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This is what we use on the main page of this forum.
So many people liked it and asked for it, I posted it on at least 5 threads already, but someone wanted a proper release so here it is.

Anyway, in index.php add this:

if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0) {
  $avatarurl=getavatarurl($bbuserinfo[userid]);
  if ($avatarurl=='') {
    $avatarurl='{imagesfolder}/noavatar.gif';
  }
  $avatarimage='<img src="'.$avatarurl.'">';
} else {
  $avatarimage='<a href="register.php?s='.$session[sessionhash].'&action=signup"><img src="{imagesfolder}/guestavatar.gif"></a>';
}

right after this:

$permissions=getpermissions();
if (!$permissions['canview']) {
	show_nopermission();
}

Now in any of your forumhome_xxx templates, you can use this:

$avatarimage

to display the user's avatar.

It will display the user's avatar if he has selected one, if he hasn't selected one it will show noavatar.gif (you'll need to upload that to your images folder), and if it's a guest, it will show guestavatar.gif, and link the image to register.php.

[JTMON]

Originally posted by Airwaves


Yeah sorry, not being a PHP/HTML guru, I didnt realise until I made a test account.

Anyway, thanks for your help, I now have it sorted.

take a look at http://www.airwavescomms.co.uk/forums

Looking Good

[VolsReport]

Originally posted by Lesane


Yes

Thanx...Ima add it now...

[TechTalk]

What if the user has uploaded their own avatar (goes into the customavatar table in DB) How can we make that show up?

[Admin]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TechTalk
What if the user has uploaded their own avatar (goes into the customavatar table in DB) How can we make that show up?

[TechTalk]

It sure does I was having errors that were causing me problems.

A note to evryone else.... if you use this hack in global.php like I did your users will have problem uploading their avatar (real nasty error). I posted on it here:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=35489

The only solution I could find was to change the variable names from "$avatarurl" and "$avatarimage" to "$theavatarimage" and "$theavatarurl"

Im not sure if the original variables were already in use by Vb or what, but it was causing me loads of problems.

[zajako]

umm is there anything simialr to make it so the profile fields can be used on teh index page. an ex is I want a custom field to be displayed under the avatar.

[Admin]

Just stick $bbuserinfo[field7] for example in the template.

[zajako]

ok, i tried that... but there is a problem.

if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0) {
$hpmax=getavatarurl($bbuserinfo[field7]);
if ($hpmax=='') {
$hpmax='0';
}

}

THe function for getavatarurl I know.
but what would be the get function used for field 7 and so on.
Right now it just ignores my variable for $hpmax

[Admin]

Huh? Why do try to get an avatar for the field7 as a userid? If you just want to display field7, stick $bbuserinfo[field7].

[zajako]

Originally posted by FireFly
Just stick $bbuserinfo[field7] for example in the template.

you said stick into the template I though you meant the avatar templet you made.....

awesome it worked thanks so much.