Default avatar

[lesmond]

I want to be able to use my own default avatar on a custom theme, not the normal avatar that comes shipped with SMF.

this is the one I wanted to change, but only to show in a custom theme.


and use this instead


Is there an easy way to do this?

[Bigguy]

Edit that image and change the name on it and re-upload it.

[lesmond]

Edit that image and change the name on it and re-upload it.

But that will show on all themes, i only want it on a custom theme.

[Bigguy]

Make the custom theme and inside that you make the folder for the image, where ever that is, I think the avatars folder ? If you rename it to something else and then change change the name in the code then it will only show on the custom theme.

[SychO]

easiest way would be to use an integration function (hook)

so create a hooks.php file, put it inside a directory called "src" inside of your theme directory

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<?php// has to be a unique function name to avoid conflicts with other mods// so something like authorName_themeName_somethingfunction authorName_themeName_something($image){    global $modSettings, $settings;    if ($image === $modSettings['avatar_url'] . '/default.png')    {        $image = $settings['images_url'] . '/default_avatar.png';    }}

and in index.template.php of the theme, at the end of the template_init function

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require_once __DIR__.'/src/hooks.php';
add_integration_function('integrate_set_avatar_data', 'authorName_themeName_something', false);

Now you just have to add inside of the images folder, an image by the name of default_avatar.png

I haven't tested any of the code however so, expect potential syntax issues.

[lesmond]

Thanks SychO    Didn't work, knowing me I done it wrong  

This is what I added to index_template

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function template_init()
{
global $settings, $txt;

/* $context, $options and $txt may be available for use, but may not be fully populated yet. */

require_once __DIR__.'/src/hooks.php';
add_integration_function('integrate_set_avatar_data', 'lesmond_christmas_default', false);
and the hooks.php I placed in a src directory

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<?php// has to be a unique function name to avoid conflicts with other mods// so something like authorName_themeName_somethingfunction lesmond_christmas_default($image){    global $modSettings, $settings;    if ($image === $modSettings['avatar_url'] . '/default.png')    {        $image = $settings['images_url'] . '/default_avatar.png';    }}

And placed the image in images directory

[SychO]

do you get any errors at all ? does the forum work fine ?

[lesmond]

do you get any errors at all ? does the forum work fine ?

No errors, forums working fine too.

This is a fresh SMF 2.1 RC3 from GH if that makes any difference.

[SychO]

yea then I need to test it, I must be missing something in the logic there.

[SychO]

right, looking at the code now, it unfortunately would not work, because the smf codebase is inconsistent and does not use a single function to get the avatar, there is code repetition.

too bad, wanted to do this in my themes as well.

[lesmond]

No worries @SychO thanks mate 

[lesmond]

It would only work until members changed there to own avatar anyway, would have been a nice touch.