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.

[Vitaly]

Only from backup.

I've recorded bug with shared hosting, but can't promiss fast fix.

[lcbd]

Vitaly, would you consider extending your addon to work like this.

1. When a member uploads a profile photo that you display the photo.
2. However, when a member has uploaded an avatar that you then display the avatar.

Note a, thus the profile photo is only used if the avatar isn't uploaded.
Note b, thus the avatar image takes preference over the profile photo if both exists.

Kind regards
Emmanuel van der Meulen

[Videx]

I'm wondering what's to stop a user from uploading an avatar for the profile pic? That's the first thing I would do to get around this.

Then again, I can count on one hand the number of my members that have bothered to upload a profile pic. And they're all smart enough to use that as an avatar if they wanted to.

[tattooz]

Love the idea of the mod but how do I change the text? Not only is it spelled wrong but the warning makes no sense. You are telling people NOT to upload an image? WTF??

"You can upload you real foto, to allow visitors see you. In this case, your face MUST be well seen. Please, check result after upoload.

Warning! Don't upload image, that violate requirements! In case of violation, your account can be locked"

[tattooz]

Originally Posted by tattooz

Love the idea of the mod but how do I change the text? Not only is it spelled wrong but the warning makes no sense. You are telling people NOT to upload an image? WTF??

"You can upload you real foto, to allow visitors see you. In this case, your face MUST be well seen. Please, check result after upoload.

Warning! Don't upload image, that violate requirements! In case of violation, your account can be locked"

I found it and commented out the lines.
Thanks

[tattooz]

Love the mod, only problem I see is when you go into the profile and scroll down to "friends", it is not showing any avatars. I did the rebuild thing a couple times, but no go.

Any ideas?

[southie]

i installed the mod, it works on my member.php pages for the user profiles and everywhere else, but on the forum side blocks and on other mods i have installed that use avatars for comments its not showing the profile pics. any way to fix this ?

[southie]

nm. i got it working now. nice mod marked it as installed and about to vote it now. would love to see more profile mods

[southie]

i see a bug when a user uploads a profile photo

this error msg appears on the redirect page

Warning: fopen(../image.php?u=150&dateline=1286082305&type=p rofile) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_avatar.php on line 36

[Fusion2]

If someone doesnt upload a photo, does it use the default avatar or user-selected avatar?