End-User Options - Dramatar Avatars! The More Dramatic, Dynamic Avatar

This plugin allows you to quickly and easily use Dramatars as your default avatar for members within your postbit, profiles and members list. This works on vB4 and should work on vB3.7+ as well.

Dramatars are a whole new style of dynamic avatars, much like Monster ID and etc but with a new flare. There are several types of Dramatars available to choose from, all of which are dynamically generated based on your end users email.

This plugin also places nicely with Gravatar and makes use of it by default. If ever your end users have a Gravatar set up, it will be displayed instead of Dramatars. Or if you choose, you may opt to only display Dramatars!

Dramatar Types:
The Blockies


Anime


Rag Doll


Spirograph


Abstract


Arc


Boxy



Installation:

1. Simply import the product XML in and select overwrite if needed to upgrade.
2. Configure through vBulletin Options -> User Picture Options

Updates:

• 0.3.0 - Fixed sizing issue while using Gravatar & added The Blockies
• 0.2.7 - Fixed non-display of images while using Gravatar
• 0.2.6 - Fixed a minor flub in the formatting
• 0.2.5 - Initial public release

If you like Dramatars, consider going to the site and liking it on Facebook, +1ing it on Google and/or tweeting about it on Twitter. Donations are welcome and greatly appreciated, too!

[DarkWolf74]

We've done really well so far, celebrating 500,000 avatar requests today and due to a huge bump in traffic are set to pass 1,000,000 avatars served in just over 5 days! Some very busy blogs and forums have picked us up and things are still humming along like clockwork.

We'll be rolling out some new outfits and such for both the Rag Dolls as well as the Anime Dramatars some time this weekend.

Looking forward to that 1 million mark!

[DarkWolf74]

Well, we're looking at nearly 43 MILLION avatar requests right now, with an average of 150,000 requests a day. Not too shabby!

I'm happy that there are indeed sites out there who enjoy using Dramatars. Now if only I had more time to devote to this "personal" project, so I could whip up a few more avatar sets.

Glad that you enjoy it!

[DarkWolf74]

A new minor update has been released that fixes a broken image issue. I will be working on new Dramatars this month and hope to have them released soon.

If you have problems or suggestions, please feel free to post in the thread! Thanks!

[Morrus]

I kepe re-reading the OP, but I literally have no idea what this mod does! The closest to an explanation is "dynamic avatars, much like Monster ID", but I don't know what a Monster ID is, either. I even clicked through to the linked website, and couldn't work it out from there, either! Is there anywhere which just basically tells you what this is?

[RichieBoy67]

It allows your members to download their own avatars from this guys site. He has a wide selection I guess. I think you can also customize but not sure.

[Terrablade]

There is a problem with the size. It says you can make it from 1 to 500 but it doesnt mater what size you make it, it stays the same in the forum.
Any fix suggestion idea?

[DarkWolf74]

Hey Terrablade,

Seems that Gravatar is caching images now instead of simply forwarding to the image as before. Also seems that they strip any ?variables, thus it's stuck at the default size (80).

For right now, you can disable the display of Gravatars and that will allow the sizes to function as expected. I'll see if I can't roll out a fix though within the next few days.

[Terrablade]

Well thanks for the reply. Keep us posted

[ywwz]

Works with 4.2.2

[tanzeelniazi]

Working Perfect but Gravatar is not working when i use (Dont use) then working fine