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SMF 2.0:

Open ./Sources/Load.php

Find:
// First do a quick run through to make sure there is something to be shown.
$memberContext[$user]['has_messenger'] = false;

Replace with:

// Default avatar. ^^
if (empty($memberContext[$user]['avatar']['image']))
$memberContext[$user]['avatar']['image'] = '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/default_avatar.png" alt="Default Avatar" title="Default Avatar" width="' . $avatar_width . '" height="' . $avatar_height . '" />';

// First do a quick run through to make sure there is something to be shown.
$memberContext[$user]['has_messenger'] = false;

The default avatar should be uploaded to ./Themes/[your_theme]/, it should be named default_avatar.png and it should obviously be in .png format.

SMF 1.1.x:

Open ./Sources/Load.php

Find:
                'local_time' => timeformat(time() + ($profile['timeOffset'] - $user_info['time_offset']) * 3600, false),
        );

        return true;

Replace with:
                'local_time' => timeformat(time() + ($profile['timeOffset'] - $user_info['time_offset']) * 3600, false),
        );

// Default avatar. ^^
if (empty($memberContext[$user]['avatar']['image']))
$memberContext[$user]['avatar']['image'] = '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/default_avatar.png" alt="Default Avatar" title="Default Avatar" width="' . $avatar_width . '" height="' . $avatar_height . '" />';

        return true;

Nice idea :)

Would you like this moved to Tips and Tricks (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=72.0)?

Go right ahead. Thanks. :)

Moved :)

Nice tip.

Indexed (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=15899.msg161884#msg161884) as it wasn't :)

-[n3rve]

Zitat von: [n3rve] in Juli 14, 2009, 04:07:12 VORMITTAG
Indexed (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=15899.msg161884#msg161884) as it wasn't :)

-[n3rve]

Phooey... I forgot :(

I wonder if replacing the blank.gif in your avatar folder with a default one would work. :)

*goes back to sleep

Nice

Default Avatar (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=975)?

Yeah, thats what I use

Zitat von: NIBOGO in Juli 22, 2009, 05:40:36 NACHMITTAGS
Default Avatar (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=975)?

Again, this edit makes the default avatar appear EVERYWHERE without editing any templates.. That mod edits templates, and the default avatar wouldn't appear everywhere. ;)

Cool tip!

Thanks Reflection!

Zitat von: Reflection in Juli 22, 2009, 05:50:18 NACHMITTAGS

Zitat von: NIBOGO in Juli 22, 2009, 05:40:36 NACHMITTAGS
Default Avatar (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=975)?

Again, this edit makes the default avatar appear EVERYWHERE without editing any templates.. That mod edits templates, and the default avatar wouldn't appear everywhere. ;)

Please tell me where do you see a template edit, the mod do the same also edits the Load.php file:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=parse;mod=975;attach=54824;smf_version=1.1.4

;)

./Themes/default/ManageAttachments.template.php

:P

Zitat von: Reflection in Juli 22, 2009, 06:27:29 NACHMITTAGS
./Themes/default/ManageAttachments.template.php

:P

That is to set the image url nothing else, the image will appear everywhere, obviouslly if you can change the url from the admin panel (requires the edit of that file only used by the default theme) it's a lot better than modify the code (like your trick) ;)

Can't see how it is a lot better. Most sites will only set a default avatar once. Load one image. All done. No problem.

Zitat von: Antechinus in Juli 22, 2009, 07:15:04 NACHMITTAGS
Can't see how it is a lot better. Most sites will only set a default avatar once. Load one image. All done. No problem.

Because if you want to change the avatar you don't need ftp access (for example in my iPod)

Meh. Like I said, default avatars are usually a once-only thing anyway. Both ways of tackling the problem seem more or less equally good to me. Can't see that one is hugely better than the other. The only thing I could see as an improvement to Reflection's idea is to call the default avatar from the default/images folder, or even from the site's images folder. That way if you are using multiple themes to give your users some choice you still only need to deal with one image.

Well this trick doesn't make the avatar appear in the left container in the collapsible personal space at the top of the forum with the default style. Maybe there should be some more edits. Making newly registered members see a difference when they actually are logged in is the only thing i wanted from this trick.

Perhaps, you should try the mod instead?

-[n3rve]

The .png should go into: Themes/"your theme"/images/   and not just Themes/"your theme" as in the first post.  At least, that's where I placed it in order for it to appear correctly.

I did exacly what was said in first post: The file load, searched and replaced it. Saved it. Upload a default_avatar.png to my theme map. Nothing happend if i dont select a avatar..

     Hello

  This works in the posts but it is not showing in my "newest member" simple portal block. Could you tell me what to add below? Thanks!.

global $context, $memberContext, $modSettings, $color_profile;

   $latest_member_id = $context['common_stats']['latest_member']['id'];
   loadMemberData($latest_member_id);
   loadMemberContext($latest_member_id);

   echo '
   <div style="text-align: center;">';

   if (!empty($memberContext[$latest_member_id]['avatar']['href']))
      echo '
      <img src="'.$memberContext[$latest_member_id]['avatar']['href'].'" alt="" width="60" /><br />';

   echo '
      ', $memberContext[$latest_member_id]['link'], '
   </div>';

Hi

In my case only admin see default_avatar no one else? How come?

I just came up with an idea: use default_avatar.png as a background for where avatar is being displayed. one small css change. however it's not 100% foolproof, when user's avatar will not be standard size, it will not look pretty

Zitat von: Veliki Brat in Februar 24, 2010, 04:03:02 NACHMITTAGS
Hi

In my case only admin see default_avatar no one else? How come?

same problem. This edit doesn't work. I'm using 1.1.13

This is awesome!  I'm gonna use it in my website right now!

How come this doesn't work in the index.template.php, it works everywhere else?

Not sure. It should. Have you got any weird code there?

I think it's because member is not defined for some reason. I will attempt to debug...

I have attempted to debug, but the default avatar just doesn't load in the header of the index.template.php file. Error log says:

ZitatUndefined index: image
in whatever template file is being viewed

Using:
', $context['user']['avatar']['image'], '

Probably because it's not declared there, and that you need to modify the separate loading of the avatar for the current user, IIRC that's in Load.php instead.

this is a nice little trick to use!!!!

however, and I don't know if it's something that has changed in the decade since it was first posted, this needs to be altered from:

if (empty($memberContext[$user]['avatar']['image']))
$memberContext[$user]['avatar']['image'] = '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/default_avatar.png" alt="Default Avatar" title="Default Avatar" width="' . $avatar_width . '" height="' . $avatar_height . '" />';



to:

if (empty($memberContext[$user]['avatar']['image']))
$memberContext[$user]['avatar']['image'] = '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/default_avatar.png" alt="Default Avatar" title="Default Avatar" ' . $avatar_width . ' ' . $avatar_height . ' />';

/


as the admin section settings already appends the

width="{whatever pixel you set}" height="[whatever pixel you set}"


and will render:

Zitat....... width=" width="{whatever pixel you set}""  height=" height="{whatever pixel you set}""

just a PSA!!!  thanks for the tip whomever wrote the original!!!

It's also implemented in 2.1 in a slightly different way.