clicking it does nothing.
It doesn't change any links... any link that is there is from vBulletin itself... I think vBulletin 4 changes the cursor to a pointer when you hover over it and then shows a message about how many messages you have in the thread when you hover over the icon. Not anything we added or changed.
Having this problem where the drop down disappears immediately when hovering over that category options. It's almost impossible to get the mouse cursor in the right spot to get this working right. How can this be fixed?
Also, the category listing is extremely compressed (line height too tight), which template / code would I edit to modify this?
Edit: third issue, noticed that clicking the mood icon does nothing from the drop down.
It doesn't change any links... any link that is there is from vBulletin itself... I think vBulletin 4 changes the cursor to a pointer when you hover over it and then shows a message about how many messages you have in the thread when you hover over the icon. Not anything we added or changed.
Appreciate the response, but something definitely changed the default behavior of those icons. When they were the default envelope images, they didn't turn into the "this is an a href link -> hand" when mousing over them. Now they do. Not a huge deal, but if I knew how to fix it, I would.
Having this problem where the drop down disappears immediately when hovering over that category options. It's almost impossible to get the mouse cursor in the right spot to get this working right. How can this be fixed?
Also, the category listing is extremely compressed (line height too tight), which template / code would I edit to modify this?
Edit: third issue, noticed that clicking the mood icon does nothing from the drop down.
Thanks
Sorry, no idea what any of that stuff is... it's really just designed to work on stock-ish templates.
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Originally Posted by Azum
Appreciate the response, but something definitely changed the default behavior of those icons. When they were the default envelope images, they didn't turn into the "this is an a href link -> hand" when mousing over them. Now they do. Not a huge deal, but if I knew how to fix it, I would.
What is your website? I'll take a look, but I'm pretty certain it's from vBulletin itself when you can do an AJAX action on the icon (for example a mod/admin can double click the icon to lock it).
What is your website? I'll take a look, but I'm pretty certain it's from vBulletin itself when you can do an AJAX action on the icon (for example a mod/admin can double click the icon to lock it).
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07-08-2013, 05:05 PM
