Profile Enhancements - Photo As Avatar

port of vb3 version, with mass-check feature.

This mod completely disables standard avatar functionality and generates avatars automaticaly from profile photos. That helps with 2 points:

• "Socialize" you forum. Real visitors likes to se their faces.
• Simplify usage. Many people don't understand, why they can upload pictures in 2 places, and what is the difference.

Also, this mod makes sexy rounded corners for avatar. It seems strange, but forum impression become much better. See attached images.

Features:

• Automatically generates avatars from profile photos
• Round corners for avatars
• PNG avatar format, compatible with any skin background
• Mass rebuild avatars via ACP
• Mass check/remove avatars from ACP (rebuild counters)

How to install:

• !!! ACP -> Avatars -> User Pictures Storage Type. Move to filesystem, if not.
• Upload files from appropriate folder and import product XML
• Go to ACP and change settings each group. Those are recommended:
  • 160х160px - profile photo size
  • 80x80 - avatar size
• Go to ACP -> Options -> User Pucture Options. Select corner rounding you like.
• Go to ACP -> Rebuild counders. Run "Rebuild avatars from photos"

This mod is developped here http://github.com/rcdesign/vb-photo_as_avatar . Patches are welcome.

PS. Screenshots from vb3 version, don't care.

[Xencored]

This is great!
Just so you know works great with these sizes
avatar 160x160
Profile pic 220x220

[Xencored]

Vitaly any idea why its only allowing "jpeg's" to be used
i did have png and gifs on also. But now there not
Thanks

[Vitaly]

If i remember correct, that was specially hardcoded for some reasons.

Do you really have PHOTOS in non-jpeg formats? Could you describe use-case?

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Vitaly

If i remember correct, that was specially hardcoded for some reasons.

Do you really have PHOTOS in non-jpeg formats? Could you describe use-case?

Easy'er for members
plus most of my images i use are png's

Gifs for movement's
Thanks

[Vitaly]

But this mod is for PHOTOS, and it will never handle animated gifs. That's a complex task, wich require much more coding than exists now.

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Vitaly

But this mod is for PHOTOS, and it will never handle animated gifs. That's a complex task, wich require much more coding than exists now.

It says photos As Avatar
anyways ok am not fussed about animated Gifs but png's/Normal Gif's would be nice if it can be done

Thanks

[okhissabigfish]

confused Vitaly, what does this mean??
ACP -> Avatars -> User Pictures Storage Type.

I didn't checked mod with DB stirage - it's quite useless and make server load.

PS. Do the same for all.
ACP -> Attachments -> Storage type
ACP -> Groups -> Storage type

novice here.. all other instructions are complete

EDIT___________________ i got it __________________ great! Looks Good...

[mobe00]

Ok ..installed and did everything in the instructions..but got lots of errors when i did the rebuild step. So i reversed it ..took my pictures back to database and uninstalled the mod..but now i cant see any avatars in my threads or on the forum sideblocks. The profiles if i look at them have the profile pic but no avatars. How do i fix this. cause this script messed up my site. Looks like this mod deleted all the avatars in the members profiles

Check http://www.vannihagen.no/forum.php

here are some of the errors i get

Maintenance

Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/5d4b9bc533d7a2868670486bfc249e7dtmp_avatar_img) is not within the allowed path(s): (/customers/vannihagen.no/vannihagen.no:/var/www/diagnostics:/usr/share/php) in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 37

Warning: fopen(/tmp/5d4b9bc533d7a2868670486bfc249e7dtmp_avatar_img) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 37
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Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/1e5c0bf511dd0e1a811bbd7b701cbe31tmp_avatar_img) is not within the allowed path(s): (/customers/vannihagen.no/vannihagen.no:/var/www/diagnostics:/usr/share/php) in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 37

Warning: fopen(/tmp/1e5c0bf511dd0e1a811bbd7b701cbe31tmp_avatar_img) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 37
2

Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/69b15426369b1786bd926a62953f3159tmp_avatar_img) is not within the allowed path(s): (/customers/vannihagen.no/vannihagen.no:/var/www/diagnostics:/usr/share/php) in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 37

Warning: fopen(/tmp/69b15426369b1786bd926a62953f3159tmp_avatar_img) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 37
7

Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp/66ac615b21e4c0af5e1a6a5b86877b08tmp_avatar_img) is not within the allowed path(s): (/customers/vannihagen.no/vannihagen.no:/var/www/diagnostics:/usr/share/php) in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 37

Warning: fopen(/tmp/66ac615b21e4c0af5e1a6a5b86877b08tmp_avatar_img) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 37
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[Vitaly]

Seems you have php soukhosin patch at dedicated server?

[mobe00]

im at a shared server. How do i get the avatars back ? or is that not possible ?