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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.

[TheComputerGuy]

I like it, nice work there Firefly

[squawell]

it's good hack for me thankz FireFly~~

if i want it show up like main page of this forum what template

should i put this code$avatarimage?

forumhome or .....??

[SgtSling]

forumhome template

[SgtSling]

or any of the other's that are listed under forumhome

[snyx]

oh yeah, love'n it firefly!
http://www.form-kaos.com/board/

[Sinecure]

How would I go about using $avatarimage in my header template. Modifying something in functions.php correct?

[Admin]

Add the code to global.php, before:

$header='';

[Sinecure]

Thank You

[Mike Gaidin]

Thanks FireFly!

[JTMON]

Awesome Hack Firefly. What part of the code would I change to make it so the noavatar.gif is linked to userCP?

[Crinos]

w00t! Works great! Excellent hack, cheers!

See it in action
http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/

[Admin]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JTMON
Awesome Hack Firefly. What part of the code would I change to make it so the noavatar.gif is linked to userCP?

[Matt]

Is there anyway to encorporate this into a non-vb page?

[JTMON]

For some reason that code didn't work for me firefly. I just get a red x if I don't have an avatar selected, but no noavatar.gif. I have reuploaded the gif file twice too. Otherwise it works great.

[JTMON]

ok I got it working now. I had to do this:

if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0) {
  $avatarurl=getavatarurl($bbuserinfo[userid]);
  if ($avatarurl=='') {
    $avatarurl='images/noavatar.gif';
  }
  $avatarimage='<a href="member.php3?s='.$session[sessionhash].'&action=editavatar"><img src="'.$avatarurl.'">';
} else {
  $avatarimage='<a href="register.php?s='.$session[sessionhash].'&action=signup"><img src="images/guestavatar.gif"></a>';
}

I chose to link right into the edit avatar spot instead but I had tack on the code you gave me to the beginning of:

$avatarimage'<img src="'.$avatarurl.'">';

[JTMON]

hmm, the only problem now is I have a box around the avatar?

[Bane]

Try changing

<img src="'.$avatarurl.'">

to

<img src="'.$avatarurl.'" border="0">

[JTMON]

Thanks Bane!! Worked perfectly!

[Jakeman]

hey Crinos (Tolitz i presume?), gimme your forumhome template. i want your table layout for the top box with the ava in it... i'm having brain farts here. :stupid:

[Crinos]

LOL, I wish it was that easy - the whole process of putting it together is scattered althroughout several templates:

forumhome
forumhome_unregmessage
forumhome_welcometext
forumhome_logincode
forumhome_logoutcode
forumhome_pmloggedin

I'm afraid giving you just the forumhome template is not gonna be useful

Took me about 3-4 hours of trial and error just trying to put it together ... what I did was set up a "mock-up" page with the layout as I want it to be ... then I just insert the relevant code and then chop it up by the <tr>'s and insert each one in the templates I mentioned

[Jakeman]

oic. ok then... i'll manage

[trilOByte]

Hey man, I think I just posted what you are looking for. I installed it all together, then wrote a walkthrough of most of it for a friend, thought someone might find it usefull, so uploaded the zip here...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=32702

See my sig for a working example.

Even if it's not exactly what you are looking for, it should give you the *bones* to play with!

[trilOByte]

Thinking about it, I prolly should have posted it here - not sure about the protocol for such things

Anyway, I *think* I included all the edits

[Jakeman]

thanks

[Jakeman]

cool... check out my www link

[fiona]

Originally posted by JTMON
For some reason that code didn't work for me firefly. I just get a red x if I don't have an avatar selected, but no noavatar.gif. I have reuploaded the gif file twice too. Otherwise it works great.

have you checked the path to the image matches with what you have in index.php
ie mine is images/noavatar.gif

but in the code given by Firefly its

<img src="vbimages/noavatar.gif">

i had the same problem

[Gamingforce]

Really nice hack Firefly. I would install it but the default avatar size for our message board is 105x150 making the avatar take up too much board real estate. Awesome job though Firefly!

[JTMON]

Originally posted by fiona


i had the same problem

Well it's been images for me this whole time. I never saw vbimages. I changed the coding so if they don't have an avatar it gives them the no avatar but it's also linked to the edit avatar page

[westi]

Hi,

Originally posted by Matt
Is there anyway to encorporate this into a non-vb page?

include the follow global.php to your page...

PHP Code:

<?
// global.php
// Diese Datei ist f?r Webseiten die auf Funktionen eines vBulletin zugreifen
// wollen.
// Autor: westi (westi@ftpworld.org)
// Stand: v1.0 / 2001-12-02

$boardpath="/path/to/the/board";

unset($dbservertype);
//load config
require("$boardpath/admin/config.php");
require("$boardpath/admin/functions.php");

// init db **********************
// load db class
$dbservertype = strtolower($dbservertype);
$dbclassname="$boardpath/admin/db_$dbservertype.php";
require($dbclassname);

$DB_site=new DB_Sql_vb;
$DB_site->appname="vBulletin Control Panel";
$DB_site->appshortname="vBulletin (cp)";
$DB_site->database=$dbname;
$DB_site->server=$servername;
$DB_site->user=$dbusername;
$DB_site->password=$dbpassword;
$DB_site->connect();

$dbpassword="";
$DB_site->password="";
// end init db

// load options
$optionstemp=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT template FROM template WHERE title='options'");
eval($optionstemp[template]);
// ################ END INIT #################

if ($bbuserid!="") {
  $user=getuserinfo($bbuserid);
  $username=$user[username];
  $lastday=vbdate($dateformat,$user[lastvisit]+3600);
  $lasttime=vbdate($timeformat,$user[lastvisit]+3600);
  $templatesetid=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT templatesetid AS templatesetid FROM style WHERE styleid=$user[styleid]");
  $templatesetid=$templatesetid[templatesetid];

  $avatarurl=getavatarurl($user[userid]);
  if ($avatarurl=='') {
    $avatarurl='images/noavatar.gif';
  }
  $avatarimage='<a href="'.$bburl.'/member.php3?action=editavatar"><img src="'.$bburl.'/'.$avatarurl.'" border="0"></a>';
} else {
  $avatarimage='<a href="'.$bburl.'/register.php?action=signup"><img src="'.$bburl.'/images/guestavatar.gif" border="0"></a>';
}

}

?>

greets,
westi

[Airwaves]

Where do I put

PHP Code:

$avatarimage 


to place it in the same place as on vb.org main forum page?

[Airwaves]

Bump

cant anyone help a n00b ?

[JTMON]

in the forumhome template, right above $postbits

[Airwaves]

I cannot find $postbits in the forumdisplay template ??

[Lesane]

Put it in the forumhome template like Firefly said in his first post!

[Bedhead]

I have done everything step by step, but where exactly does $avatarimage go in the forumhome template.

[Bedhead]

If it is installed here, how come i don't have it as noavater here as i have not selected one here?
Confused.

[Bedhead]

I got it.
I thought this hack would add it to each member in the posts.
It is only on the main page.
Okay.

[JTMON]

Originally posted by Bedhead
I got it.
I thought this hack would add it to each member in the posts.
It is only on the main page.
Okay.

Each member already has his avatar in his post...?

[Airwaves]

Having a bit of trouble with this...

I have the two image required in the /forums/images/avatars folder on my server, BUT, i still get a little red X in a box for someone who doesnt have an avatar set

here is the code in my index.php

PHP Code:

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


I used a few fixes from the rest of this thread like removing the borders and making it linkk to the usercp to set an avatar.

please help?