Add a Default Avatar to your phpBB3 forum

[LDM]

If you add an default avatar to the whole registered usergroup, you will lose all of the avatars that your current members have selected or uploaded. Using this little trick, you can assign all of your board a Default Avatar to those that haven't selected or uploaded one, yet still keeping the avatars that your current members have selected.

This will work on any style you have installed.

Open: includes/functions_display.php

Find:

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if (empty($avatar) || !$avatar_type)
   {
      return '';

Then inline find:

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return '';

and replace with:

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return '<img src="images/avatars/no_avatar.gif" alt="' . ((!empty($user->lang[$alt])) ? $user->lang[$alt] : $alt) . '" />';

Now select the image below, save it and upload it to /images/avatars/ then purge your cache.

All your members that haven't selected an avatar will now be issued with the default as well as any new members.

no_avatar.gif

[QuickFix]

This is a really good option

[binaryb]

Thank you, this is a very good and simple mod.

[Mercenary]

Alright then indeed a very great option tnx for sharing m8

[svalle]

The code to search for has changed (at least at my Forum runing on 3.0.7-PL1) to this:

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   if (empty($avatar) || !$avatar_type || (!$config['allow_avatar'] && !$ignore_config))
   {
      return '';
   }

But it's still the same fix. Works fine

[Benet_]

Good trick, very useful, you are excellent!

[shione]

Thanks for this. Was looking for a mod like this for ages...

[shadowslight]

I wasn't aware of this method. when I started my board, i edited the "registered users" group and added a default avatar, that would be replaced when a member uploaded their own.

[smartuser20]

Hello,
I have a forum and I tried this method but it is not working. Any idea why? I don't know my server details, but I can look them up and let you know. or I can show you my site if necessary.

[cisco007]

i really have no idea why it's not working other then maybe you don't have the image in the directory specified!
and without really knowing exactly what it's meant by it's not working, i can't really tell you the problem or answer.