Default Avatar

[Stoker]

Hello

This is a guide to get a default avatar for users that have not choosen one.
Nothing fancy like ACP control, just 1 edit per style.

Prosilver:
Open prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html
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<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_AVATAR -->
               <!-- IF postrow.U_POST_AUTHOR --><a href="{postrow.U_POST_AUTHOR}">{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}</a><!-- ELSE -->{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}<!-- ENDIF --><br />
            <!-- ENDIF -->

Replace with:

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<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_AVATAR -->
               <!-- IF postrow.U_POST_AUTHOR --><a href="{postrow.U_POST_AUTHOR}">{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}</a><!-- ELSE -->{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}<!-- ENDIF --><!-- ELSE --><img src="{T_THEME_PATH}/images/no_avatar.gif" width="90" height="90" alt="" />
                             <!-- ENDIF --><br />

Subsilver2:
Open subsilver2/template/viewtopic_body.html
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<!-- IF postrow.POSTER_AVATAR -->
                                <tr>
                                        <td>{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}</td>
                               </tr>
                        <!-- ELSE -->
                               <tr>
                                        <td><img src="{T_THEME_PATH}/images/no_avatar.gif" width="90" height="90" alt="" /></td>
                               </tr>
                        <!-- ENDIF -->

That is that
PhpBB3 has standard avartars. This i the one we use here.
If You want Your own Default Avatars, just upload them to name of your style/theme/images and call them no_avatar.gif
If the Avatar has another size than 90 x 90 make sure to edit the width and height in above code.

[stitch626]

Can't this already be done by assigning an avatar to the registered user group? I have been doing this on my board since RC1 and each time a new user registers they get assigned that avatar until they change it.

[Sniper_E]

Yes Stoker, what Stitch says is true. This may be an unapproved mod/tip.

[Highway of Life]

Mike, will giving the registered user group an Avatar half-way through your board life erase the avatars of the users and replace it with the newly assigned *default* avatar?
This used to be the case, but I don?t remember if they fixed it.

[stitch626]

Mike, will giving the registered user group an Avatar half-way through your board life erase the avatars of the users and replace it with the newly assigned *default* avatar?

This used to be the case, but I don?t remember if they fixed it.

Yes. This is correct...
Last I knew this was the case. I haven't done it since RC1. I will have to try it out on my testboard and see if this still happens.

[Stoker]

I know what You mean.
Assigning a default avatar to an group can only be done with success in a complete fresh board with no users.
Actually I have done this on my own board and had to apologize to all my users that their allready choosen avatar got lost
(Their avatar got lost and was replaced with the new default avatar)

However if it is not a fresh board the description I have provided will do the trick without replacing existing avatars.

[stitch626]

Well, then this is a good mod to have then because I did a test on a fresh install last night and the users selected avatar will be replaced if you choose a default.

I may have to try this one out if I decide to switch the default avatar on my board.

Way to go Stoker

[Highway of Life]

Which reminds me I need to make a feature request for 3.2.
It would be great if there was an option/checkbox, replace all users avatars: yes/no. On assigning group avatar.
Alternatively, someone should create a MOD that would allow a user to give a group an avatar without overwriting the users avatars.

[stitch626]

Which reminds me I need to make a feature request for 3.2.
It would be great if there was an option/checkbox, replace all users avatars: yes/no. On assigning group avatar.
Alternatively, someone should create a MOD that would allow a user to give a group an avatar without overwriting the users avatars.

This almost seems as if this was an oversight. That is a very good suggestion David. I hope they implement this.

[CitLemBiK CitLemBiK]

For memberlist_view.html

ON SUBSILVER

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         <!-- IF AVATAR_IMG -->
            <tr>
               <td align="center">{AVATAR_IMG}</td>
            </tr>

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            <!-- ELSE -->
               <tr>
               <td><img src="{T_THEME_PATH}/images/avatar_yok.gif" width="150" height="150" alt="" /></td>
               </tr>