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Started by lesmond, Nov 19, 2020, 12:22 PM

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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?

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Bigguy

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

Quote from: Bigguy on Nov 19, 2020, 12:25 PMEdit 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.

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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.
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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

<?php

// has to be a unique function name to avoid conflicts with other mods
// so something like authorName_themeName_something
function 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

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 :rgton   Didn't work, knowing me I done it wrong :emb  :dontknow

This is what I added to index_template
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
<?php

// has to be a unique function name to avoid conflicts with other mods
// so something like authorName_themeName_something
function 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

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SychO

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

lesmond

Quote from: SychO on Nov 19, 2020, 04:12 PMdo 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.

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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  :rgton

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lesmond

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

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