Set a default Avatar for your members

Here on AdX, when a member registers, it automatically adds a default avatar to their accounts until they wish to upload their own. This is also achievable on IPB so I thought I'd show you how.

Open core.php - found in admin/sources/base/
Find:

<?PHP Code

else if( ipsRegistry::$settings['allow_gravatars'] )
        {
            /* Try a gravatar, if all else fails */
            $av_hash  = md5( $member['email'] );
            $s        = $lowestSize ? "&s={$lowestSize}" : '';
            $blank_av = urlencode(ipsRegistry::$settings['avatars_url'] . '/blank_avatar.gif' ); 

            return "<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/{$av_hash}?d={$blank_av}{$s}' alt='' />";
        } 


Add beneath:-

<?PHP Code

return "<img src='" . ipsRegistry::$settings['avatars_url'] . '/blank_avatar.gif' . "' alt='' />"; 


Upload the avatar you wish to use (you can find some here at AdX - Blank Avatars (PSD + PNG) ) to your forums public/style_avatars/ directory and name it 'blank_avatar.gif', overwriting the file that's there.

And there you have it!

[KW802]

[slightly offtopic]The bit of code caught my attention.... using Gravatars is a stock feature of IPB?[/slightly offtopic]

[Azhria Lilu]

Looks that way lol this was how I was shown to do it, so I just copied and pasted the relevant part of the source code from the file.

[Noles]

“ Originally Posted by KW802 ”

[slightly offtopic]The bit of code caught my attention.... using Gravatars is a stock feature of IPB?[/slightly offtopic]

Yes.

[Wizzard]

Hmm going to cause a few problems if the gravatar site has a glitch, or does it throw up a no avatar avatar if gravatar cannot be contacted?

[Azhria Lilu]

I think the gravatar is an available option, but not the only option in IPB.

[MrTheMaroc]

Thank you

[Michael]

Im going to try this now, we dont have gravatars turned on so this should be great as a default no avatar. Thanks