Default Cover Photo

[Tom Irons]

About This File

This plugin will set a cover photo automatically on registrations, front end only!

 

 

[Cabola]

This is 1 default for all members and not an individual per group right?

[EmpireKicking]

Great plugin, It's an shame that IPB does not have that option. But again you can go into the the core files and change the default image 

[Tom Irons]

45 minutes ago, Cabola said:

This is 1 default for all members and not an individual per group right?

That is correct!

[Joel R]

Love this idea. I've been thinking about this ever since IPS v4 was released with the cover photos on the profiles.

Can you think about the following enhancement:

1.  Randomized cover photos?  (Eg. I upload 5 choices, and the system chooses one)

 

[Tom Irons]

2 hours ago, Joel R said:

Can you think about the following enhancement:

1.  Randomized cover photos?  (Eg. I upload 5 choices, and the system chooses one)

Maybe some time down the road.

[Joel R]

Can I ask how the server stores the default cover photo?  

For example, do all of the default cover photos point to the original source image, or is the source image copied for each user over and over again?  

[Tom Irons]

It's not copied. It's stored once into the database and then when a user registers it will set their cover photo.

[Joel R]

Just now, Tom Irons said:

It's not copied. It's stored once into the database and then when a user registers it will set their cover photo.

Okay, got it.

I do like the idea of default cover photos and default profile photos, since so many of my members don't take the time to upload anything and it leads to a very grey and boring and faceless community.  I've had an idea for a long time for "Default Profiles" ... where there would be a choice of cover photos, choice of user profiles, and perhaps even some default profile text to encourage users to replace it with their own. (My thinking is that it's hard to start with a blank box - how do you even begin to describe yourself?? But it's a lot easier to replace and correct something already there).  This is the closest thing to the idea, and even though your plugin is very simplistic, I appreciate you taking your time to publish it to the IPS Marketplace. 

[Subdreamer]

This is exactly what I am looking for. One question for those currently using it: Is this compatible with IPS Community Suite version 4.1.18 and up? Thanks!

[klevoclubRF]

This plugin NOT work on 4.18.2 (

[Tom Irons]

15 hours ago, klevoclubRF said:

This plugin NOT work on 4.18.2 (

I see what you're saying, I've fixed the issue and will be updating the plugin in a few minutes.

[klevoclubRF]

until not working on 4.18.2

[Tom Irons]

@klevoclubRF Is that image too big or small? If not then inspect the page to see if the resource (image) is being found.

[klevoclubRF]

That image

[Tom Irons]

I'm pretty sure you're going to need a larger image than that.

[klevoclubRF]

Any size not displayed!
Perhaps the error lies in the fact that the forum runs on php 5.6.19?

 

[Tom Irons]

6 hours ago, klevoclubRF said:

Any size not displayed!
Perhaps the error lies in the fact that the forum runs on php 5.6.19?

 

I'm not sure if that's the reason but I do develop on PHP 7, I would make a local install and see if it will work that way.

[klevoclubRF]

Can you help me on my forum?

[Azoun]

Can you confirm if this works for 4.2.x please?

[Tom Irons]

On 7/28/2017 at 11:52 AM, Azoun said:

Can you confirm if this works for 4.2.x please?

Confirmed, it still works for 4.2.  

[Azoun]

On 30/07/2017 at 3:41 AM, Tom Irons said:

Confirmed, it still works for 4.2.  

Excellent, many thanks!

[Sowellinformed]

@Tom Irons How is this working these days? I saw this review...

  ....has anyone had the "repositioning" issue Devrix has had?

[kmk]

On 5/1/2016 at 2:48 PM, Joel R said:

Okay, got it.

I do like the idea of default cover photos and default profile photos, since so many of my members don't take the time to upload anything and it leads to a very grey and boring and faceless community.  I've had an idea for a long time for "Default Profiles" ... where there would be a choice of cover photos, choice of user profiles, and perhaps even some default profile text to encourage users to replace it with their own. (My thinking is that it's hard to start with a blank box - how do you even begin to describe yourself?? But it's a lot easier to replace and correct something already there).  This is the closest thing to the idea, and even though your plugin is very simplistic, I appreciate you taking your time to publish it to the IPS Marketplace. 

 

[PPlanet]

I think this plugin has stopped working with 4.2.26.