UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 MultiHack Mods [6.0x] Avatar Hack Release

Due to high demand. I have decided to release the pulldown avatar hack.

NOTE! Since I didn't know how to make the avatars be pulled from a directory and automatically added to the drop down list, that feature wasn't added and avatar editing is done manually. If you know how to add the feature, do tell

Instructions that were written very quickly can be found at http://www.funxbox.com/avatar-directions.txt

UPDATE If you use the COPPA act for child's privacy. You might want to edit public_register_page_kid.pl the same way you edited the other public_register_page.pl file.

report errors and bugs in the instructions to me if you find any.

Thanks! I'll try it later.

Yippie, I'm glad you released this hack and I hope someone can get it so it auto. adds it like he said he wanted .

just add a foreach loop and then do if $avatar.gif is in the directory, add it to the list.

It works great for me Modder

how can i get it so they are added automaticly?
i dont want to go in and update them all the time

it didnt work
the avarats dont show up

Thanks modder!!

But Mastermind, or anyone, could you fix the foreach thing?? (I dont know the proper coding)

Chaos, what happened to FFser? (inside question)

[ March 04, 2001: Message edited by: Balbanes ]

you mean the forums??
if you do, the forums got hacked, so i am installing Version 6, so yeah, i dont know why hacked the forums, but it was totally messed up..
and how did you know about ffseries??

I dont have time. Look at my old Avatar 3 update coding and work with that idea.

where do i put the foreach loop

i know where to put the $avatar.gif, its where the url to the image is.. but im totally lost with the foreach loop part

If it helps. I found the following code in the old avatar v3. I don't know what to do with it, but maybe some of j00 will know how to implement this into ubb6.


[ March 05, 2001: Message edited by: Modder ]

this is just a test, k?

At the bottom of ubb_profile.cgi, i put this..


and in ubb_edit_profile.pl i changed the picture field to this - however, when you go to edit your profile, the listbox is blank, but should be filled with avatars. Can someone plz help me perfect this?

If you don't know understand Perl code don't try to just "dump" that code in; it won't work. It's intended to be a guideline for code hackers to work with.

That being said, I know this is being worked on

q

well, can some one hurry up and make this hack already???

^__^

at least the code in the cgi isnt causing the cgi not to fuction, so i can't be far off

maybe someone could convert my code to strict cgi?

i really want this hack released... so it can be used efectivly:

1: Custom size (Trough the CP)
2: Auto Listing
3: Drop Down in the Edit Profile And New Registers
4: Uploads Through the CP
5: Renaming Through the CP

Can you change the code so that when you actualy go into Edit my Profile the avator scroll down box is positioned at the avatar you are curently using and not the top. Becasue if someone who wants to change.... say their password edits their profile and then saves their new profile the avatar gets reset to 'none'!

Yes i would like that fixed as well.

[ March 07, 2001: Message edited by: David Yang ]

ok, i've tried to do lots to this hack to make it properly work.. but nothing has been working.
so can someone please fix it??

has this been made to automatically read the files in the dir?

JM,

I'll be working on this through the weekend (starting Thursday I hope) but no guarantees.

q

Great.... that would be realy helpfull if you could do that!

thanx!
contact me let me know how its goin

Now I know no one here knows me, nor do I have any knowledge in Perl or CGI. But I messed around with the Avatar Add On by MasterMind and Philip, released by Modder. And I did something and tested it well enough that it works.

Just do this step and it will work. Although you will need to upload the avatar somewhere else and then just enter the full path to it in the YOUR PICTURE field in your profile.

Just try it, and if you dun trust me, make a backup file. Though I doubt you will ever touch it again.

I hope this will help everyone who has been working on avatars out on trying to create a better way to store avatars on your server.

[ March 07, 2001: Message edited by: Killean Diamond ]

Actually that kind of hack was already developed by MasterMind. I think people are actually looking for a "list-type" mod so that it'll prevent "undecent" pictures from showing up and such.

q

Just another error that I am experiencing. When you want to change your avatar to something different the old avatar link remains. For example if my current avatar was /ubb/avatar/01.jpg and I wanted to change it to 02.jpg then the actual link that would be produced would be:
/ubb/avatars/01.jpg/ubb/avatars/02.jpg
which obviously turns up as a dead link! Anyone know how I can resolve this? I am using 6 beta 8.4

A little teaser

release it asap :)))

it looks great

hey qasic that look great, when are you goin to release it?

Status Update:

* CP variable based editing (use CP to specific avatar directory, URL, etc.)
* CP based wordlets
* avatar list generation developed in an external CGI file; allows easy updates of code this way
* correctly selects past avatars
* includes the custom avatar feature

Still to be worked on:

* cp based avatar maintanence (upload, delete, rename)
* any other ideas???

Notes: All control panel features are subject to me being able to obtain permission from Infopop to distribute my cpanel tempalte for Avatar.

q

Permission???

Damn...

Why Why Why does Infopop do stuff like that.

Oh well, it looks GREAT!!!! I cant wait to use it! thanks

EDIT--

Have you created a "previous" feature?? It would be simple, but its like the one on 5x version.

[ March 09, 2001: Message edited by: Balbanes ]

A "previous"? Can you describe further? My code remembers which icon hack you selected before in your profile if that's what you mean.

If included in the next beta of UBB 6, then we wouldn't have to install it manually, and it would be great

Yes thats exactly what I meant

Maybe a View all avatars thing.

Next to the avatar wordlet, have some link "view all avatars". if clicked, it opens a new partial window, and using foreach statements, it could let someone view all the avatars on a single (or many) pages. Maybe it could be CP definable (so the admin could set how many avs could be viewed on one page). (helpful if you have many [500+] avs)

I remember this on a older version i think.

Keep up the great work, this looks like a super hack!! expect high user ratings!!

avatars

Could someone plz tell me where to get them from!!!

i have installed the hack but i dont know where the images are for it ?????

or was this a stupid question ?

Hey folks,

I'll like to publicly announce that the public beta for v0.0001 of my Avatar Hack is now available. Features in this edition:

* security upgrades (verify that the URL exists), including Hack Attempt logging
* Custom avatars fully supported
* wordlet based
* customizable variables
* external coded avatar routines in the spirit of UBB 6
* remembering previous avatar selection
* added code to the kid registration page

Features missing in this edition but already developed:

* cpanel updating of wordlets/variables (waiting for Infopop's word on this one)

Suggestions being considered:

* cpanel update/rename/delete/upload avatars
* list all avatars in public avatar directory
* any others?

I'm looking for people to try it out UNIX and WinNT platforms and report back problems to me!

Also, any people runing under mod_perl/perlex who could report back bugs will be appreciated!!

URL: http://www.qasic.com/ubbhacks.html

Thanks a lot everyone!!

qasic

Great Work!
I am going to set this one up right away. It sure beats my old mod

I have just installed your hack on my UNIX UBB and it works fine.. just 2 questions though:
1) Should there be nothing in the Avatars section in the Control Panel?
2) Could you add something that when you select your edit profile when the page loads up the avatar drop down box automaticaly sets the focus on your current avatar instead of None?

Othere than that its great.... good job!

Edit : One more question I could not find the code :
in the ubb_registration.cgi file!

[ March 10, 2001: Message edited by: Jedimark ]

I also had teh same problem when installing my hack.
Its works pretty well on mine now.


After this you should insert teh avatar thing.

The guy who made this assumed that you had used his signature limiter hack already.