I need to reference external Avatar source, please help?

w1ckedsick

My main website has profile photos for every forum user already so I want to use those for avatar images. The path of these profile pics are simple too: www.website.com/avatar/vanillaUsername.jpg

I've been looking at applications/vanilla/views/discussion/discussion.php which I assume is the best place to make the modification.

Please can you advise how I can change the Vanilla avatar path to use the new path above?

vrijvlinder

Look at other avatar plugins to see how you could do that . But don't edit core files .

Linc

You want to make a simple plugin that overwrites the global userPhotoUrl() function. Maybe something like this:

    /**
     * Use my custom photo URLs instead.
     *
     * @param object|array $User
     * @return string
     */
    function userPhotoUrl($User) {
        $FullUser = Gdn::userModel()->getID(val('UserID', $User), DATASET_TYPE_ARRAY);
        return 'https://www.website.com/avatar/'.urlencode(val('Name', $FullUser)).'.jpg';
    }

w1ckedsick

Thanks for helping here. I dumped your code at the end of class.testingground.plugin.php but it didn't change anything.

Is there a way without a plugin like using bootstrap.before.php?

whu606

@w1ckedsick

You can't just add that code to a file. You need to make it part of a plugin

See here: http://docs.vanillaforums.com/developer/plugins/quickstart/

w1ckedsick

Hello @whu606

That's what I did - TestingGround was a plugin template I had used previously for another bit of custom code and it worked well. So I went with the same thing here but it didn't result in any change. The particular file that has the code is class.testingground.plugin.php and you can see it at the bottom:

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
/*  Copyright 2014 Zachary Doll
*   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
*   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
*   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
*   (at your option) any later version.
*
*   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
*   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
*   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
*   GNU General Public License for more details.
*
*   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
*   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
$PluginInfo['TestingGround'] = array( // You put whatever you want to call your plugin folder as the key
    'Name' => 'Custom Avatar', // User friendly name, this is what will show up on the garden plugins page
    'Description' => 'A skeleton plugin that adds its resources to every page, creates a settings page, and creates a stub minicontroller.', // This is also shown on the garden plugins page. Will be used as the first line of the description if uploaded to the official addons repository at vanillaforums.org/addons
    'Version' => '0.1', // Anything can go here, but it is suggested that you use some type of naming convention; will appear on the garden vanilla plugins page
    'RequiredApplications' => array('Vanilla' => '2.0.18.8'), // Can require multiple applications (e.g. Vanilla and Conversations)
    'RequiredTheme' => FALSE, // Any prerequisite themes
    'RequiredPlugins' => FALSE, // Any prerequisite plugins
    'MobileFriendly' => FALSE, // Should this plugin be run on mobile devices?
    'HasLocale' => TRUE, // Does this plugin have its own local file?
    'RegisterPermissions' => FALSE, // E.g. array('Plugins.TestingGround.Manage') will register this permissions automatically on enable
    'SettingsUrl' => '/settings/testingground', // A settings button linked to this URL will show up on the garden plugins page when enabled
    'SettingsPermission' => 'Garden.Settings.Manage', // The permissions required to visit the settings page. Garden.Settings.Manage is suggested.
    'Author' => 'Zachary Doll', // This will appear in the garden plugins page
    'AuthorEmail' => 'hgtonight@daklutz.com',
    'AuthorUrl' => 'http://www.daklutz.com',
    'License' => 'GPLv3' // Specify your license to prevent ambiguity
);

class TestingGround extends Gdn_Plugin {

    // add a Testing Ground page on the settings controller
    public function SettingsController_TestingGround_Create($Sender) {
        // add the admin side menu
        $Sender->AddSideMenu('settings/testingground');

        $Sender->Title($this->GetPluginName() . ' ' . T('Settings'));
        $Sender->Render($this->GetView('settings.php'));
    }

    public function PluginController_TestingGround_Create($Sender) {
        // Makes it act like a mini controller
        $this->Dispatch($Sender, $Sender->RequestArgs);
    }

    public function Controller_Index($Sender) {
        echo T('Plugins.TestingGround.SadTruth');
        echo "\nPlugin Index: " . $this->GetPluginIndex();
        echo "\nPlugin Folder: " . $this->GetPluginFolder();
    }

    public function Base_Render_Before($Sender) {
        $this->_AddResources($Sender);
        // decho($Sender)
    }

    private function _AddResources($Sender) {
        //$Sender->AddJsFile($this->GetResource('js/testingground.js', FALSE, FALSE));
        //$Sender->AddCssFile($this->GetResource('design/testingground.css', FALSE, FALSE));
    }

    public function Setup() {
        // SaveToConfig('Plugins.TestingGround.EnableAdvancedMode', TRUE);
    }

    public function OnDisable() {
        // RemoveFromConfig('Plugins.TestingGround.EnableAdvancedMode');
    }

  /**
     * Use my custom photo URLs instead.
     *
     * @param object|array $User
     * @return string
     */
   public function userPhotoUrl($User) {
        $FullUser = Gdn::userModel()->getID(val('UserID', $User), DATASET_TYPE_ARRAY);
        return 'https://www.website.com/avatar/'.urlencode(val('Name', $FullUser)).'.jpg';
    }
}

R_J

You can indeed add it to the bootstrap.before.php file, but I would also recomment to attach it below a plugins class. That way you can easily enable/disable it.

You would need a custom userPhoto function. This is basically the same code as you will find in the functions.render.php file, I only made changes around line 38 for some external url. You would have to modify that:

/**
 * Takes a user object, and writes out an anchor of the user's icon to the user's profile.
 *
 * @param object|array $User A user object or array.
 * @param array $Options
 * @return string HTML.
 */
function userPhoto($User, $Options = array()) {
    if (is_string($Options)) {
        $Options = array('LinkClass' => $Options);
    }

    if ($Px = val('Px', $Options)) {
        $User = userBuilder($User, $Px);
    } else {
        $User = (object)$User;
    }

    $LinkClass = concatSep(' ', val('LinkClass', $Options, ''), 'PhotoWrap');
    $ImgClass = val('ImageClass', $Options, 'ProfilePhoto');

    $Size = val('Size', $Options);
    if ($Size) {
        $LinkClass .= " PhotoWrap{$Size}";
        $ImgClass .= " {$ImgClass}{$Size}";
    } else {
        $ImgClass .= " {$ImgClass}Medium"; // backwards compat
    }

    $FullUser = Gdn::userModel()->getID(val('UserID', $User), DATASET_TYPE_ARRAY);
    $UserCssClass = val('_CssClass', $FullUser);
    if ($UserCssClass) {
        $LinkClass .= ' '.$UserCssClass;
    }

    $LinkClass = $LinkClass == '' ? '' : ' class="'.$LinkClass.'"';

    $username = rawurlencode(strtolower($User->Name));
    $Photo = "www.website.com/avatar/{$username}.jpg";

    $Name = val('Name', $FullUser);
    $Title = htmlspecialchars(val('Title', $Options, $Name));

    if ($FullUser && $FullUser['Banned']) {
        $Photo = c('Garden.BannedPhoto', 'https://images.v-cdn.net/banned_large.png');
        $Title .= ' ('.t('Banned').')';
    }

    if ($Photo) {
        if (!isUrl($Photo)) {
            $PhotoUrl = Gdn_Upload::url(changeBasename($Photo, 'n%s'));
        } else {
            $PhotoUrl = $Photo;
        }
    } else {
        $PhotoUrl = UserModel::getDefaultAvatarUrl($FullUser, 'thumbnail');
    }

    $href = (val('NoLink', $Options)) ? '' : ' href="'.url(userUrl($FullUser)).'"';

    return '<a title="'.$Title.'"'.$href.$LinkClass.'>'
            .img($PhotoUrl, ['alt' => $Name, 'class' => $ImgClass])
        .'</a>';
}

w1ckedsick

That's awesome, thanks. I got it almost working but the img src is looking inside Vanilla's avatar location when I need it looking closer to root (website.com/avatars/). I think that's because of line 51. Can you help me fix that bit?

w1ckedsick

I found a way around that which worked... here's the slightly modified code that is working perfectly now:

/**
 * Takes a user object, and writes out an anchor of the user's icon to the user's profile.
 *
 * @param object|array $User A user object or array.
 * @param array $Options
 * @return string HTML.
 */
function userPhoto($User, $Options = array()) {
    if (is_string($Options)) {
        $Options = array('LinkClass' => $Options);
    }
    if ($Px = val('Px', $Options)) {
        $User = userBuilder($User, $Px);
    } else {
        $User = (object)$User;
    }
    $LinkClass = concatSep(' ', val('LinkClass', $Options, ''), 'PhotoWrap');
    $ImgClass = val('ImageClass', $Options, 'ProfilePhoto');
    $Size = val('Size', $Options);
    if ($Size) {
        $LinkClass .= " PhotoWrap{$Size}";
        $ImgClass .= " {$ImgClass}{$Size}";
    } else {
        $ImgClass .= " {$ImgClass}Medium"; // backwards compat
    }
    $FullUser = Gdn::userModel()->getID(val('UserID', $User), DATASET_TYPE_ARRAY);
    $UserCssClass = val('_CssClass', $FullUser);
    if ($UserCssClass) {
        $LinkClass .= ' '.$UserCssClass;
    }
    $LinkClass = $LinkClass == '' ? '' : ' class="'.$LinkClass.'"';
    $username = ($User->Name);
    $Photo = "{$username}.jpg";
    $Name = val('Name', $FullUser);
    $Title = htmlspecialchars(val('Title', $Options, $Name));
    if ($FullUser && $FullUser['Banned']) {
        $Photo = c('Garden.BannedPhoto', 'https://images.v-cdn.net/banned_large.png');
        $Title .= ' ('.t('Banned').')';
    }
    if ($Photo) {
        if (!isUrl($Photo)) {
            $PhotoUrl =  'https://www.website.com/avatar/'.$Photo;
        } else {
            $PhotoUrl = $Photo;
        }
    } else {
        $PhotoUrl = UserModel::getDefaultAvatarUrl($FullUser, 'thumbnail');
    }
    $href = (val('NoLink', $Options)) ? '' : ' href="'.url(userUrl($FullUser)).'"';
    return '<a title="'.$Title.'"'.$href.$LinkClass.'>'
            .img($PhotoUrl, ['alt' => $Name, 'class' => $ImgClass])
        .'</a>';
}

Thanks everyone