Mini Mods - Last Poster Avatar

Info

This mod ads last posters' avatars next to their names on Forumdisplay pages. I've just finished a section of one of my bigger mods to come, and thought that some of you may just need this little enhancement on their forums. If so, feel free to download and test it.

Features

Not too many features for now, it's a pretty straight forward mod. I'm always open to your suggestions though.

- Display last poster avatars in threadbits on forumdisplay
- Display last poster avatars in forumbits on forumhome and forumdisplay
- Admin settings to enable display of last poster avatars in certain areas or disable globally
- Set an avatar size to best match the layout
- Choose an alternative avatar display on forumbits
- Zero database queries to keep things running smoothly

Installation

Import [phpdesk.com]-product-lpavatar.xml via AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Mod Support

- Do not forget to mark as installed to qualify for further assistance
- A small donation would always be welcome to support further development of this hack (Support Developer)
- I'll do my best to listen to your comments and suggestions as long as time permits

Ghangelog

1.0.0 | 2011-12-13
- First Release

1.0.1 | 2011-12-13
- Fixed file path issue affecting some forum setups

1.0.2 | 2011-12-14
- Added last poster avatars to forumbits on forumhome and forumdisplay
- Added admin options to control display of avatars

1.0.3 | 2011-12-15
- Added option to display a default avatar for users that have not uploaded a custom avatar of their own

1.0.4 | 2011-12-15
- Re-enabled last posters' avatars display on forumhome after fixing the reported issue

1.0.5 | 2011-12-16
- Added option to set the avatar size individually for the forumbits and threadbits display

1.1.0 | 2012-01-04
- Link the avatar to member profile page
- Offer additional way to position last poster avatars on forumbits
- Remove the unnecessary extra database queries

1.1.1 | 2012-01-04
- Fix display issue when avatars are set to be saved as files

1.X.X | PLANNED
- Add avatar to search results, new posts, today posts, etc

[ozzy47]

I doubt it, the mod has not been updated since 06 Jan 2012.

[M.C.]

causing problems and don't work fine! NEED new hack with similar functions! UNinstalled

[koruyucu54]

4.2.2 pl 1 işe yaramadı - kaldırıldı

[jramos1973]

It is a Mod very good.. Congratulations..

[jramos1973]

This Mod work fine in VBulletin 4.2.2 :up:

[findingpeace]

I prefer this mod to the others because it doesn't use any database queries Depending on your forum size, this can seriously save 20-30 queries every homepage load.

You can fix the subforum issue by manually creating a hook in /includes/functions_forumlist.php

Search:

$templater = vB_Template::create('forumhome_lastpostby');

Add above:

($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('lastpostby')) ? eval($hook) : false;

Make a new file in /includes/xml/ called hooks_lastpostby.xml with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<hooks>
	<hooktype type="lastpostby">
		<hook>lastpostby</hook>
	</hooktype>
</hooks>

And finally, go to your plugins and edit Fetch Last Poster Avatars on Forumbits

Change the hook from forumbit_display to lastpostby (lastpostby)

Save, and your forum home avatars are fixed!

Hope this helps

[findingpeace]

Note: The above fix only resolves the bug where avatars show incorrectly down the entire forum listing when subforums exist. I'm currently working on fixing the other bug where Last Post area shows avatar of parent forum, not subforum, even if last poster is from subforum.

I've also made a few modifications to have this code play nice with Digital Point thread avatars, if anyone else was running into trouble with that. Just let me know and I can share my changes.

Again, I definitely recommend using this mod over the other if you care about query usage.

[BGObsession]

Easy install, worked perfectly with my 4.2.1 forum. Thanks!

[findingpeace]

Well, I finally figured out the subforum thing. Requires code edits, as there aren't any hooks nearby. Open up /includes/functions.php

Find:

$threadinfo = array(

Add in your avatar variables like below (be careful with commas!)

					$threadinfo = array(
						'title'    => $lastpostinfo['lastthread'],
						'threadid' => $lastpostinfo['lastthreadid'],
                                                'avatardateline' => $lastpostinfo['avatardateline'],
                                                'hascustomavatar' => $lastpostinfo['hascustomavatar']

Then you can simply call these variables in a forumhome plugin like so:

$lp_dateline = $lastpostinfo['avatardateline'];
$lp_userid = $lastpostinfo['userid'];
$hascustomavatar = $lastpostinfo['hascustomavatar'];

You can even do this without the forumhome plugin just by getting the variables from template. (Still need the query plugin, of course).

Best of luck!

[madness85]

Any way to disable animation?