Hi.

I have a small suggestion to the avatar code in the forum.

If you look in the HTML source of a board message the url for the avatars IMG tag looks like this:

Code <img src="/blahdocs/uploads/fssava3ls_8270.gif" width="170" height="170" alt="" />

It seems like the forum takes the current address of the uploaded avatars and appends it in front of the file name and then saves it in the users profile. This is not good if you want to move you upload directory to another place, then all these avatar links will point on the wrong place.

Would it not be better if you only save the file name and then append the current upload directory everytime you display the avatar. In this case, moving or changing the name on the upload dir, will not make any impact on the actual forum.

/Emil

This was what I did to fix it on my forum:

In Load.pl

Code #if($memberid{$user}{'avatar'} =~ /http:/ || $memberid{$user}{'avatarupload'}) { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } # else { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$avsurl/$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" alt="" /><br />~; } if($memberid{$user}{'avatar'} =~ /http:/) { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } elsif($memberid{$user}{'avatarupload'}) { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$uploadurl/$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } else { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$avsurl/$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" alt="" /><br />~; }

In ProfileEdit.pl

Code #$addtoID{'avatar'} = "$uploadurl/$atturl"; $addtoID{'avatar'} = "$atturl";

In MemberPanel.pl
Changed FROM:

Code if($memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'} =~ /http:/ || $memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatarupload'}) { $perpic = qq~<img src="$pic" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } else { $perpic = qq!<img src="$avsurl/$memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'}" alt="" /><br />!; }

Changed TO:

Code if($memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'} =~ /http:/) { $perpic = qq~<img src="$pic" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } elsif($memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatarupload'}) { $perpic = qq~<img src="$uploadurl/$memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'}" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } else { $perpic = qq!<img src="$avsurl/$memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'}" alt="" /><br />!; }

i could be wrong, but to change your avatar directory, all you need to do is change the path in admin/board settings to point to the new location and all is well.

Yes, but it didn't work with uploaded avatars..

ahh, i understand.  call me thick.

You should create a mod to do this and post it on the mod's board...that is unless Justin is going to add it to the core code.

Nice job by the way.

-Craig.

Quoted from spiffen

This was what I did to fix it on my forum:

In Load.pl

Code #if($memberid{$user}{'avatar'} =~ /http:/ || $memberid{$user}{'avatarupload'}) { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } # else { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$avsurl/$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" alt="" /><br />~; } if($memberid{$user}{'avatar'} =~ /http:/) { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } elsif($memberid{$user}{'avatarupload'}) { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$uploadurl/$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } else { $avatar{$user} = qq~<img src="$avsurl/$memberid{$user}{'avatar'}" alt="" /><br />~; }

In ProfileEdit.pl

Code #$addtoID{'avatar'} = "$uploadurl/$atturl"; $addtoID{'avatar'} = "$atturl";

In MemberPanel.pl
Changed FROM:

Code if($memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'} =~ /http:/ || $memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatarupload'}) { $perpic = qq~<img src="$pic" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } else { $perpic = qq!<img src="$avsurl/$memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'}" alt="" /><br />!; }

Changed TO:

Code if($memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'} =~ /http:/) { $perpic = qq~<img src="$pic" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } elsif($memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatarupload'}) { $perpic = qq~<img src="$uploadurl/$memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'}" width="$width" height="$height" alt="" /><br />~; } else { $perpic = qq!<img src="$avsurl/$memberid{$URL{'u'}}{'avatar'}" alt="" /><br />!; }

I'll see ...

Done.  I had to modify it a little to be backwards compatible with the old stuff though.