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.

[sabret00the]

okies this is working just liek i wanted but the thing now is, can i enlarge the icon size at all?

[Dark Jim]

Yes, you can set the maximum size under vBulletin Options -> User Icons.

See here

[Dan]

Works nice.....

/me licks an orange flavored install button

[Dan]

i did everything it told me in the install file and now i get this

-points to ss-

[Dark Jim]

Huh? What is the url of that broken image and what is the url to the image that should have showed up?

[Dan]

its pointing to /forums//images/ as the image and its /forums/images/announce.gif

[Dark Jim]

This step:

3.2. Find:
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if ($announcement[startdate]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]) {
$announcement[icon]='newannounce.gif';
} else {
$announcement[icon]='announce.gif';
}
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3.2. Below that add:
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if ($announcement[iconavatarpath]!="") {
$iconavatarurl=$announcement[iconavatarpath];
} else if ($announcement['hascustomiconavatar']) {
$iconavatarurl="iconavatar.php?userid=$announcemen t[userid]&dateline=$iconavatarinfo[dateline]";
} else {
$iconavatarurl='';
}

if ($iconavatarurl!="") {
$iconavatar = "<img src=\"$iconavatarurl\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\">";
} else {
$iconavatar = "";
}
if ($bbuserinfo[userid]>0 and !($bbuserinfo[showiconavatars])) {
$iconavatar = "";
}
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Are you sure you added the code below the part you needed to find and not replaced it?

[Dan]

ah thats it I must have replaced it by accident thank you

[DigitalDesktops]

I having problems with this hack. The User Icons only appear in member.php. It doesn't appear anywhere else. I've tried to install it twice but it still won't show up. I edited all the templates, and i followed the instructions, but its still not working. I'm using 2.3.0
Does any anyone know how i can fix this? Thanks in Advance.

Here's all the files I edited.

[Dark Jim]

I noticed you forgot to do step 19.4a. Under edit options in your user cp I didn't notice the option to show or not show icons. Do that step, set the option to "yes" and then see if the icons show up.