Use A Default Avatar

[twistsol]

I know this thread is three years old, but I was actually just looking at a way to solve this issue since we also have the "Use a Default Avatar" option showing on our site and one of our users asked me about it this week.

Two options:

1. If you want to continue using them, the user can right click on the avatar that is shown in the options. and then paste the link into the field above for "Copy and paste an image URL from a hosting site." This will set the user's avatar to the one selected from the list.
2. If you want to get rid of the options entirely, delete the entries from the table Avatar in the database. once this table is empty, the option disappears.

If you really want to go crazy, you can maintain entries in the Avatar table manually and they will be added to the list and then you can use option 1 above.

[Wayne Luke]

That feature wasn't brough forward. Though it appears some work was done on bringing it forward and never removed. Will have to enter a bug report on this.

[galey801]

Hey Wayne Luke , could this be a hangover from VB3 and the upgrade process? I upgraded from 3.8.11 to 5.1.6 and my users also have the option to "Use a default avatar" but the links are all broken. The image paths point to directory ./forum/core/images/avatars which has a Thumbs folder and an index.html file but no actual images. That folder is included in the vb5 installation files but the "default" avatars are not. You can see what I see in the attached image. Mark.B has suggested the only way to remove this option is to change the code but that begs the question, if this is not part of the default codebase, and I have not installed any add-ons to my VB5, where is it coming from? Any suggestions.

[Wayne Luke]

Looking at the screenshots above, it appears you have some third-party addon installed that allows choosing an Avatar. The default dialog looks like this:

When choosing "Use Default Avatar", the user will be using this Avatar:

[Mark.B]

This issue is still on going. When I "upgraded" The question still remains if these avatars are not supported why is there still an option to select them "Use a default avatar".
This obviously isnt going to be re-implemented any time soon so how can I get rid of this option. All it does is bring up a bunch of broken image links that you can't even select anyway even when you re-upload them.

You cannot remove the option without modifying the code.

[Mr Peabody]

This issue is still on going. When I "upgraded" The question still remains if these avatars are not supported why is there still an option to select them "Use a default avatar".
This obviously isnt going to be re-implemented any time soon so how can I get rid of this option. All it does is bring up a bunch of broken image links that you can't even select anyway even when you re-upload them.

[Mark.B]

Hello,

Yes, this option is available for admins in admincp. Please, enable it for any user. I have voted in the bug tracker, I hope this option is added back soon in vb5 as in our site this option is almost critical.

The only way this would be added back would be via the tracker entry above: http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-13558

Not many votes so far which implies there isn't much demand for it. However, please vote and comment on the tracker entry if you are keen to have this feature added.

[Ralffan]

I've got an idea that the administrator may still be able to select one of the old avatar gallery images on behalf of the user, by doing it in the admincp. I can't test this though. I'm pretty sure I've seen them all display there when I've worked on sites that had used them.

Hello,

Yes, this option is available for admins in admincp. Please, enable it for any user. I have voted in the bug tracker, I hope this option is added back soon in vb5 as in our site this option is almost critical.

[Wayne Luke]

I believe there is a modification over at https://vbmods.rocks that allows users to select from a number of pre-approved avatars.

You could always just create a custom page that shows the avatars in a grid with their URLs so users can copy that into the Avatar tool as well.

[Mark.B]

Worth voting and commenting on the bug tracker entry to have the feature added back in:

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-13558

[Bonee]

I've got an idea that the administrator may still be able to select one of the old avatar gallery images on behalf of the user, by doing it in the admincp. I can't test this though. I'm pretty sure I've seen them all display there when I've worked on sites that had used them.

The Avatars get displayed but I can't do anything here. Changing the avatar this way doesn't work (I get the message "Upload of file failed.") and deleting also won't work as the "old" Avatar stays in the user-profile.

[Bonee]

okay, I got that. tricky to explain my problems sometimes ...

Is there a way to remove the option then since it won't work anyway (makes no sense to have a selection of avataes as shown in the attached pics when you cant pick them in the end)

Thanks!

[Mark.B]

I've got an idea that the administrator may still be able to select one of the old avatar gallery images on behalf of the user, by doing it in the admincp. I can't test this though. I'm pretty sure I've seen them all display there when I've worked on sites that had used them.

[Mark.B]

Ok, thanks for the information.

So, my Users and I can't change our current avatar to another "default" one by choosing "Use a default avatar" in the user profile pop-up, right? Because when I try to do so, nothing happens.

You're mis-reading that...it says "Use default avatar", not "Use *a* default avatar".

It just means "delete my custom avatar and revert to using the default avatar", which is the one you currently have for your own account. vB3 and vB4 didn't have that, people with no avatars just didn't display anything. Now, they get a default picture. Nothing to do with the avatar gallery which, as I said, has been removed in vB5.

[Bonee]

Ok, thanks for the information.

So, my Users and I can't change our current avatar to another "default" one by choosing "Use a default avatar" in the user profile pop-up, right? Because when I try to do so, nothing happens.