User Icons

Current version: 1.2.1 (Last updated:4/30/03)
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New features/fixes since the last update:
- Optimized code so it uses much less queries on private.php.
- Added instructions I forgot for private.php.
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With this hack members have icons next to their name in posts, announcements, private messages, on the who's online and on the forumdisplay page. Users can use a public icon list or upload their own icon just like avatars. They can also choose to not display icons in the user cp. Administrators have various icon options exactly like with avatars.

This is based upon the mini avatars hack but I liked it more if it was exactly like how avatars are handled. A whole lot of the code is a copy from the avatar code except all variables are changed and only a few other changes/additions. But I wrote a full instruction for your convenience.

You can see it in action here: http://forums.thegaminguniverse.com.

Screenshots
Screenshot of icons on the who's online on index.php.
Screenshot of icons on the who's online on online.php.
Screenshot of icons in the posts on showthread.php (also in private messages and announcements).
Screenshot of icons on the thread list on forumdisplay.php.
Screenshot of the edit icon option in your user cp.
Screenshot of icon options in the admin cp under.

[007]

I was waiting for you to update it before I installed. THANKS! This hack is awesome. I knew you could do it

I would have offered my advice, but the only hacking I know how to do is if/else statements so far. (lol) :ermm:

[Dark Jim]

Small update. Please redo step 7.1 in the instructions. Without this fix, when you click on a member in the memberlist, it will show an error that the user does not exist. Everything else should work fine now. I hope I can optimise online.php soon, I think that is the only thing left. But the most important pages are done. Please click the install button if you use this hack.

[007]

Maaaaan, I have been doing this for over an hour now and I'm up to 12.1.... *sigh* LONG hack! I can;t even immagine how long it took you to make it Jim... Wow.

One thing I noticed on 12.1 is that you included "msn" in the list. I have this installed buy others might not. You might want to point that out.

[007]

there, finished. One thing I noticed in online.php is:

PHP Code:

else {
          $userinfo["$key"]['username'] = $user[username]$iconavatar;
        } 


should be

PHP Code:

else {
          $userinfo["$key"]['username'] = "$user[username]$iconavatar";
        } 


with the quotes. Otherwise it comes up with a parse error.

[Dark Jim]

Oh I did that but apparently not in the instructions. :ermm: Will fix this.

Edit: Hmm it was in the instructions:

9.5. Find:
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} else {
$userinfo["$key"]['username'] = $user[username];
}
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9.5. Replace that with:
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} else {
$userinfo["$key"]['username'] = "$iconavatar$user[username]";
}
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Save and close online.php.

Updated to remove the msn thing.

[corsacrazy]

any way to just show icons if they are a donating member so therefore i can just have a default donation icon ?

[sabret00the]

hi this is a good hack but i only want it to display the icon in the showthread, announcement and my welcome panel, would i be ok to only make the changes to the index, showthread, global and announcement files?

[sabret00the]

has dark jim vanished?

[Dark Jim]

03-14-03 at 01:34 PM corsacrazy said this in Post #56
any way to just show icons if they are a donating member so therefore i can just have a default donation icon ?

Well you could set the posts requirements to use a custom icon to 10000000, have no public icons and add user icons in the admin cp for donating members. If you want to do it otherwise it requires more hacking.

03-17-03 at 01:56 PM sabret00the said this in Post #57
hi this is a good hack but i only want it to display the icon in the showthread, announcement and my welcome panel, would i be ok to only make the changes to the index, showthread, global and announcement files?

You can skip some files such as memberlist.php, online.php and some more yes. Files such as global.php, admin/functions.php, member.php are required.

[sabret00the]

thanks dude, i'll give it a try