Private Messages Enhancements - Sender Avatar In Private Message List

I've seen a few requests for it and wanted it myself, I spent a lot of time on it and then realized I wasted a lot of time and it was actually quite simple. Now this works whether you store your avatars in the filesystem or database.

Upload the plugin. Then:

In your pm_messagelistbit template find:

<if condition="$show['pmicons']"><td class="alt2"><if condition="$show['pmicon']"><img src="$pm[iconpath]" alt="$pm[icontitle]" /><else />&nbsp;</if></td></if>

And replace it with:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT!='usercp'"> <if condition="$sk_avurl"><td class="alt2" width="80"><img src="$sk_avurl[0]" width="60" /></td><else /><td class="alt2" width="60"><img src="images/misc/noavatar.gif" width="60" border="0" /></if></td></if> </if>

You'll be replacing the post icon that shows up between the status icon and the message itself.

If your board allows users to not have an avatar and you're getting red x's on some, do this:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....1&postcount=26

Credit to:
TruthElixirX, Tralala, nevetS and Lionel
For their help. Thanks.

PS This hack is compatible with 3.7

[AWJunkies]

what php version you running? People need to start letting people know this is for php5+ or whatever cause I just upgraded to 5+ from 4.4.4 and now I have all sorts of errors from mods. Also fixed tons of errors from mods. Not to say this is the case with your mod will find out in bit while I test.

[Arrogant-One]

When the avatar shows up in the inbox of your PM's, is it shruck to fit or the same usual size?

[.Tim]

In the PM list it is resized to a smaller size but in the actual PM itself it is the normal size.

[aranthorn]

I like the hack, but didn't want to replace the post icon with the avatar, so I put the post icon and the status icon on top of each other. Here's my pm_messagelistbit template:

<tr>
	<td class="alt1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/pm_$pm[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />&nbsp;<img src="$pm[iconpath]" alt="$pm[icontitle]" /></td>
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT!='usercp'"> <if condition="$sk_avurl"><td class="alt2" width="80"><img src="$sk_avurl[0]" width="60" /></td><else /><td class="alt2" width="60"><img src="images/misc/noavatar.gif" width="60" border="0" /></if></td></if> 
	<td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%">
		<div>
			<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="smallfont">$pm[senddate]</span>
			<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a>
		</div>
		<div class="smallfont">
			<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time">$pm[sendtime]</span>
			<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if>
		</div>
</td>
	<if condition="$show['pmcheckbox']"><td class="alt2" align="center" style="padding:0px"><input type="checkbox" name="pm[$pmid]" value="$groupid" /></td></if>
</tr>

Thanks for the hack, I like it a lot!

[Arrogant-One]

Originally Posted by TheMilkCarton

Just tweak the html to add:

style="max-width:75; max-height:75;"

in the <img> code.

Don't think this works in IE6, though.. but you could create a class for this in the CSS instead, and use a few of the IE6 tricks.

Edit:
It is already coded in the html for a width of 60, anyway. Although I didn't use that since my PM page is heavily customized.

For those of us who aren't programmers, how do I do this?

ie.

Admin CP > User Options > etc.

Thanks,

AO

[Trana]

Originally Posted by AWJunkies

I have this same issue and about to uninstall. I love this idea and have used it for a while but couldn't figure out the culprit on what was happening. Now I have. Will remove for now.

For everyone that is having this problem (where members get a db error when viewing their PM boxes), can you tell me what hacks you have installed? Are you running VBSEO?

I narrowed it down a little bit. I found that the affected members have records in pmtest with no related records in pm. Something is inserting PMs incorrectly and it causes this mod to blow up. Perhaps the author could code in a function to check and see if the userid is blank, and if so, to use the noavatar.gif instead. I know this is a workaround, but it will fix this for everyone that is having problems until the offending culprit is found.

Thanks!

[Boofo]

Tim, this adds a query for every unique avatar on the page, so if you have 22 users sending you PMs and they are all listed on this page, it will add 22 queries for the page on top of the vb default and whatever else they having running in there.

[SativaGlow]

Installed! Nice one!

[alfaowner]

Originally Posted by Trana

For everyone that is having this problem (where members get a db error when viewing their PM boxes), can you tell me what hacks you have installed? Are you running VBSEO?

I narrowed it down a little bit. I found that the affected members have records in pmtest with no related records in pm. Something is inserting PMs incorrectly and it causes this mod to blow up. Perhaps the author could code in a function to check and see if the userid is blank, and if so, to use the noavatar.gif instead. I know this is a workaround, but it will fix this for everyone that is having problems until the offending culprit is found.

Thanks!

Trana,

I stumbled on this today, if you still need the fix it is:

Got to the plugin manager, find the plug in 'PM Avatars' and edit

PHP Code:

$sk_avurl = fetch_avatar_url($userid); 


to:

PHP Code:

if($userid != 'cc'){ $sk_avurl = fetch_avatar_url($userid); } 


That would stop the errors for you, it basically checks if the $userid = 'cc' and then only runs the hook if it isn't. It's expecting the $userid to equal something like '67453' but something makes it 'cc'... my code just ignores it if it is!

Let me know how you get on, it will fix it!

AO

[AWJunkies]

Finished adding this with 0 queries added yes 0. Will give to mod owner or will just release it. I also integrated it with opacity avatar MOD.