Show User's Avatar in Navbar
Designed and Coded by: Thorne N. Melcher ("Frag")
Version: 1.1 (released 6/14/05)
Screenshots: 1; included in the .zip file.
Description: This hack will display the user's avatar next to the "Welcome, {username}" message in the navbar at the top of every page. If there is no user presently logged in, the plugin will not bother to query the database, and the avatar will not display.
Plugin ©2005 The Whispering Realms Studios.
Performance and Installation Specs
Supports vB versions: 3.5.x
New Queries: 1 per pageload,
IF the user is logged in.
New Hook Calls: 1 (global_start)
New Files: 1 (/images/misc/noavatar.gif)
Template Modifications: 1 ('navbar')
File Edits: none
Included Filesavatar_on_navbar.xml - Plugin file
README.html - Installation instructions.
screenshot.jpg - Screenshot of the plugin in action.
/UPLOAD/images/misc/noavatar.gif - Default "No Avatar" image.
Version History
v1.1 (6.14.05) - A bug was indentified where, if the user viewing the page did not have an avatar uploaded/selected, it would try to display his or her avatar anyway.
New files: /images/misc/newavatar.gif
Changed files: /avatar_on_navbar.xml
v1.0 (6.14.05) - The first public release, complete with all necessary features.