Author Topic: [Tip/Trick] Making a "real" default avatar (Eg: without editing templates) (Read 56836 times)

Reflection · « **on:** July 13, 2009, 06:36:12 PM »

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:

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// 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:

Code: [Select]

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

        return true;

Replace with:

Code: [Select]

                '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;

JBlaze · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2009, 06:45:07 PM »

Nice idea

Would you like this moved to Tips and Tricks?

Reflection · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2009, 06:46:57 PM »

Go right ahead. Thanks.

JBlaze · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2009, 06:48:04 PM »

Moved

JeremyB. · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2009, 03:34:15 AM »

Nice tip.

N3RVE · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2009, 04:07:12 AM »

Indexed as it wasn't

-[n3rve]

JBlaze · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2009, 12:21:45 PM »

Quote from: [n3rve] on July 14, 2009, 04:07:12 AM

Indexed as it wasn't

-[n3rve]

Phooey... I forgot

Sabre™ · « **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2009, 06:11:10 PM »

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

*goes back to sleep

Hassan_the best · « **Reply #8 on:** July 21, 2009, 09:28:15 AM »

Nibogo · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2009, 05:40:36 PM »

Default Avatar?

Sabre™ · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2009, 05:48:17 PM »

Yeah, thats what I use

Reflection · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2009, 05:50:18 PM »

Quote from: NIBOGO on July 22, 2009, 05:40:36 PM

Default Avatar?

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.

Costa · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2009, 06:16:18 PM »

Cool tip!

Thanks Reflection!

Nibogo · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2009, 06:19:52 PM »

Quote from: Reflection on July 22, 2009, 05:50:18 PM

Quote from: NIBOGO on July 22, 2009, 05:40:36 PM
Default Avatar?

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

Reflection · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2009, 06:27:29 PM »

./Themes/default/ManageAttachments.template.php

Nibogo · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2009, 07:11:22 PM »

Quote from: Reflection on July 22, 2009, 06:27:29 PM

./Themes/default/ManageAttachments.template.php

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)

Antechinus · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2009, 07:15:04 PM »

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.

Nibogo · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2009, 07:23:22 PM »

Quote from: Antechinus on July 22, 2009, 07:15:04 PM

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)

Antechinus · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2009, 07:28:44 PM »

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.

robinrobin · « **Reply #19 on:** September 19, 2009, 04:15:45 PM »

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.

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