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HariesDesign.com - What is Gravatar and Avatar?Avatar is an image that represents a person in virtual reality. Usually, this image is not larger than 80x80 px. Gravatar (gravatar.com) is site which helps you with creating and placing your own avatar. All you need is e-mail address. Once you have signed up you can upload your avatar image and soon you will be seeing it on gravatar enabled weblogs. Avatar/Gravatar Plugin makes your Joomla! gravatar enabled. So what is a difference between both words in the plugin name?
Before you install :
User Meta Plugin configuration
As can you see, to install Avatar/Gravatar Plugin in basic mode, you have to install User Meta System Plugin, only. Remember that after installing this extension, you have to enable it. Now, when you know what to do, you are ready to begin installation one of the main component. Enter following path into your web browser:
As can you see, to install Avatar/Gravatar Plugin in basic mode, you have to install User Meta System Plugin, only. Remember that after installing this extension, you have to enable it. Now, when you know what to do, you are ready to begin installation one of the main component. Enter following path into your web browser:
and download file Insert content of downloaded file before parms closing tag (</params>) in the :
JOOMLA/plugins/system/usermeta/user.xml file.
Remember to place code between <params></params> tags. Look at following code to see how to do it:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<form>
<params>
<param name="admin_language" type="languages"
client="administrator" default="" label="Back-end Language"
description="paramAdminLanguage" />
<param name="language" type="languages" client="site" default=""
label="Front-end Language" description="paramLanguage" />
<param name="editor" type="editors" default="" label="User Editor"
description="WYSYWYG Editor for this User" />
<param name="helpsite" type="helpsites" default="" label="Help
Site" description="Help Site for this User" />
<param name="timezone" type="timezones" default="" label="Time
Zone" description="Time Zone for this User" />
<param name="@spacer" type="spacer" default="" label=""
description="" />
<param name="avatar" type="text" default="" label="Avatar
URL/Gravatar username" description="Enter URL to your avatar on server or enter
Gravatar username (e-mail address)" />
<param name="user_is_set_header_avatar" type="radio" default="1"
label="Show header avatar" description="When you are logged in, you can choose
whether header's avatar placed in the header of article will be showed or not">
<option value="1">Yes</option>
<option value="0">No</option>
</param>
<param name="user_is_set_comment_avatar" type="radio" default="1"
label="Show comment avatar" description="When you are logged in, you can choose
whether comment's avatar placed in comments of article will be showed or not.
Option available only when yvcomment extension installed">
<option value="1">Yes</option>
<option value="0">No</option>
</param>
<param name="@spacer" type="spacer" default="" label=""
description="" />
</params>
</form>
Bold, orange text is appended code from downloaded file. Now, each user has additional personal parameters (avatar path, and other, two configurable things which will be responsible for displaying or not avatars/gravatars on site).
yvComment extension configuration
As you can see in the above table, this extension is not required for using of Avatar/Gravatar Plugin, but if you have already installed yvComment, great! You can integrate Avatar/Gravatar Plugin with this comment system, and then you will be able to display avatars or gravatars of comment's author.
Plugin also works for guest comments showing default avatar image (defined in Default avatar parameter) or guest's gravatar if available. How does it work? When a guest is creating new comment, one of the things that have to be filled is e-mail address. This e-mail is used to check if there is an account using it on gravatar.com server. If yes avatar is retrieved from gravatar.com, if not default image is shown. How to make a yvComment work with Avatar/Gravatar? You have to go to the configuration of yvComment Plugin, and change Execute content plugins from No to Yes. Now, avatars/gravatars of registered users and optionally guests will be showed next to the every comment.
As you can see in the above table, this extension is not required for using of Avatar/Gravatar Plugin, but if you have already installed yvComment, great! You can integrate Avatar/Gravatar Plugin with this comment system, and then you will be able to display avatars or gravatars of comment's author.
Plugin also works for guest comments showing default avatar image (defined in Default avatar parameter) or guest's gravatar if available. How does it work? When a guest is creating new comment, one of the things that have to be filled is e-mail address. This e-mail is used to check if there is an account using it on gravatar.com server. If yes avatar is retrieved from gravatar.com, if not default image is shown. How to make a yvComment work with Avatar/Gravatar? You have to go to the configuration of yvComment Plugin, and change Execute content plugins from No to Yes. Now, avatars/gravatars of registered users and optionally guests will be showed next to the every comment.
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