Question2Answer Q&A - Recent questions tagged gravatar

resizing users avatar to square

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:47:33 +0000

Q2A allows users to add a profile picture of their own dimensions.

But, I want the users avatar to be resized to square though they have uploaded images with any other dimensions in their profiles.

What changes should I make to the source code?

I can provide any information if required?

Where is the option to switch on/off gravatar profile images?

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:26:03 +0000

Hi,

I have installed Q2A with WordPress integration. I don't like the gravatar profile images, so how can user upload their own images?

Is it possible?

Thanks Fabian

Why is user avatar square box blank when wordpress integration SSO is used

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 03:04:49 +0000

I integrated SSO with wordpress using the q2a instructions. On most pages, the user avatar image is blank. Is this related to Q2A or the wordpress profile? It's an eyesore with just a blank empty box front and center. Also on user profile, the left box is missing? Anyone know how to fix? Thanks.

How can I enforce the use of unique gravatars by everyone?

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:21:55 +0000

How can I enforce the use of gravatars for everyone? When I enable gravatars, it seems like it will show only for users who have enabled them in their profile. Additionally, q2a's gravatar urls apparently do not pass in a variable like d=identicon (from their guide at http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/) so the default gravatar is not unique.

I want to force all users to use a gravatar, and if they do not have their own, then for it to be generated from a unique hash. Any help to achieve this is appreciated.

I can look at editing the theme or create a custom plugin. I just don't know where to start. Thanks!

Is gravatar user profile function correctly working?

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:33:46 +0000

I am trying to include my avatar in my profile...

I was expecting something like a space to insert my url gravatar address or that the gravatar arose automatically based on my email address. One of the two things happens here... Either , when I press the button it goes to gravatar.com: http://pt.gravatar.com/ or If I only check the radio button, it presents the default avatar.

Furthermore, I tried to find a function similar to

qa_set_user_avatar($userId, file_get_contents($selectedAvatarFilePath), null);

to deal with gravatars and I was not able to find it. The only thing that I found was

qa_get_gravatar_html($email, $size) that generates gravatars and as far as I know it is used here (account.php):

        if (qa_opt('avatar_allow_gravatar')) {
           $avataroptions['gravatar']='<span style="margin:2px 0; display:inline-block;">'.
               qa_get_gravatar_html($useraccount['email'], 32).' '.strtr(qa_lang_html('users/avatar_gravatar'), array(
                   '^1' => '<a href="http://www.gravatar.com/" target="_blank">',
                   '^2' => '</a>',
               )).'</span>';

           if ($useraccount['flags'] & QA_USER_FLAGS_SHOW_GRAVATAR)
               $avatarvalue=$avataroptions['gravatar'];
       }

However, I am not sure if it is working as expected.

Tips: Method to change default avatar type of new registered user

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 05:55:20 +0000

This tips is conversation in ASKIVE. Because I think that there are many users in hope of the same (like) things, I will share it here.

Original question:

How to make default avatar on Gravatar at registration?

My (selected) answer:

Try tiny plugin below.

1. Create new plugin (e.g. qa-plugin/default-gravatar)

2. Upload qa-plugin.php under qa-plugin/default-gravatar/

<?php
if (!defined('QA_VERSION')) {
header('Location: ../../');
exit;
}
qa_register_plugin_overrides('qa-default-gravatar.php')

3. Upload qa-default-gravatar.php under qa-plugin/default-gravatar/

<?php
if (!defined('QA_VERSION')) {
header('Location: ../../');
exit;
}
function qa_create_new_user($email, $password, $handle, $level=QA_USER_LEVEL_BASIC, $confirmed=false) {
   $userid = qa_create_new_user_base($email, $password, $handle, $level, $confirmed);
   if (qa_opt('avatar_allow_gravatar'))
       qa_db_user_set_flag($userid, QA_USER_FLAGS_SHOW_GRAVATAR, true);
   return $userid;
}

This code is very simple, but you may be able to change default specifications to be related to user registeration without core hack.

Thanks Lucas.

Gravatar identicons as default avatars?

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:22:03 +0000

Hi,

I'm planning to use gravatar identicons (see: https://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/, and http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/123?f=y&d=identicon) as default avatars.

Does anyone have experience on this? Is it supported by any existing plugins?

Thanks!

New Avatar plugin(UNICORNIFY)

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:58:10 +0000

This plugin basically overrides the gravatar plugin that's already in the system.

Unicornified is a cool system just like Gravatar, but instead it uses unicorns picture. And each member has its unique avatar. It give the theme a nice look.

Installation:

https://github.com/chejug/unicornify-avatar

@IamRobin already setup this plugin, you can check out the demo on his site:

http://www.askoverflow.com/users

Should gravatars be used by default for new users if they're available?

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:06:28 +0000

That is their very purpose, after all... not having to set up the profile picture on every new site we register.

Can i use gravatar avatar system, if i set QA_EXTERNAL_USERS to true?

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:16:26 +0000

My site is: http://nanrenwa.com/qa/

I set QA_EXTERNAL_USERS to true, because i used my owner site user system.

And now i want to use avatar.

How can i do it?

My owner user db have an email field each, i think can use gravatar if i can.

Please help, thank.

UPDATE:

i used qa_get_users_html function now. but can't control the size different from answer and comment.

Where should avatars be displayed?

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:32:39 +0000

Hi there. I'm implementing avatars now and was wondering where people thought they should be displayed on a question or list of questions. Options include:

To the left of the Q/A/C text (just after vote/answer counts)
On the far right hand side of the Q/A/C text
Just before the username (e.g. gidgreen) on the same line

Obviously this will be customizable via themes, and it's also possible that more than one of these will be offered via the options, but I want to get a sense of what people want.

Thanks!

How do I get the userid of the author of a post?

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:43:52 +0000

Basically I am adding Gravatar support to my the question and answer view and I need to be able to extract the userid of the author of the post (be it a question, answer or comment) so I can call the following function to get their email address:

qa_db_single_select($qa_db, qa_db_user_account_selectspec($userid, true));

Does anyone know a simple way of doing this?