jcomment avatar for j25

[poonoodi]

hi

thanks for  on of best joomla extension  (jcomments)

i need a plugin for display user avatar in jcomment on joomla 2.5

but not found in your products

then :

updated the joomla 1.5 plugin to joomla 2.5
its install on joomla 2.5 successfully
but do not work

this plugin attached

please help me

[Masoud]

We are looking forward to it also, but there is no sign of it

how did you upgrade it to version 2.5?

[jstuardo]

Hello...

it is easy to make it work. Just install this plugin, then copy the useful code to jcomments plugin and that's it.

The functions to copy are: onPrepareAvatar and onPrepareAvatars (you need to rename the original one), and replace global $mainframe line to, $mainframe = JFactory::getApplication('site')

Regards,
Jaime

[Wil]

Hi Jaime, could you a bit more specific. Description in what exactly to do to make it work for Kunena-avatars.
Thanks in advance.

[Bribón]

This is what I've found out so far (based on Jaime's suggestion) step by step:

1. Install the old avatar plugin and enable it
2. Open that file (jcomments.avatar.php) and the jcomments plugin (jcomments.php)
3. Copy "plgJCommentsAvatar" and "plgJCommentsAvatars" functions from the first file to the second one. Rename those functions in the first file (any name).
4. In the first file (avatar plugin) copy these lines out of the if structure that stands at the beginning of the file:

$mainframe = JFactory::getApplication('site');
$mainframe->registerEvent('onPrepareAvatar', 'plgJCommentsAvatar');
$mainframe->registerEvent('onPrepareAvatars', 'plgJCommentsAvatars');

(this are the first lines in my case:

<?php
// ensure this file is being included by a parent file
(defined('_VALID_MOS') OR defined('_JEXEC')) or die('Direct Access to this location is not allowed.');
if (JCOMMENTS_JVERSION == '1.0') {
   global $_MAMBOTS;
   $_MAMBOTS->registerFunction('onPrepareAvatar', 'plgJCommentsAvatar');
   $_MAMBOTS->registerFunction('onPrepareAvatars', 'plgJCommentsAvatars');
} else if (JCOMMENTS_JVERSION == '1.5') {
   global $mainframe;
   $mainframe->registerEvent('onPrepareAvatar', 'plgJCommentsAvatar');
   $mainframe->registerEvent('onPrepareAvatars', 'plgJCommentsAvatars');
}

$mainframe = JFactory::getApplication('site');
$mainframe->registerEvent('onPrepareAvatar', 'plgJCommentsAvatar');
$mainframe->registerEvent('onPrepareAvatars', 'plgJCommentsAvatars');

function plgJCommentsGetGravatar($email)
etc.)

5. Save that file and upload it. We're done with this file.
Let's go to the second file (jcomments file, where we had copied those two funcions)
6. In the function plgJCommentsAvatars function replace the global $mainframe by $mainframe = JFactory::getApplication('site');
So the beggining of this function should be something like:

function plgJCommentsAvatars( &$comments )
{
   $mainframe = JFactory::getApplication('site');
   $db = & JCommentsFactory::getDBO();
etc.

7. Very important. If you take a look at the code you'll see a switch function that executes the right code depending on the third party you want to import from. The thing is, as I don't know where that info comes from, just before the switch you have to initialize the variable (used in the switch). In my case, as I wanted to import images from kunena, my code is this one:

   $avatars = array();
   $avatar_type='kunena'; // write here the name of your 3rd party component
    switch($avatar_type) {
etc.

8. Save and upload.

The only problem is that images are shown in different sizes. I'll go on working on this 

Cheers

[Bribón]

Uhmm... there must be something wrong in those steps as I get an error message in the admin section...

[Bribón]

ok, I think I got it. I'll test it and let you know tomorrow.

[Bribón]

Good morning!
It looks like the solution was much easier than I though as the old avatar plugin "almost" works the way it is. There's no need to copy any function, just a couple of changes (or, at least, that's what I think. After so many changes it's difficult to recall correctly what I did to make it work).
So, my updated list of steps to take:

1. Install the old avatar plugin and enable it
2. Open the file (jcomments.avatar.php) and add these lines before the first function:

$mainframe = JFactory::getApplication('site');
$mainframe->registerEvent('onPrepareAvatar', 'plgJCommentsAvatar');
$mainframe->registerEvent('onPrepareAvatars', 'plgJCommentsAvatars');

3. In the "plgJCommentsAvatars" function, replace "global $mainframe;" with "$mainframe = JFactory::getApplication('site');"
4. Before the switch you'll find in that function, add something like "$avatar_type='kunena';" to force the right option (replace "kunena" with your third party component).

And that's all!

The function "plgJCommentsAvatarImg" (in the same file) controls the actual output. So we can define the width or the height of the image. In my case:
function plgJCommentsAvatarImg( $avatar, $alt = '' )
{
   return '<img src="'.$avatar.'" alt="'.$alt.'" border="0" width="48" />';
}

You can see the result here:
http://www.frasesparalahistoria.com

As you can see, these changes also work with the jcomments lastests module...

[Masoud]

I'll go on check, and let you about the result, Thank you so much in advance.

[Masoud]

What about K2, would you mind to provide a solution to bring Avatar from K2

Thank you in advance.

[Masoud]

I change the switch to $avatar_type='k2'; and did all you suggested but still there is no avatar.

[Wil]

A big thank you for you Bribón  
I give it a try and will let know if I have succes  

Works like a charm, perfect. Thanks...

[Bribón]

Hi Masoud,
I've never used k2 so I can't test it, but -if the solution for k2 is the same than for kunena, which I don't know-, that should work. Your code should be something like:

...
   $avatars = array();
   $avatar_type='kunena';
    switch($avatar_type)
...

Is that the way you have it?

[Masoud]

Thank you for answering mine is, this:

Code:

$avatars = array();

$avatar_type='k2';
  switch($avatar_type) {

[Bribón]

And that's in line 1? (weird!)
do you want to send that file to no_reply@frasesparalahistoria.com? I can take a look at it...